Melbourne Concert - '3D effects' review + other misc. details The heavily promoted '3D concert' opened with a bang during the opening number 'Fanaa'. As ARR rendered the song, we could see several 'star wars' like special effects on the large screen through our 3D glasses. It started off with a fly over view of the 'Earth' (similar to the view from the Space Shuttles') and then a fly over across some other planet (cant remember exactly), then finally we had some star wars like space crafts flying all over the screen. It looked nice on screen.
The 3D effects used for the 'Ghanan Ghanan' Lagaan piece was also very apt - rain clouds moving on screen, rain pouring down, the dry desert, etc. It was nice. The 3D theme for Thee Thee (Thiruda Thiruda) was a pair of fish quickly swimming under water. The speed of the fish's swim tried to match the pace of the song. It was not brilliant, but good enough. The 3D effects on screen for the other songs were average to poor. There was just some random patterns on screen which didn't really look 3D so no one bothered to wear the 3D glasses for most part of the show. To summarise, the 3D effects were nice for the opening number 'Fanaa' (I liked the solar system fly-over kind of effects, but not the Star Wars X-Wings flying around), the 'Ghanan Ghanan' Rain Clouds 3D theme was very nice, Thee Thee had decent 3D effects, but the rest of the performances did not have matching 3D effects which was a disappointment. If you keep in mind that it's a new attempt by ARR, then you'll enjoy it, but dont go in with very high hopes for 3D effects. Other Misc. Details =================== Film Director Shankar was present at the concert. He was sitting in the VIP area and AR Rahman mentioned to the crowd that Shankar had come down to Melbourne to watch his concert for the first time. The all time concert favourite, 'Dil Se Re', was not sung by ARR ! I thought this song would definitely be performed but it wasn't! Instead, ARR sang numbers from Ah Aah, Yuva, Bombay & Swades. All the singers were very much 'in key'. Alka rendered Saanwariya and O Re Chori perfectly, as did Sadhna, Hariharan, Chitra, etc for their numbers. They were almost flawless! AR Rahman sang Aararai Kodi (Ah Aah) extremely well, his vocals were also very good in Fanaa, Kabhi Neem Neem (Yuva), Kehna Hi Kya(Bombay) and Humma Humma. The only strong that AR Rahman sounded off-key was in 'Yeh Jo Des Hai Tera', it was good but didn't quite match up to the recorded version. 'O Re Chori' (Lagaan) was performed as an 'unplugged' version, with ARR on the piano and Alka Yagnik signing the main chorus in minor variations. Since there were no other backing instruments other than ARR's piano, the song's beautiful melody stood out along with Alka's amazing vocal skills. 'Hariharan' was simply amazing in his 'unplugged' rendition of 'Nila Kaigirathu' from Indhira. Sadhan Sargman was also great with her unplugged 'Udhaya Udhaya' (the melody came out very well). When ARR perfomed the poverty athem, someone in the crowd came out with the great idea of using the backlight on their mobile phone to wave as if it were a candle. It didn't take long before the whole crowd were waving their mobile phones (with the backlights on) and it looked beautiful ! Do try this out when you attend the concert!! AR Rahman's band was fairly small (I remember his LA concert had a very large band of performers), but still the band pulled out an amazing performance. Kailash Kher performed all of Sukhwinders Singh's usual numbers (Chaiyya Chaiyaa, Chinamma Chilakamma, etc). Kailash was a suitable replacement and measured up very well. Chitra did a great job with Jiya Jale and it was comparable to Lata's great rendition of the number! Udit's replacement was some member from the chorus (not sure of his name, possibly a new singer), he was good in his renditions of Aahista Aahista, Yuh Hi Chala Chal, etc, but it would be unfair to compare him to Udit, because Udit is so far ahead in his singing capabilities. These two girls from the Chorus (not sure of their names, possibly from Channel V's Super Singer competition??), were amazing in their performaces of Rangeela Re, Sa Re Ga Me, etc. The new talent show cased at the concert was of very high quality. I was expecting an average concert due to the lack of key singers, but somehow everyone managed to do such an excellent job that it didn't feel so bad, infact it was excellent! ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Life without art & music? Keep the arts alive today at Network for Good! http://us.click.yahoo.com/iuUuID/dnQLAA/n1hLAA/iyUplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
