Re: [arr] My comments on Jai ho Kolkata

2009-11-24 Thread Rakesh R
That in itself was an awesome writeup on the concert Nazeef.. And a reply to
the various doubts of Rajib..
Good one.. :)

On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 1:33 PM, naztitude wrote:

>
>
> Singing tamil songs also means giving the Bengalis a chance to listen to
> some awesome numbers which they wold have never otherwise... I have got
> three email requests asking me for the FRENCH RAP song... Called Taxi Taxi!
> Felt good to know so!
> Singing Hindi versions over Tamil versions may not be the best option.
> Chandralekha sounds best in Tamil, known fact. Hence. The other songs were
> in Hindi only.
> Chandralekha in Hindi did not sound too good in Delhi..the tamil portions
> were way better.
> ARR's speciality is his improvisations.. and he does them with style!
> especially raagas and aalaps.. there is so much fun hearing a new version!
> The CD is always there for the original.
> One could see how much fun AR had while singing Fiqrana... He was into it!
> The way he was touching the "Fiqrna" notes... he was so enjoying it!
> let's give it him..he created the song... will post the entry video
> soon..forgetting lyrics is a part of the live show business..and that's
> another beauty..how ARR can hum it off or alaap it off! I totally enjoy the
> live act! :)
> Mausan and escape start was nothing but some jamming session..to create a
> build up for the act to follow..
> Rehna tu.. he usually hums the entire continuum, those who attended the
> previous shows must be familiar..this time he played the harmonica on it..
> something unusual.. sounded good..maybe vocally he went off and came back at
> some places..but was a good performance.. he would actually touch higher
> notes in this song...
> Naveen was there for the bombay theme..the singers were not there..and this
> was only to support the Visual credits on the LEDs..
> This concert AR actually opened up..u hardly hear him shout and say
> "Welcome Kolkata...this is the Jai ho o o o o concert!" ;) and he also spoke
> on and off and in between two songs!! And he had some energy in Khalbali!
> Must mention that!!
> Rajib...coming all the way to the concert must have been fun and worth it!
> There are still so many fans in group and otherwise who have not had the
> good fortune of seeing him live. Enjoy the moments.
> Appreciate how u write about the show, but to just let u know, after having
> seen enough shows.. improvisations,mistakes,lyrical errors are part of the
> game.
> If u could not hear the song, then it's a complain, for sure!! But that you
> could hear improvised versions of the alaaps, the sounds were fine, right!?
> :)
>
> --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com ,
> "A.R.Rajib"  wrote:
> >
> > I Enjoyed those Tamil songs fully .. but m talking about Mass crowd here
> ..
> > They were surprised to hear this ...and some song's tamil version was
> chosen
> > over hindi version ...This could have been easily avoided ...Many people
> > might have guessed as some tamil songs will b played ...but they would
> enjoy
> > more if there was no tamil songs ...that is what i felt ..I might b wrong
> > as well
> >
> > When the Powerpacked tamil songs like taxi taxi was played ...the
> audience
> > was totally silent .. i was( may b the only one) singing out loud ..ppl
> were
> > starring at me ..but when ...Humma humma was played ...ppl went crazy
> > ...every single person stood and danced ..Including aunties :P
> >
> > And i dint know about Kehna hi kya alaap part ... I heard that improvised
> > part on the concert for the first time .. My ears dint like it ...may b
> it
> > was just for one time that's y ... U can never judge a ARR song by
> hearing
> > once
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 10:57 PM,  wrote:
> >
> > > Rajib, when you go to a concert, you are expected to knw what to expect
> and
> > > not the other way aroundif 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 concertnajeef, can you post that bit for
> > > everyones benefit?
> > >
> > > Vijay
> > >
> > > -original message-
> > > Subject: [arr] My comments on Jai ho Kolkata
>  > > From: "A.R.Rajib" 
> > > 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 

RE: [arr] My comments on Jai ho Kolkata

2009-11-24 Thread wiredbeats .

Hey Rajib Man,
Good u liked the concert and you met some of your friends from this gang. Ya i 
think all Jai Ho concerts follow the same template. Actually thats the way it 
usually is for all tours of all major artists. Saves time and limits even costs 
in some places. They don't expect many to tour along with the band.
But security looks like lax in Kolkata. No frisking and people lighting fire to 
newspapers I think is is a serious lapse
I wonder when will we ever learn from mistakes. 
regards
wb 

To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
From: rakesha...@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:04:10 -0800
Subject: Re: [arr] My comments on Jai ho Kolkata


















 



  



  
  
  
It was your spirit that stands above all Rajib. Kudos.. Good write up..
 
Thanks & Regards,
Rakesh.


On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 10:43 PM, A.R.Rajib  wrote:


  











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 t

Re: [arr] My comments on Jai ho Kolkata

2009-11-23 Thread Rakesh R
It was your spirit that stands above all Rajib. Kudos.. Good write up..

Thanks & Regards,
Rakesh.

On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 10:43 PM, A.R.Rajib  wrote:

>
>
>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 th

Re: [arr] My comments on Jai ho Kolkata

2009-11-23 Thread naztitude
Singing tamil songs also means giving the Bengalis a chance to listen to some 
awesome numbers which they wold have never otherwise... I have got three email 
requests asking me for the FRENCH RAP song... Called Taxi Taxi! Felt good to 
know so!
Singing Hindi versions over Tamil versions may not be the best option. 
Chandralekha sounds best in Tamil, known fact. Hence. The other songs were in 
Hindi only.
Chandralekha in Hindi did not sound too good in Delhi..the tamil portions were 
way better.
ARR's speciality is his improvisations.. and he does them with style! 
especially raagas and aalaps.. there is so much fun hearing a new version! The 
CD is always there for the original.
One could see how much fun AR had while singing Fiqrana... He was into it! The 
way he was touching the "Fiqrna" notes... he was so enjoying it! let's give 
it him..he created the song... will post the entry video soon..forgetting 
lyrics is a part of the live show business..and that's another beauty..how ARR 
can hum it off or alaap it off! I totally enjoy the live act! :)
Mausan and escape start was nothing but some jamming session..to create a build 
up for the act to follow..
Rehna tu.. he usually hums the entire continuum, those who attended the 
previous shows must be familiar..this time he played the harmonica on it.. 
something unusual.. sounded good..maybe vocally he went off and came back at 
some places..but was a good performance.. he would actually touch higher notes 
in this song...
Naveen was there for the bombay theme..the singers were not there..and this was 
only to support the Visual credits on the LEDs..
This concert AR actually opened up..u hardly hear him shout and say "Welcome 
Kolkata...this is the Jai ho o o o  o  concert!" ;) and he also spoke on and 
off and in between two songs!! And he had some energy in Khalbali! Must mention 
that!! 
Rajib...coming all the way to the concert must have been fun and worth it! 
There are still so many fans in group and otherwise who have not had the good 
fortune of seeing him live. Enjoy the moments.
Appreciate how u write about the show, but to just let u know, after having 
seen enough shows.. improvisations,mistakes,lyrical errors are part of the game.
If u could not hear the song, then it's a complain, for sure!! But that you 
could hear improvised versions of the alaaps, the sounds were fine, right!? :)
--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "A.R.Rajib"  wrote:
>
> I Enjoyed those  Tamil songs fully .. but m talking about Mass crowd here ..
> They were surprised to hear this ...and some song's tamil version was chosen
> over hindi version ...This could have been easily avoided ...Many people
> might have guessed as some tamil songs will b played ...but they would enjoy
> more if there was no  tamil songs ...that is what i felt ..I might b wrong
> as well
> 
> When the Powerpacked tamil songs like taxi taxi was played ...the audience
> was totally silent .. i was( may b the only one) singing out loud ..ppl were
> starring at me ..but when ...Humma humma was played ...ppl went crazy
> ...every single person stood and danced ..Including aunties :P
> 
> And i dint know about Kehna hi kya alaap part ... I heard that improvised
> part on the concert for the first time .. My ears dint like it ...may b it
> was just for one time that's y ... U can never judge a ARR song by hearing
> once
> 
> On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 10:57 PM,  wrote:
> 
> > Rajib, when you go to a concert, you are expected to knw what to expect and
> > not the other way aroundif 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 concertnajeef, can you post that bit for
> > everyones benefit?
> >
> > Vijay
> >
> > -original message-
> > Subject: [arr] My comments on Jai ho Kolkata
> > From: "A.R.Rajib" 
> > 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 writin

Re: [arr] My comments on Jai ho Kolkata

2009-11-23 Thread A.R.Rajib
I Enjoyed those  Tamil songs fully .. but m talking about Mass crowd here ..
They were surprised to hear this ...and some song's tamil version was chosen
over hindi version ...This could have been easily avoided ...Many people
might have guessed as some tamil songs will b played ...but they would enjoy
more if there was no  tamil songs ...that is what i felt ..I might b wrong
as well

When the Powerpacked tamil songs like taxi taxi was played ...the audience
was totally silent .. i was( may b the only one) singing out loud ..ppl were
starring at me ..but when ...Humma humma was played ...ppl went crazy
...every single person stood and danced ..Including aunties :P

And i dint know about Kehna hi kya alaap part ... I heard that improvised
part on the concert for the first time .. My ears dint like it ...may b it
was just for one time that's y ... U can never judge a ARR song by hearing
once

On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 10:57 PM,  wrote:

> Rajib, when you go to a concert, you are expected to knw what to expect and
> not the other way aroundif 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 concertnajeef, can you post that bit for
> everyones benefit?
>
> Vijay
>
> -original message-
> Subject: [arr] My comments on Jai ho Kolkata
> From: "A.R.Rajib" 
> 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 

RE: [arr] My comments on Jai ho Kolkata

2009-11-23 Thread vijay
Rajib, when you go to a concert, you are expected to knw what to expect and not 
the other way aroundif 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 concertnajeef, can you post that bit for everyones 
benefit?

Vijay

-original message-
Subject: [arr] My comments on Jai ho Kolkata
From: "A.R.Rajib" 
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