Re: [arr] Thousands flock to catch A R Rahman in action & Vedio

[dasara bullodu]

oh no.. he looks like bappi lahari in that red costume with gaudy shades
and the stick.. why?

On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 9:23 PM, Siddiq Rahman wrote:

>
>
>  Thousands flock to catch A R Rahman in action
>
> Piling up one exciting showbiz piece after another, and unfolding against
> dazzling, fast changing backgrounds, with over a dozen dancers and acrobats
> adding additional thrills, the *A R Rahman Jai Ho Concert: The Journey
> Home World Tour *got on to a rousing start in New York on Friday,
> continued in Atlantic City the next day, and arrived in DC-Virginia on
> Sunday.
>
> An estimated 24,000 people saw the show in three days which will be moving
> to cities across America and Canada before going to London and a handful of
> European cities.
>
> The concert with its eclectic mix of music including rousing songs from
> such films as *Jodhaa Akbar* and *Roja* and foot-tapping numbers from *Jane
> Tu...Ya Jaane Na,* also included a tribute to classicist Bade Ghulam Aki
> Khan (by Hariharan) and the king of pop Michael Jackson (by Rahman). It  has
> been drawing such huge, capacity full crowds at each venue.
>
> "Rahman is always big but now with winning the Oscars and Grammy awards, he
> is even more powerful," said man in his 50s.
>
> "None can resist his music. When the *Rang De Basanti* title song was
> played, I was also dancing in the isle. And I saw around me there were
> hundreds of kids, some of them must be in high school, dancing and singing.
> This was a show that had everything, music and spectacles."
>
>
>
>
> http://movies.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/jun/14/slide-show-1-jai-ho-world-tour-kicks-off.htm
>
>
>
>
>
>  
>

[arr] sir

[Ipchennai Chennai]

Dear sir,

I am Peer Mohamed, chennai born indian age 42,  working in dubai.  
congratulation sir.    You are entertaining the whole wolrd. I am your Fan 
Sir.  i have all your film and non film songs from all languages.  i like to 
hear daily.  I feel easy myself by listining of ur songs.  Because i missing my 
family members. ur music helps me to pass my hard days very easily.

thank u so much and i am eagerly looking forward more albums.

regards

i peer mohamed


  

[arr] A.R. Rahman concert-A terrific and high-powered mix of creativity and talent

[Siddiq Rahman]

A.R. Rahman concert-A terrific and high-powered mix of creativity and talent

Musical genius A.R. Rahman will begin his highly anticipated musical
concert named A.R. Rahman Jai Ho Concert: The Journey Home World Tour.
The world tour will mark its beginning by enthralling the USA
audiences and it is believed that later Rahman will travel to different
cities of countries like America, Canada, France, Switzerland, Holland
and Britain.
It has been reported that he will be having live concerts in these
places and Well-known choreographer-director Amy Tinkham has been roped
in for the world tour. Rahman became famous worldwide after his song
Jai Ho earned Oscars in 2009 and several other international awards.
As for the man himself, he wants people to know more about the richness of 
Indian cinema and music.
He commented that while he wants the audience to get a taste of
Indian music, he has also kept in mind the taste of the global audience
in mind while choosing the songs.
Rahman added that he has tried to mix and match different elements that appears 
to be fresh and innovative. 
Amy
revealed that the show will be an interesting mix of East and West and
will give people a sneak peek to Rahman’s career right from his Roja
days to the latest hit “Slumdog Millionaire”.
Well that would be really interesting since not all shows tries to infuse 
Eastern and Western elements.
Needless to say this would be one super duper rocking show.

http://www.entertainmentandshowbiz.com/a-r-rahman-concert-a-terrific-and-high-powered-mix-of-creativity-and-talent-2010061156901


  

Re: [arr] Atlantic City concert (12-Jun) - detailed review (SPOILER ALERT!!!)

[pratap]

AR did an MJ tribute! Awesome

http://indian-music-bgm.blogspot.com/ Please do not add me in YM. I only use 
this account for the group...


--- On Mon, 6/14/10, Aravind AM  wrote:

From: Aravind AM 
Subject: [arr] Atlantic City concert (12-Jun) - detailed review (SPOILER 
ALERT!!!)
To: "ARRFANS" 
Date: Monday, June 14, 2010, 8:29 AM







 



  



  
  
  Check this out... 
a pretty detailed review written by my friend, who attended the concert..

http://sagittarian- ramya.blogspot. com/2010/ 06/ar-rahman- journey-home- 
world-tour. html

Cheers,
Aravind

 
Rahmania show interviews: http://rahmania. 4shared.com
 
 



 





 



  






  

[arr] Request to ARR Sir: Mausam & Escape very important piece for Jai Ho Concert in Paris

[s03g373 s03g373]

Please ARR Sir, don't forget to perform Mausam & Escape from SDM in Paris, this 
music is worth the Jai Ho Circle ticket price by itself.


Guys, I don't know if you have watched to Jai Ho Sydney concert, let me tell 
you, that in my opinion the highlight of the show was when they played the 
music of Slumdog Millionaire "Mausam & Escape". It was brilliant, it is the 
kind of music that appeal to western audiences with full of improvisation. It 
brought such an energetic feel and boost the show to its extend.

 

I am happy that indian people appreciate ARR Sir and that they come massively 
and numerously to see his concert, but in a certain way it is normal, because 
we know that ARR is the Best. What I want is that americans, europeans and all 
other foreigners living in France, Germany, US, ... come to see ARR concert and 
get surprised by his talent. 

 

Personnally, since I knew the concert date in Paris, I am promoting it at my 
level to all my surroundings (work collegues, french friends, neighboors, 
etc...), I have also made some promotion at my daugther school in which this 
year topics is about India, this was the occasion for me to play some ARR 
songs, to play some video clips of Jana Gana Mana (these were excellent video 
as it shows all indian instruments and for people who wants to know about 
indian music, it was the correct introduction and allow them to discover Mohan 
veena, veena, ghatam, sarod, santoor, table, mridangam, shenhai, bansuri flute, 
etc...).

I was so proud this saturday to present indian music to french people and more 
especially JANA GAN MANA!!! 

For your information hereafter is the list of music and videos that I have 
played during this event. 

 

Music section, I played


Jana Gana Mana (Flute version)
Jana Gana Mana (sitar version)
Jana Gana Mana (Collective version  called "Artists instrumental")
Bombay Theme,
Yeh jo desh Hai (Shenhai version),
Pal pal from Swades (instrumental version),
Azem O from Jodha Akbar,
Mausan & Escape (which had a great success),
Etc... also figure in my list music from L.Subramaniam, Zakir Hussain, Naveen, 
Mozart meets India (various artist album)
 

In the video section, I played:


Jana Gana Mana (Flute version)
Jana Gana Mana (sitar version)
Jana Gana Mana (Collective version  called "Artists instrumental"
Azem O from Jodha Akbar,
Ennuyire from Dil Se,
Barso Re from Guru,
and many more
 

Unfortunately, the event last only 3 hours and was very short to present all 
the richness and beauty of India. Besides the music, with my wife, we also 
presented others subjects such as indian art (we brought some elephants, some 
jewels and other handycrafts that we bought in India last year in summer 
holidays), indian cuisine (children made Thali on this occasion with the help 
of the receipes we provided), indian sweets ans fruits (we brought some indian 
mangoes, goyaves (sorry I don't know the name in english, in tamil it is 
"goyaka"). I presented also to french children tamil alphabets (I brought the 
tamil LKG book and it was very useful as at the end I succeeded to hear french 
children saying "Killi peasum", "maadu paal kodukkum", etc... all this with 
perfect accent).
 

Sorry for deriving from my initial topic, this event is still in my mind and I 
wanted to thank ARR Sir for feeding Indianism in NRI like me. Again I am proud 
of having used JANA GANA MANA in a french school to introduce indian music to 
french children, thanks ARR Sir!!!
 
Finally, The beauty of Mausan & Escape (of SDM), this mix between classical 
indian music and western one is for me the best performance I have ever seen in 
a concert.
I hope and sincerely wish that this piece will be played in Paris on the 17th 
of July. I will be sitting in Jai Ho Circle in Paris concert and I hope I will 
be able to shake hand to ARR Sir and to tell him all my love and respect to the 
great indian he is in all aspects (my longtime dream).

 

JAi Ho,

Serge BELIER

(from Paris)



 
> To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
> From: yahv...@yahoo.com
> Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:12:44 +
> Subject: [arr] Re: Jai Ho Song List - Review
> 
> Adding "Rang De Basanti" to the list below...
> 
> --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "yahvacs"  wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Couple of us were at all 3 concerts. It was amazing. 
> > 
> > Positives:
> > Amazing singing, across the board
> > Good production (no awkward gaps between songs)
> > Chaiyya Chaiyya was great
> > Lukka Chuppi with Lataji
> > Benny was great, as always
> > 
> > Negatives:
> > None
> > 
> > Not so positives:
> > Too short - only about 2 hours 40 minutes
> > Not enough of Hariharan
> > Some microphone issues at the AC concert
> > No songs from Raavan
> > No songs from VTV (other than a bit of piano and one line of Hosanna)
> > Some strange song choices (we did not mind it but most of the crowd were 
> > wondering what song was being played)
> > - Only You (Vande Mataram)
> > - Azaadi (Bose)
> > - Holi Aayi (Mangal Pande

Re: [arr] Kylie Minogue cheers for AR Rahman || Journey home concert videos on DVDs very soon

[mohammed sajin]

Really wonderful!!!

SAJIN





From: Bivin Chandra 
To: AR Fans group 
Sent: Mon, June 14, 2010 2:13:13 PM
Subject: [arr] Kylie Minogue cheers for AR Rahman || Journey home concert 
videos on DVDs very soon

  
Mumbai: AR Rahman had a star guest at his just concluded Jai Ho Concert in the 
US. It was Kylie Minogue.

Kylie and AR Rahman bonded really well when the singer got her to sing Chiggy 
Wiggy, a track from the film Blue that released last Diwali. The film bombed 
badly at the box office and the track too didn’t stay on the charts for a long 
time like other AR Rahman hits. But by that time, Kylie and AR Rahman had 
forged a strong bond of friendship.
“Kylie and Rahman remained in touch since over email. Kylie wanted to work with 
Rahmanbhai again. He invited Kylie to his Chicago show,” says a source close to 
Rahman.
Rahman was pleasantly surprised when he found Kylie on the front row of his 
show. Kylie was seen cheering and clapping after every act of Rahman during the 
show.
Rahman promptly tweeted on Kylie’s page after the show. 
“Thanks for coming, it was so nice to see you again,” said Rahman to Kylie.
Another piece of good news for Rahman fans is that the star musician has 
decided to bring out a DVD of his successful tour in 
the US.
“I know you are all excited to share pictures and videos from the concert. We 
are going to release a DVD of the concert later this year. Please keep the 
surprise and excitement alive for the remaining cities on the tour,” Rahman 
revealed on Saturday.

http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report_kylie-minogue-cheers-for-ar-rahman_1396195

 

 


  

Re: [arr] Thousands flock to catch A R Rahman in action & Vedio

[A.R.Rajib]

*Please Note.. You have keep clicking next on this page to see the complete
article !!! therez about 10 pages of articles there !!*

On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 9:53 PM, Siddiq Rahman wrote:

>
>
> Thousands flock to catch A R Rahman in action
>
> Piling up one exciting showbiz piece after another, and unfolding against
> dazzling, fast changing backgrounds, with over a dozen dancers and acrobats
> adding additional thrills, the *A R Rahman Jai Ho Concert: The Journey
> Home World Tour *got on to a rousing start in New York on Friday,
> continued in Atlantic City the next day, and arrived in DC-Virginia on
> Sunday.
>
> An estimated 24,000 people saw the show in three days which will be moving
> to cities across America and Canada before going to London and a handful of
> European cities.
>
> The concert with its eclectic mix of music including rousing songs from
> such films as *Jodhaa Akbar* and *Roja* and foot-tapping numbers from *Jane
> Tu...Ya Jaane Na,* also included a tribute to classicist Bade Ghulam Aki
> Khan (by Hariharan) and the king of pop Michael Jackson (by Rahman). It  has
> been drawing such huge, capacity full crowds at each venue.
>
> "Rahman is always big but now with winning the Oscars and Grammy awards, he
> is even more powerful," said man in his 50s.
>
> "None can resist his music. When the *Rang De Basanti* title song was
> played, I was also dancing in the isle. And I saw around me there were
> hundreds of kids, some of them must be in high school, dancing and singing.
> This was a show that had everything, music and spectacles."
>
>
>
>
> http://movies.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/jun/14/slide-show-1-jai-ho-world-tour-kicks-off.htm
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 




-- 
- Regards

~ ~ A.R.Rajib ~ ~

Re: [arr] Kylie Minogue cheers for AR Rahman || Journey home concert videos on DVDs very soon

[kitcha_swamy]

//  He invited Kylie to his Chicago show. Rahman was pleasantly surprised when 
he found Kylie on the front row of his show. Kylie was seen cheering and 
clapping after every act of Rahman during the show. // 

haha ROFL. The Chicago show is only scheduled next week but its fun to read 
this minority report LOL.

Swamy aka Kitcha

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Gopal Srinivasan  wrote:
>
> Are these journalists or fiction writers? Such cock and bull. The incident
> happened but during the London Symphony Orchestra concert. The Jai Ho tour
> hasn't been to Chicago yet.
> 
> On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 06:13, Bivin Chandra  wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > *Mumbai: *AR Rahman had a star guest at his just concluded Jai Ho Concert
> > in the US. It was Kylie Minogue.
> >
> > Kylie and AR Rahman bonded really well when the singer got her to sing
> > Chiggy Wiggy, a track from the film *Blue* that released last Diwali. The
> > film bombed badly at the box office and the track too didn't stay on the
> > charts for a long time like other AR Rahman hits. But by that time, Kylie
> > and AR Rahman had forged a strong bond of friendship.
> >
> > "Kylie and Rahman remained in touch since over email. Kylie wanted to work
> > with Rahmanbhai again. He invited Kylie to his Chicago show," says a source
> > close to Rahman.
> >
> > Rahman was pleasantly surprised when he found Kylie on the front row of his
> > show. Kylie was seen cheering and clapping after every act of Rahman during
> > the show.
> >
> > Rahman promptly tweeted on Kylie's page after the show.
> > "Thanks for coming, it was so nice to see you again," said Rahman to Kylie.
> >
> > *Another piece of good news for Rahman fans is that the star musician has
> > decided to bring out a DVD of his successful tour in
> > the US.*
> >
> > *"I know you are all excited to share pictures and videos from the
> > concert. We are going to release a DVD of the concert later this year.
> > Please keep the surprise and excitement alive for the remaining cities on
> > the tour," Rahman revealed on Saturday.*
> >
> > *
> > *
> >
> > *
> > http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report_kylie-minogue-cheers-for-ar-rahman_1396195
> > *
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>

Re: [arr] 'VTV' Hindi songs ready

[kishore parayath]

This is possibly a rumour. VTV ka Hindi title be finalize nahi hua hai. Then
how can the lyrics be written? How can the singers be finalized so fast? How
can ARR record all the songs so fast under this busy schedule (Jai Ho tour,
PULI's RR, Endhiran's RR etc) ?? That too with 2 new songs composed.
Definitely this is a rumour.

Friends, dont get fooled by such articles. Iam sure, Gopal will confirm
this.

Re: [arr] facebook fans count

[DJO]

Now its 
675,411


From: Bergin Roy 
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, June 15, 2010 8:55:28 AM
Subject: [arr] facebook fans count

  
I was about to copy and paste the facebook fans count 672,009
for some reason, I went back and refreshed the page and i see this 672,115 ... 
see the growth in matter of couple of minutes.

and again its 672,121
Wow !!!


-- 
www.berginroy. com

 


  

Re: [arr] Just revisited Blue...

[Karthik Subramaniam]

I agree. I listened to it a couple of days back. Enjoyed it thoroughly!

On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 7:06 AM, AJ  wrote:

>
>
> It's really not a bad album. In fact, it has some incredibly rocking tunes
> such as Fiqrana, Rehnuma, Bhoola Tujhe. Sound issue aside, which is really
> not that major, it's a daring album by ARR and I'm glad he did it as an
> experiment, which really showcases his versatility.
>
> Rawat, we know how you feel about Blue already, so please refrain
>
>  
>

Re: [arr] Rahman's 'Jai Ho' creates magic

[Bergin Roy]

Probably more ... Shekar Kapur and AR sit for composing session on stage in
front of the audience :-)



On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 3:28 PM, Gopal Srinivasan wrote:

>
>
> What next? MJ came alive to perform with AR?
>
> Sent via BlackBerry
> --
> *From: * "A.R.Rajib" 
> *Date: *Wed, 16 Jun 2010 01:18:07 +0600
> *To: *
> *Subject: *[arr] Rahman's 'Jai Ho' creates magic
>
>
>
> *Rahman's 'Jai Ho' creates magic*
> Ambili [June 14, 2010, 11:01:52 PM]
>  [image: Rahman's 'Jai Ho' creates magic]
>
> Oscar and Grammy-winner A.R. Rahman's highly-anticipated 'A.R. Rahman Jai
> Ho Concert: The Journey Home World Tour' was witnessed by thousands of fans
> in New York, Atlantic City and Virgina in USA recently. Rahman even has a
> surprise guest! Kylie Minogue.
>
> Kylie and Rahman performed 'Chiggy Wiggy', a track from the film *Blue* that
> released last Diwali. After about 24,000 people saw the show in three
> days, the show is now moving across America, Canada and London.
>
> “I know you are all excited to share pictures and videos from the concert.
> We are going to release a DVD of the concert later this year. Please keep
> the surprise and excitement alive for the remaining cities on the tour,”
> Rahman revealed after the concert.
>
> The concert, produced by Deepak Gattani from Rapport Productions, will
> travel to over 20 major arenas and cities worldwide. During this period, he
> will have live concerts in USA, Canada, Netherlands, France, Norway, and UK,
> covering the cities of New York, Atlantic City, Washington DC, Chicago,
> Detroit, Toronto, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston, Amsterdam,
> Paris, Oslo, Glasgow, Manchester and London.
>
> Well-known choreographer-director Amy Tinkham, who has worked on the live
> musical concerts of pop icons Paul McCartney, Madonna, Britney Spears, Dixie
> Chicks and Motley Crue, has teamed up for the tour. The live concert will be
> a theatrical experience that will blend new technologies with dance
> arrangements and acrobatics. It will feature changing sets, large images and
> a cast of musicians and dancers from across the globe.
>
>
>
> http://hindi.galatta.com/entertainment/hindi/livewire/id/Rahman_Jai_Ho_creates_magic_39537.html
> --
> - Regards
>
> ~ ~ A.R.Rajib ~ ~
>
>   
>



-- 
www.berginroy.com

Re: [arr] 'VTV' Hindi songs ready

[Shamil Sharif]

But Kishore, u said VTV hindi is just a rumour.Guatham has no plan etc etc.
?
??
 
AR Rahman - His music for ears for years





From: kishore parayath 
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, June 15, 2010 7:58:14 AM
Subject: Re: [arr] 'VTV' Hindi songs ready

  
It maybe only 8. Maybe, 1 tune is replaced.. possibly Omana Penne or Kannukkul 
Kannai.


On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 7:26 AM, KJ  wrote:

  
>If there are two new tunes composed for hindi, the hindi album has 9 tunes 
>instead of 8 as reported right ? Anyways, i cant wait for the hindi version 
>
>
>
>On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 9:58 PM, Bivin Chandra  wrote:
>
>  
>>'VTV' Hindi songs ready 
>>IndiaGlitz [Monday, June 14, 2010]   
>> 
>>Gautham Menon's poetic love story ‘Vinnaithandi Varuvaya' recently completed 
>>one hundred days and is still running. Meanwhile Gautham is also ready to 
>>start the Hindi version of ‘VTV’.
>>
>>
>>One major change for the Hindi version is the songs. A R Rahman has composed 
>>two new tunes for the Hindi version. Of the two one will be a duet and the 
>>other will be a solo song for the hero. Tamil ‘VTV’ had seven songs and Hindi 
>>will have eight.
>>
>>
>>A R Rahman had delivered the new tunes to Gautham before leaving on his Jai 
>>Ho world tour. The pilot versions of the songs were recorded at ARR studios 
>>in Chennai to enable the creative team to work on their digital story boards.
>>Trisha will play Jessie even in the Hindi version while Raj Babbar's son 
>>Pratiek Babbar will be Karthik.   
>>
>




  

[arr] Making of Raavanan- New unreleased footage on YouTube!

[Neevan]

Hey Guys check out the making of Raavanan on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zNqV8rf4os

This is not the same footage as shown on vijay tv, so do check it out!

Jai Ho! 

Regards
Neevan 

[arr] Re: Superlative

[nazeef mohammed]

your prayers might be answered!

Re: [arr] 3 More Music Directors from ARR's School

[Bergin Roy]

I've heard about *Ashwin Subramaniam, *he's grand son of my nephew's
carnatic vocal teacher here in Maryland. I know he was a student in KMMC.

- Bergin

On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 3:51 PM, Roshan  wrote:

>
>
> the credits lists someone else for music.  is this another imaginary news
> by indian media ?
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 2:40 PM, A.R.Rajib  wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>> To many, A.R. Rahman has reached his pinnacle of success. What does he
>> feel about this? Well, success is a relative term, according to Rahman. He
>> further clarifies “apart from winning the Grammy and the Oscar, the real
>> success lies in the success of my music school - KM Conservatory in
>> Chennai/Madras. According to Rahman, “the school brings together all the
>> experiments one can find and create in the field of music including audio
>> engineering”. *As a matter of fact, the students of KM Conservatory (AVS
>> Ramana Rao, Ashwin Subramaniam and Jerry Silvester Vincent) are now the
>> music directors of the new upcoming Hollywood release **Art of 
>> Power*
>> *, produced by Michigan based Indians Mohan Yellapantula and Sai
>> Vummethala with Adrian Walker, Executive Producer (soon to be screened at
>> the Detroit Windsor Film Festival).*
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Full Article >>
>> http://www.miindia.com/articles/ARRTeaser/jaiho.html
>>
>> --
>> - Regards
>>
>> ~ ~ A.R.Rajib ~ ~
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> ---
> http://roshanravi.com
> http://ramblingsoul.com
> http://cssheaven.org
>
>  
>



-- 
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RE: [arr] Kylie Minogue cheers for AR Rahman || Journey home concert videos on DVDs very soon

[ajay_baskar2...@yahoo.co.in]

Seems that they've left that job to us

Sent from my Nokia phone
-Original Message-
From: Matthew Islam
Sent:  15:06:2010 2.25.18 pm
Subject:  Re: [arr] Kylie Minogue cheers for AR Rahman || Journey home concert  
videos on DVDs very soon


Haha..what rubbish..do these guys even check their information?

On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 6:10 PM, Gopal Srinivasan wrote:

>
>
> Are these journalists or fiction writers? Such cock and bull. The incident
> happened but during the London Symphony Orchestra concert. The Jai Ho tour
> hasn't been to Chicago yet.
>
> On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 06:13, Bivin Chandra wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> *Mumbai: *AR Rahman had a star guest at his just concluded Jai Ho Concert
>> in the US. It was Kylie Minogue.
>>
>> Kylie and AR Rahman bonded really well when the singer got her to sing
>> Chiggy Wiggy, a track from the film *Blue* that released last Diwali. The
>> film bombed badly at the box office and the track too didn’t stay on the
>> charts for a long time like other AR Rahman hits. But by that time, Kylie
>> and AR Rahman had forged a strong bond of friendship.
>>
>> “Kylie and Rahman remained in touch since over email. Kylie wanted to work
>> with Rahmanbhai again. He invited Kylie to his Chicago show,” says a source
>> close to Rahman.
>>
>> Rahman was pleasantly surprised when he found Kylie on the front row of
>> his show. Kylie was seen cheering and clapping after every act of Rahman
>> during the show.
>>
>> Rahman promptly tweeted on Kylie’s page after the show.
>> “Thanks for coming, it was so nice to see you again,” said Rahman to
>> Kylie.
>>
>> *Another piece of good news for Rahman fans is that the star musician has
>> decided to bring out a DVD of his successful tour in
>> the US.*
>>
>> *“I know you are all excited to share pictures and videos from the
>> concert. We are going to release a DVD of the concert later this year.
>> Please keep the surprise and excitement alive for the remaining cities on
>> the tour,” Rahman revealed on Saturday.*
>>
>> *
>> *
>>
>> *
>> http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report_kylie-minogue-cheers-for-ar-rahman_1396195
>> *
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>  
>



-- 
"God Willing, For the valiant heart, nothing is impossible".

Re: [arr] 3 More Music Directors from ARR's School

[Vithur]

Wonderful. Wonderful...

On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 2:10 AM, A.R.Rajib  wrote:

>
>
>
> To many, A.R. Rahman has reached his pinnacle of success. What does he feel
> about this? Well, success is a relative term, according to Rahman. He
> further clarifies “apart from winning the Grammy and the Oscar, the real
> success lies in the success of my music school - KM Conservatory in
> Chennai/Madras. According to Rahman, “the school brings together all the
> experiments one can find and create in the field of music including audio
> engineering”. *As a matter of fact, the students of KM Conservatory (AVS
> Ramana Rao, Ashwin Subramaniam and Jerry Silvester Vincent) are now the
> music directors of the new upcoming Hollywood release **Art of 
> Power*
> *, produced by Michigan based Indians Mohan Yellapantula and Sai
> Vummethala with Adrian Walker, Executive Producer (soon to be screened at
> the Detroit Windsor Film Festival).*
>
>
>
>
> Full Article >>
> http://www.miindia.com/articles/ARRTeaser/jaiho.html
>
> --
> - Regards
>
> ~ ~ A.R.Rajib ~ ~
>
>  
>



-- 
regards,
Vithur

Re: [arr] facebook fans count

[Bergin Roy]

674,000 People Like This
On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 4:52 AM, A.R.Rajib  wrote:

>
>
> Right Now it's
> 672,952Whenevre i check it ...I found a Increase in the number by atleast
> 1k !! All the member of this group should suggest the page to all their
> friends :-D
>
> As ARR himself posts things there !! Me too got 100+ friends there !!
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 9:40 AM, pratap  wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> I suggested the page to most of my friends:) I have at least 100 friends
>> who are in the fan group. XD
>>
>> http://indian-music-bgm.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
>>
>> Please do not add me in YM. I only use this account for the group...
>>
>>
>> --- On *Mon, 6/14/10, Bergin Roy * wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: Bergin Roy 
>> Subject: [arr] facebook fans count
>> To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
>> Date: Monday, June 14, 2010, 8:25 PM
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I was about to copy and paste the facebook fans count 672,009
>> for some reason, I went back and refreshed the page and i see this 672,115
>> ... see the growth in matter of couple of minutes.
>>
>> and again its
>>  672,121
>> Wow !!!
>>
>> --
>> www.berginroy. com 
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> - Regards
>
> ~ ~ A.R.Rajib ~ ~
>
>  
>



-- 
www.berginroy.com

[arr] Re: Just revisited Blue...

[Rivjot]

I listened to Blue Theme, Rehnuma & Fiqrana yesterday, very energetic and 
rocking songs!! Yet (IMHO) overall soundtrack was not as good as Rahman's 
recent soundtracks.. and the movie made the situation even worse. 

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "AJ"  wrote:
>
> It's really not a bad album.  In fact, it has some incredibly rocking tunes 
> such as Fiqrana, Rehnuma, Bhoola Tujhe.  Sound issue aside, which is really 
> not that major, it's a daring album by ARR and I'm glad he did it as an 
> experiment, which really showcases his versatility.
> 
> Rawat, we know how you feel about Blue already, so please refrain
>

Re: [arr] Aishwarya, Rajnikanth's Endhiran arrives in Aug

[Hameed Akbar]

Endhiran arrives in Aug but releases on 14th April 2010? lol.. Jaggubhai by
Shankar? lol.. lol.. uff..

On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 3:17 PM, A.R.Rajib  wrote:

>
>
> Aishwarya, Rajnikanth's Endhiran arrives in Aug
>  Two Oscar Winners working on film
>
> Good news for fans tired of waiting - the Rajnikanth-Aishwarya Rai
> extravaganza 'Endhiran' (Robot) will hit theaters this August. There is just
> one song to be shot at a hotel still under construction near Anna Arivalayan
> in Teynampet.
>
> The Oscar winning duo of AR Rahman and Resul Pookutty have jammed for
> 'Endhiran' - Rahman has composed six songs for the film, one of which he has
> sung himself. Sound designer Pookutty has been handed the final edit of the
> film and is busy inputting the big action sound effects to polish the film
> before release.
>
> The producers of the film have already spent crores on the film but
> director Shankar is contemplating on a 3D version, the conversion would be
> done digitally during post production (like in the new Harry Potter film).
> Shankar's strategy is to bring audiences to the theater, and keep pirates at
> bay, in case you didn't already know, his previous film 'Jaggubhai' was
> widely pirated, and was even available on the internet on the day of the
> release. The director was shown a 3D demo of the film by a leading special
> effects company, and was highly impressed by the result.
>
> 'Endhiran' has already broken a lot of records, AR Rahman is now the
> highest paid musician in India and Aishwarya Rai is the highest paid
> Bollywood actress of all time, with an upfront fee of Rs 6 crore. Aishwarya
> beat out the likes of Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone, Asin, Trisha
> Krishnan, Shriya Saran, Priyamani and Nayanthara who were approached to star
> in the film.
>
> Endhiran was filmed in Himachal Pradesh, the US, Vietnam, Brazil, with a
> song shot at the historic site of the Machu Picchu in Peru! Four hundred
> students from the Vellore Institute of Technology were used as extras in the
> film. The fight scenes in the film were choreographed by Yuen Woo-ping, who
> worked on 'The Matrix', the animatronics and puppetry were done by
> Hollywood's Stan Winston Studios, the visual effects/CGI were rendered by
> Industrial Light & Magic. Endhiran releases on 14 April 2010.
>
>
>
> http://www.india.com/movies/movies/aishwarya-rajnikanths-endhiran-arrives-aug_7807
> --
> - Regards
>
> ~ ~ A.R.Rajib ~ ~
>
>  
>

Re: [arr] Rahman's 'Jai Ho' creates magic

[Hameed Akbar]

LOL.. :o)

On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 3:28 PM, Gopal Srinivasan wrote:

>
>
> What next? MJ came alive to perform with AR?
>
> Sent via BlackBerry
> --
> *From: * "A.R.Rajib" 
> *Date: *Wed, 16 Jun 2010 01:18:07 +0600
> *To: *
> *Subject: *[arr] Rahman's 'Jai Ho' creates magic
>
>
>
> *Rahman's 'Jai Ho' creates magic*
> Ambili [June 14, 2010, 11:01:52 PM]
>  [image: Rahman's 'Jai Ho' creates magic]
>
> Oscar and Grammy-winner A.R. Rahman's highly-anticipated 'A.R. Rahman Jai
> Ho Concert: The Journey Home World Tour' was witnessed by thousands of fans
> in New York, Atlantic City and Virgina in USA recently. Rahman even has a
> surprise guest! Kylie Minogue.
>
> Kylie and Rahman performed 'Chiggy Wiggy', a track from the film *Blue* that
> released last Diwali. After about 24,000 people saw the show in three
> days, the show is now moving across America, Canada and London.
>
> “I know you are all excited to share pictures and videos from the concert.
> We are going to release a DVD of the concert later this year. Please keep
> the surprise and excitement alive for the remaining cities on the tour,”
> Rahman revealed after the concert.
>
> The concert, produced by Deepak Gattani from Rapport Productions, will
> travel to over 20 major arenas and cities worldwide. During this period, he
> will have live concerts in USA, Canada, Netherlands, France, Norway, and UK,
> covering the cities of New York, Atlantic City, Washington DC, Chicago,
> Detroit, Toronto, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston, Amsterdam,
> Paris, Oslo, Glasgow, Manchester and London.
>
> Well-known choreographer-director Amy Tinkham, who has worked on the live
> musical concerts of pop icons Paul McCartney, Madonna, Britney Spears, Dixie
> Chicks and Motley Crue, has teamed up for the tour. The live concert will be
> a theatrical experience that will blend new technologies with dance
> arrangements and acrobatics. It will feature changing sets, large images and
> a cast of musicians and dancers from across the globe.
>
>
>
> http://hindi.galatta.com/entertainment/hindi/livewire/id/Rahman_Jai_Ho_creates_magic_39537.html
> --
> - Regards
>
> ~ ~ A.R.Rajib ~ ~
>
>   
>

[arr] Just revisited Blue...

[AJ]

It's really not a bad album.  In fact, it has some incredibly rocking tunes 
such as Fiqrana, Rehnuma, Bhoola Tujhe.  Sound issue aside, which is really not 
that major, it's a daring album by ARR and I'm glad he did it as an experiment, 
which really showcases his versatility.

Rawat, we know how you feel about Blue already, so please refrain

Re: [arr] Is Jai Ho! A R Rahman's best song?

[arr_raghu]

the writer has some good points to mention..
but arr needs to release at least half a dozen of classic albums 
before it makes sense to make it truly american show.. 
but this time i think he just tried to give something different..
it is not like trying to become a pop star or something else..
in the past he has already performed on the stage with all the professional 
singers and full scale orchestra..

I completely see your point.. he will definitely do 
what you have suggested in the future..many more tours to come.
even we want to see his name to become common on the stands..that will come. 
meanwhile it is like arr rejecting typecasting..
it is very similar to he composing for the likes of both 
kadal desam and lagaan. 



--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Roshan  wrote:
>
> I too agree with this. except CNN and MTV, there were no coverage on
> american media except a little foot note that AR Rahman is performing.
> 
> Why is it ?  the answer is simple.. most of the western audiences haven't
> really heard of Rahman yet.  Some probably know him as the guy who won the
> Oscar. But majority of them haven't really become "the fan" just yet.  That
> will only happen if he releases some albums in the US, collaborate with big
> stars in the west and do good musical concerts that really represent
> rahman.. the kind we see in a Yanni Concert. not the kind that Britney
> spears or Madonna does.  and I wasn't quiet happy with the way they tried to
> replicate a MJ on Rahman. I mean, what is the point ?
> 
> His music has lots of class that one would find in a western classical
> composistions. instead of trying to make him a pop star, why not try to
> showcase what really he is ?  he is a composer. his compositions are to be
> heard.. but not accompanied with lots of dancers and gimmicks.
> 
> I know a lot of people might disagree with me. But, that is just me. :) I
> would love to see him perform his song with his singers in a classy
> atmosphere than to see acrobatics and dances.  There is plenty of that in
> Booollywood.
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 2:02 AM, A.R.Rajib  wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > Is *Jai Ho!* A R Rahman's best song?
> > June 15, 2010 14:24 IST
> >
> > *
> > *
> > *Aseem Chhabra listens to the music played at A R Rahman's [ 
> > Images ]
> > concert in New York.
> >
> > *
> >
> > *Also Read: Thousands flock to catch A R Rahman in 
> > action
> > *
> > Is *Jai Ho!* A R Rahman's best composition? Most India [ 
> > Images ]n
> > fans of the composer in India and elsewhere in the Diaspora will disagree
> > with that question.
> >
> > It is widely believed that Rahman has composed far better songs in
> > Bollywood and for Tamil films. My personal favourites range from *Chaiyya
> > Chaiyya* to*Taal [ 
> > Images ]
> > Se Taal Mila*, and *Sandhana Thendralai* from Rajiv Menon's Tamil 
> > film*Kandukonden
> > Kandukonden*.
> >
> > Nevertheless the box office success of *Slumdog Millionaire [ 
> > Images
> >  ]* and the Oscar wins have clearly made *Jai Ho!* Rahman's most popular
> > song in the West. It is also his only known song in the West other than
> > perhaps the rest of the compositions from Danny Boyle's 
> > [Images ]
> > film.
> >
> > And so no surprise that the management team behind Rahman's new stage show
> > would call it Jai Ho 2010: The Journey Home Concert.
> >
> > After all, the hope was that this concert was going to introduce Rahman in
> > a big way to mainstream America. That 'journey home' expression comes from
> > one of the original songs of Rahman's West End and Broadway musical *Bombay
> > Dreams*.
> >
> > I did not understand whether this time the expression 'journey home' was
> > supposed to represent Rahman's passage back to the US -- now that he
> > reportedly spends more time in Los Angeles; or was this concert reconnecting
> > his fans in the Indian Diaspora to their roots by traversing through the
> > highlights of his rich career.
> >
> > Last Friday before the first show started at the Nassau Coliseum in New
> > York, I stood with two friends -- an Indian musician and an American blogger
> > -- at a bar at the venue doing something very politically incorrect. We were
> > conducting our own non-scientific poll of white Caucasian faces in the
> > crowds that were entering the arena. There may have been more than 15,000
> > people in the audience, but we counted about 20 white faces and perhaps we
> > may have missed another 30 to 40.
> >
> > We posted on Twitter and later during the show other friends texted from
> > different locations in the venue. Why did not Rahman's so-ca

Re: [arr] Is Jai Ho! A R Rahman's best song?

[Lux]

How I wish he would appear and perform on NPR.

On Jun 15, 2010, at 3:02 PM, Roshan  wrote:

I too agree with this. except CNN and MTV, there were no coverage on  
american media except a little foot note that AR Rahman is performing.


Why is it ?  the answer is simple.. most of the western audiences  
haven't really heard of Rahman yet.  Some probably know him as the  
guy who won the Oscar. But majority of them haven't really become  
"the fan" just yet.  That will only happen if he releases some  
albums in the US, collaborate with big stars in the west and do good  
musical concerts that really represent rahman.. the kind we see in a  
Yanni Concert. not the kind that Britney spears or Madonna does.   
and I wasn't quiet happy with the way they tried to replicate a MJ  
on Rahman. I mean, what is the point ?


His music has lots of class that one would find in a western  
classical composistions. instead of trying to make him a pop star,  
why not try to showcase what really he is ?  he is a composer. his  
compositions are to be heard.. but not accompanied with lots of  
dancers and gimmicks.


I know a lot of people might disagree with me. But, that is just  
me. :) I would love to see him perform his song with his singers in  
a classy atmosphere than to see acrobatics and dances.  There is  
plenty of that in Booollywood.





On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 2:02 AM, A.R.Rajib   
wrote:



Is Jai Ho! A R Rahman's best song?

June 15, 2010 14:24 IST


Aseem Chhabra listens to the music played at A R Rahman's [ Images ]  
concert in New York.

Also Read: Thousands flock to catch A R Rahman in action

Is Jai Ho! A R Rahman's best composition? Most India [ Images ]n  
fans of the composer in India and elsewhere in the Diaspora will  
disagree with that question.
It is widely believed that Rahman has composed far better songs in  
Bollywood and for Tamil films. My personal favourites range from  
Chaiyya Chaiyya toTaal [ Images ] Se Taal Mila, and Sandhana  
Thendralai from Rajiv Menon's Tamil filmKandukonden Kandukonden.


Nevertheless the box office success of Slumdog Millionaire  
[ Images ] and the Oscar wins have clearly made Jai Ho! Rahman's  
most popular song in the West. It is also his only known song in the  
West other than perhaps the rest of the compositions from Danny  
Boyle's [Images ] film.


And so no surprise that the management team behind Rahman's new  
stage show would call it Jai Ho 2010: The Journey Home Concert.


After all, the hope was that this concert was going to introduce  
Rahman in a big way to mainstream America. That 'journey home'  
expression comes from one of the original songs of Rahman's West End  
and Broadway musical Bombay Dreams.


I did not understand whether this time the expression 'journey home'  
was supposed to represent Rahman's passage back to the US -- now  
that he reportedly spends more time in Los Angeles; or was this  
concert reconnecting his fans in the Indian Diaspora to their roots  
by traversing through the highlights of his rich career.


Last Friday before the first show started at the Nassau Coliseum in  
New York, I stood with two friends -- an Indian musician and an  
American blogger -- at a bar at the venue doing something very  
politically incorrect. We were conducting our own non-scientific  
poll of white Caucasian faces in the crowds that were entering the  
arena. There may have been more than 15,000 people in the audience,  
but we counted about 20 white faces and perhaps we may have missed  
another 30 to 40.


We posted on Twitter and later during the show other friends texted  
from different locations in the venue. Why did not Rahman's so- 
called non-South Asian fans show up? This much was clear -- 99.9  
percent of the audience that arrived in their cars from New York and  
other neighbouring states (I even met a family that had driven six  
hours, all the way from Boston) were brown desis -- more Indians,  
but surely also other South Asian fans of Rahman.


I am not an expert in booking musical shows, but I do know that when  
artists like Bruce Springsteen, Madonna [ Images ] or Lady Gaga  
[ Images ] perform in New York, they seek venues like Radio City  
Music Hall or Madison Square Garden. And in order to reach all  
shades and colours of New Yorkers, those shows are promoted in the  
mainstream press.


But this Rahman show was mostly promoted to the South Asian market.  
Desis know Nassau Coliseum since that has long been the site for  
Bollywood shows, but it is hardly a venue that would draw other New  
Yorkers.


Some may argue that a brown man's dollar has the same value as that  
of a white man and I will agree with that. The Coliseum was filled  
to about 75% capacity and so how does it matter who bought the  
tickets? But I still feel that with a grand show such as this --  
well produced by choreographer-director Amy Tinkham, who has worked  
on concerts with artists including Paul McCartney, Madonna and  
Britn

Re: [arr] Is Jai Ho! A R Rahman's best song?

[Roshan]

I too agree with this. except CNN and MTV, there were no coverage on
american media except a little foot note that AR Rahman is performing.

Why is it ?  the answer is simple.. most of the western audiences haven't
really heard of Rahman yet.  Some probably know him as the guy who won the
Oscar. But majority of them haven't really become "the fan" just yet.  That
will only happen if he releases some albums in the US, collaborate with big
stars in the west and do good musical concerts that really represent
rahman.. the kind we see in a Yanni Concert. not the kind that Britney
spears or Madonna does.  and I wasn't quiet happy with the way they tried to
replicate a MJ on Rahman. I mean, what is the point ?

His music has lots of class that one would find in a western classical
composistions. instead of trying to make him a pop star, why not try to
showcase what really he is ?  he is a composer. his compositions are to be
heard.. but not accompanied with lots of dancers and gimmicks.

I know a lot of people might disagree with me. But, that is just me. :) I
would love to see him perform his song with his singers in a classy
atmosphere than to see acrobatics and dances.  There is plenty of that in
Booollywood.



On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 2:02 AM, A.R.Rajib  wrote:

>
>
> Is *Jai Ho!* A R Rahman's best song?
> June 15, 2010 14:24 IST
>
> *
> *
> *Aseem Chhabra listens to the music played at A R Rahman's [ 
> Images ]
> concert in New York.
>
> *
>
> *Also Read: Thousands flock to catch A R Rahman in 
> action
> *
> Is *Jai Ho!* A R Rahman's best composition? Most India [ 
> Images ]n
> fans of the composer in India and elsewhere in the Diaspora will disagree
> with that question.
>
> It is widely believed that Rahman has composed far better songs in
> Bollywood and for Tamil films. My personal favourites range from *Chaiyya
> Chaiyya* to*Taal [ 
> Images ]
> Se Taal Mila*, and *Sandhana Thendralai* from Rajiv Menon's Tamil 
> film*Kandukonden
> Kandukonden*.
>
> Nevertheless the box office success of *Slumdog Millionaire [ 
> Images
>  ]* and the Oscar wins have clearly made *Jai Ho!* Rahman's most popular
> song in the West. It is also his only known song in the West other than
> perhaps the rest of the compositions from Danny Boyle's 
> [Images ]
> film.
>
> And so no surprise that the management team behind Rahman's new stage show
> would call it Jai Ho 2010: The Journey Home Concert.
>
> After all, the hope was that this concert was going to introduce Rahman in
> a big way to mainstream America. That 'journey home' expression comes from
> one of the original songs of Rahman's West End and Broadway musical *Bombay
> Dreams*.
>
> I did not understand whether this time the expression 'journey home' was
> supposed to represent Rahman's passage back to the US -- now that he
> reportedly spends more time in Los Angeles; or was this concert reconnecting
> his fans in the Indian Diaspora to their roots by traversing through the
> highlights of his rich career.
>
> Last Friday before the first show started at the Nassau Coliseum in New
> York, I stood with two friends -- an Indian musician and an American blogger
> -- at a bar at the venue doing something very politically incorrect. We were
> conducting our own non-scientific poll of white Caucasian faces in the
> crowds that were entering the arena. There may have been more than 15,000
> people in the audience, but we counted about 20 white faces and perhaps we
> may have missed another 30 to 40.
>
> We posted on Twitter and later during the show other friends texted from
> different locations in the venue. Why did not Rahman's so-called non-South
> Asian fans show up? This much was clear -- 99.9 percent of the audience that
> arrived in their cars from New York and other neighbouring states (I even
> met a family that had driven six hours, all the way from Boston) were brown
> *desis* -- more Indians, but surely also other South Asian fans of Rahman.
>
> I am not an expert in booking musical shows, but I do know that when
> artists like Bruce Springsteen, Madonna [ 
> Images ]
> or Lady Gaga [ 
> Images ]
> perform in New York, they seek venues like Radio City Music Hall or Madison
> Square Garden. And in order to reach all shades and colours of New Yorkers,
> those shows are promoted in the mainstream press.
>
> But this Rahman show was mostly promoted to the South Asian market. *Desis
> * know Nassau Coliseum since that has long been the site for Bollywood
> shows,

[arr] Is Jai Ho! A R Rahman's best song?

[A.R.Rajib]

 Is *Jai Ho!* A R Rahman's best song?
June 15, 2010 14:24 IST

*
*
*Aseem Chhabra listens to the music played at A R Rahman's [
Images ]
concert in New York.

*

*Also Read: Thousands flock to catch A R Rahman in
action
*
Is *Jai Ho!* A R Rahman's best composition? Most India [
Images ]n
fans of the composer in India and elsewhere in the Diaspora will disagree
with that question.

It is widely believed that Rahman has composed far better songs in Bollywood
and for Tamil films. My personal favourites range from *Chaiyya
Chaiyya* to*Taal
[ Images  ] Se Taal
Mila*, and *Sandhana Thendralai* from Rajiv Menon's Tamil film*Kandukonden
Kandukonden*.

Nevertheless the box office success of *Slumdog Millionaire [
Images
 ]* and the Oscar wins have clearly made *Jai Ho!* Rahman's most popular
song in the West. It is also his only known song in the West other than
perhaps the rest of the compositions from Danny Boyle's
[Images ]
film.

And so no surprise that the management team behind Rahman's new stage show
would call it Jai Ho 2010: The Journey Home Concert.

After all, the hope was that this concert was going to introduce Rahman in a
big way to mainstream America. That 'journey home' expression comes from one
of the original songs of Rahman's West End and Broadway musical *Bombay
Dreams*.

I did not understand whether this time the expression 'journey home' was
supposed to represent Rahman's passage back to the US -- now that he
reportedly spends more time in Los Angeles; or was this concert reconnecting
his fans in the Indian Diaspora to their roots by traversing through the
highlights of his rich career.

Last Friday before the first show started at the Nassau Coliseum in New
York, I stood with two friends -- an Indian musician and an American blogger
-- at a bar at the venue doing something very politically incorrect. We were
conducting our own non-scientific poll of white Caucasian faces in the
crowds that were entering the arena. There may have been more than 15,000
people in the audience, but we counted about 20 white faces and perhaps we
may have missed another 30 to 40.

We posted on Twitter and later during the show other friends texted from
different locations in the venue. Why did not Rahman's so-called non-South
Asian fans show up? This much was clear -- 99.9 percent of the audience that
arrived in their cars from New York and other neighbouring states (I even
met a family that had driven six hours, all the way from Boston) were brown
*desis* -- more Indians, but surely also other South Asian fans of Rahman.

I am not an expert in booking musical shows, but I do know that when artists
like Bruce Springsteen, Madonna [
Images ]
or Lady Gaga [ Images
]
perform in New York, they seek venues like Radio City Music Hall or Madison
Square Garden. And in order to reach all shades and colours of New Yorkers,
those shows are promoted in the mainstream press.

But this Rahman show was mostly promoted to the South Asian market.
*Desis* know
Nassau Coliseum since that has long been the site for Bollywood shows, but
it is hardly a venue that would draw other New Yorkers.

Some may argue that a brown man's dollar has the same value as that of a
white man and I will agree with that. The Coliseum was filled to about 75%
capacity and so how does it matter who bought the tickets? But I still feel
that with a grand show such as this -- well produced by
choreographer-director Amy Tinkham, who has worked on concerts with artists
including Paul McCartney, Madonna and Britney Spears [
Images
]
-- Rahman the artist was not able to crossover into mainstream America.

The show -- one friend described it as a *desi* *Lion King* -- was stunning
to watch. The lights, set design, sound, the selection of songs was simply
quite spectacular. Rahman touched upon a lot of hits -- recent Bollywood
films like *Rang De Basanti [
Images
 ]*, *Delhi 6 [
Images ],
Jaane Tu [ Images
 ]...
Ya Jaane Na* to his best works with Mani Ratnam in films like*Bombay* and *Dil
Se*.

There were quieter moments such as when Rahman sat down to sing *Yeh Jo Desh
Hai Tera* from *Swades [
Images
 ]* or*Khwaja Mere Khwaja* from *Jodhaa Akbar [
Images

Re: [arr] 3 More Music Directors from ARR's School

[Roshan]

the credits lists someone else for music.  is this another imaginary news by
indian media ?

On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 2:40 PM, A.R.Rajib  wrote:

>
>
>
> To many, A.R. Rahman has reached his pinnacle of success. What does he feel
> about this? Well, success is a relative term, according to Rahman. He
> further clarifies “apart from winning the Grammy and the Oscar, the real
> success lies in the success of my music school - KM Conservatory in
> Chennai/Madras. According to Rahman, “the school brings together all the
> experiments one can find and create in the field of music including audio
> engineering”. *As a matter of fact, the students of KM Conservatory (AVS
> Ramana Rao, Ashwin Subramaniam and Jerry Silvester Vincent) are now the
> music directors of the new upcoming Hollywood release **Art of 
> Power*
> *, produced by Michigan based Indians Mohan Yellapantula and Sai
> Vummethala with Adrian Walker, Executive Producer (soon to be screened at
> the Detroit Windsor Film Festival).*
>
>
>
>
> Full Article >>
> http://www.miindia.com/articles/ARRTeaser/jaiho.html
>
> --
> - Regards
>
> ~ ~ A.R.Rajib ~ ~
>
>  
>



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Re: [arr] CNN connector of the day - Youtube

[Roshan]

is there a second part of it ?  it seems a little bit of the video was cut
off towards the end on both CNN and Youtube versions.

On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 8:52 PM, pratap  wrote:

>
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s3KmOHrZqY
>
> http://indian-music-bgm.blogspot.com/
>
>
>
> Please do not add me in YM. I only use this account for the group...
>
>
> --- On *Mon, 6/14/10, Sriram S * wrote:
>
>
> From: Sriram S 
> Subject: [arr] Video: CNN connector of the day - AR Rahman
> To: "A R Rahman fans" 
> Date: Monday, June 14, 2010, 11:34 PM
>
>
>
>
> http://edition. cnn.com/video/ ?utm_source=
> feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign= Feed:+rss/ cnn_freevideo+
> (RSS:+Video)&utm_content= Twitter#/ video/internatio nal/2010/ 06/14/cotd.
> a.r.rahman. 
> cnn
>
>
>  
>



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Re: [arr] Kylie Minogue cheers for AR Rahman || Journey home concert videos on DVDs very soon

[Roshan]

DNA even runs fictional interviews with AR some times.  they are quiet
entertaining.

On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 12:46 AM, Ashok Purohit wrote:

>
>
> DNA has had such fictional stories earlier too. NO wonder!
>
> Regards,
> Ashok Singh Purohit
>
> --- On *Mon, 14/6/10, Gopal Srinivasan * wrote:
>
>
> From: Gopal Srinivasan 
> Subject: Re: [arr] Kylie Minogue cheers for AR Rahman || Journey home
> concert videos on DVDs very soon
> To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Monday, 14 June, 2010, 11:10 AM
>
>
>
>
> Are these journalists or fiction writers? Such cock and bull. The incident
> happened but during the London Symphony Orchestra concert. The Jai Ho tour
> hasn't been to Chicago yet.
>
> On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 06:13, Bivin Chandra 
> http://mc/compose?to=bivinchan...@yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> *Mumbai: *AR Rahman had a star guest at his just concluded Jai Ho Concert
>> in the US. It was Kylie Minogue.
>>
>> Kylie and AR Rahman bonded really well when the singer got her to sing
>> Chiggy Wiggy, a track from the film *Blue* that released last Diwali. The
>> film bombed badly at the box office and the track too didn’t stay on the
>> charts for a long time like other AR Rahman hits. But by that time, Kylie
>> and AR Rahman had forged a strong bond of friendship.
>>
>> “Kylie and Rahman remained in touch since over email. Kylie wanted to work
>> with Rahmanbhai again. He invited Kylie to his Chicago show,” says a source
>> close to Rahman.
>>
>> Rahman was pleasantly surprised when he found Kylie on the front row of
>> his show. Kylie was seen cheering and clapping after every act of Rahman
>> during the show.
>>
>> Rahman promptly tweeted on Kylie’s page after the show.
>> “Thanks for coming, it was so nice to see you again,” said Rahman to
>> Kylie.
>>
>> *Another piece of good news for Rahman fans is that the star musician has
>> decided to bring out a DVD of his successful tour in
>> the US.*
>>
>> *“I know you are all excited to share pictures and videos from the
>> concert. We are going to release a DVD of the concert later this year.
>> Please keep the surprise and excitement alive for the remaining cities on
>> the tour,” Rahman revealed on Saturday.*
>>
>> *
>> *
>>
>> *
>> http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report_kylie-minogue-cheers-for-ar-rahman_1396195
>> *
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
>  
>



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Re: [arr] Rahman's 'Jai Ho' creates magic

[Gopal Srinivasan]

What next? MJ came alive to perform with AR?


Sent via BlackBerry 

-Original Message-
From: "A.R.Rajib" 
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 01:18:07 
To: 
Subject: [arr] Rahman's 'Jai Ho' creates magic

 *Rahman's 'Jai Ho' creates magic*
Ambili [June 14, 2010, 11:01:52 PM]
 [image: Rahman's 'Jai Ho' creates magic]

Oscar and Grammy-winner A.R. Rahman's highly-anticipated 'A.R. Rahman Jai Ho
Concert: The Journey Home World Tour' was witnessed by thousands of fans in
New York, Atlantic City and Virgina in USA recently. Rahman even has a
surprise guest! Kylie Minogue.

Kylie and Rahman performed 'Chiggy Wiggy', a track from the film *Blue* that
released last Diwali. After about 24,000 people saw the show in three
days, the show is now moving across America, Canada and London.

“I know you are all excited to share pictures and videos from the concert.
We are going to release a DVD of the concert later this year. Please keep
the surprise and excitement alive for the remaining cities on the tour,”
Rahman revealed after the concert.

The concert, produced by Deepak Gattani from Rapport Productions, will
travel to over 20 major arenas and cities worldwide. During this period, he
will have live concerts in USA, Canada, Netherlands, France, Norway, and UK,
covering the cities of New York, Atlantic City, Washington DC, Chicago,
Detroit, Toronto, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston, Amsterdam,
Paris, Oslo, Glasgow, Manchester and London.

Well-known choreographer-director Amy Tinkham, who has worked on the live
musical concerts of pop icons Paul McCartney, Madonna, Britney Spears, Dixie
Chicks and Motley Crue, has teamed up for the tour. The live concert will be
a theatrical experience that will blend new technologies with dance
arrangements and acrobatics. It will feature changing sets, large images and
a cast of musicians and dancers from across the globe.


http://hindi.galatta.com/entertainment/hindi/livewire/id/Rahman_Jai_Ho_creates_magic_39537.html
-- 
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~ ~ A.R.Rajib ~ ~

Re: [arr] Kylie Minogue cheers for AR Rahman || Journey home concert videos on DVDs very soon

[Ashok Purohit]

DNA has had such fictional stories earlier too. NO wonder!

Regards,

Ashok Singh Purohit

--- On Mon, 14/6/10, Gopal Srinivasan  wrote:

From: Gopal Srinivasan 
Subject: Re: [arr] Kylie Minogue cheers for AR Rahman || Journey home concert  
videos on DVDs very soon
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, 14 June, 2010, 11:10 AM






















Are these journalists or fiction writers? Such cock and bull. The incident 
happened but during the London Symphony Orchestra concert. The Jai Ho tour 
hasn't been to Chicago yet.


On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 06:13, Bivin Chandra  wrote:


























Mumbai: AR Rahman had a star guest at his just concluded Jai Ho Concert in the 
US. It was Kylie Minogue.


Kylie and AR Rahman bonded really well when the singer got her to sing Chiggy 
Wiggy, a track from the film Blue that released last Diwali. The film bombed 
badly at the box office and the track too didn’t stay on the charts for a long 
time like other AR Rahman hits. But by that time, Kylie and AR Rahman had 
forged a strong bond of friendship.
“Kylie and Rahman remained in touch since over email. Kylie wanted to work with 
Rahmanbhai again. He invited Kylie to his Chicago show,” says a source close to 
Rahman.
Rahman was pleasantly surprised when he found Kylie on the front row of his 
show. Kylie was seen cheering and clapping after every act of Rahman during the 
show.
Rahman promptly tweeted on Kylie’s page after the show. 

“Thanks for coming, it was so nice to see you again,” said Rahman to Kylie.
Another piece of good news for Rahman fans is that the star musician has 
decided to bring out a DVD of his successful tour in 

the US.“I know you are all excited to share pictures and videos from the 
concert. We are going to release a DVD of the concert later this year. Please 
keep the surprise and excitement alive for the remaining cities on the tour,” 
Rahman revealed on Saturday.


http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report_kylie-minogue-cheers-for-ar-rahman_1396195












  








































 

Re: [arr] Re: ARR T-Shirt --Badly in Need

[Farzad Khaleel]

Please email me personally, I am ready to do the refund the double amount or
provide with the new Tshirts. Firstly I redirected the queries to a person
called Mr. Arun, but shocked to know that you havent recived.

Write to me please. farsad...@gmail.com

On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 5:04 PM, mohd noor <
freshprince_2000_2000...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>
>
> There are amazing designed AR RAHMAN FOUNDATION T Shirts being sold in a
> mall in Mumbai, Vijay Iyer would be able to give you the exact
> details..
>
> --- On *Fri, 6/11/10, Rivjot * wrote:
>
>
> From: Rivjot 
> Subject: [arr] Re: ARR T-Shirt --Badly in Need
> To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Friday, June 11, 2010, 11:32 AM
>
>
>
> It would be great to wear one of those T-Shirts at the concerts... is there
> any link from where we can order? can they be shipped worldwide?
>
> --- In 
> arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com,
> "Vasu"  wrote:
> >
> > Hello Guys
> >
> > lot has been said an heard about arrahman t shirts, i have orderded
> everytime when we raised this topic but i haven't received any.
> >
> > Can anybody help me getting this arr t-shirt, i badly need 1.
> >
> > srinivas B
> > Delhi.
> >
>
>
>  
>



-- 
Farzad Khaleel
www.rahmaniac.com

Re: [arr] Re: ARR T-Shirt --Badly in Need

[Farzad Khaleel]

@Pramod, Praveen, Bharath : I have send an email to you, could you please
check and get back to me.

Thanks.

On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 11:05 PM, Farzad Khaleel wrote:

> Please email me personally, I am ready to do the refund the double amount
> or provide with the new Tshirts. Firstly I redirected the queries to a
> person called Mr. Arun, but shocked to know that you havent recived.
>
> Write to me please. farsad...@gmail.com
>
> On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 5:04 PM, mohd noor <
> freshprince_2000_2000...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> There are amazing designed AR RAHMAN FOUNDATION T Shirts being sold in a
>> mall in Mumbai, Vijay Iyer would be able to give you the exact
>> details..
>>
>> --- On *Fri, 6/11/10, Rivjot * wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: Rivjot 
>> Subject: [arr] Re: ARR T-Shirt --Badly in Need
>> To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
>> Date: Friday, June 11, 2010, 11:32 AM
>>
>>
>>
>> It would be great to wear one of those T-Shirts at the concerts... is
>> there any link from where we can order? can they be shipped worldwide?
>>
>> --- In 
>> arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com,
>> "Vasu"  wrote:
>> >
>> > Hello Guys
>> >
>> > lot has been said an heard about arrahman t shirts, i have orderded
>> everytime when we raised this topic but i haven't received any.
>> >
>> > Can anybody help me getting this arr t-shirt, i badly need 1.
>> >
>> > srinivas B
>> > Delhi.
>> >
>>
>>
>>  
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Farzad Khaleel
> www.rahmaniac.com
>



-- 
Farzad Khaleel
www.rahmaniac.com

[arr] Rahman's 'Jai Ho' creates magic

[A.R.Rajib]

 *Rahman's 'Jai Ho' creates magic*
Ambili [June 14, 2010, 11:01:52 PM]
 [image: Rahman's 'Jai Ho' creates magic]

Oscar and Grammy-winner A.R. Rahman's highly-anticipated 'A.R. Rahman Jai Ho
Concert: The Journey Home World Tour' was witnessed by thousands of fans in
New York, Atlantic City and Virgina in USA recently. Rahman even has a
surprise guest! Kylie Minogue.

Kylie and Rahman performed 'Chiggy Wiggy', a track from the film *Blue* that
released last Diwali. After about 24,000 people saw the show in three
days, the show is now moving across America, Canada and London.

“I know you are all excited to share pictures and videos from the concert.
We are going to release a DVD of the concert later this year. Please keep
the surprise and excitement alive for the remaining cities on the tour,”
Rahman revealed after the concert.

The concert, produced by Deepak Gattani from Rapport Productions, will
travel to over 20 major arenas and cities worldwide. During this period, he
will have live concerts in USA, Canada, Netherlands, France, Norway, and UK,
covering the cities of New York, Atlantic City, Washington DC, Chicago,
Detroit, Toronto, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston, Amsterdam,
Paris, Oslo, Glasgow, Manchester and London.

Well-known choreographer-director Amy Tinkham, who has worked on the live
musical concerts of pop icons Paul McCartney, Madonna, Britney Spears, Dixie
Chicks and Motley Crue, has teamed up for the tour. The live concert will be
a theatrical experience that will blend new technologies with dance
arrangements and acrobatics. It will feature changing sets, large images and
a cast of musicians and dancers from across the globe.


http://hindi.galatta.com/entertainment/hindi/livewire/id/Rahman_Jai_Ho_creates_magic_39537.html
-- 
- Regards

~ ~ A.R.Rajib ~ ~

[arr] Aishwarya, Rajnikanth's Endhiran arrives in Aug

[A.R.Rajib]

 Aishwarya, Rajnikanth's Endhiran arrives in Aug
 Two Oscar Winners working on film

Good news for fans tired of waiting - the Rajnikanth-Aishwarya Rai
extravaganza 'Endhiran' (Robot) will hit theaters this August. There is just
one song to be shot at a hotel still under construction near Anna Arivalayan
in Teynampet.

The Oscar winning duo of AR Rahman and Resul Pookutty have jammed for
'Endhiran' - Rahman has composed six songs for the film, one of which he has
sung himself. Sound designer Pookutty has been handed the final edit of the
film and is busy inputting the big action sound effects to polish the film
before release.

The producers of the film have already spent crores on the film but director
Shankar is contemplating on a 3D version, the conversion would be done
digitally during post production (like in the new Harry Potter film).
Shankar's strategy is to bring audiences to the theater, and keep pirates at
bay, in case you didn't already know, his previous film 'Jaggubhai' was
widely pirated, and was even available on the internet on the day of the
release. The director was shown a 3D demo of the film by a leading special
effects company, and was highly impressed by the result.

'Endhiran' has already broken a lot of records, AR Rahman is now the highest
paid musician in India and Aishwarya Rai is the highest paid Bollywood
actress of all time, with an upfront fee of Rs 6 crore. Aishwarya beat out
the likes of Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone, Asin, Trisha Krishnan,
Shriya Saran, Priyamani and Nayanthara who were approached to star in the
film.

Endhiran was filmed in Himachal Pradesh, the US, Vietnam, Brazil, with a
song shot at the historic site of the Machu Picchu in Peru! Four hundred
students from the Vellore Institute of Technology were used as extras in the
film. The fight scenes in the film were choreographed by Yuen Woo-ping, who
worked on 'The Matrix', the animatronics and puppetry were done by
Hollywood's Stan Winston Studios, the visual effects/CGI were rendered by
Industrial Light & Magic. Endhiran releases on 14 April 2010.


http://www.india.com/movies/movies/aishwarya-rajnikanths-endhiran-arrives-aug_7807
-- 
- Regards

~ ~ A.R.Rajib ~ ~

[arr] I still feel like a beginner, says star filmmaker Mani Ratnam

[A.R.Rajib]

 I still feel like a beginner, says star filmmaker Mani Ratnam
PTI
 Tuesday, June 15, 2010 20:13 IST
Last updated: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 21:01 IST

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*Mumbai: *His credentials as a filmmaker are well established and he is on
the wish list of top Indian film stars, but Mani Ratnam still feels like a
newcomer before the release of each new film.
  
 
 *Growing in stature*: Abhishek Bachchan during a road show in Mumbai last
week to promote*Raavan*
--

   - *
   *

The Tamil director is awaiting the release of his bilingual film*Raavan* this
Friday.

"I am not worried about the craze and expectations from others," Ratnam
said. "I just want to get the film right and do as good as I can. I feel as
pressurised as a beginner before every release."

The 54-year-old director, who made films like *Roja*, *Dil Se*,*Bombay* and
*Guru*, which won both critical acclaim and box-office success, said he
often turns to his writers and actors for help while making a film in Hindi.

"I trust the writer when he says something will not sound right in Hindi,"
he said. "I ask him how would it sound right. I trust the actor and discuss
it with him. So we discover many things together."

The director, fondly called Mani Sir by his actors and crew, believes that
making a film in Hindi is a liberating experience because he lets go of the
control.

"In Tamil, I hold more reins and control while in Hindi, I trust the other
persons more, so it becomes a liberating experience," he said.

Ratnam described making *Raavan*, which stars Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya
Rai, and Vikram, in Hindi and Tamil
simultaneously as a "huge task".

"I am an instinctive filmmaker and the challenge is not to let go totally
the instinct while directing a scene in two different languages," he said.
"Once you finish a shot you can't move on to the next shot immediately. The
tempo just changes."

Ratnam, who has given Abhishek Bachchan hits like *Yuva* and*Guru*, does not
think he is responsible for the upswing in the actor's career.

"I have not done anything drastic for Abhishek. I just made him play a
character which is close to him. Since *Yuva*, Abhishek has grown as an
actor by leaps and bounds," he said.

"As a filmmaker you are selfish, you want what is right for your film. If I
think Abhishek can do a role well and if he is equally interested, then we
do it together. It is simple."

Ratnam said that in all three films he has done with Bachchan so far, he had
given the actor drastically different characters and he had delivered each
time.

"He has done something which we did not know how to do, but we managed and
he was able to get across the gist of the character on screen," he said.

"Abhishek is great to work with and he has been able to convert the film
into a fine product. But unless we find something new we will not work," the
director said.

According to Ratnam, *Raavan* as compared to *Guru* and *Yuva* is larger
than life and needed flamboyance in the portrayal. Bachchan managed to shed
his inhibitions to portray the character convincingly, he said.

The director wanted to cast Bachchan in the Tamil version as well, as Dev.
"But Abhishek would have had to learn the language first and I would have
still been shooting," he laughed.

But he is happy with Aishwarya's progress in Tamil. "Her Tamil is as good as
my Hindi," Ratnam remarked. "But she understands the language and picks up
the dialogues fast."

Ratnam said the actress's formal training in Tamil started when she made her
debut with his 1997 Tamil movie *Iruvar*.

But the perfectionist that Ratnam is, he does not like to look back on his
previous movies because he sees "only mistakes".

The veteran filmmaker believes cinema is an extension of story-telling and
he likes to narrate his stories in a language that the audience understands.

"I don't believe in being different for the sake of being different," he
said, adding that all his films deal with facets of relationships.

"Every film cannot have the same element. The idea of *Raavan *struck while
I was shooting the last schedule of *Guru*. I even discussed the concept
with Aishwarya," he said.

Ratnam said he had high regard for Oscar-winner AR Rahman, who has been a
permanent fixture in his movies as music director. In fact, it was Ratnam's
*Roja* that first introduced Rahman to the Hindi audiences.

"He wants to do something new and experiment. He leaves away safety and does
not want to concentrate on commercially hit songs," Ratnam said.

This time, the director is introducing Tamil superstar Vikram to audiences
across India through his film.

"Why not... he brings freshness to the scr

[arr] CNN connector of the day - Youtube

[pratap]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s3KmOHrZqY

http://indian-music-bgm.blogspot.com/ Please do not add me in YM. I only use 
this account for the group...


--- On Mon, 6/14/10, Sriram S  wrote:

From: Sriram S 
Subject: [arr] Video: CNN connector of the day - AR Rahman
To: "A R Rahman fans" 
Date: Monday, June 14, 2010, 11:34 PM







 



  



  
  
   
http://edition. cnn.com/video/ ?utm_source= 
feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign= Feed:+rss/ cnn_freevideo+ 
(RSS:+Video)&utm_content= Twitter#/ video/internatio nal/2010/ 06/14/cotd. 
a.r.rahman. cnn



 





 



  






  

[arr] 3 More Music Directors from ARR's School

[A.R.Rajib]

To many, A.R. Rahman has reached his pinnacle of success. What does he feel
about this? Well, success is a relative term, according to Rahman. He
further clarifies “apart from winning the Grammy and the Oscar, the real
success lies in the success of my music school - KM Conservatory in
Chennai/Madras. According to Rahman, “the school brings together all the
experiments one can find and create in the field of music including audio
engineering”. *As a matter of fact, the students of KM Conservatory (AVS
Ramana Rao, Ashwin Subramaniam and Jerry Silvester Vincent) are now the
music directors of the new upcoming Hollywood release **Art of
Power*
*, produced by Michigan based Indians Mohan Yellapantula and Sai Vummethala
with Adrian Walker, Executive Producer (soon to be screened at the Detroit
Windsor Film Festival).*




Full Article >>
http://www.miindia.com/articles/ARRTeaser/jaiho.html

-- 
- Regards

~ ~ A.R.Rajib ~ ~

Re: [arr] facebook fans count

[A.R.Rajib]

Right Now it's  672,952Whenevre i check it ...I found a Increase in the
number by atleast 1k !! All the member of this group should suggest the page
to all their friends :-D

As ARR himself posts things there !! Me too got 100+ friends there !!

On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 9:40 AM, pratap  wrote:

>
>
> I suggested the page to most of my friends:) I have at least 100 friends
> who are in the fan group. XD
>
> http://indian-music-bgm.blogspot.com/
>
>
>
> Please do not add me in YM. I only use this account for the group...
>
>
> --- On *Mon, 6/14/10, Bergin Roy * wrote:
>
>
> From: Bergin Roy 
> Subject: [arr] facebook fans count
> To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Monday, June 14, 2010, 8:25 PM
>
>
>
>
> I was about to copy and paste the facebook fans count 672,009
> for some reason, I went back and refreshed the page and i see this 672,115
> ... see the growth in matter of couple of minutes.
>
> and again its
>  672,121
> Wow !!!
>
> --
> www.berginroy. com 
>
>
>
>
> 
>



-- 
- Regards

~ ~ A.R.Rajib ~ ~

Re: [arr] Kylie Minogue cheers for AR Rahman || Journey home concert videos on DVDs very soon

[Matthew Islam]

Haha..what rubbish..do these guys even check their information?

On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 6:10 PM, Gopal Srinivasan wrote:

>
>
> Are these journalists or fiction writers? Such cock and bull. The incident
> happened but during the London Symphony Orchestra concert. The Jai Ho tour
> hasn't been to Chicago yet.
>
> On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 06:13, Bivin Chandra wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> *Mumbai: *AR Rahman had a star guest at his just concluded Jai Ho Concert
>> in the US. It was Kylie Minogue.
>>
>> Kylie and AR Rahman bonded really well when the singer got her to sing
>> Chiggy Wiggy, a track from the film *Blue* that released last Diwali. The
>> film bombed badly at the box office and the track too didn’t stay on the
>> charts for a long time like other AR Rahman hits. But by that time, Kylie
>> and AR Rahman had forged a strong bond of friendship.
>>
>> “Kylie and Rahman remained in touch since over email. Kylie wanted to work
>> with Rahmanbhai again. He invited Kylie to his Chicago show,” says a source
>> close to Rahman.
>>
>> Rahman was pleasantly surprised when he found Kylie on the front row of
>> his show. Kylie was seen cheering and clapping after every act of Rahman
>> during the show.
>>
>> Rahman promptly tweeted on Kylie’s page after the show.
>> “Thanks for coming, it was so nice to see you again,” said Rahman to
>> Kylie.
>>
>> *Another piece of good news for Rahman fans is that the star musician has
>> decided to bring out a DVD of his successful tour in
>> the US.*
>>
>> *“I know you are all excited to share pictures and videos from the
>> concert. We are going to release a DVD of the concert later this year.
>> Please keep the surprise and excitement alive for the remaining cities on
>> the tour,” Rahman revealed on Saturday.*
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"God Willing, For the valiant heart, nothing is impossible".

[arr] Video: CNN connector of the day - AR Rahman

[Sriram S]

 
http://edition.cnn.com/video/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+rss/cnn_freevideo+(RSS:+Video)&utm_content=Twitter#/video/international/2010/06/14/cotd.a.r.rahman.cnn

[arr] Re: Jai Ho Song List - impression

[arr_raghu]

I have never ever thought ARR will dance on the stage. 
But now that does not seem to be far away at all..
by his next round of tour he might have a personal choreographer
and might stun people..


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "arr_raghu"  wrote:
>
> the more we think the more right the show seems.
> its wonderful to see ARR singing his jaagehai of bose, only you
> and yeh jo des hai tera and lukka chuppi.
> o its a complete pleasure to watch ARR standing and singing into 
> his microphone.. adrenalin rush.
> He has by all means answered all his fans requests.
> one might always think why not this song why not that, or something else
> but the fact is that ARR has soo many chart busters that
> it is just impossible to pack everything in 3 hours..
> it will probably take like a 5 day test match to play bunch of ARR hits.
> 
> He is always trying to give new in the shows rather than rely on His pre 2000s
> hits and then He is trying to spread his wings to more 
> international eclectic audience than sticking just with tamil and hindi..
> more than anything, it seems He is building up his own package 
> a team for all his future concerts..
> just have to wait and witness His next series of concerts hopefully with his 
> own school symphonic orchestra.
> hope they release the DVD ASAP.. a Blu-Ray helps.
> yeah, Gopal said it right..go watch the JaiHo tour for an experience.
> 
>  
> 
> --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "arr_raghu"  wrote:
> >
> > It is a pity if people do not know Only You of VM.
> > They might have missed Roja janeman but I felt that 
> > people have definitely enjoyed Bharat Humko.
> > How about add Tu hi re?
> > I do not know about the NYC stage size but at DC some part
> > of the orchestra had to hide behind those mechanical slides/stairs.
> > Positives- ARR all the way, fully energetic and all new wardrobe.
> > Negatives- Quality of the sound system and can be bigger orchestra.
> > 
> > Raghu
> > 
> > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "yahvacs"  wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > Couple of us were at all 3 concerts.  It was amazing.  
> > > 
> > > Positives:
> > > Amazing singing, across the board
> > > Good production (no awkward gaps between songs)
> > > Chaiyya Chaiyya was great
> > > Lukka Chuppi with Lataji
> > > Benny was great, as always
> > > 
> > > Negatives:
> > > None
> > > 
> > > Not so positives:
> > > Too short - only about 2 hours 40 minutes
> > > Not enough of Hariharan
> > > Some microphone issues at the AC concert
> > > No songs from Raavan
> > > No songs from VTV (other than a bit of piano and one line of Hosanna)
> > > Some strange song choices (we did not mind it but most of the crowd were 
> > > wondering what song was being played)
> > > -  Only You (Vande Mataram)
> > > -  Azaadi (Bose)
> > > -  Holi Aayi (Mangal Pandey)
> > > -  Taxi Taxi - this was a lot of fun
> > > -  Bharat humko - of all the songs in Roja this was the least expected
> > > 
> > > Here is the list of songs - the sequence is close but not exact...
> > > Journey home
> > > O Saya
> > > Athirathee - Sivaji
> > > Say na na - Couples Retreat
> > > Yeh jo desh hai tera
> > > Baro re megha - one of the best songs in the show
> > > Latikas theme
> > > Dreams on fire
> > > Bharat humko - very well done
> > > Nazarein milana
> > > Bombay theme
> > > Dil se re
> > > Liquid Dance
> > > Mausam and escape
> > > Pappu can't dance
> > > Hai raama - amazing
> > > Lukka chuppi - amazing - probably the highlight of the show
> > > Urvasi
> > > Taxi taxi
> > > Hello Mr ethikatchu - Iruvar - beautifully sung
> > > Vtv piano
> > > Azaadi
> > > Ringa ringa
> > > Only you
> > > 
> > > Unplugged (no more than one or two lines of each):
> > > - Raaga
> > > - Bhor bhaye
> > > - Raaga
> > > - Sunri sakhi - telugu - crowd favorite
> > > - Dheeme dheeme gaon
> > > - Genda phool - crowd favorite
> > > - Anbe anbe
> > > - Hosanna - crowd favorite
> > > - Kandukondain - crowd favorite
> > > - Rehna tu
> > > - Ishq bina
> > > 
> > > Mehendi hain rachne wali
> > > Maangalyam
> > > Holi aayi
> > > Il onkar
> > > O palanhaare
> > > Khwaja mere khwaja
> > > Ganesh
> > > Chaiyya chaiyya
> > > Humma humma
> > > Jai ho
> > > Maa tujhe salaam
> > > 
> > > Cheers...
> > >
> >
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