Rehman casts his spell on city dwellers It was a rocking and rollicking evening for Hyderabadis on Saturday.
Music maestro A R Rehman gave a scintillating performance - "Jai Ho" - at GMR Arena near the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, the first show in the city after he won the Oscars. Thousands of people, young and old, went into a frenzy as Rehman and his troupe belted out popular numbers from his latest Hindi, Telugu and Tamil films. The show was a mix of everything for everybody - fusion, Carnatic and Sufi. The Mozart of Madras was assisted by 85 renowned artistes including Sivamani, Blaze, Chitra, Benny Dayal, Javed Ali, Aslam, Rashid Ali, Shweta Pandit, and Neeti. The most memorable part of the show was Rehman's tribute to the late Y S Rajasekhara Reddy. As he sang "*Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil me hein*" while playing the piano, there was a pin- drop silence in the audience. He also made the audience observe a twominute silence for the victims of the recent floods in the state. The net proceeds of the incredible show were donated to the Chief Minister's Relief Fund for rehabilitation of flood victims. http://indiatoday.intoday.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&issueid=110&id=68212&Itemid=1§ionid=67 -- regards, Vithur
