Re: [arr] Sharjah Concert in detail

2008-04-21 Thread sha habudeen
i am shahabudeen from melbourn, thank u very much for your information giving 
about ARR  concert in sharjah bcoz i am one of the family friend of mr ARR g. 
once again thank you somuch.   regards   shahabudeen

fameeb mohd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:  Dear All , 
   
  What a show  It was truely an awsome experience . An experience to 
cherish. Every moment which we want to  relive.  I am sad that we will have to 
wait for another 5 years to experience the RAHMAN effect. 
   
  Excellent report ,Lakki so good to have met u at the concert. So good to have 
met you all at the concert ,all arr fans .Its great to know friends who are all 
equally passionate about our BOSS. Am eagerly looking forward to the GET 
Together of ARR fans in UAE . 
   
  Thanks to ARR for such a rocking show. 
   
  Fameeb. 
   
   
  - Original Message 
From: Lakki [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, 19 April, 2008 4:35:58 PM
Subject: [arr] Sharjah Concert in detail


  (sorry – long mail. Some interesting tidbits towards the end)
   
   
  Exhilarating experience, as expected. All this waiting didn't go wasted. 
Concert started on the dot at 8.30 pm (10 pm IST) and ended at 12. Three and a 
half hours of sheer bliss!
   
  Fans
  A few of us met up at the concert: Fameeb and friends; Mehroof; Riyaz; 
Aravind; Vishnu and friend; Sreejith and sister; Sunil; myself. Was also in 
touch through the concert with Ganesh; Siad; Sunder; and later Anand. (Sanjay 
– would have texted you if you had posted your number earlier.) Was wonderful 
getting to meet you all; we have a good number of people now; lets try and keep 
the spirit alive.. 
   
  Concert
  The professionalism was evident through out and also the hard work that would 
have gone in to stick to the timings and the flow to be smooth. The absence of 
a Compere didn't seem to bother anyone as there was hardly any gap between the 
songs. It showed the amazing team work as everything was going like clock work. 
Blaaze came in a few times just for the very essentials like to set the feel at 
the beginning and later to introduce the musicians. ARR also did his part to 
interact with the audience. He highlighted that this was the 10th anniversary 
of his first concert in Dubai and that in itself is a great achievement for a 
performer like him. He thanked everyone tremendously at the end for the support 
and said mischievously that he hoped to do this again after 5 years – the 
grin on his face showed that he anticipated the no, we want sooner, we want 
more shouts..
   
  The organizers also seemed to have done well, though at times they seemed a 
bit confused. Except for a few glitches like opening the gates one hour late (6 
instead of 5) and slight lack of coordination with Security personnel, 
everything seemed set. Snacks, drinks, etc were available and they also printed 
out booklets with some of the singers introductions, etc which was useful..
   
  Apart from not having a compere, there are a couple of other differences that 
caught my attention in comparison to the previous Dubai concert. First is the 
extent to which ARR's live vocals have improved – almost to the point of 
being totally flawless now! I can only imagine the hours of sadhakam / practice 
he would have put in the past years to reach where he's now. Truly amazing!
  Second is the absence of dancers for some key danceable songs like Chaiyya 
Chaiyya. True to his word (he mentioned this during the press conference), he 
has ensured that the focus would in fact be on the singing. For those songs 
where dancers were involved, the choreography was good and so were some of the 
visual effects. I am however slightly on the fence regarding the solo dancer in 
blue for the 'Tere bina' song – still trying to figure out if I liked the 
idea or not!
   
  Songs
  Hindi dominated slightly but there was a good mix of Tamil as well. Karthik 
and Benny stood out for their lively and high energy performances. Hariharan 
and Blaaze interacted well with the audience. Nithi gave some beautiful 
renditions and certainly Chitra, Naresh and the others as well. Our man's 
singing was the surprise package of them all – excellent vocals and 
unbelievable presence on stage. He even took it a step further after the 'humma 
humma' song making the audience sing the humma part. Soo not him but it was 
fun to watch him interacting so nicely with the audience!
   
  Following are the songs sung with time it started and the singers:
  08:40 JAGE HAI (Guru) Ã  Chitra, ARR
  08.42 KHALBALI (RDB) Ã  ARR
  08:48 KADHAL ROJAVE / ROJA JANEMAN (Roja) Ã  Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam
  08:53 BARSO RE (Guru) Ã  Neethi Mohan, Mohamed Aslam
  08:58 LOSE CONTROL (RDB) Ã  Blaaze, Mohamed Aslam, Naresh Iyer
   
  09:00 3 minutes with the Guitarist (anyone know his name?)
   
  09:03 GIRLFRIEND (Boys) Ã  Karthik, Benny Dayal
  09:09 JASHN-E-BAHARA (Jodha Akbar) Ã  Javed Ali
  09:15 KANNALANE

Re: [arr] Sharjah Concert in detail

2008-04-21 Thread arr pavan
Dude lakki ! thanks for a detailed write up  to other fans too from sharjah 
who shared their excitement. Lakki see your blog below ? :(  My heart beats for 
this filter copy here ? ;)
   
  http://saravananspc.blogspot.com/2008/04/arrahman-rocked-in-sharjah.html 
  
 
  
Lakki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   
(sorry – long mail. Some interesting tidbits towards the end)
   
   
  Exhilarating experience, as expected. All this waiting didn't go wasted. 
Concert started on the dot at 8.30 pm (10 pm IST) and ended at 12. Three and a 
half hours of sheer bliss!
   
  Fans
  A few of us met up at the concert: Fameeb and friends; Mehroof; Riyaz; 
Aravind; Vishnu and friend; Sreejith and sister; Sunil; myself. Was also in 
touch through the concert with Ganesh; Siad; Sunder; and later Anand. (Sanjay – 
would have texted you if you had posted your number earlier.) Was wonderful 
getting to meet you all; we have a good number of people now; lets try and keep 
the spirit alive.. 
   
  Concert
  The professionalism was evident through out and also the hard work that would 
have gone in to stick to the timings and the flow to be smooth. The absence of 
a Compere didn't seem to bother anyone as there was hardly any gap between the 
songs. It showed the amazing team work as everything was going like clock work. 
Blaaze came in a few times just for the very essentials like to set the feel at 
the beginning and later to introduce the musicians. ARR also did his part to 
interact with the audience. He highlighted that this was the 10th anniversary 
of his first concert in Dubai and that in itself is a great achievement for a 
performer like him. He thanked everyone tremendously at the end for the support 
and said mischievously that he hoped to do this again after 5 years – the grin 
on his face showed that he anticipated the no, we want sooner, we want more 
shouts..
   
  The organizers also seemed to have done well, though at times they seemed a 
bit confused. Except for a few glitches like opening the gates one hour late (6 
instead of 5) and slight lack of coordination with Security personnel, 
everything seemed set. Snacks, drinks, etc were available and they also printed 
out booklets with some of the singers introductions, etc which was useful..
   
  Apart from not having a compere, there are a couple of other differences that 
caught my attention in comparison to the previous Dubai concert. First is the 
extent to which ARR's live vocals have improved – almost to the point of being 
totally flawless now! I can only imagine the hours of sadhakam / practice he 
would have put in the past years to reach where he's now. Truly amazing!
  Second is the absence of dancers for some key danceable songs like Chaiyya 
Chaiyya. True to his word (he mentioned this during the press conference), he 
has ensured that the focus would in fact be on the singing. For those songs 
where dancers were involved, the choreography was good and so were some of the 
visual effects. I am however slightly on the fence regarding the solo dancer in 
blue for the 'Tere bina' song – still trying to figure out if I liked the idea 
or not!
   
  Songs
  Hindi dominated slightly but there was a good mix of Tamil as well. Karthik 
and Benny stood out for their lively and high energy performances. Hariharan 
and Blaaze interacted well with the audience. Nithi gave some beautiful 
renditions and certainly Chitra, Naresh and the others as well. Our man's 
singing was the surprise package of them all – excellent vocals and 
unbelievable presence on stage. He even took it a step further after the 'humma 
humma' song making the audience sing the humma part. Soo not him but it was 
fun to watch him interacting so nicely with the audience!
   
  Following are the songs sung with time it started and the singers:
  08:40 JAGE HAI (Guru) à Chitra, ARR
  08.42 KHALBALI (RDB) à ARR
  08:48 KADHAL ROJAVE / ROJA JANEMAN (Roja) à Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam
  08:53 BARSO RE (Guru) à Neethi Mohan, Mohamed Aslam
  08:58 LOSE CONTROL (RDB) à Blaaze, Mohamed Aslam, Naresh Iyer
   
  09:00 3 minutes with the Guitarist (anyone know his name?)
   
  09:03 GIRLFRIEND (Boys) à Karthik, Benny Dayal
  09:09 JASHN-E-BAHARA (Jodha Akbar) à Javed Ali
  09:15 KANNALANE / KEHANA HE KYA (Bombay) à Chitra, ARR
  09:19 KABHI NEEM NEEM / SANDA KOZHI (Yuva/AE) à Madhusree, ARR
  09:24 ROOBARU (RDB) à Naresh Iyer, ARR
  09:28 JIYA JALE (Dil Se) à Chitra
  09:33 DIL SE RE (Dil Se) à ARR
  09:36 EDHAYAM / IN LAMHON KE DAMAN (Jodha Akbar) à Karthik, Madhusree, Javed 
Ali
  09:42 VAAJI VAAJI (Sivaji) à Hariharan, Madhusree
  09:48 ATHIRADI(Sivaji) à Karthik, Naresh Iyer, Benny, Synora, Mohd Aslam, ARR
  09:55 CHAIYYA CHAIYYA (Dil Se) à Javed Ali, Rahna, Mohd Aslam, 
   
  10:02 3 minutes of AZZEM-O-SHAN (Jodha Akbar) intro, changing to o-oh-o-o in 
RUKMANI (Roja) and then to a line from VEERAPANDI (Thiruda Thiruda) à ARR, 
Mohd, Shivmani
  10:05 Shivamani on a roll non-stop for 13 

RE: [arr] Sharjah Concert in detail

2008-04-20 Thread Anand Bharathan
What a concert and what a report, Lakki? It was nice talking to you as well.
You had observed the minutest details and unfortunately I could not make out
what was going on the stage as I was sitting in the gallery. But the crowd
reaction was phenomenal. People were having a blast and I thought the whole
stadium was singing Humma, Humma along with him. Whenever ARR came to sing,
the crowd was roaring and I don’t think he forgot any of his lines. The
sound did not carry all way through to the part of the gallery where I was
sitting especially for the softer songs like chanda re. But overall it was
an extraordinary concert. I liked the idea of not having a compeer (who
needs one for ARR’s songs) and the way one song was belted after another
with no fuss or hype. It was just sheer music and sheer bliss all the way.
The only sore point was the litter left all around. I had to walk through
piles of it to exit the stadium. Weren’t there any bins around? 

 

Long Live ARR and his music. I have given the link below for the report
which came in GN today.

 

http://www.gulfnews.com/tabloid/Entertainment/10206876.html

 

http://www.gulfnews.com/tabloid/Entertainment/10206894.html

 

anand

 

 

 

From: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Lakki
Sent: 19 April, 2008 4:36 PM
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [arr] Sharjah Concert in detail

 

(sorry – long mail. Some interesting tidbits towards the end)

 

 

Exhilarating experience, as expected. All this waiting didn't go wasted.
Concert started on the dot at 8.30 pm (10 pm IST) and ended at 12. Three and
a half hours of sheer bliss!

 

Fans

A few of us met up at the concert: Fameeb and friends; Mehroof; Riyaz;
Aravind; Vishnu and friend; Sreejith and sister; Sunil; myself. Was also in
touch through the concert with Ganesh; Siad; Sunder; and later Anand.
(Sanjay – would have texted you if you had posted your number earlier.) Was
wonderful getting to meet you all; we have a good number of people now; lets
try and keep the spirit alive.. 

 

Concert

The professionalism was evident through out and also the hard work that
would have gone in to stick to the timings and the flow to be smooth. The
absence of a Compere didn't seem to bother anyone as there was hardly any
gap between the songs. It showed the amazing team work as everything was
going like clock work. Blaaze came in a few times just for the very
essentials like to set the feel at the beginning and later to introduce the
musicians. ARR also did his part to interact with the audience. He
highlighted that this was the 10th anniversary of his first concert in Dubai
and that in itself is a great achievement for a performer like him. He
thanked everyone tremendously at the end for the support and said
mischievously that he hoped to do this again after 5 years – the grin on his
face showed that he anticipated the no, we want sooner, we want more
shouts..

 

The organizers also seemed to have done well, though at times they seemed a
bit confused. Except for a few glitches like opening the gates one hour late
(6 instead of 5) and slight lack of coordination with Security personnel,
everything seemed set. Snacks, drinks, etc were available and they also
printed out booklets with some of the singers introductions, etc which was
useful..

 

Apart from not having a compere, there are a couple of other differences
that caught my attention in comparison to the previous Dubai concert. First
is the extent to which ARR's live vocals have improved – almost to the point
of being totally flawless now! I can only imagine the hours of sadhakam /
practice he would have put in the past years to reach where he's now. Truly
amazing!

Second is the absence of dancers for some key danceable songs like Chaiyya
Chaiyya. True to his word (he mentioned this during the press conference),
he has ensured that the focus would in fact be on the singing. For those
songs where dancers were involved, the choreography was good and so were
some of the visual effects. I am however slightly on the fence regarding the
solo dancer in blue for the 'Tere bina' song – still trying to figure out if
I liked the idea or not!

 

Songs

Hindi dominated slightly but there was a good mix of Tamil as well. Karthik
and Benny stood out for their lively and high energy performances. Hariharan
and Blaaze interacted well with the audience. Nithi gave some beautiful
renditions and certainly Chitra, Naresh and the others as well. Our man's
singing was the surprise package of them all – excellent vocals and
unbelievable presence on stage. He even took it a step further after the
'humma humma' song making the audience sing the humma part. Soo not him
but it was fun to watch him interacting so nicely with the audience!

 

Following are the songs sung with time it started and the singers:

08:40 JAGE HAI (Guru) à Chitra, ARR

08.42 KHALBALI (RDB) à ARR

08:48 KADHAL ROJAVE / ROJA JANEMAN (Roja) à Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam

08

Re: [arr] Sharjah Concert in detail

2008-04-20 Thread fameeb mohd
Dear All , 

What a show  It was truely an awsome experience . An experience to cherish. 
Every moment which we want to  relive.  I am sad that we will have to wait for 
another 5 years to experience the RAHMAN effect. 

Excellent report ,Lakki so good to have met u at the concert. So good to have 
met you all at the concert ,all arr fans .Its great to know friends who are all 
equally passionate about our BOSS. Am eagerly looking forward to the GET 
Together of ARR fans in UAE . 

Thanks to ARR for such a rocking show. 

Fameeb. 


- Original Message 
From: Lakki [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, 19 April, 2008 4:35:58 PM
Subject: [arr] Sharjah Concert in detail


(sorry – long mail. Some interesting tidbits towards the end)
 
 
Exhilarating experience, as expected. All this waiting didn't go wasted. 
Concert started on the dot at 8.30 pm (10 pm IST) and ended at 12. Three and a 
half hours of sheer bliss!
 
Fans
A few of us met up at the concert: Fameeb and friends; Mehroof; Riyaz; Aravind; 
Vishnu and friend; Sreejith and sister; Sunil; myself. Was also in touch 
through the concert with Ganesh; Siad; Sunder; and later Anand. (Sanjay – would 
have texted you if you had posted your number earlier.) Was wonderful getting 
to meet you all; we have a good number of people now; lets try and keep the 
spirit alive.. 
 
Concert
The professionalism was evident through out and also the hard work that would 
have gone in to stick to the timings and the flow to be smooth. The absence of 
a Compere didn't seem to bother anyone as there was hardly any gap between the 
songs. It showed the amazing team work as everything was going like clock work. 
Blaaze came in a few times just for the very essentials like to set the feel at 
the beginning and later to introduce the musicians. ARR also did his part to 
interact with the audience. He highlighted that this was the 10th anniversary 
of his first concert in Dubai and that in itself is a great achievement for a 
performer like him. He thanked everyone tremendously at the end for the support 
and said mischievously that he hoped to do this again after 5 years – the grin 
on his face showed that he anticipated the no, we want sooner, we want more 
shouts..
 
The organizers also seemed to have done well, though at times they seemed a bit 
confused. Except for a few glitches like opening the gates one hour late (6 
instead of 5) and slight lack of coordination with Security personnel, 
everything seemed set. Snacks, drinks, etc were available and they also printed 
out booklets with some of the singers introductions, etc which was useful..
 
Apart from not having a compere, there are a couple of other differences that 
caught my attention in comparison to the previous Dubai concert. First is the 
extent to which ARR's live vocals have improved – almost to the point of being 
totally flawless now! I can only imagine the hours of sadhakam / practice he 
would have put in the past years to reach where he's now. Truly amazing!
Second is the absence of dancers for some key danceable songs like Chaiyya 
Chaiyya. True to his word (he mentioned this during the press conference), he 
has ensured that the focus would in fact be on the singing. For those songs 
where dancers were involved, the choreography was good and so were some of the 
visual effects. I am however slightly on the fence regarding the solo dancer in 
blue for the 'Tere bina' song – still trying to figure out if I liked the idea 
or not!
 
Songs
Hindi dominated slightly but there was a good mix of Tamil as well. Karthik and 
Benny stood out for their lively and high energy performances. Hariharan and 
Blaaze interacted well with the audience. Nithi gave some beautiful renditions 
and certainly Chitra, Naresh and the others as well. Our man's singing was the 
surprise package of them all – excellent vocals and unbelievable presence on 
stage. He even took it a step further after the 'humma humma' song making the 
audience sing the humma part. Soo not him but it was fun to watch him 
interacting so nicely with the audience!
 
Following are the songs sung with time it started and the singers:
08:40 JAGE HAI (Guru) à Chitra, ARR
08.42 KHALBALI (RDB) à ARR
08:48 KADHAL ROJAVE / ROJA JANEMAN (Roja) à Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam
08:53 BARSO RE (Guru) à Neethi Mohan, Mohamed Aslam
08:58 LOSE CONTROL (RDB) à Blaaze, Mohamed Aslam, Naresh Iyer
 
09:00 3 minutes with the Guitarist (anyone know his name?)
 
09:03 GIRLFRIEND (Boys) à Karthik, Benny Dayal
09:09 JASHN-E-BAHARA (Jodha Akbar) à Javed Ali
09:15 KANNALANE / KEHANA HE KYA (Bombay) à Chitra, ARR
09:19 KABHI NEEM NEEM / SANDA KOZHI (Yuva/AE) à Madhusree, ARR
09:24 ROOBARU (RDB) à Naresh Iyer, ARR
09:28 JIYA JALE (Dil Se) à Chitra
09:33 DIL SE RE (Dil Se) à ARR
09:36 EDHAYAM / IN LAMHON KE DAMAN (Jodha Akbar) à Karthik, Madhusree, Javed Ali
09:42 VAAJI VAAJI (Sivaji) à Hariharan, Madhusree
09:48 ATHIRADI(Sivaji) à Karthik, Naresh

[arr] Sharjah Concert in detail

2008-04-19 Thread Lakki
(sorry – long mail. Some interesting tidbits towards the end)


Exhilarating experience, as expected. All this waiting didn't go wasted.
Concert started on the dot at 8.30 pm (10 pm IST) and ended at 12. Three and
a half hours of sheer bliss!



*Fans*

A few of us met up at the concert: Fameeb and friends; Mehroof; Riyaz;
Aravind; Vishnu and friend; Sreejith and sister; Sunil; myself. Was also in
touch through the concert with Ganesh; Siad; Sunder; and later Anand.
(Sanjay – would have texted you if you had posted your number earlier.) Was
wonderful getting to meet you all; we have a good number of people now; lets
try and keep the spirit alive..



*Concert*

The professionalism was evident through out and also the hard work that
would have gone in to stick to the timings and the flow to be smooth. The
absence of a Compere didn't seem to bother anyone as there was hardly any
gap between the songs. It showed the amazing team work as everything was
going like clock work. Blaaze came in a few times just for the very
essentials like to set the feel at the beginning and later to introduce the
musicians. ARR also did his part to interact with the audience. He
highlighted that this was the 10th anniversary of his first concert in
Dubaiand that in itself is a great achievement for a performer like
him. He
thanked everyone tremendously at the end for the support and said
mischievously that he hoped to do this again after 5 years – the grin on his
face showed that he anticipated the no, we want sooner, we want more
shouts..



The organizers also seemed to have done well, though at times they seemed a
bit confused. Except for a few glitches like opening the gates one hour late
(6 instead of 5) and slight lack of coordination with Security personnel,
everything seemed set. Snacks, drinks, etc were available and they also
printed out booklets with some of the singers introductions, etc which was
useful..



Apart from not having a compere, there are a couple of other differences
that caught my attention in comparison to the previous Dubai concert. First
is the extent to which *ARR's live vocals* have improved – almost to the
point of being totally flawless now! I can only imagine the hours of
sadhakam / practice he would have put in the past years to reach where he's
now. Truly amazing!

Second is the absence of dancers for some key danceable songs like Chaiyya
Chaiyya. True to his word (he mentioned this during the press conference),
he has ensured that the focus would in fact be on the singing. For those
songs where dancers were involved, the choreography was good and so were
some of the visual effects. I am however slightly on the fence regarding the
solo dancer in blue for the 'Tere bina' song – still trying to figure out if
I liked the idea or not!



*Songs*

Hindi dominated slightly but there was a good mix of Tamil as well. Karthik
and Benny stood out for their lively and high energy performances. Hariharan
and Blaaze interacted well with the audience. Nithi gave some beautiful
renditions and certainly Chitra, Naresh and the others as well. Our man's
singing was the surprise package of them all – excellent vocals and
unbelievable presence on stage. He even took it a step further after the
'humma humma' song making the audience sing the humma part. Soo not him
but it was fun to watch him interacting so nicely with the audience!



Following are the songs sung with time it started and the singers:

08:40 JAGE HAI (Guru) à Chitra, ARR

08.42 KHALBALI (RDB) à ARR

08:48 KADHAL ROJAVE / ROJA JANEMAN (Roja) à Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam

08:53 BARSO RE (Guru) à Neethi Mohan, Mohamed Aslam

08:58 LOSE CONTROL (RDB) à Blaaze, Mohamed Aslam, Naresh Iyer



09:00 3 minutes with the Guitarist (anyone know his name?)



09:03 GIRLFRIEND (Boys) à Karthik, Benny Dayal

09:09 JASHN-E-BAHARA (Jodha Akbar) à Javed Ali

09:15 KANNALANE / KEHANA HE KYA (Bombay) à Chitra, ARR

09:19 KABHI NEEM NEEM / SANDA KOZHI (Yuva/AE) à Madhusree, ARR

09:24 ROOBARU (RDB) à Naresh Iyer, ARR

09:28 JIYA JALE (Dil Se) à Chitra

09:33 DIL SE RE (Dil Se) à ARR

09:36 EDHAYAM / IN LAMHON KE DAMAN (Jodha Akbar) à Karthik, Madhusree, Javed
Ali

09:42 VAAJI VAAJI (Sivaji) à Hariharan, Madhusree

09:48 ATHIRADI(Sivaji) à Karthik, Naresh Iyer, Benny, Synora, Mohd Aslam,
ARR

09:55 CHAIYYA CHAIYYA (Dil Se) à Javed Ali, Rahna, Mohd Aslam,



10:02 3 minutes of AZZEM-O-SHAN (Jodha Akbar) intro, changing to o-oh-o-o in
RUKMANI (Roja) and then to a line from VEERAPANDI (Thiruda Thiruda) à ARR,
Mohd, Shivmani

10:05 Shivamani on a roll non-stop for 13 minutes

10:19 Blaaze comes in rapping ORU KUDAI SUNLIGHT (Sivaji) and moves on to
introduce the musicians / technicians involved



10:24 PRAY FOR ME BROTHER (Pray For Me Brother) à ARR

10:31 BOMBAY THEME (Bombay) à Naveen on Flute

10:34 KHWAJA MERE (Jodha Akbar) à ARR, Javed Ali, Mohd Aslam

10:42 AE HAIRATHEY AASHIQUI (Guru) à Hariharan, Sadhana, Mohd Aslam, Dr.
Narayan

10:50 VAARI VAARI (Rising)à 

Re: [arr] Sharjah Concert in detail

2008-04-19 Thread Sreejith Ullattil
Hey
   
  Great mail...ofcourse the tidbits was the highlight of the show (i cud just 
write down the songs in the order), but u even noted the time...
   
  About the photos, i am gonna upload them on facebook...any thoughts if i shd 
upload them elsewhere? (there's around 180 pics...and i will never delete any, 
even if its blurry)
   
  Once again, i am still sitting today with eyes closed cause i too am seeing 
the concert in front me (screensaver) and i have the songs playing in my room 
in the same order...
   
  An amazing birthday gift to myself...Thank you ARR and thanks to the those i 
met yesterday...
   
  Cheers
  Skreech / Sreejith

Lakki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
(sorry – long mail. Some interesting tidbits towards the end)
   
   
  Exhilarating experience, as expected. All this waiting didn't go wasted. 
Concert started on the dot at 8.30 pm (10 pm IST) and ended at 12. Three and a 
half hours of sheer bliss!
   
  Fans
  A few of us met up at the concert: Fameeb and friends; Mehroof; Riyaz; 
Aravind; Vishnu and friend; Sreejith and sister; Sunil; myself. Was also in 
touch through the concert with Ganesh; Siad; Sunder; and later Anand. (Sanjay – 
would have texted you if you had posted your number earlier.) Was wonderful 
getting to meet you all; we have a good number of people now; lets try and keep 
the spirit alive.. 
   
  Concert
  The professionalism was evident through out and also the hard work that would 
have gone in to stick to the timings and the flow to be smooth. The absence of 
a Compere didn't seem to bother anyone as there was hardly any gap between the 
songs. It showed the amazing team work as everything was going like clock work. 
Blaaze came in a few times just for the very essentials like to set the feel at 
the beginning and later to introduce the musicians. ARR also did his part to 
interact with the audience. He highlighted that this was the 10th anniversary 
of his first concert in Dubai and that in itself is a great achievement for a 
performer like him. He thanked everyone tremendously at the end for the support 
and said mischievously that he hoped to do this again after 5 years – the grin 
on his face showed that he anticipated the no, we want sooner, we want more 
shouts..
   
  The organizers also seemed to have done well, though at times they seemed a 
bit confused. Except for a few glitches like opening the gates one hour late (6 
instead of 5) and slight lack of coordination with Security personnel, 
everything seemed set. Snacks, drinks, etc were available and they also printed 
out booklets with some of the singers introductions, etc which was useful..
   
  Apart from not having a compere, there are a couple of other differences that 
caught my attention in comparison to the previous Dubai concert. First is the 
extent to which ARR's live vocals have improved – almost to the point of being 
totally flawless now! I can only imagine the hours of sadhakam / practice he 
would have put in the past years to reach where he's now. Truly amazing!
  Second is the absence of dancers for some key danceable songs like Chaiyya 
Chaiyya. True to his word (he mentioned this during the press conference), he 
has ensured that the focus would in fact be on the singing. For those songs 
where dancers were involved, the choreography was good and so were some of the 
visual effects. I am however slightly on the fence regarding the solo dancer in 
blue for the 'Tere bina' song – still trying to figure out if I liked the idea 
or not!
   
  Songs
  Hindi dominated slightly but there was a good mix of Tamil as well. Karthik 
and Benny stood out for their lively and high energy performances. Hariharan 
and Blaaze interacted well with the audience. Nithi gave some beautiful 
renditions and certainly Chitra, Naresh and the others as well. Our man's 
singing was the surprise package of them all – excellent vocals and 
unbelievable presence on stage. He even took it a step further after the 'humma 
humma' song making the audience sing the humma part. Soo not him but it was 
fun to watch him interacting so nicely with the audience!
   
  Following are the songs sung with time it started and the singers:
  08:40 JAGE HAI (Guru) à Chitra, ARR
  08.42 KHALBALI (RDB) à ARR
  08:48 KADHAL ROJAVE / ROJA JANEMAN (Roja) à Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam
  08:53 BARSO RE (Guru) à Neethi Mohan, Mohamed Aslam
  08:58 LOSE CONTROL (RDB) à Blaaze, Mohamed Aslam, Naresh Iyer
   
  09:00 3 minutes with the Guitarist (anyone know his name?)
   
  09:03 GIRLFRIEND (Boys) à Karthik, Benny Dayal
  09:09 JASHN-E-BAHARA (Jodha Akbar) à Javed Ali
  09:15 KANNALANE / KEHANA HE KYA (Bombay) à Chitra, ARR
  09:19 KABHI NEEM NEEM / SANDA KOZHI (Yuva/AE) à Madhusree, ARR
  09:24 ROOBARU (RDB) à Naresh Iyer, ARR
  09:28 JIYA JALE (Dil Se) à Chitra
  09:33 DIL SE RE (Dil Se) à ARR
  09:36 EDHAYAM / IN LAMHON KE DAMAN (Jodha Akbar) à Karthik, Madhusree, Javed 
Ali
  09:42 VAAJI VAAJI (Sivaji) à 

Re: [arr] Sharjah Concert in detail

2008-04-19 Thread $*$ PaVaN $*$
Awesome ! Thanks for sharing it..Hope all you guys had a great 
time..Now..Waiting for the Pics.. 
   
  Thanks again for your reports..

Lakki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
(sorry – long mail. Some interesting tidbits towards the end)
   
   
  Exhilarating experience, as expected. All this waiting didn't go wasted. 
Concert started on the dot at 8.30 pm (10 pm IST) and ended at 12. Three and a 
half hours of sheer bliss!
   
  Fans
  A few of us met up at the concert: Fameeb and friends; Mehroof; Riyaz; 
Aravind; Vishnu and friend; Sreejith and sister; Sunil; myself. Was also in 
touch through the concert with Ganesh; Siad; Sunder; and later Anand. (Sanjay – 
would have texted you if you had posted your number earlier.) Was wonderful 
getting to meet you all; we have a good number of people now; lets try and keep 
the spirit alive.. 
   
  Concert
  The professionalism was evident through out and also the hard work that would 
have gone in to stick to the timings and the flow to be smooth. The absence of 
a Compere didn't seem to bother anyone as there was hardly any gap between the 
songs. It showed the amazing team work as everything was going like clock work. 
Blaaze came in a few times just for the very essentials like to set the feel at 
the beginning and later to introduce the musicians. ARR also did his part to 
interact with the audience. He highlighted that this was the 10th anniversary 
of his first concert in Dubai and that in itself is a great achievement for a 
performer like him. He thanked everyone tremendously at the end for the support 
and said mischievously that he hoped to do this again after 5 years – the grin 
on his face showed that he anticipated the no, we want sooner, we want more 
shouts..
   
  The organizers also seemed to have done well, though at times they seemed a 
bit confused. Except for a few glitches like opening the gates one hour late (6 
instead of 5) and slight lack of coordination with Security personnel, 
everything seemed set. Snacks, drinks, etc were available and they also printed 
out booklets with some of the singers introductions, etc which was useful..
   
  Apart from not having a compere, there are a couple of other differences that 
caught my attention in comparison to the previous Dubai concert. First is the 
extent to which ARR's live vocals have improved – almost to the point of being 
totally flawless now! I can only imagine the hours of sadhakam / practice he 
would have put in the past years to reach where he's now. Truly amazing!
  Second is the absence of dancers for some key danceable songs like Chaiyya 
Chaiyya. True to his word (he mentioned this during the press conference), he 
has ensured that the focus would in fact be on the singing. For those songs 
where dancers were involved, the choreography was good and so were some of the 
visual effects. I am however slightly on the fence regarding the solo dancer in 
blue for the 'Tere bina' song – still trying to figure out if I liked the idea 
or not!
   
  Songs
  Hindi dominated slightly but there was a good mix of Tamil as well. Karthik 
and Benny stood out for their lively and high energy performances. Hariharan 
and Blaaze interacted well with the audience. Nithi gave some beautiful 
renditions and certainly Chitra, Naresh and the others as well. Our man's 
singing was the surprise package of them all – excellent vocals and 
unbelievable presence on stage. He even took it a step further after the 'humma 
humma' song making the audience sing the humma part. Soo not him but it was 
fun to watch him interacting so nicely with the audience!
   
  Following are the songs sung with time it started and the singers:
  08:40 JAGE HAI (Guru) à Chitra, ARR
  08.42 KHALBALI (RDB) à ARR
  08:48 KADHAL ROJAVE / ROJA JANEMAN (Roja) à Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam
  08:53 BARSO RE (Guru) à Neethi Mohan, Mohamed Aslam
  08:58 LOSE CONTROL (RDB) à Blaaze, Mohamed Aslam, Naresh Iyer
   
  09:00 3 minutes with the Guitarist (anyone know his name?)
   
  09:03 GIRLFRIEND (Boys) à Karthik, Benny Dayal
  09:09 JASHN-E-BAHARA (Jodha Akbar) à Javed Ali
  09:15 KANNALANE / KEHANA HE KYA (Bombay) à Chitra, ARR
  09:19 KABHI NEEM NEEM / SANDA KOZHI (Yuva/AE) à Madhusree, ARR
  09:24 ROOBARU (RDB) à Naresh Iyer, ARR
  09:28 JIYA JALE (Dil Se) à Chitra
  09:33 DIL SE RE (Dil Se) à ARR
  09:36 EDHAYAM / IN LAMHON KE DAMAN (Jodha Akbar) à Karthik, Madhusree, Javed 
Ali
  09:42 VAAJI VAAJI (Sivaji) à Hariharan, Madhusree
  09:48 ATHIRADI(Sivaji) à Karthik, Naresh Iyer, Benny, Synora, Mohd Aslam, ARR
  09:55 CHAIYYA CHAIYYA (Dil Se) à Javed Ali, Rahna, Mohd Aslam, 
   
  10:02 3 minutes of AZZEM-O-SHAN (Jodha Akbar) intro, changing to o-oh-o-o in 
RUKMANI (Roja) and then to a line from VEERAPANDI (Thiruda Thiruda) à ARR, 
Mohd, Shivmani
  10:05 Shivamani on a roll non-stop for 13 minutes
  10:19 Blaaze comes in rapping ORU KUDAI SUNLIGHT (Sivaji) and moves on to 
introduce the musicians / technicians involved
   
  

RE: [arr] Sharjah Concert in detail and vithur detailed mail on koffee with anu

2008-04-19 Thread murali ramakrishnan

very happy to note that the concert went on well. wishing 100% more success for 
chennai concert onn apr 20th.
 
vithur i have seen the repeated program of koffee with anu y.day, hats off to 
you, u have not missedout
a single line in ur mail from the program.we appreciate u for ur work.
 
happy to note that lot of dedicated rahmannna fan's r there in our group,.
 
once again Rahmannna all the best for chennai program
 
murali


To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:22:34 
-0700Subject: Re: [arr] Sharjah Concert in detail





Hey
 
Great mail...ofcourse the tidbits was the highlight of the show (i cud just 
write down the songs in the order), but u even noted the time...
 
About the photos, i am gonna upload them on facebook...any thoughts if i shd 
upload them elsewhere? (there's around 180 pics...and i will never delete any, 
even if its blurry)
 
Once again, i am still sitting today with eyes closed cause i too am seeing the 
concert in front me (screensaver) and i have the songs playing in my room in 
the same order...
 
An amazing birthday gift to myself...Thank you ARR and thanks to the those i 
met yesterday...
 
Cheers
Skreech / SreejithLakki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:



(sorry – long mail. Some interesting tidbits towards the end)
 
 
Exhilarating experience, as expected. All this waiting didn't go wasted. 
Concert started on the dot at 8.30 pm (10 pm IST) and ended at 12. Three and a 
half hours of sheer bliss!
 
Fans
A few of us met up at the concert: Fameeb and friends; Mehroof; Riyaz; Aravind; 
Vishnu and friend; Sreejith and sister; Sunil; myself. Was also in touch 
through the concert with Ganesh; Siad; Sunder; and later Anand. (Sanjay – would 
have texted you if you had posted your number earlier.) Was wonderful getting 
to meet you all; we have a good number of people now; lets try and keep the 
spirit alive.. 
 
Concert
The professionalism was evident through out and also the hard work that would 
have gone in to stick to the timings and the flow to be smooth. The absence of 
a Compere didn't seem to bother anyone as there was hardly any gap between the 
songs. It showed the amazing team work as everything was going like clock work. 
Blaaze came in a few times just for the very essentials like to set the feel at 
the beginning and later to introduce the musicians. ARR also did his part to 
interact with the audience. He highlighted that this was the 10th anniversary 
of his first concert in Dubai and that in itself is a great achievement for a 
performer like him. He thanked everyone tremendously at the end for the support 
and said mischievously that he hoped to do this again after 5 years – the grin 
on his face showed that he anticipated the no, we want sooner, we want more 
shouts..
 
The organizers also seemed to have done well, though at times they seemed a bit 
confused. Except for a few glitches like opening the gates one hour late (6 
instead of 5) and slight lack of coordination with Security personnel, 
everything seemed set. Snacks, drinks, etc were available and they also printed 
out booklets with some of the singers introductions, etc which was useful..
 
Apart from not having a compere, there are a couple of other differences that 
caught my attention in comparison to the previous Dubai concert. First is the 
extent to which ARR's live vocals have improved – almost to the point of being 
totally flawless now! I can only imagine the hours of sadhakam / practice he 
would have put in the past years to reach where he's now. Truly amazing!
Second is the absence of dancers for some key danceable songs like Chaiyya 
Chaiyya. True to his word (he mentioned this during the press conference), he 
has ensured that the focus would in fact be on the singing. For those songs 
where dancers were involved, the choreography was good and so were some of the 
visual effects. I am however slightly on the fence regarding the solo dancer in 
blue for the 'Tere bina' song – still trying to figure out if I liked the idea 
or not!
 
Songs
Hindi dominated slightly but there was a good mix of Tamil as well. Karthik and 
Benny stood out for their lively and high energy performances. Hariharan and 
Blaaze interacted well with the audience. Nithi gave some beautiful renditions 
and certainly Chitra, Naresh and the others as well. Our man's singing was the 
surprise package of them all – excellent vocals and unbelievable presence on 
stage. He even took it a step further after the 'humma humma' song making the 
audience sing the humma part. Soo not him but it was fun to watch him 
interacting so nicely with the audience!
 
Following are the songs sung with time it started and the singers:
08:40 JAGE HAI (Guru) à Chitra, ARR
08.42 KHALBALI (RDB) à ARR
08:48 KADHAL ROJAVE / ROJA JANEMAN (Roja) à Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam
08:53 BARSO RE (Guru) à Neethi Mohan, Mohamed Aslam
08:58 LOSE CONTROL (RDB) à Blaaze, Mohamed Aslam, Naresh Iyer
 
09:00 3 minutes with the Guitarist (anyone

Re: [arr] Sharjah Concert in detail

2008-04-19 Thread Thulasi Ram
excellent write-up.

Rahman on a roll!

On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 5:35 AM, Lakki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

   (sorry – long mail. Some interesting tidbits towards the end)


 Exhilarating experience, as expected. All this waiting didn't go wasted.
 Concert started on the dot at 8.30 pm (10 pm IST) and ended at 12. Three
 and a half hours of sheer bliss!



 *Fans*

 A few of us met up at the concert: Fameeb and friends; Mehroof; Riyaz;
 Aravind; Vishnu and friend; Sreejith and sister; Sunil; myself. Was also in
 touch through the concert with Ganesh; Siad; Sunder; and later Anand.
 (Sanjay – would have texted you if you had posted your number earlier.) Was
 wonderful getting to meet you all; we have a good number of people now; lets
 try and keep the spirit alive..



 *Concert*

 The professionalism was evident through out and also the hard work that
 would have gone in to stick to the timings and the flow to be smooth. The
 absence of a Compere didn't seem to bother anyone as there was hardly any
 gap between the songs. It showed the amazing team work as everything was
 going like clock work. Blaaze came in a few times just for the very
 essentials like to set the feel at the beginning and later to introduce the
 musicians. ARR also did his part to interact with the audience. He
 highlighted that this was the 10th anniversary of his first concert in
 Dubai and that in itself is a great achievement for a performer like him.
 He thanked everyone tremendously at the end for the support and said
 mischievously that he hoped to do this again after 5 years – the grin on his
 face showed that he anticipated the no, we want sooner, we want more
 shouts..



 The organizers also seemed to have done well, though at times they seemed
 a bit confused. Except for a few glitches like opening the gates one hour
 late (6 instead of 5) and slight lack of coordination with Security
 personnel, everything seemed set. Snacks, drinks, etc were available and
 they also printed out booklets with some of the singers introductions, etc
 which was useful..



 Apart from not having a compere, there are a couple of other differences
 that caught my attention in comparison to the previous Dubai concert.
 First is the extent to which *ARR's live vocals* have improved – almost to
 the point of being totally flawless now! I can only imagine the hours of
 sadhakam / practice he would have put in the past years to reach where he's
 now. Truly amazing!

 Second is the absence of dancers for some key danceable songs like Chaiyya
 Chaiyya. True to his word (he mentioned this during the press conference),
 he has ensured that the focus would in fact be on the singing. For those
 songs where dancers were involved, the choreography was good and so were
 some of the visual effects. I am however slightly on the fence regarding the
 solo dancer in blue for the 'Tere bina' song – still trying to figure out if
 I liked the idea or not!



 *Songs*

 Hindi dominated slightly but there was a good mix of Tamil as well.
 Karthik and Benny stood out for their lively and high energy performances.
 Hariharan and Blaaze interacted well with the audience. Nithi gave some
 beautiful renditions and certainly Chitra, Naresh and the others as well.
 Our man's singing was the surprise package of them all – excellent vocals
 and unbelievable presence on stage. He even took it a step further after the
 'humma humma' song making the audience sing the humma part. Soo not him
 but it was fun to watch him interacting so nicely with the audience!



 Following are the songs sung with time it started and the singers:

 08:40 JAGE HAI (Guru) à Chitra, ARR

 08.42 KHALBALI (RDB) à ARR

 08:48 KADHAL ROJAVE / ROJA JANEMAN (Roja) à Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam

 08:53 BARSO RE (Guru) à Neethi Mohan, Mohamed Aslam

 08:58 LOSE CONTROL (RDB) à Blaaze, Mohamed Aslam, Naresh Iyer



 09:00 3 minutes with the Guitarist (anyone know his name?)



 09:03 GIRLFRIEND (Boys) à Karthik, Benny Dayal

 09:09 JASHN-E-BAHARA (Jodha Akbar) à Javed Ali

 09:15 KANNALANE / KEHANA HE KYA (Bombay) à Chitra, ARR

 09:19 KABHI NEEM NEEM / SANDA KOZHI (Yuva/AE) à Madhusree, ARR

 09:24 ROOBARU (RDB) à Naresh Iyer, ARR

 09:28 JIYA JALE (Dil Se) à Chitra

 09:33 DIL SE RE (Dil Se) à ARR

 09:36 EDHAYAM / IN LAMHON KE DAMAN (Jodha Akbar) à Karthik, Madhusree,
 Javed Ali

 09:42 VAAJI VAAJI (Sivaji) à Hariharan, Madhusree

 09:48 ATHIRADI(Sivaji) à Karthik, Naresh Iyer, Benny, Synora, Mohd Aslam,
 ARR

 09:55 CHAIYYA CHAIYYA (Dil Se) à Javed Ali, Rahna, Mohd Aslam,



 10:02 3 minutes of AZZEM-O-SHAN (Jodha Akbar) intro, changing to o-oh-o-o
 in RUKMANI (Roja) and then to a line from VEERAPANDI (Thiruda Thiruda) àARR, 
 Mohd, Shivmani

 10:05 Shivamani on a roll non-stop for 13 minutes

 10:19 Blaaze comes in rapping ORU KUDAI SUNLIGHT (Sivaji) and moves on to
 introduce the musicians / technicians involved



 10:24 PRAY FOR ME BROTHER (Pray For Me Brother) à ARR

 10:31 BOMBAY THEME (Bombay) à Naveen 

Re: [arr] Sharjah Concert in detail and vithur detailed mail on koffee with anu

2008-04-19 Thread Vithur
Thanks Murali... God Bless

On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 8:59 PM, murali ramakrishnan 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

   very happy to note that the concert went on well. wishing 100% more
 success for chennai concert onn apr 20th.

 vithur i have seen the repeated program of koffee with anu y.day, hats off
 to you, u have not missedout
 a single line in ur mail from the program.we appreciate u for ur work.

 happy to note that lot of dedicated rahmannna fan's r there in our group,.

 once again Rahmannna all the best for chennai program

 murali


  --
 To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:22:34 -0700
 Subject: Re: [arr] Sharjah Concert in detail

   Hey

 Great mail...ofcourse the tidbits was the highlight of the show (i cud
 just write down the songs in the order), but u even noted the time...

 About the photos, i am gonna upload them on facebook...any thoughts if i
 shd upload them elsewhere? (there's around 180 pics...and i will never
 delete any, even if its blurry)

 Once again, i am still sitting today with eyes closed cause i too am
 seeing the concert in front me (screensaver) and i have the songs playing in
 my room in the same order...

 An amazing birthday gift to myself...Thank you ARR and thanks to the those
 i met yesterday...

 Cheers
 Skreech / Sreejith

 *Lakki [EMAIL PROTECTED]* wrote:

  (sorry – long mail. Some interesting tidbits towards the end)


 Exhilarating experience, as expected. All this waiting didn't go wasted.
 Concert started on the dot at 8.30 pm (10 pm IST) and ended at 12. Three
 and a half hours of sheer bliss!

 *Fans*
 A few of us met up at the concert: Fameeb and friends; Mehroof; Riyaz;
 Aravind; Vishnu and friend; Sreejith and sister; Sunil; myself. Was also in
 touch through the concert with Ganesh; Siad; Sunder; and later Anand.
 (Sanjay – would have texted you if you had posted your number earlier.) Was
 wonderful getting to meet you all; we have a good number of people now; lets
 try and keep the spirit alive..

 *Concert*
 The professionalism was evident through out and also the hard work that
 would have gone in to stick to the timings and the flow to be smooth. The
 absence of a Compere didn't seem to bother anyone as there was hardly any
 gap between the songs. It showed the amazing team work as everything was
 going like clock work. Blaaze came in a few times just for the very
 essentials like to set the feel at the beginning and later to introduce the
 musicians. ARR also did his part to interact with the audience. He
 highlighted that this was the 10th anniversary of his first concert in
 Dubai and that in itself is a great achievement for a performer like him.
 He thanked everyone tremendously at the end for the support and said
 mischievously that he hoped to do this again after 5 years – the grin on his
 face showed that he anticipated the no, we want sooner, we want more
 shouts..

 The organizers also seemed to have done well, though at times they seemed
 a bit confused. Except for a few glitches like opening the gates one hour
 late (6 instead of 5) and slight lack of coordination with Security
 personnel, everything seemed set. Snacks, drinks, etc were available and
 they also printed out booklets with some of the singers introductions, etc
 which was useful..

 Apart from not having a compere, there are a couple of other differences
 that caught my attention in comparison to the previous Dubai concert.
 First is the extent to which *ARR's live vocals* have improved – almost to
 the point of being totally flawless now! I can only imagine the hours of
 sadhakam / practice he would have put in the past years to reach where he's
 now. Truly amazing!
 Second is the absence of dancers for some key danceable songs like Chaiyya
 Chaiyya. True to his word (he mentioned this during the press conference),
 he has ensured that the focus would in fact be on the singing. For those
 songs where dancers were involved, the choreography was good and so were
 some of the visual effects. I am however slightly on the fence regarding the
 solo dancer in blue for the 'Tere bina' song – still trying to figure out if
 I liked the idea or not!

 *Songs*
 Hindi dominated slightly but there was a good mix of Tamil as well.
 Karthik and Benny stood out for their lively and high energy performances.
 Hariharan and Blaaze interacted well with the audience. Nithi gave some
 beautiful renditions and certainly Chitra, Naresh and the others as well.
 Our man's singing was the surprise package of them all – excellent vocals
 and unbelievable presence on stage. He even took it a step further after the
 'humma humma' song making the audience sing the humma part. Soo not him
 but it was fun to watch him interacting so nicely with the audience!

 Following are the songs sung with time it started and the singers:
 08:40 JAGE HAI (Guru) à Chitra, ARR
 08.42 KHALBALI (RDB) à ARR
 08:48 KADHAL ROJAVE / ROJA JANEMAN (Roja

Re: [arr] Sharjah Concert in detail

2008-04-19 Thread Sunder
Hi Guys

What a concert it was. Really Mindblowing, the selection of songs and the way 
it was executed, everything was so perfect. Still I couldn't believe that I was 
there in the show. Most of the time I was busy in capturing the songs in my 
cam, there are around 2.2 GB of video tht I captured which I will try to upload 
as soon as possible. As many have told what exactly has happened in the 
concert, I have only one thing to say, My life is fulfilled after seeing him 
perform live on stage. The highlight is the the Kwaja mere kwaja song, I saw a 
round light ring(ooli vattam) behind his head when he sang that song, what a 
devotion he showed. Thats why god has given him such a musical gift to him. 

As Lakki said, we were in touch but due to the crowd we were unable to meet. 
Hope we all will meet soon. 

By the way if any of you guys took some good pictures send it across to me and 
the group as I concentrated only on videos and forgot to take pictures :-)

Take care
 
Regards 

S.Sunder



- Original Message 
From: Lakki [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, 19 April, 2008 4:35:58 PM
Subject: [arr] Sharjah Concert in detail

(sorry – long mail. Some interesting tidbits towards the end)
 
 
Exhilarating experience, as expected. All this waiting didn't go wasted. 
Concert started on the dot at 8.30 pm (10 pm IST) and ended at 12. Three and a 
half hours of sheer bliss!
 
Fans
A few of us met up at the concert: Fameeb and friends; Mehroof; Riyaz; Aravind; 
Vishnu and friend; Sreejith and sister; Sunil; myself. Was also in touch 
through the concert with Ganesh; Siad; Sunder; and later Anand. (Sanjay – would 
have texted you if you had posted your number earlier.) Was wonderful getting 
to meet you all; we have a good number of people now; lets try and keep the 
spirit alive.. 
 
Concert
The professionalism was evident through out and also the hard work that would 
have gone in to stick to the timings and the flow to be smooth. The absence of 
a Compere didn't seem to bother anyone as there was hardly any gap between the 
songs. It showed the amazing team work as everything was going like clock work. 
Blaaze came in a few times just for the very essentials like to set the feel at 
the beginning and later to introduce the musicians. ARR also did his part to 
interact with the audience. He highlighted that this was the 10th anniversary 
of his first concert in Dubai and that in itself is a great achievement for a 
performer like him. He thanked everyone tremendously at the end for the support 
and said mischievously that he hoped to do this again after 5 years – the grin 
on his face showed that he anticipated the no, we want sooner, we want more 
shouts..
 
The organizers also seemed to have done well, though at times they seemed a bit 
confused. Except for a few glitches like opening the gates one hour late (6 
instead of 5) and slight lack of coordination with Security personnel, 
everything seemed set. Snacks, drinks, etc were available and they also printed 
out booklets with some of the singers introductions, etc which was useful..
 
Apart from not having a compere, there are a couple of other differences that 
caught my attention in comparison to the previous Dubai concert. First is the 
extent to which ARR's live vocals have improved – almost to the point of being 
totally flawless now! I can only imagine the hours of sadhakam / practice he 
would have put in the past years to reach where he's now. Truly amazing!
Second is the absence of dancers for some key danceable songs like Chaiyya 
Chaiyya. True to his word (he mentioned this during the press conference), he 
has ensured that the focus would in fact be on the singing. For those songs 
where dancers were involved, the choreography was good and so were some of the 
visual effects. I am however slightly on the fence regarding the solo dancer in 
blue for the 'Tere bina' song – still trying to figure out if I liked the idea 
or not!
 
Songs
Hindi dominated slightly but there was a good mix of Tamil as well. Karthik and 
Benny stood out for their lively and high energy performances. Hariharan and 
Blaaze interacted well with the audience. Nithi gave some beautiful renditions 
and certainly Chitra, Naresh and the others as well. Our man's singing was the 
surprise package of them all – excellent vocals and unbelievable presence on 
stage. He even took it a step further after the 'humma humma' song making the 
audience sing the humma part. Soo not him but it was fun to watch him 
interacting so nicely with the audience!
 
Following are the songs sung with time it started and the singers:
08:40 JAGE HAI (Guru) à Chitra, ARR
08.42 KHALBALI (RDB) à ARR
08:48 KADHAL ROJAVE / ROJA JANEMAN (Roja) à Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam
08:53 BARSO RE (Guru) à Neethi Mohan, Mohamed Aslam
08:58 LOSE CONTROL (RDB) à Blaaze, Mohamed Aslam, Naresh Iyer
 
09:00 3 minutes with the Guitarist (anyone know his name?)
 
09:03 GIRLFRIEND