Hello Everybody, Congratulations and kudos to the entire team behind the Rahmania event.
You guys put up a great show. I was there for the last of the three performaces and enjoyed it thoroughly. The Wandering Souls are a bunch of really talented guys and belted out great performances in whatever constraints and resources they had. Just wished that the show could go on for a longer time and more numbers could have been performed. Regards, Vinay Patil --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "Amith Chandhran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Friends, > > All 3 shows of Rahmania are over. I was part of this for last one month. > When I woke up this morning, I felt empty and purposeless. I can't believe > that this one month ran away like one second. I just met Anmol Bhave but > couldn't speak a single word. Its so strange to feel like this. > > Anyway friends, as Dinesh Uncle has mentioned before, we really rocked. For > the show, we had personalised messages from some people who are associated > with AR.. Please listen to them > here<http://rapidshare.com/files/16145334/Singers_Talk__Packgd_.rar> > .. > > http://rapidshare.com/files/16145334/Singers_Talk__Packgd_.rar > > Thanks to Gopal, Swapnil, Vijay, Arun, Vinod, and Prashant for helping and > guiding me. > > Thanks to Shankar Mahadevan ji, Sadhana Sargam ji, Madhushree ji, Sowmya Rao > ji, George Peter sir, Naresh Iyer and Blaaze. They gave us the inspiring > audio messages only on a single request. It really helped to boost the > confidence of the performers! > > Also thanks to the others whom we had contacted. Though we couldn't get > their messages, they showed an interest in the concept and spoke so > beautifully. > > Thanks again to Gopal and Prashant. > > And special thanks to A. R. Rahman sir! AR sir, we took care of your > inspiring words, we retained the 'soul' of the music! :-) > > TWS people out there, lets plan about the next things!! > > God bless! > > :-) > > On 2/12/07, Dinesh Vaidya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > When THE WANDERING SOULS invited our GURUji, A R Rahman, to attend > > the programmes in Pune, this is what he replied to us in his > > usual "short and meaningful" way........... > > > > "Good luck to the guys Hope they retain the SOUL of the music God > > Bless !". > > > > When the Group met on 8th evening to analyse the 7'th Feb programme > > as post-briefing meet, to chalk out the action plan for the 10'th Feb > > sold out programme in Pune, Rahman's words were weighing heavily on > > everybodys mind. We have to respect GURU's words and have to pull out > > all stops to make this event a memorable one. And we delivered > > > > WE DID IT ! WE DID IT !! WE DID IT !!! We gave a CRACKER of a > > performance on 10th in Pune !!!! We upheld RAHMAN's trust in us > > > > The Balgandharva Auditorium was packed to the capacity at 950PM, 10 > > minutes before schedule starting time. On dot 10PM, the curtains > > parted to the booming beat of the "Ooruvan Ooruvan from Muthu" as > > opening melody. After brief introduction of the RAHMANIA concept and > > paying homage to the late Naushad sahib and OP Naiyyar, the show > > started. We gave a small sample of RAHMAN's first composition which > > he had made at the young age of 7 years and the audience simply got > > bowled over as NOBODY knew this information. In the first half, we > > presented, > > > > Ghanana Ghanana Lagaan / Roja Janeman Roja > > Kahin Aag Lage Taal / O Humdum Suniyo re - Saathiya > > Chup ke se Saathiya / Dil se Dil se > > Aye Hairathe Guru / O Yuva Yuva > > Ae Ajnabi Dil se / Bombay theme Bombay > > Sufi Medley ( Mubaraka / Piya Haji ali / Kehna Hi kya / Satrangi re > > and many more ) > > > > That completed the first half. The sound system had held firm and > > group was already fired up enough. The audience had already demanded > > ONCE MORE for 5 songs so we were running short of time. > > > > In the second session, we presented following songs, > > > > Yun Hi Chala Chal Swades / Roo Ba Roo RDB > > Tu Hi Re Bombay / Rangeela Re Rangeela > > Hasti rahe tu Saathiya / Paathshala RDB > > Tere Bina Guru / Shakalaka Baby Bombay dreams > > And finally the audience favourite Patriotic Medley consisting of ( > > Bharat Hum ko Jaan se / Des Mere Meri Jaan hai tu / Aazadi / Yeh jo > > des hai tera / Maa Tujhe salaam ). > > > > It was a tough job to juggle the available time in this session also > > due to constant ONCE MORE requests. Finally we had to leave aside few > > of the best compositions including Vellai Pookkal. The audience gave > > the Wandering Souls a STANDING OVATION !!! > > > > Unbelieveable but true, we had visitors from outside Pune. Shirish > > (Shirish Musician) from Yahoo fan group had come all the way from > > Hyderabad, in addition to that there were 25 registered Yahoo fan > > group members who came from Mumbai just to attend the show. Plus some > > special guests and people, who had worked with Rahman. We had > > received encouragement via audio messages from Shankar Mahadevan, > > Saumya Rao, Sadhana Sargam, Blazee, Naresh Iyer and Madhushree. We > > will always remember their kind gesture. > > > > Thank you AR RAHMAN for your apt, and personalized message to the > > group! We now know how difficult it is to compose and present your > > songs. You are a genious . > > Thank you GOPAL SRINIVASAN ! You are a true friend, philosopher and > > guide to us .. > > Thank you Vijay Iyer for your encouragement and interaction with > > Amith Chandhran and for your guidance..... > > Thank you to the family members of The Wandering Souls, Anmol Bhave > > and his loyal soldiers ! you guys and gals ( now as my nephews and > > nieces ) mean much more than friends to me........ > > Thank you all our well wishers and the great audience of Pune ! You > > are our support, can't do anything without you > > > > The programmes were sponsored by Lokasatta ( media sponsors ) and > > Bank of Maharashtra who have been always supportive of efforts by > > Puneites in the field of performing arts. > > > > There were many many many fond memories, some tense moments, some > > unforgettable situations. At the end of the programme, I just > > remember getting up in a trance and hugging Anmol Bhave in highly > > emotionally charged atmosphere, we both had tears in our > > eyes........tears of satisfaction, tears of happiness, tears of > > achievement. > > > > It was wonderful feeling > > > > Thank you RAHMAN ! Thank you PUNE ! We will be back shortly.... > > > > Best regards > > Dinesh Vaidya > > The Wandering Souls, Pune > > > > > > > > > > -- > Trusting in God never makes the mountain smaller, it just makes the climbing > easier. I never ask Him for the lighter load, but only for the stronger > back. - A. R. Rahman. >
