A R Rahman - Live in Concert - 29 Dec 2012

[ajaybaskar]

Yov, rendu perum PMla pesikkonga.. Inga vandhu vayitherichala kelappikittu..

[sathya_1979]

atleast photovaachum pOdunga

[directhit]

AB ..

[littlemaster1982]

oh! u cud have come and waived a hi i met benny (was in front of us buying Fried Rice lol) the only guy i missed is Blaaze. Shweta kooda mrs took a pic, i shud have taken, che!

Shweta Pandit, right? She has a superb voice. Waiting for her to sing in ARR's album.

[directhit]

yes, LM avangale dhaan

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Maestro's sentimental Singapore concert

'Don't even ask,' said Indian composer, musician and singer A R Rahman, in an interview on Tuesday about the budget for his Jai Ho Concert: The Journey Home World Tour, which kicked off here last night and runs till Sunday at Marina Bay Sands' Grand Theater.

'It's only break-even because we've put so much stuff into the show - but we're very proud of it,' Rahman said, adding that this tour, which has gone to 18 cities already, is in a sense a culmination of what he's wanted to achieve over the past two decades.

It's easier to make music from concerts than CDs these days, but 'not this one; this is too costly to get any money back', he said.

It's been a labour of love that has placed artistic satisfaction over business sense, although Rahman declined to reveal the exact tour budget.

Ten musicians, as many singers, and a dozen dancers take to the Sands' Grand Theater stage each night for a theatrical production directed by Amy Tinkham, who has worked with the Backstreet Boys and Mariah Carey, and therefore knows a thing or two about making a concert visually entertaining. Rahman also sings and plays the piano on stage.

The concert programme spans the last 20 years. He's had a prolific Bollywood career, but is also a big deal in Hollywood after winning two Oscars for the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack, and being nominated again for 127 Hours this year.

The songs switch from Hindi to English to Tamil to Telugu, but Rahman feels the overall production transcends language boundaries and makes the show broadly accessible.

It's a big show designed to be played to a stadium-sized audience, so it wasn't surprising to hear Rahman admit during a press conference on Tuesday prior to the interview that the tour almost didn't come to Singapore.

'It took a while for me to say yes to this because everywhere we went it was 18,000, 22,000, 70,000 and stuff like that,' said Rahman, referring to seating capacities. 'So when I heard 2,000, for sure the mindset had to be different for that. What is good is you can really see everyone and you can sing to them. That's going to be different in a good way.'

There's another reason Rahman said yes to this Singapore stop: He's sentimental. When he travelled outside his native Indian state of Tamil Nadu for the first time in 1986, Singapore was his first stop. He's worked with artists here before, and hopes to explore an orchestral concert of his soundtrack work in future.

http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/sub/...30972,00.html?

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Rahman's quiet victory - The Straits Times


Slumdog Millionaire (2008) and the worldwide hit Jai Ho! may have got the world talking about Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman, but he remains a man of few words, preferring to let his music do the talking.

On Thursday night, when he opened Jai Ho: A.R. Rahman The Journey Home World Tour 2011 at the Grand Theater at Marina Bay Sands, things were no different.
The low-key maestro, dressed in jeans, a black T-shirt and a long silk jacket, spoke briefly.

First to thank his fans for their love. Then in a short yet heartfelt reminder of what has happened in Japan, he talked about being 'shaken' by the scale of the natural disaster and then reminded the audience: 'Collectively, if we have enough love and compassion, we can keep the world going.'

Love and compassion turned out to be the key elements driving his more than two-long-hour show, which featured 10 musicians, 10 singers and 12 dancers. The visual spectacle kicked off with his hit song O...Saya from Slumdog Millionaire and music from the blockbuster Tamil sci-fi movie Enthiran (Robot, 2010) starring Rajnikant and Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan.

From there, it was a display of the sheer diversity of his work: from emotional love ballads, brooding songs, patriotic and spiritual numbers, to his ability to tap on offbeat world rhythms. All these were delivered in a range of languages - Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Punjabi, Hindi and English. The unique Rahman sound - first heard when the former jingle composer did the music for the movie Roja (Rose, 1992), a love story set in violent Kashmir - was in ample evidence all night.

He pulled out all the stops, alternating between singing and playing several musical instruments, including the piano, the accordion-like harmonium and the electronic keyboard. What emerged was a blend of traditional folk, Indian classical, Western classical and rap songs. As the sound of the flute merged with that of the violin, and as the tabla and the drums played in sync, Rahman paid homage to the varied sounds in the world which have shaped his music.

There were the pulsating rhythms of Chhaiya, Chhaiya (Walk In The Shade), from the Hindi film Dil Se (From The Heart, 1998) and Hello Mr Ethirkatchi from the Tamil film Iruvar (The Duo, 1997). Then there were the soulful and stirring renditions of Vande Mataram (I Bow To Thee, Mother, 1997) and Yeh Jo Des Hai Mera (This Country Which Is Mine) from Swades (Homeland, 2004).

Rapper BlaaZe, who met Rahman in 2001, was part of the musical extravaganza. His rap numbers showed how effectively India's music sensation fuses Indian and Western styles of music making. Always one to acknowledge his roots, Rahman included in his show a particularly touching tribute to legendary Indian singer Lata Mangeshkar, done in his distinct style. A video recording of Mangeshkar and Rahman singing the lilting notes of Luka Chuppi Bahut Hui (Enough Of Hiding), a tribute to mothers everywhere, was one to remember.


Another unforgettable moment happened when singer Harshdeep Kaur sang Ik Onkar (One God), from Rang De Basanti (Paint It Saffron, 2006). All 10 singers, with Rahman working his magic on the harmonium, then paid tribute to India's various religions through a mix of spiritual songs seguing into Khwaja Mere Khwaja (O Saint Khwaja) from Jodhaa Akbar (2008).

Creative director Amy Tinkham's touches were evident in this show, which was a lot tighter and more briskly paced than the Rahman concert here in September 2005. American Tinkham has presided over tours for pop stars Britney Spears and Mariah Carey.

Perhaps, that is why even when it was time to say Jai Ho!, Hindi for 'victory', the audience was reluctant to leave. The maestro mumbled a muted 'thank you' before walking off stage. It was a celebration of a quiet man's genius, which started and ended just the way he liked it: with the unforgettable notes of his haunting music.

[Ramakrishna]

Anoop,

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[raghavendran]

Anoop
u r a lucky soul...enakkudhan innum thalaivara pakira vaippu kedaikala

[jaaze]

Anoop,

Intha naal, unga diary la kurichi vechukonga. Epdi neenga thalaivar kooda photo eduthu enga poraamaiku kaaranamaaneenglo, athey maathiri naanum thalaivar-oda neenga eduthathavida better quality photo eduthukittu, antha photova unga veettukkey courier anuppala, en paer R.Ramkrishna Kumar B.E. illa

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