Rajib, when you go to a concert, you are expected to knw what to expect and not
the other way around....if i went for a u2 or an aerosmith concert, i dont
expect to know all the songs though they are in english..i just go for the love
of the artiste and the love of music,.....
The alaap in kehna hi kya has akways been an improvised version...also the
start of fiqrana was awesome with ar asking the crowd in the voice modulator if
they were enjoying the concert....najeef, can you post that bit for everyones
benefit?
Vijay
-original message-
Subject: [arr] My comments on Jai ho Kolkata
From: "A.R.Rajib" <a.r.ra...@gmail.com>
Date: 23/11/2009 15:50
My comments on A.R.Rahman's Jai ho concert @SaltLake Stadium,Kolkata,India
14th November,2009
I did my Passport ,visa just to attend this concert (Let's not say how much
struggle i had to doto get my passport & visa done,just to make dis writing
shorter)
I dint had any passport . .as i never went outside Bangladesh,no Place ever
attracted me that much to visit it(even inside BD) ,may be i was waiting for
something special like this one. So,here I am. . .new country,new city,
Outside of motherland for the first time. . .just to see Mr. Allaha Rakha
Rahman for the first time.Luckily language and the huge number of relatives
was a plus point here,otherwise it would have been impossible for me to
attend dis Concert.
Ok,let's start da main part of this writing,which is describing the whole
Concert in MY WAY. . .at first the cheking wasnt enough,there was no metal
detector or anything like that,no one even hand searched anyone,which was
very risky in my view,thankfully therz no mishap :-)
I hated the starting portion of some organaizer ppl's speech, expected
Sourav Ganguly to be there,but later thanked him not to be there as that
saved our precious time
@6:45pm . . ARR came up on stage with a lift singing . . Jaage hain. . .i
found it too repetitive . . Saw this kinda entry with this perticuler song
in many of his concerts . . .there are huge number of masterpieces to
replace this one. . .but his performance rocked in it !!
Then . . .khalbali . . Same with it. . .repetative but performance rocked. .
Audience just gone crazy after this
*Singing tamil songs in West bangla was a BIG MISTAKE* , it was like a
foreign film without subtitle to atleast 95 % of them present there,i loved
Atthiradi . . As i was a huge fan of dis powerpacked song,but west bangla
Audience couldnt just relate to it,only i was shouting the song from the
crowd,and i could see ppl were in a shock,they never heard of this and
allmost all tamil tracks (that is what i felt being there,and being a
bengali. . .forgive me if therz any exception). . .when i was singing all
tamil songs,ppl around me was looking at me weirdly,may b wondering how this
long haired boy can sing in this weird language,as they heard me talking in
bangla as well [?] . . . A Big thanks from my side to arr for performing
tamil tracks in kolkata. . .but mass people dint like it.
Hariharan's Nahin samne stole hearts of Classical lovers of west bangla,saw
one old guy beside me enjoyin it fully. .. . I dnt need to comment on
Hariharan's performance at concerts. . .he is always perfect.
Delhi6 title track and then jiya se jiya made the mass crowd cheer up after
nahin samne. . .but there was some mistakes in both these tracks,happens in
a live performance . . Nevamind.
Then lady lush came with killer dancing performance with Liquid dance . .
Audience (including me) were in shock to see this kinda dance in a ARR
concert,it was just WOW . .
Then the Bangla track "Ekla cholo" . . I knew it will b played here. .
.thought Nachiketa ,the main singer of the Bangla part of dis song would b
there,ppl would just love it. . He is da ARR of west bangla. . .but Javed
ali was more than perfect in accent and singing both sonu & nachiketa's
part. . One of the most loved track of dis concert
Sadhna ji started with Kehna hi kya . . I was very happy. .. . The dancers
behind set da environment there,then sadhna ji's singing . . Awesome stuff.
. .but ARR's performance in those "sa re ga ma" part was bad . . He forgot
it totally, and managed to complete it being totally away from the original
part, i dint like it,i am a huge fan of dat part of dis song. . .then it was
again sadhna ji with jiya jale. . Her performance rocked . .and it's one of
da most populer track of ARR in both Bangla. . So u can imagine the
exitement.
I also didnt like Arr's Fiqrana performance,and the music was nowhere close
to the original. . .arr forgot the lyrics in someplace,sang out of tune in
someplace. . .I think it was perfect @ reharsel,as far as i can remember. .
Dnt knw how they messed up with it the next day. . .the sound system was
also at it's best at reharsel . . .bt @ the concert. . .there was indeed
some problems [?][?][?]
Sometimes there was some bad sounds,and in one place arr's singing was not
audible at all . .
But his Dil se just rocked. . . He was @ top of dat lift. . .the look was
awesome. . .i would have loved if he had sung the tamil version of it, but
mass audience wont. . .
Then again Lady Lush back with another powerpacked dancing and rapping on
Konjum nilavu. . .with neeti muhan. . .but alas most of the audience never
heard of the tamil version. . .so they couldnt sing with the singers./.But
they surly heard of the hindi version .
javed ali as usual perfect with jashne bahara
Jaane tu with bangali's fav Usha utthup was a serious surprise to mass .
Audience responded well to usha ji very well .. . And sung with her . . .ARR
joined at da last portion. .. Later Usha ji made us sing. ."jaane tu ya
jaane na" . ."maane tu maane tu ya maane na" . .but the respond wasnt that
loud . Then ARR said,it's too low for them,can we try a higher note? Then we
all sung in a higher note,the respond this time was deafing. . . .i could
see ppl at 100,200 & 500rs stand lit newspapers with fire just to make an
awesome look at da stadium .
Asad ji on Sitar rocked with mausam & escape,while Arr was in piano,but do
anyone know what they played @starting ? Reply on dis please [?]
Then da unplugged session with Hariharan,Rashid ali...Chk the videos i
uploaded ...awesome singing...
Rehna tu - A.R.Rahman...I thought it will b a killer performance ..but alas
...ARR forgot the lyrics in many places ...sung besura somewhere...and the
worst was @ the fingerborard part...it was going nowhere ...dont know what
was the prob [?]
Hariharan & ARR played " Sa re ga ma" game with audience ...audience
responded well..superb stuff
With Aye hairathe ....Hariharan rocked the show ...one of the song ppl loved
...and sung in chorus with Hariharan
Then my most fav performance of the concert ...Chaiya Chaiya Rap version -
Started with Rehana...then Lady Lush's Killer Rap & Dance...WOW ..Is it
possible to get a studio version of this song ???
Then it was Taxi Taxi By Benny , Blazee,Viviane...Being a powerpacked song
...this dint affect audience at all...as it was unheard by most of them
..and tamil is the weirdest language according to bangali ppl..but
performance was great ..with a few sound related problems
Audience just loved Maiya Maiya by Neeti Muhan ...U know why [?]
Then they played Bombay theme .... I think It wasnt played live , i might b
wrong , correct me !!! ...i can see almost noone at the stage that time when
it was played ..that is y m saying this ..and it was very perfect also
With Azeem o Shan .. ARR With the drummer troups rocked ....The visuals at
the back was awesome ...some scenes from Jodha akbar
Then the soulblasting Khawja followed by Araziyaan
Taal Western + Ringa Ringa ( at first it was a medly...then turned into a
song) -Neeti ,Shewta
Sivamani played with audience with Drums ...Audince just Loved that..and
responded very well with clapping with his beats
ARR sung Humma humma after that ... I Can see every single person danced on
it standing ...out of the world experience ..even some aunties danced
infront of me [?]
Then it started with Dhakka Laga where ARR sung a few lines then went on
to Pappu Cant Dance By Tanvi ,Benny etc ...overall very good performance
Then suzzan came saying ..."Kolkataaaaaa....U want some rangeeeela ?"
...then sung Mangta hai kya ....and then Aye bachoo
Then ARR came saying ..." so That was the last song of the concert,
Goodnight" ... Everyone stood up ...and said no no ... Then ARR said " I
Said Goodnight !! U want to stay here whole night ?? " ....Ppl said YESSSSSS
... The he said " Ok... One more song then..." ... it started with Jai ho ..
Ended with Vande mataram
Any comments on this is welcomed , I tried my best to b honest [?]
--
- Regards
~ ~ A.R.Rajib ~ ~
