Sun was about to go to bed after a long day work.........
I was riding.........
stopped near the auto, landed my left foot on the road, slightly shifted the weight of the bike, the autowala looks at me and his gestures shows that he is prepared to receive a question from me......
"Ba.... Balae...wadi"
"Bal-wadi?"
(ho..... got to pronance like that? )
"han, Bal-wadi stadium.... kithar hain?"
"Wo... bahuth Dhoor hai"........... pointing all his left hand fingers towards sky............
(evana enga irukku thana kaetoam.......... eambuttu thola-na kaetoam? )
"Tk, Wo kithar hain?"
"baner road hai -na?"
"Ha"
"Wo bridge hai-na?"
"Ha"
"udhar say seedha..........."
".............."
".............."
After solving confusions of who is coming with me, ................
After lots of chasing for ticket and somehow manage to get 450 rupees ticket..................
After finalizing the phrase that i have to have in the Banner....................
After starting so late, cursing myself for being late, in spite of instruction written in the ticket that nobody will be allowed after 7:00 pm...........
After 40 mins of lovely bike ride..................
...........OOOOOOOOOOOO.......... SAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.......................
Rushed, parked, changed the ticket from 450 to 1000, bit disappointed when they say banners are banned........ rushed towards the entrance............. it was almost 7:30 pm .............. crossed the security....... moved in......................
what a huge crowd...................
All the speakers speaks in feminine voice in some complex hindi..........
"@#$@$% @#$%# @#$@#&hum;&;^@#$^$@#$^%#^@#$"
The stage was occupied by two presenters................ busy at their work................... executing what they learned and practiced for weeks............
Where m i suppose to move ? am i sufficiently forward, thank god i m not with 450 ticket....
"Aaj dhin @##$%#^&%^#$%^ $%^$%^ #$%#$%#$ $%^^ "
Where are the chairs?
somebody is sitting on top of 3 chairs...........enga ean seatu, eanga ean seatu........finally managed to spot one............
"Hum @#$@#% #$%#$ # #$% #$%#$ kushi @#$%#$%"
Dragged it from that place .......
is it visible from here,
no... some lamp post......,
here ? , no , here?..... ..
"Ladies and Gentlemen, here we present the one and only....... AR Rehman"
appa..finally..... quite good view from here...... what? what did they said now?...........
Crowd voices raised high.......................... the stage was dark...................... nothing visible...
Crowd calms down when I heard a slow mild voice...
Jaa... gae...
ha dhaeru.. thak humae....,
kuch dhaeru... sonae.... dho,
thodi si raath aur hai,
subha......tho honae dho..
idhu guru pattila?
All of a sudden, a spot light on the stage spotting the Hero of the day, rest other area of the stage was black........
crowd volume was higher...........
Again he repeated in his high pitch.......................
Jaa... gae...
ha dhaeru.. thak humae....,
kuch dhaeru... sonae.... dho,
thodi si raath aur hai,
subha......tho honae dho..
one of my legends.... just 80 feet away lively................
In fraction of a second, the stage was completely illuminated and bright........
Again, he repeated, this time Chorus joins him, all in high pitch...............
Jaa... gae...
ha dhaeru..thak humae....,
kuch dhaeru... sonae.... dho,
thodi si raath aur hai,
subha......tho honae dho..
athanda athanda
Crowd spirits were in pinnacle......
I was living right in that very second......... only in that second......
I was excited but still seated in my chair...........
Before the first song's excitement calms down...........
He started the next number without a break............
"Athiradikaara............ machan machan machanae..........
Avanukellam............ edhu. thucham, thucham, thuchamae......"
Hey..........Ta, Tamil......... Talaivar pattu............
I Stood up from the chair spotenously and joined the crowd to sing the song in high spirits..........
finally he spoke.....
Hai pune how are you?....... Do u love me?............
He moved down from the stage to the audience side and had a small chat with few of them....
He was back to the stage in few minutes...............
We will have fun, we will play good songs, bad songs, do some mistakes.......and have fun altogether...............
He was true............ There all it started ..............
Amazing..........
The way he bluffs........ he starts to play Taal (western) music......... when our mind prepares to receive that song........ He switches to "ring ring ringa.... ring ring ringa"...........
He did lots of DJ stuffs........ the slow heavy beats starts with "Azeem-O-shaan shahenshah....." just four line, then switches to Taal then to Delhi 6 then to "ohho ohho..... ohho ohho ho............ " from Roja and then he switches to Slumdog....... switches ........switches....... couldn't trace but just followed that wonderful journey............ the beats remains same slow and heavy.......... after traveling through different numbers he finally ended up with " Veerapandi kotaiyila, minalladikku velaiyila, oorum vanum thungum podhu, povum nilavum sayum podhu, kolusu satham manasa thirudiyathae". The heavy beats remains same throughout.
He sits in the top stage with the piano with Blazers. Hariharan and other singers sat next to him.. the whole ambiance gives a rich look........ Each Singer sung a song and he answered them with the piano ............. wonderful.........
He sat on the floor with a muslim cap in his head and an harmonium paetti in the side,............ started in our nagoor hanifa style........ manadhai urukkum ....... "Khawaja Mere Khawaja .......... " ............mind blowing
And.......his just "mmmm....." musical humming alone for 2 mins........ excellent........
And.... the way he switches between hindi and tamil lyrics for "humma humma...." was awesome
These all are the wonders by Rehman alone. there are other enjoyable stuffs too........
The stage, screens and lighting.......... excellent........ The way the delhi 6 displays when playing delhi 6 song and the way number of yellow smileys pop-up while singing "kabhi kabhi....", the colour and intensity variations in the light to match the tune was flawless professionalism.
The dance troop's performance & syncro was much better than in the movie dances.............
Another singer cum dancer, sung "miya miya" from guru........ and her duet song(& dance) with Benny(machakkaran).............. rightu vidu...... She was........ she was........ Gorgeous
She can easily become a madonna of India
then, the one and only Sivamani, Blaze, Hariharan, Sadhana sargam....... all did their best........
Finally the show ended up with "Jai Ho...." sung by all singers and there was surprising fireworks for this song......... Great
gr8 feel.......... worth for a 5000rs ticket......... He gave me a lifetime experience........
While floating through the crowd towards the parking.......... i heard "paathu paathu" ........ when my natural camera panned and focused ...... i saw a lady in mid 30s...saying so to a lady in 60s...... a girl around10 year old was holding the old lady's hand......... we can easily judge they are a daughter, mom, grand ma trio........ they were discussing....... "Delhi 6 -la ella song-um paditanga...... Ghajini-la antha songa padala....." i too was worried that O Saya song was not played....... He has a huge number of great songs in his bag...... how many can be covered in 3 hours?........ On seeing this family i felt he disturbed everyone, it may be 10, 30 or 60.............. He has his fans in all age group.
Yet another lovely 40 mins ride........ back home........
What else, he did his job well, We have our jobs to do so............
Slowly all my pains of the past, to do-s of tomorrow, hopes of the future, were searching for their chairs to sit back again in my mind......... still the lovely songs ringing around them........
Laid down in the bed...... heard a paper sound and glanced towards it........ it was the banner that i failed to display....... kept my palm on it and read that line again for the 57th time........written in my sweet tamil........
"Esai puyalae, Grammy-yum Vendru kuvika"
Slowly, sleepiness embraces me,
with the hope that I will reincarnate in 8 hours, I died peacefully.
my soul begins its journey towards a mystery world.............
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