the actual concert ended at 11pm On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Dinesh Vaidya <dnshvai...@yahoo.co.in>wrote:
> > > It is certainly a matter of pride if ARR has chosen Pune as venue to launch > his new initiative and address the media tomorrow. Our best wishes to him ! > Pune is home of the talented RAHMANIA team of Anmol Bhave's The Wandering > Souls and it would be indeed a privilege to welcome all Rahmaniacs to Pune > on 31'st May !!!! > > Secondly if Balewadi stadium is the venue for Pune concert, it is > TOOOOOOOOOO Far off from city centre. Until and unless you have your own > vehicle, it is difficult to access the venue, especially at night after the > concert is over. Also to my knowledge, there is no public bus service or > auto-rickshaw availability to that venue. I presume, the organisers are > aware of Balewadi stadium's logistical issues. > > And the last point about 10pm deadline for all public events in > Maharashtra. The organisers will definitely factor-in this complicated issue > during the planning of the concert. They have to start the concert at around > 6pm if they have any chance to finish it by 10pm after taking some delays > and breaks into account. Sunlight in Pune is quite good till 7 to 715pm so > the stage / lighting and special effects will have to get planned > accordingly. I think this 10pm deadline does not exist in Kerala, thats how > they could conduct rehersals throughout the night and also the actual > concert ending at 0030 hrs. Lucky you ! > > Finally, will the organisers give some chance to the local talent during > the concert ? Somehow I doubt that this will happen after reading the > feedback of Calicut concert. > > Jai ho ! > > Dinesh Vaidya > Pune > > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com>, > Gopal Srinivasan <catchg...@...> wrote: > > > > Jai Ho World Tour, Pune - AR Rahman to hoist the Jai Ho flag on 8th May, > 2009 > > > > For the first time ever Double Oscar Winner AR Rahman will be > > performing live in the city of Pune on Sunday, May, 31, 2009. This > > concert is part of AR Rahman's Jai World Tour with over 70 artists and > > dancers which includes India's best singers such as Hariharan, > > Sadhanaji,BLAAZE, Benny Dayal, Rashid Ali amongst others. > > > > The concert is also AR Rahman's first concert in a major metropolis > > after the Oscars. The Pune concert will be hosted at the sprawling > > Balewadi Stadium complex which recently hosted the Youth Commonwealth > > Games. > > > > To announce his arrival in the great city of Pune, AR Rahman will > > address the public and media in Pune on Friday, 8th May, 2009 at 5pm > > at the MAEERs MIT Campus, Kothrud, Pune. AR Rahman will host the Jai > > Ho flag amidst a large gathering and speak to the media about this new > > world tour and the Pune concert in particular. > > > > The proceeds of this concert will go to the Lata Mangeshkar Medical > > Foundation and the Alandi Dehu Vikas Parisar Samiti. > > > > >
