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Ilaiyaraaja presents Musical Night-National College Grounds Basavanagudi, Bangalore Mob: 9590443016 Sun, Sep 23, 2012 ( 6:00 PM )

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KV , like these + FB comments were shared with KR . We will definetly have a better arrangement next time .

Ramki, Raja Sir Telling his experiences, i guess that can be done even by just giving some interview to any Magazines. Also, he can release his unreleased gems in youtube. I don't see any great deals here! But the interaction with his fans, answering many questions of us, only thats important.

And also allowing ppl like Vivek, Parthiban talk, its becoming like Tamilnadu State Assembly, full of non-stop Jalraas. Ivanga paaraatti thaan namma Rajavai pathi therinjikkaNumaa?!?

Music can happen to him without planning, but he plans logistics. He has a plan and according to that, he comes to Prasad at 6 AM, and likewise there is time and plan for everything.

Likewise, this event too shud be planned meticulously. Last show, I didn't attend, but from all the reports we got, i wonder what great thing it was offered.

[KV]

nandri, Ramki.
periyathEvar to sakthi: ungala dhaana nambanum!

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Ilaiyaraaja presents Musical Night

at National College Grounds

http://www.mybangalore.com/events/il...cal-night.html

Don't know if this is a ticketed event or open one!

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KV, attend panna neengalum happy illai! Vedikka paatha naanum happy illai! Hope lots of planning goes to the future editions! MumbaiRamki, now that majority of us opines with -ve feedback, we can discuss actually what we expect and then you can as usual Filter and present them to KR.

Naama solrathai thaan seyyaNumnu illai, they can plan themselves, as its their program. But planning nnu onnu irukkaNum!

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Mumbai Ramki,
I may sound rude but just a pAmara thought, based entirely on hub posts / reviews - that KR shouldn't be doing this or even getting involved in this.

He may be a music wizard, inheriting it from IR. That doesn't mean he is otherwise capable, especially as a program manager / organizer. His career seems to suggest some of his incapabilities in that area. The respect he commands in general (media / industry etc) is quite suspect.

He should recognize that and TOTALLY get out of this business - may be limit to only enjoying some proceeds out of it.

Too much dilution of IR brand IMO - a brand that could be properly marketed by some professional agencies to great rewards. See how Gautam is doing with just bits and pieces of Maestro's output.

Just imagine letting a similar program managed by, say, a TV network like Sun/Jaya/Vijay...

[MumbaiRamki]

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I don't want to comment on someone else capability based on a show and its feedback or even otherwise -> Im not here to conduct the appraisals
Like you , i also wished Raaja sir to interact more with musicians , speak more about music , the surprises , play music , explain the beauty -> that was what originally planned, as far as i know . But it didn't happen as much as we wished. This is a unique show and probably the next show will be what you wished.

Sakalakala ,

Who am i to filter sir ? Im just a postman . - i put it in a way that doesn't hurt them,but make my point , be it KR , the organisers or anyone . In the few hours i interacted with him, i found KR very warm, down to earth and with very strong individual opinions and convinctions. Wonderful person , he is

[Plum]

MR - nAnum apdi thAn KR paththi kELvi padaREn. indha programku kooda my KR contact invite paNNAr. (Seems he has talked to KR about me and wanted to introduce). indha muRai poga mudiyala.

[ravinat]

I had been to a local music show in Toronto yesterday and they announced Raja's concert here in Toronto on Nov 3 at Rogers center. There was a video clip of Raja confirming that he is showing up here on Nov 13.

http://www.trinityeventsonline.com/

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KV,
You spoke my mind, I was just so disappointed with this event but you know sometimes one doesn't voice an opinion just so some sensitive friends don't get offended. But if there's some sort of feedback channel capable of taking some of the chatter to KR or someone who matters in Raaja's mysterious scheme of things, why not try right? Ok, I'll try and bullet-point it so I can keep this short.

1 Someone pls tell KR or the family, or Raaja's coterie, that 4 guys in blazers DO NOT mean professional event organisers. These were strictly wannaBEEs (pardon the pun), who were strutting around thinking they'd pulled off a Broadway coup just by showing up with 6 gymboys in black and a few college girls decked in saree and flowers for props sake. Short point - if you don't know how to organise or how to spot a decent organiser, pick the phone and call someone tuned in to today's event management circuit - atleast Gautham Menon.

2 Stop Bhavatharini from assaulting 'Janani Janani' again, I am tempted to file a restraining suit on this. She must be thinking this is family property for her to toss around as she likes, but I have been watching the last 3 shows and it has been going rapidly downhill. And to think Haricharan and the likes are playing chorus!

3 What's this with Bosskey? I mean, I can only think that these guys must be so contemptous of the loyal IR audience to treat it with such a cavalier attitude? Doesn't Raaja, who sets high standards (claimedly) in his interaction with others, see this dumbing-down of the event for what it is?

4 Parthiban, Vivek, Na Mu, Pazhanibharathi - collectively these guys monopolized more than half the show; worser still, Raaja seems to be indulgent of their fanboy comments that were so juvenile, I wished I was watching Manada Mayilada instead. These fairly jobless (save for Na Mu who's scraping by) gentlemen need to be bound and gagged the next time an IR show is on.

5 The questions were, let me be polite, so lame and pedestrian barring a couple - did KR indeed select these personally?

6 The Paa RR and quite a few segments were rehashed from earlier shows, so another 30 mins wasted.

7 The sound guys can't be fit to set up loudspeakers for a Mariamman thiruvizha pandhal, continued to be poor right through the show. Atleast can't fault them for consistency.

8 Raaja says that he means to interact with his fans more, but please, he needs to understand that the average IR fan like me will continue to spend (such high ticket rates, but no seating plan, ticket nos..) time and money despite serious misgivings, but he's letting many discerning music loyalists rue their decision. It is not alright to wave an excuse that he doesn't understand marketing, but still price tickets so high for what was a performance that essentially lasted just about 1 hour (the rest was, well, *&%@#$!). Again, if the intent of the show was to launch "ilayathalam", what was the need to be so secretive about it?

9 They had Balu Mahendra sitting right there - these guys couldn't think of asking him to discuss with Raaja the making of any of their epic songs, but had all the time for Parthiban and Vivek's monkey chatter?

10 If, as Bosskey claimed, the show had no pre-decided format and was basically meant to be a freewheeling Raaja show, part lec-dem, then they better spend atleast a few hours on brainstorming atleast 6 key segments that they could structure a 3-hour show around. My friend says he'd rather spend his money on a Thursday evening at Black & White to get his fix of Raaja nostalgia (besides other poison). As for me, I’m a sucker for even a 1-min Raaja alaap, so I’ve lined up my dear friend Rajasaranam for Sept 1.

I'm not stopping because 10 is a good number to round off, but for concern that I may offend someone the more this goes on. Ok, just one last jibe, what's with this 'Ilayathalam' business? Anyone smell an Emu scam? You pay 5000 to get straight to KR and Bhava judging you on shruthi and bhavam? Please someone tell me this is a joke?

If someone here has access to KR, please tell him there’s something called ‘brand salience’ and even though the Raaja brand is strong enough to withstand such trauma, there’s a better way of squeezing those golden eggs out. I offer to consult for free.