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 +0000 > Subject: [arr] Re: Jai Ho Song List - Review > > Adding "Rang De Basanti" to the list below... > > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "yahvacs" <yahv...@...> 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 > > Rang De Basanti > > 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... > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Are you searching for a reason, to be kind? > <b> > Explore, Experience, Enjoy A.R.Rahman - The Man, The Music, The Magic. > Only at arrahmanfans.com - The definitive A.R.Rahman e-community. > > Homepage: http://www.arrahmanfans.com > Admin: ad...@arrahmanfans.com > To Subscribe: arrahmanfans-subscr...@yahoogroups.com > To Unsubscribe: arrahmanfans-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.comyahoo! 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