I happened to attend the A R Rahman concert - "Jai Ho", which was organised in Chennai last Sunday. The venue was called Swarnabhoomi which was about 38 kms from Mahabalipuram. When we reached the venue at 5.30 pm, there were already around 1 lakh people swarmed there. I had never seen so many people together in my life. Even the distance of the venue from the city, could not lessen the spirits of the Chennaites.
The concert was scheduled to start at 6 pm but as we know that the Indian standard time is never to be relied upon, it obviously did not start on time. Also given the fact the Oscar winner Rehman and his team was to perform, the audience were expected to have sufficient amount of patience. 30 minutes passed, then 1 hr, and the wait continued. At regular intervals someone from amongst the crowd would start applauding and then others would all join assuming that applause is because ARR and team has finally arrived. But soon the noise would subside and everyone would look at each other with despondent expressions. When we were almost nearing the end of our tethers, the band finally arrived at 7.30 pm :-)
The concert started with song from Guru - 'Jaage hain der tak hame'. Ironically this song was quite in contrast to the actual situtation wherein it brought the audience back to life ;). One by one all ARR compositions in Hindi and Tamil were performed. The music was incredible and the artists nothing short of masterful at any point. The whole crowd seemed to be swaying with the tune.
Some of the very famous hindi compositions that were performed were - Khalbali, Roja, Bharat humko, Tu hi re, Dil se, Chhaiya Chhaiya, Kabhi kabhi Aditi, Delhi 6, Maiyaa maiyaa, Jai Ho and many more. It was a wonderful musical evening. ARR and team rocks!!!!
The concert was scheduled to start at 6 pm but as we know that the Indian standard time is never to be relied upon, it obviously did not start on time. Also given the fact the Oscar winner Rehman and his team was to perform, the audience were expected to have sufficient amount of patience. 30 minutes passed, then 1 hr, and the wait continued. At regular intervals someone from amongst the crowd would start applauding and then others would all join assuming that applause is because ARR and team has finally arrived. But soon the noise would subside and everyone would look at each other with despondent expressions. When we were almost nearing the end of our tethers, the band finally arrived at 7.30 pm :-)
The concert started with song from Guru - 'Jaage hain der tak hame'. Ironically this song was quite in contrast to the actual situtation wherein it brought the audience back to life ;). One by one all ARR compositions in Hindi and Tamil were performed. The music was incredible and the artists nothing short of masterful at any point. The whole crowd seemed to be swaying with the tune.
Some of the very famous hindi compositions that were performed were - Khalbali, Roja, Bharat humko, Tu hi re, Dil se, Chhaiya Chhaiya, Kabhi kabhi Aditi, Delhi 6, Maiyaa maiyaa, Jai Ho and many more. It was a wonderful musical evening. ARR and team rocks!!!!
Our camera could not do much justice but some glimpse of the performance - the best we could capture from where we were seated.
