Re: [arr] ARR @ TVM - A first hand Report

[billgates3k]

Congrats  to all your team  @ TVM...

It is nice a idea to coverage from Airport! no one think!!!

In future we can c lot  of videos shows...   Music Guru arrival scene
from Airport!!!

Once again like to say thanks... for nice posting

with regards
billgates3k

I'm kindly requesting you...

please post same links in our orkut group...
http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=27710663













--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, shiraz shira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> u guys are really lucky
>
> Nithin Sujathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: arun ur really luckyy...
> thanx for sharing those photos
>
> --- arunkbganesh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Dear Fellow Group-Mates,
> >
> > First of all, apologies for the late report..
> >
> > Feb 12, 2007
> >
> > I had no idea which flight AR was coming in - all I
> > had with me was
> > an unconfirmed news that he was coming in the IA
> > Flight reaching TVM
> > at 11.10AM. I went to the aiport and was relieved to
> > see a "KAIRALI
> > TV" car parked there, with cameras ready at the
> > airport's exit. The
> > flight was delayed by around 20 minutes and reached
> > only at 11:30am.
> > Within 10-15 minutes, I could spot Yesudas inside
> > the airport waiting
> > to pick up his luggage. I could not spot ARR.. (I
> > had also checked
> > with the airport folks whether AR was coming in this
> > flight - and
> > they had said yes). So I was kinda worried when I
> > could not spot
> > him... Anyways, it took some time for them to come
> > out of the airport
> > coz of the cargo delay.
> > Camera flashes started going off like mad, People
> > started
> > crowding all of a sudden, policemen seemed to come
> > out of nowhere -
> > ARR was on his way out with his Amma. He came down
> > the aisle, was
> > walking towards the car. I was wearing the group
> > T-Shirt, which has
> > his foto on it. He gave a nice stare onto it, smiled
> > at me.
> >
> > I told him "Hi AR Sir, welcome to Trivandrum. I am
> > from the ARR
> > group" . He acknowledged and moved on to his car
> >
> >
> > I went round and again landed in front of him and
> > said, "Sir, The
> > group in TVM would like to have a meet with you if
> > it is not going to
> > cause ANY incovenience to you".
> >
> > AR : Hmmm... Do you have any number?
> >
> > (Damn me, I didnt have a pen, a paper or a visiting
> > card @ that
> > time)  He understood my situation and said come
> > to the hotel.
> >
> > Well, 1 thing i noticed here was, as soon as AR
> > heard I am from the
> > group, his response was fabulous. He kept on talking
> > to me, even when
> > the organisers kept the car door open and was
> > requesting AR to get
> > inside the car.
> >
> > [ Well.. after that, if anyone saw me driving to the
> > hotel , they
> > would have understood that even a Maruti 800 could
> > complete in a F1
> > race. :-) ] .. En route. I called up the group
> > friends at TVM who
> > had contacted me (Srijith, Swapna, Praveen, Sarath
> > Lal, Hakkeem and
> > the Seven Bells band) and asked them to come to the
> > hotel immd. I
> > reached the hotel around 12.15pm, but AR hadnt
> > arrived yet. (Later,
> > got a confirmation that he had gone to the
> > Bheemapally mosque
> > directly from the airport to pray).
> >
> > AR reached after half an hour. We were waiting at
> > the entrance of the
> > hotel, He smiled at us and went inside the hotel
> > with his Amma,
> > accompanied by the Kairali crew. We decided to wait
> > for however long
> > it was going to take. After around 20 mins, the
> > Kairali person came
> > up and said "You came to meet AR right? Pls come
> > this way"...
> > There was no sign of ARR anywhere nearby, and the
> > other flks had not
> > reached yet, so we decided to wait on at the lobby.
> >
> > After around 5 minutes, one hotel staff came up and
> > said "Are you
> > guys not going there? AR is waiting for you"  I
> > got butterflies
> > in my stomach when I heard that!! Can anyone imagine
> > a person like
> > ARR waiting at the lobby to meet his fans??? We
> > rushed over.. and
> > apologised for the miss. His face looked very tired.
> > We were 5 of us,
> > gathered around him and smiled. Nobody UTTERED a
> > SINGLE WORD! :-) I
> > said "its a dream come true for all of us." He
> > smiled.
> > I said "more people are on their way. they should be
> > here any
> > minute".
> > AR : "Oh! but I am tired.. needed to get some sleep
> > since I have to
> > wake up at 5pm, and go for the function".. (He was
> > very tired, still
> > he came down to meet us and was waiting for us. We
> > all felt so bad
> > making him wait).. We all said "Sure sir, please go
> > ahead. This is
> > more than enuf for us". He said "Thanks" and got up
> > to leave.
> >
> > He started walking off which is when we rememberd
> > about taking
> > fotos.:-) He gladly obliged for it (without a small
> > trace of dissent
> > on his face), I took around 4-5 snaps

Re: [arr] ARR @ TVM - A first hand Report

[shiraz shira]

u guys are really lucky

Nithin Sujathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:  
arun ur really luckyy...
 thanx for sharing those photos
 
 --- arunkbganesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 
 > Dear Fellow Group-Mates, 
 > 
 > First of all, apologies for the late report.. 
 > 
 > Feb 12, 2007
 > 
 > I had no idea which flight AR was coming in - all I
 > had with me was 
 > an unconfirmed news that he was coming in the IA
 > Flight reaching TVM 
 > at 11.10AM. I went to the aiport and was relieved to
 > see a "KAIRALI 
 > TV" car parked there, with cameras ready at the
 > airport's exit. The 
 > flight was delayed by around 20 minutes and reached
 > only at 11:30am. 
 > Within 10-15 minutes, I could spot Yesudas inside
 > the airport waiting 
 > to pick up his luggage. I could not spot ARR.. (I
 > had also checked 
 > with the airport folks whether AR was coming in this
 > flight - and 
 > they had said yes). So I was kinda worried when I
 > could not spot 
 > him... Anyways, it took some time for them to come
 > out of the airport 
 > coz of the cargo delay. 
 >  Camera flashes started going off like mad, People
 > started 
 > crowding all of a sudden, policemen seemed to come
 > out of nowhere - 
 > ARR was on his way out with his Amma. He came down
 > the aisle, was 
 > walking towards the car. I was wearing the group
 > T-Shirt, which has 
 > his foto on it. He gave a nice stare onto it, smiled
 > at me. 
 > 
 > I told him "Hi AR Sir, welcome to Trivandrum. I am
 > from the ARR 
 > group" . He acknowledged and moved on to his car
 > 
 > 
 > I went round and again landed in front of him and
 > said, "Sir, The 
 > group in TVM would like to have a meet with you if
 > it is not going to 
 > cause ANY incovenience to you". 
 > 
 > AR : Hmmm... Do you have any number? 
 > 
 > (Damn me, I didnt have a pen, a paper or a visiting
 > card @ that 
 > time)  He understood my situation and said come
 > to the hotel. 
 > 
 > Well, 1 thing i noticed here was, as soon as AR
 > heard I am from the 
 > group, his response was fabulous. He kept on talking
 > to me, even when 
 > the organisers kept the car door open and was
 > requesting AR to get 
 > inside the car. 
 > 
 > [ Well.. after that, if anyone saw me driving to the
 > hotel , they 
 > would have understood that even a Maruti 800 could
 > complete in a F1 
 > race. :-)  ] .. En route. I called up the group
 > friends at TVM who 
 > had contacted me (Srijith, Swapna, Praveen, Sarath
 > Lal, Hakkeem and 
 > the Seven Bells band) and asked them to come to the
 > hotel immd. I 
 > reached the hotel around 12.15pm, but AR hadnt
 > arrived yet. (Later, 
 > got a confirmation that he had gone to the
 > Bheemapally mosque 
 > directly from the airport to pray). 
 > 
 > AR reached after half an hour. We were waiting at
 > the entrance of the 
 > hotel, He smiled at us and went inside the hotel
 > with his Amma, 
 > accompanied by the Kairali crew. We decided to wait
 > for however long 
 > it was going to take. After around 20 mins, the
 > Kairali person came 
 > up and said "You came to meet AR right? Pls come
 > this way"... 
 > There was no sign of ARR anywhere nearby, and the
 > other flks had not 
 > reached yet, so we decided to wait on at the lobby. 
 > 
 > After around 5 minutes, one hotel staff came up and
 > said "Are you 
 > guys not going there? AR is waiting for you"  I
 > got butterflies 
 > in my stomach when I heard that!! Can anyone imagine
 > a person like 
 > ARR waiting at the lobby to meet his fans??? We
 > rushed over.. and 
 > apologised for the miss. His face looked very tired.
 > We were 5 of us, 
 > gathered around him and smiled. Nobody UTTERED a
 > SINGLE WORD! :-) I 
 > said "its a dream come true for all of us." He
 > smiled. 
 > I said "more people are on their way. they should be
 > here any 
 > minute". 
 > AR : "Oh! but I am tired.. needed to get some sleep
 > since I have to 
 > wake up at 5pm, and go for the function".. (He was
 > very tired, still 
 > he came down to meet us and was waiting for us. We
 > all felt so bad 
 > making him wait).. We all said "Sure sir, please go
 > ahead. This is 
 > more than enuf for us". He said "Thanks" and got up
 > to leave.
 > 
 > He started walking off which is when we rememberd
 > about taking 
 > fotos.:-) He gladly obliged for it (without a small
 > trace of dissent 
 > on his face), I took around 4-5 snaps while others
 > posed. And off he 
 > walked. ( The number of fotos in the hotel we took
 > must be 2-3, since 
 > we didnt want him to wait. Yeah, we knew this was a
 > great 
 > opportunity, but we didnt want to make the most of
 > it by troubling 
 > ARR).
 > 
 > Well... The more I see him in real, the more I am
 > awed and amazed at 
 > his humility, and down to earth attitude. He is a
 > celebrity who is 
 > not living in a fantasy world, and one knows what
 > real life is all 
 > about.
 > 
 > 
 > PS : Photos are uploaded at
 > http://www.flic

Re: [arr] ARR @ TVM - A first hand Report

[Nithin Sujathan]

arun ur really luckyy...
thanx for sharing those photos

--- arunkbganesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Dear Fellow Group-Mates, 
> 
> First of all, apologies for the late report.. 
> 
> Feb 12, 2007
> 
> I had no idea which flight AR was coming in - all I
> had with me was 
> an unconfirmed news that he was coming in the IA
> Flight reaching TVM 
> at 11.10AM. I went to the aiport and was relieved to
> see a "KAIRALI 
> TV" car parked there, with cameras ready at the
> airport's exit. The 
> flight was delayed by around 20 minutes and reached
> only at 11:30am. 
> Within 10-15 minutes, I could spot Yesudas inside
> the airport waiting 
> to pick up his luggage. I could not spot ARR.. (I
> had also checked 
> with the airport folks whether AR was coming in this
> flight - and 
> they had said yes). So I was kinda worried when I
> could not spot 
> him... Anyways, it took some time for them to come
> out of the airport 
> coz of the cargo delay. 
>   Camera flashes started going off like mad, People
> started 
> crowding all of a sudden, policemen seemed to come
> out of nowhere - 
> ARR was on his way out with his Amma. He came down
> the aisle, was 
> walking towards the car. I was wearing the group
> T-Shirt, which has 
> his foto on it. He gave a nice stare onto it, smiled
> at me. 
> 
> I told him "Hi AR Sir, welcome to Trivandrum. I am
> from the ARR 
> group" . He acknowledged and moved on to his car
> 
> 
> I went round and again landed in front of him and
> said, "Sir, The 
> group in TVM would like to have a meet with you if
> it is not going to 
> cause ANY incovenience to you". 
> 
> AR : Hmmm... Do you have any number? 
> 
> (Damn me, I didnt have a pen, a paper or a visiting
> card @ that 
> time)  He understood my situation and said come
> to the hotel. 
> 
> Well, 1 thing i noticed here was, as soon as AR
> heard I am from the 
> group, his response was fabulous. He kept on talking
> to me, even when 
> the organisers kept the car door open and was
> requesting AR to get 
> inside the car. 
> 
> [ Well.. after that, if anyone saw me driving to the
> hotel , they 
> would have understood that even a Maruti 800 could
> complete in a F1 
> race. :-)  ] .. En route. I called up the group
> friends at TVM who 
> had contacted me (Srijith, Swapna, Praveen, Sarath
> Lal, Hakkeem and 
> the Seven Bells band) and asked them to come to the
> hotel immd. I 
> reached the hotel around 12.15pm, but AR hadnt
> arrived yet. (Later, 
> got a confirmation that he had gone to the
> Bheemapally mosque 
> directly from the airport to pray). 
> 
> AR reached after half an hour. We were waiting at
> the entrance of the 
> hotel, He smiled at us and went inside the hotel
> with his Amma, 
> accompanied by the Kairali crew. We decided to wait
> for however long 
> it was going to take. After around 20 mins, the
> Kairali person came 
> up and said "You came to meet AR right? Pls come
> this way"... 
> There was no sign of ARR anywhere nearby, and the
> other flks had not 
> reached yet, so we decided to wait on at the lobby. 
> 
> After around 5 minutes, one hotel staff came up and
> said "Are you 
> guys not going there? AR is waiting for you"  I
> got butterflies 
> in my stomach when I heard that!! Can anyone imagine
> a person like 
> ARR waiting at the lobby to meet his fans??? We
> rushed over.. and 
> apologised for the miss. His face looked very tired.
> We were 5 of us, 
> gathered around him and smiled. Nobody UTTERED a
> SINGLE WORD! :-) I 
> said "its a dream come true for all of us." He
> smiled. 
> I said "more people are on their way. they should be
> here any 
> minute". 
> AR : "Oh! but I am tired.. needed to get some sleep
> since I have to 
> wake up at 5pm, and go for the function".. (He was
> very tired, still 
> he came down to meet us and was waiting for us. We
> all felt so bad 
> making him wait).. We all said "Sure sir, please go
> ahead. This is 
> more than enuf for us". He said "Thanks" and got up
> to leave.
> 
> He started walking off which is when we rememberd
> about taking 
> fotos.:-) He gladly obliged for it (without a small
> trace of dissent 
> on his face), I took around 4-5 snaps while others
> posed. And off he 
> walked. ( The number of fotos in the hotel we took
> must be 2-3, since 
> we didnt want him to wait. Yeah, we knew this was a
> great 
> opportunity, but we didnt want to make the most of
> it by troubling 
> ARR).
> 
> Well... The more I see him in real, the more I am
> awed and amazed at 
> his humility, and down to earth attitude. He is a
> celebrity who is 
> not living in a fantasy world, and one knows what
> real life is all 
> about.
> 
> 
> PS : Photos are uploaded at
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ergusee
> 
> There is technical problem in getting the videos
> (airport arrival 
> video and Swaralaya function video)out of the
> handycam. So please 
> bear with me for a day. I am trying to fix it.
> 
> Cheers!
> ~Arun KB
> 
> 


  Wi

[arr] ARR @ TVM - A first hand Report - VIDEOS

[arunkbganesh]

Hi , 

Videos from Digicam. So, the size of the picture will be less. 
Nevertheless, the sound is audible. 

More videos will be uploaded tomorrow. 


12 Feb 2007 - 

ARR singing @ Swaralaya Function - 
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2538285660841507763&hl=en

ARR speaking at Swaralaya function - 
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8889514742500764721&hl=en

Yesudas speaking at Swaralaya function - 
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6642298629495227753&hl=en

Honouring ARR's Mother - 
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5188440611575250304&hl=en


Cheers!
~Arun KB

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "arunkbganesh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
>
> Dear Fellow Group-Mates, 
> 
> First of all, apologies for the late report.. 
> 
> Feb 12, 2007
> 
> I had no idea which flight AR was coming in - all I had with me was 
> an unconfirmed news that he was coming in the IA Flight reaching 
TVM 
> at 11.10AM. I went to the aiport and was relieved to see a "KAIRALI 
> TV" car parked there, with cameras ready at the airport's exit. The 
> flight was delayed by around 20 minutes and reached only at 
11:30am. 
> Within 10-15 minutes, I could spot Yesudas inside the airport 
waiting 
> to pick up his luggage. I could not spot ARR.. (I had also checked 
> with the airport folks whether AR was coming in this flight - and 
> they had said yes). So I was kinda worried when I could not spot 
> him... Anyways, it took some time for them to come out of the 
airport 
> coz of the cargo delay. 
>   Camera flashes started going off like mad, People started 
> crowding all of a sudden, policemen seemed to come out of nowhere - 
> ARR was on his way out with his Amma. He came down the aisle, was 
> walking towards the car. I was wearing the group T-Shirt, which has 
> his foto on it. He gave a nice stare onto it, smiled at me. 
> 
> I told him "Hi AR Sir, welcome to Trivandrum. I am from the ARR 
> group" . He acknowledged and moved on to his car 
> 
> I went round and again landed in front of him and said, "Sir, The 
> group in TVM would like to have a meet with you if it is not going 
to 
> cause ANY incovenience to you". 
> 
> AR : Hmmm... Do you have any number? 
> 
> (Damn me, I didnt have a pen, a paper or a visiting card @ that 
> time)  He understood my situation and said come to the hotel. 
> 
> Well, 1 thing i noticed here was, as soon as AR heard I am from the 
> group, his response was fabulous. He kept on talking to me, even 
when 
> the organisers kept the car door open and was requesting AR to get 
> inside the car. 
> 
> [ Well.. after that, if anyone saw me driving to the hotel , they 
> would have understood that even a Maruti 800 could complete in a F1 
> race. :-)  ] .. En route. I called up the group friends at TVM who 
> had contacted me (Srijith, Swapna, Praveen, Sarath Lal, Hakkeem and 
> the Seven Bells band) and asked them to come to the hotel immd. I 
> reached the hotel around 12.15pm, but AR hadnt arrived yet. (Later, 
> got a confirmation that he had gone to the Bheemapally mosque 
> directly from the airport to pray). 
> 
> AR reached after half an hour. We were waiting at the entrance of 
the 
> hotel, He smiled at us and went inside the hotel with his Amma, 
> accompanied by the Kairali crew. We decided to wait for however 
long 
> it was going to take. After around 20 mins, the Kairali person came 
> up and said "You came to meet AR right? Pls come this way"... 
> There was no sign of ARR anywhere nearby, and the other flks had 
not 
> reached yet, so we decided to wait on at the lobby. 
> 
> After around 5 minutes, one hotel staff came up and said "Are you 
> guys not going there? AR is waiting for you"  I got butterflies 
> in my stomach when I heard that!! Can anyone imagine a person like 
> ARR waiting at the lobby to meet his fans??? We rushed over.. and 
> apologised for the miss. His face looked very tired. We were 5 of 
us, 
> gathered around him and smiled. Nobody UTTERED a SINGLE WORD! :-) I 
> said "its a dream come true for all of us." He smiled. 
> I said "more people are on their way. they should be here any 
> minute". 
> AR : "Oh! but I am tired.. needed to get some sleep since I have to 
> wake up at 5pm, and go for the function".. (He was very tired, 
still 
> he came down to meet us and was waiting for us. We all felt so bad 
> making him wait).. We all said "Sure sir, please go ahead. This is 
> more than enuf for us". He said "Thanks" and got up to leave.
> 
> He started walking off which is when we rememberd about taking 
> fotos.:-) He gladly obliged for it (without a small trace of 
dissent 
> on his face), I took around 4-5 snaps while others posed. And off 
he 
> walked. ( The number of fotos in the hotel we took must be 2-3, 
since 
> we didnt want him to wait. Yeah, we knew this was a great 
> opportunity, but we 

Re: [arr] ARR @ TVM - A first hand Report

[Shivakumar V.A.]

Awesome Arun


Felt like as if i was there with u reading ur mail.  I couldn't control my 
laugh when u wrote " I got butterflies 
in my stomach " hah ahahahah..

So this is the third time ur seeing him right??? Arun u should admit that u r 
one lucky guy

Awaiting those videos...

Shivu..

  - Original Message - 
  From: arunkbganesh 
  To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 9:01 AM
  Subject: [arr] ARR @ TVM - A first hand Report


  Dear Fellow Group-Mates, 

  First of all, apologies for the late report.. 

  Feb 12, 2007

  I had no idea which flight AR was coming in - all I had with me was 
  an unconfirmed news that he was coming in the IA Flight reaching TVM 
  at 11.10AM. I went to the aiport and was relieved to see a "KAIRALI 
  TV" car parked there, with cameras ready at the airport's exit. The 
  flight was delayed by around 20 minutes and reached only at 11:30am. 
  Within 10-15 minutes, I could spot Yesudas inside the airport waiting 
  to pick up his luggage. I could not spot ARR.. (I had also checked 
  with the airport folks whether AR was coming in this flight - and 
  they had said yes). So I was kinda worried when I could not spot 
  him... Anyways, it took some time for them to come out of the airport 
  coz of the cargo delay. 
  Camera flashes started going off like mad, People started 
  crowding all of a sudden, policemen seemed to come out of nowhere - 
  ARR was on his way out with his Amma. He came down the aisle, was 
  walking towards the car. I was wearing the group T-Shirt, which has 
  his foto on it. He gave a nice stare onto it, smiled at me. 

  I told him "Hi AR Sir, welcome to Trivandrum. I am from the ARR 
  group" . He acknowledged and moved on to his car 

  I went round and again landed in front of him and said, "Sir, The 
  group in TVM would like to have a meet with you if it is not going to 
  cause ANY incovenience to you". 

  AR : Hmmm... Do you have any number? 

  (Damn me, I didnt have a pen, a paper or a visiting card @ that 
  time)  He understood my situation and said come to the hotel. 

  Well, 1 thing i noticed here was, as soon as AR heard I am from the 
  group, his response was fabulous. He kept on talking to me, even when 
  the organisers kept the car door open and was requesting AR to get 
  inside the car. 

  [ Well.. after that, if anyone saw me driving to the hotel , they 
  would have understood that even a Maruti 800 could complete in a F1 
  race. :-) ] .. En route. I called up the group friends at TVM who 
  had contacted me (Srijith, Swapna, Praveen, Sarath Lal, Hakkeem and 
  the Seven Bells band) and asked them to come to the hotel immd. I 
  reached the hotel around 12.15pm, but AR hadnt arrived yet. (Later, 
  got a confirmation that he had gone to the Bheemapally mosque 
  directly from the airport to pray). 

  AR reached after half an hour. We were waiting at the entrance of the 
  hotel, He smiled at us and went inside the hotel with his Amma, 
  accompanied by the Kairali crew. We decided to wait for however long 
  it was going to take. After around 20 mins, the Kairali person came 
  up and said "You came to meet AR right? Pls come this way"... 
  There was no sign of ARR anywhere nearby, and the other flks had not 
  reached yet, so we decided to wait on at the lobby. 

  After around 5 minutes, one hotel staff came up and said "Are you 
  guys not going there? AR is waiting for you"  I got butterflies 
  in my stomach when I heard that!! Can anyone imagine a person like 
  ARR waiting at the lobby to meet his fans??? We rushed over.. and 
  apologised for the miss. His face looked very tired. We were 5 of us, 
  gathered around him and smiled. Nobody UTTERED a SINGLE WORD! :-) I 
  said "its a dream come true for all of us." He smiled. 
  I said "more people are on their way. they should be here any 
  minute". 
  AR : "Oh! but I am tired.. needed to get some sleep since I have to 
  wake up at 5pm, and go for the function".. (He was very tired, still 
  he came down to meet us and was waiting for us. We all felt so bad 
  making him wait).. We all said "Sure sir, please go ahead. This is 
  more than enuf for us". He said "Thanks" and got up to leave.

  He started walking off which is when we rememberd about taking 
  fotos.:-) He gladly obliged for it (without a small trace of dissent 
  on his face), I took around 4-5 snaps while others posed. And off he 
  walked. ( The number of fotos in the hotel we took must be 2-3, since 
  we didnt want him to wait. Yeah, we knew this was a great 
  opportunity, but we didnt want to make the most of it by troubling 
  ARR).

  Well... The more I see him in real, the more I am awed and amazed at 
  his humility, and down to earth attitude. He is a celebrity who is 
  not living in a fantasy 

Re: [arr] ARR @ TVM - A first hand Report

[Thulasi Ram]

wow! awesome dude.. and thanx for sharing the videos

On 2/13/07, arunkbganesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


  Dear Fellow Group-Mates,

First of all, apologies for the late report..

Feb 12, 2007

I had no idea which flight AR was coming in - all I had with me was
an unconfirmed news that he was coming in the IA Flight reaching TVM
at 11.10AM. I went to the aiport and was relieved to see a "KAIRALI
TV" car parked there, with cameras ready at the airport's exit. The
flight was delayed by around 20 minutes and reached only at 11:30am.
Within 10-15 minutes, I could spot Yesudas inside the airport waiting
to pick up his luggage. I could not spot ARR.. (I had also checked
with the airport folks whether AR was coming in this flight - and
they had said yes). So I was kinda worried when I could not spot
him... Anyways, it took some time for them to come out of the airport
coz of the cargo delay.
Camera flashes started going off like mad, People started
crowding all of a sudden, policemen seemed to come out of nowhere -
ARR was on his way out with his Amma. He came down the aisle, was
walking towards the car. I was wearing the group T-Shirt, which has
his foto on it. He gave a nice stare onto it, smiled at me.

I told him "Hi AR Sir, welcome to Trivandrum. I am from the ARR
group" . He acknowledged and moved on to his car

I went round and again landed in front of him and said, "Sir, The
group in TVM would like to have a meet with you if it is not going to
cause ANY incovenience to you".

AR : Hmmm... Do you have any number?

(Damn me, I didnt have a pen, a paper or a visiting card @ that
time)  He understood my situation and said come to the hotel.

Well, 1 thing i noticed here was, as soon as AR heard I am from the
group, his response was fabulous. He kept on talking to me, even when
the organisers kept the car door open and was requesting AR to get
inside the car.

[ Well.. after that, if anyone saw me driving to the hotel , they
would have understood that even a Maruti 800 could complete in a F1
race. :-) ] .. En route. I called up the group friends at TVM who
had contacted me (Srijith, Swapna, Praveen, Sarath Lal, Hakkeem and
the Seven Bells band) and asked them to come to the hotel immd. I
reached the hotel around 12.15pm, but AR hadnt arrived yet. (Later,
got a confirmation that he had gone to the Bheemapally mosque
directly from the airport to pray).

AR reached after half an hour. We were waiting at the entrance of the
hotel, He smiled at us and went inside the hotel with his Amma,
accompanied by the Kairali crew. We decided to wait for however long
it was going to take. After around 20 mins, the Kairali person came
up and said "You came to meet AR right? Pls come this way"...
There was no sign of ARR anywhere nearby, and the other flks had not
reached yet, so we decided to wait on at the lobby.

After around 5 minutes, one hotel staff came up and said "Are you
guys not going there? AR is waiting for you"  I got butterflies
in my stomach when I heard that!! Can anyone imagine a person like
ARR waiting at the lobby to meet his fans??? We rushed over.. and
apologised for the miss. His face looked very tired. We were 5 of us,
gathered around him and smiled. Nobody UTTERED a SINGLE WORD! :-) I
said "its a dream come true for all of us." He smiled.
I said "more people are on their way. they should be here any
minute".
AR : "Oh! but I am tired.. needed to get some sleep since I have to
wake up at 5pm, and go for the function".. (He was very tired, still
he came down to meet us and was waiting for us. We all felt so bad
making him wait).. We all said "Sure sir, please go ahead. This is
more than enuf for us". He said "Thanks" and got up to leave.

He started walking off which is when we rememberd about taking
fotos.:-) He gladly obliged for it (without a small trace of dissent
on his face), I took around 4-5 snaps while others posed. And off he
walked. ( The number of fotos in the hotel we took must be 2-3, since
we didnt want him to wait. Yeah, we knew this was a great
opportunity, but we didnt want to make the most of it by troubling
ARR).

Well... The more I see him in real, the more I am awed and amazed at
his humility, and down to earth attitude. He is a celebrity who is
not living in a fantasy world, and one knows what real life is all
about.

PS : Photos are uploaded at http://www.flickr.com/photos/ergusee

There is technical problem in getting the videos (airport arrival
video and Swaralaya function video)out of the handycam. So please
bear with me for a day. I am trying to fix it.

Cheers!
~Arun KB

 

[arr] ARR @ TVM - A first hand Report

[arunkbganesh]

Dear Fellow Group-Mates, 

First of all, apologies for the late report.. 

Feb 12, 2007

I had no idea which flight AR was coming in - all I had with me was 
an unconfirmed news that he was coming in the IA Flight reaching TVM 
at 11.10AM. I went to the aiport and was relieved to see a "KAIRALI 
TV" car parked there, with cameras ready at the airport's exit. The 
flight was delayed by around 20 minutes and reached only at 11:30am. 
Within 10-15 minutes, I could spot Yesudas inside the airport waiting 
to pick up his luggage. I could not spot ARR.. (I had also checked 
with the airport folks whether AR was coming in this flight - and 
they had said yes). So I was kinda worried when I could not spot 
him... Anyways, it took some time for them to come out of the airport 
coz of the cargo delay. 
Camera flashes started going off like mad, People started 
crowding all of a sudden, policemen seemed to come out of nowhere - 
ARR was on his way out with his Amma. He came down the aisle, was 
walking towards the car. I was wearing the group T-Shirt, which has 
his foto on it. He gave a nice stare onto it, smiled at me. 

I told him "Hi AR Sir, welcome to Trivandrum. I am from the ARR 
group" . He acknowledged and moved on to his car 

I went round and again landed in front of him and said, "Sir, The 
group in TVM would like to have a meet with you if it is not going to 
cause ANY incovenience to you". 

AR : Hmmm... Do you have any number? 

(Damn me, I didnt have a pen, a paper or a visiting card @ that 
time)  He understood my situation and said come to the hotel. 

Well, 1 thing i noticed here was, as soon as AR heard I am from the 
group, his response was fabulous. He kept on talking to me, even when 
the organisers kept the car door open and was requesting AR to get 
inside the car. 

[ Well.. after that, if anyone saw me driving to the hotel , they 
would have understood that even a Maruti 800 could complete in a F1 
race. :-)  ] .. En route. I called up the group friends at TVM who 
had contacted me (Srijith, Swapna, Praveen, Sarath Lal, Hakkeem and 
the Seven Bells band) and asked them to come to the hotel immd. I 
reached the hotel around 12.15pm, but AR hadnt arrived yet. (Later, 
got a confirmation that he had gone to the Bheemapally mosque 
directly from the airport to pray). 

AR reached after half an hour. We were waiting at the entrance of the 
hotel, He smiled at us and went inside the hotel with his Amma, 
accompanied by the Kairali crew. We decided to wait for however long 
it was going to take. After around 20 mins, the Kairali person came 
up and said "You came to meet AR right? Pls come this way"... 
There was no sign of ARR anywhere nearby, and the other flks had not 
reached yet, so we decided to wait on at the lobby. 

After around 5 minutes, one hotel staff came up and said "Are you 
guys not going there? AR is waiting for you"  I got butterflies 
in my stomach when I heard that!! Can anyone imagine a person like 
ARR waiting at the lobby to meet his fans??? We rushed over.. and 
apologised for the miss. His face looked very tired. We were 5 of us, 
gathered around him and smiled. Nobody UTTERED a SINGLE WORD! :-) I 
said "its a dream come true for all of us." He smiled. 
I said "more people are on their way. they should be here any 
minute". 
AR : "Oh! but I am tired.. needed to get some sleep since I have to 
wake up at 5pm, and go for the function".. (He was very tired, still 
he came down to meet us and was waiting for us. We all felt so bad 
making him wait).. We all said "Sure sir, please go ahead. This is 
more than enuf for us". He said "Thanks" and got up to leave.

He started walking off which is when we rememberd about taking 
fotos.:-) He gladly obliged for it (without a small trace of dissent 
on his face), I took around 4-5 snaps while others posed. And off he 
walked. ( The number of fotos in the hotel we took must be 2-3, since 
we didnt want him to wait. Yeah, we knew this was a great 
opportunity, but we didnt want to make the most of it by troubling 
ARR).

Well... The more I see him in real, the more I am awed and amazed at 
his humility, and down to earth attitude. He is a celebrity who is 
not living in a fantasy world, and one knows what real life is all 
about.


PS : Photos are uploaded at http://www.flickr.com/photos/ergusee

There is technical problem in getting the videos (airport arrival 
video and Swaralaya function video)out of the handycam. So please 
bear with me for a day. I am trying to fix it.

Cheers!
~Arun KB