Superb writeup.... straight from the heart ! Especially what ARR said in the end
".......... If music heals you, the music is working." True words AR, true words ! myself and my parents have PERSONALLY experienced the healing touch of your music ! God bless you AR ! Dinesh Vaidya Pune --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Gopal Srinivasan <catchg...@...> wrote: > > Rahman wows with hip-hop & a salute > OUR BUREAU > > Rahman at Salt Lake stadium on Saturday. Picture by Aranya Sen > Calcutta, Nov. 14: The venue was the same; so was the man. What was > different was the music he played. > > Six years after his debut in India The Telegraph Unity of Light > concert A.R. Rahman returned to Salt Lake Stadium this evening with > hip-hop, funk, jazz and praise for the city that "best appreciates" > his music. > > "In Los Angeles, when somebody asked me `which audience appreciates > your music the best', I could only think of you. The same place, six > years back the love that you gave me is unbelievable and it is still > fresh in my memory," Rahman said. "If I have to hug each one of you, > it would take me two years but I would still love to do that," he > smiled. > > Local flavour was not found wanting in the three-hour show, Jai Ho > A.R. Rahman Live in Concert, presented by the Liver Foundation of West > Bengal. Javed Ali sang lines from Jodi Tor Daak Shuney Keu Na Aashey > which Rahman had used in Shyam Benegal's Bose: The Forgotten Hero. > Usha Uthup, Rahman's "best singer from this city", took the stage to > sing two duets with the composer Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na and then > Mustafa Mustafa. > > Rahman emerged from under the stage with the anthemic chants of Jaage > Hain from Guru on his lips. > > His concert outfits were sober as always a white full-sleeve shirt > and a black T-shirt. His most glamorous attire was a red sherwani. But > there was less restraint. Rahman broke into an impromptu jig on stage. > Gone was the shy man behind the keyboard. > > Moments earlier, Rahman had said: "As I get older, I see other points > of view . Things I wouldn't have noticed before. If music wakes you > up, makes you think, heals you, the music is working. And then, a > thought put in action in a positive way is a blessed thought." > > Dil Se Re to Rehna Tu, Khalbali, Khwaja Mere Khwaja Rahman played > them all, giving Calcuttans a Saturday night fever to remember. >
