A R Rahman - Live in Concert - 29 Dec 2012

[littlemaster1982]

3.5K. Hope the concert is good. Illainna enakku adi vizhum :lol:

[satissh_r]

3.5K. Hope the concert is good. Illainna enakku adi vizhum :lol:

I'm sure it will be :) Anyone else yet to buy tickets? Any plans?

[lancelot]

3.5K. Hope the concert is good. Illainna enakku adi vizhum :lol:

if you are gona get hammered for 3.5k, then think about me :(

any chance they will put out the song list before? anyone know if its going to be 100% tamil songs?

[littlemaster1982]

any chance they will put out the song list before? anyone know if its going to be 100% tamil songs?

If you know the playlist, there won't be any surprises. And, no, it's not going to have 100% tamil songs.

[lancelot]

If you know the playlist, there won't be any surprises. And, no, it's not going to have 100% tamil songs.

id rather have the playlist and then a few surprises on top of it :D

[lancelot]

according to http://www.indianstage.in the show starts at 5.30pm and ends at 11.00pm... wow!

[littlemaster1982]

according to http://www.indianstage.in the show starts at 5.30pm and ends at 11.00pm... wow!

I'm sure the show wouldn't start at 5:30 PM. It will be at least 8 PM when ARR appears on the stage.

[rsubras]

Booked........... 2 tickets for me and my wife @ 2.5 K thru Indianstage.in :)

[A.ANAND]

latest update

http://www.tmvarr.com/

[A.ANAND]

AR Rahman's upcoming concert will allow ten new comers to showcase their talent on the same stage

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/ar-rahmans-upcoming-concert-will-allow-ten-new-comers-to-showcase-their-talent-on-the-same-stage/308810-71-180.html

[brigs]

Booked 11 tickets @ 3,500 for my entire family :)

Looking forward to have a cracker of a night!

[satissh_r]

Booked 11 tickets @ 3,500 for my entire family :)

Looking forward to have a cracker of a night!

Enjoy :thumbsup: I'm still waiting for someone to join me... Ajay and others in Chennai, any plans?

[littlemaster1982]

Booked........... 2 tickets for me and my wife @ 2.5 K thru Indianstage.in :)

:thumbsup:


Enjoy :thumbsup: I'm still waiting for someone to join me... Ajay and others in Chennai, any plans?

Ajay is out of country. Ramakrishna wanted to join, but didn't see him here for quite sometime.

[satissh_r]

Ajay is out of country. Ramakrishna wanted to join, but didn't see him here for quite sometime.

Thanks Master, thaniya than varanum pola...

[SoftSword]

:thumbsup:



Ajay is out of country. Ramakrishna wanted to join, but didn't see him here for quite sometime.

ram has other better company for the concert...

[ajaybaskar]

Oh.. Adhu veraya?

[Ramakrishna]

Got caught up with something else and totally forgot about this. Are there any tickets available for this still?

[Ramakrishna]

Enjoy :thumbsup: I'm still waiting for someone to join me... Ajay and others in Chennai, any plans?

I am looking to buy a Rs.3,500 ticket. Which one have you got?

[Ramakrishna]

The venue has been changed to YMCA grounds, Nandanam. So, it is not an indoor concert anymore I guess.

[SoftSword]

oh thats bad! i wish the audio quality is not compromised...

i think its in response to the huge demand for tickets, they had to shift to a bigger place..

[SoftSword]

but dont miss it...
thalaivar will be performing elay keechan...

[littlemaster1982]

The venue has been changed to YMCA grounds, Nandanam. So, it is not an indoor concert anymore I guess.

Err, this isn't a good idea :|

[Ramakrishna]

but dont miss it...
thalaivar will be performing elay keechan...

Cant miss it. Booked already.

[brigs]

Oh boy! little over 2 weeks to go and the venue has changed to YMCA. While I have full faith in ARR that he'll do the best, I'm not sure about the event organizers who wanted to monetize as much while they can. I'm now skeptical about the quality and thinking about cancelling 11 tickets X 3500 :(

Any reviews about the YMCA venue?

[satissh_r]

oh thats bad! i wish the audio quality is not compromised...

i think its in response to the huge demand for tickets, they had to shift to a bigger place..

Poorly organized, when Rahman does a concert in Chennai how can they expect it not to sell out? They should have looked at the biggest possible option initially
..

[satissh_r]

Oh boy! little over 2 weeks to go and the venue has changed to YMCA. While I have full faith in ARR that he'll do the best, I'm not sure about the event organizers who wanted to monetize as much while they can. I'm now skeptical about the quality and thinking about cancelling 11 tickets X 3500 :(

Any reviews about the YMCA venue?

Tickets say no refund under any circumstances.. YMCA isn't a bad option I think

[Ramakrishna]

The times concert was held in YMCA grounds. It was good. After having attended four of his outdoor concerts previously, I thought an indoor concert would be a great change. But, disappointed.

brigs,

You cannot cancel the tickets I guess.

[brigs]

Thanks satissh_r and Ramakrishna. I've been to ARR's Jai Ho concert in Bay-area, CA that was indoors and it was breath-taking phenomenal stuff. I was very glad for being there.

It's good that we cannot cancel the tickets so have to be there :) This will be my first concert in India and looking forward to have a positive experience.

[Roshan]

I wont be able to make it due to visa issues :( I only have a transit visa which I have obtained in Kabul and I need that when I am flying back on the 6th Jan. If I use that visa I will have to get another one upon my return to Colombo and that would take a lot of time given the fact that I work in Afghanistan. Cannot take a chance. Missing a great opportunity :(

[rsubras]

Nandanam YMCA grounds is very near to home.......... so yayyy..for that decision personally :) And i have been to only one of Rahman's concerts which was for the Times of India concert @ Pachaiyyappa college ground...that was awesome......... and that too for a person who was standing some good 400 - 500 mts away from the ground...so kandippa athai vida ithu nallathan irukkum nu ninaikkaren......

[SoftSword]

my only experience, the mahabalipuram concert...
with more than 80k crowd and such a huge crowd... very poor sound facilities for such a huge open ground... digital projector not working/panning properly etc., and too many hindi songs for a chennai concert... the last one hour made amends for all of it... the music and voice of him resonating on the minds of thousands of fans who share a similar frequency towards that music... paramaanandham... :notworthy:

[littlemaster1982]

The times concert was held in YMCA grounds. It was good.

That was Marg concert. It was quite good as we were sitting less than 100 feet from the stage. Indha thadavai eppadi irukkunnu pappom :D

[Roshan]

I have attended the Super Singer Junior 2 Grand Finale at the same venue. The sound system done by Vijay TV was excellent. And I am sure the concert team would get even better sound systems for this concert so need not worry about it.

[lancelot]

I have attended the Super Singer Junior 2 Grand Finale at the same venue. The sound system done by Vijay TV was excellent. And I am sure the concert team would get even better sound systems for this concert so need not worry about it.

You are talking about the YMCA place?

[ajaybaskar]

Even the last YMCA concert was excellent is what I heard from LM and MADDY.

[lancelot]

lets home so Ajay. However, what happens if it rains?

[Roshan]

You are talking about the YMCA place?

Yes YMCA grounds, Nandanam

[Roshan]

lets home so Ajay. However, what happens if it rains?

Very important question, never thought about that. Even the last super singer junior grand finale was initially planned at YMCA and then shifted at the last moment to Nehru stadium because of rain. Inga enna aagaumnu theriyala.

[ajaybaskar]

New Layout

http://www.indianstage.in/ShowImage?fileName=events/rahman_chennai/seating_map_ymca.jpg

[satissh_r]

Rs 3500 tickets missing, has it been converted to 3000?

[brigs]

Tickets purchase previously
Rs 1500 will be promoted to Rs 2000
Rs 2500 will be promoted to Rs 3000
Rs 3500 will be promoted to Rs 5000

There is a new "standing category" for students... Rs 1000 very close to stage and VVIP/MIP areas. If you are a student, lucky you!!!

Source: http://www.indianstage.in/events/ar_rahman_live_in_concert.html

[brigs]

I'm very happy... all my Rs 3,500 X 11 tickets will be promoted to Rs 5,000 X 11 tickets :)

[satissh_r]

I'm very happy... all my Rs 3,500 X 11 tickets will be promoted to Rs 5,000 X 11 tickets :)

:cool2: not a bad place to sit at all, iyaam very happy :D

[lancelot]

Not sure how i feel about my VVIP tickets. There are going to be students standing right in front of me. Wonder if ill have a good view...

[Ramakrishna]

Wow...Super...Excellent seats then. Closest of all 5 concerts I attended. Shift in venue has turned out to be a blessing in disguise.


Tickets purchase previously
Rs 1500 will be promoted to Rs 2000
Rs 2500 will be promoted to Rs 3000
Rs 3500 will be promoted to Rs 5000

There is a new "standing category" for students... Rs 1000 very close to stage and VVIP/MIP areas. If you are a student, lucky you!!!

Source: http://www.indianstage.in/events/ar_rahman_live_in_concert.html

[satissh_r]

Sridar Pillai via Twitter says that the concert will have only Thamizh songs :-D Lancelot, hope you happy now

[A.ANAND]

thai manne vanakkam press meet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=BPRr7s-fMjc&NR=1

ithanthan naanum ethir paathen!

[gurusaravanan]

Phew! This is going to be a concert like no other. Proper 3D mapping for an Indian concert, the first time. Much excitement for tomorrow!

https://twitter.com/Sacredinsanity/status/284662781779800064

[gurusaravanan]

Raining! :( :( But the rehearsals must go on... For at least four more hours.

[gurusaravanan]

first song from iruvar....

[satissh_r]

You mean in rehearsal? Wish it doesn't rain and spoil everything

[ajaybaskar]

How was the concert? Why no reviews yet?

[satissh_r]

My first Rahman concert - I had one thebest evenings EVER.

It had been raining here all day and I was worried if the show would happen at all. Thanks to Master for holding seats for myself and Ram, we got seated at about 4.30PM in the Rs 5000 block, the seats before us (Rs 10000) was about half empty and started filling in slowly. The organisers sent some of the empty chairs from the 10000 to the 5000 and 3000 blocks, with the rains tormenting us now and then the worse thing happened. At around 6.30 the 10K block started filling in rapidly, some of them seemed genuine ticket holders while others did not. The event management nor the police were checking who was getting in, all these people came in, stood and blocked our view totally. Guru Saravanan came in a bit late and couldn't find a seat. By 7PM the downpour got real heavy, Ram got drenched fully but all he wanted was the show to begin.

It did, though with a surprise song/poem in Udal Mannuku.. As it ended Thalaivar emerged singing Unthan desathin kural, we were all screaming/singing at the top of our voices with him.. He seemed to be in some sort of trance while that song ended but after a brief silence the guitar strumming began and it was him crooning Elay Keechan.. Crowd was in a sing along frenzy to my surprise (since it is a relatively new song from an unreleased movie).. Fabulous!

There were a lot of songs which everyone enjoyed, I've tried to pick some of the moments of the show below

Dissapointment of the show: Hariharan performing Kadhal Rojave (Rock Version), he neither knew the lyrics nor seemed to care, sang Hindi lyrics in the 2nd charanam. Chitra ji humming and harmony was notable and pleasant.

Surprises of the show: Show had a lot reworked thalaivars songs in short medleys. First part of that was performed by Hariharan and Mano which was good, my pick was the ones by Benny Dayal and Karthik. They both rocked with their performances, best was Athangari Marame repackaged with a zingy groove (hear it to believe it) Karthik nailed it. The other notable pleasant surprise was the choice of Thee Thee by Neethi Mohan with Ranjit Barot doing the Jathis, very well done. 5 songs from Kadal were performed, people were singing along fluently as if they had heard it for ages :bow:

Goosebumps Moment: The guy on the guitar went berserk when this song started, he put on a show for a minute and then the famous, goose bump inducing strumming began with the harmony going ooh ooh ooh yeah yeah friendship, then he sang - that was the moment I had goosebumps, the whole crowd began to sway and got united in chorus for most parts of the song.. Moment of the night for me.

Showstealer: Has to be Sid Sriram with his powerful performance of Adiye, he was just too good :2thumbsup: I guess the only time the crowd went 'once more, once more'. There was an improvised humming in between (by Shakthisree I think) which was nice too.

The whole show had great production value and the LCDs in the stage had amazing graphics, something you have to watch in person for I feel TV wouldn't do justice to it. Overall, I enjoyed the show so thoroughly that I decided not to miss any more concert from now on.

Jaya TV :rant:

Stage Design and Production Team :thumbsup:

A R Rahman :notworthy: Love you!

PS: Jaya TV had irritating ads for their soaps during the breaks, something the crowd could have done well without

[NOV]

Good write up satish. Glad that you enjoyed the show.
Did Rahman speak. Is he still crowd shy?

[directhit]

Showstealer: Has to be Sid Sriram with his powerful performance of Adiye, he was just too good :2thumbsup: I guess the only time the crowd went 'once more, once more'. There was an improvised humming in between (by Shakthisree I think) which was nice too. have been reading the same from almost everyone who went to the concert in twitter; so happy :)

[directhit]

Awesome moment when #rahman touched Benny Dayal's head during the line "vazhukkai thalaiyan thiruppadhi pona, take it easy policy" ! lol :D

[satissh_r]

Yeah he did, lot of one liners in between songs. Before the unplugged with Chitra ji he said pls pardon me if I make mistakes, I'm just learning it (harpeji), typical of him. Also, he remarked about the Delhi victim and said it is a sad day.

[satissh_r]

lol :D

Yeah it was one of those spontaneous things which made us all laugh

[A.ANAND]

A.R.Rahman Concert Review: ARR brings the storm
Dec 30, 2012


http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-10/rahman-brings-the-storm-ar-rahman-ar-rahman-live-in-concert-chennai-30-12-12.html

[A.ANAND]

it's magudi magudi performed by ADK??

[satissh_r]

it's magudi magudi performed by ADK??

Yep, looked very young, sung well too

[ajaybaskar]

http://twitpic.com/br8bbi/full

[lancelot]

Added a few not so good quality videos of the concert on FB. Friends of mine can view them :)

[satissh_r]

Thanks Deen, will check it after I get home :thumbsup:

[brigs]

We attended the concert and content-wise it was excellent with truly world-class stage setup with lighting, video walls, etc...

Didn't get any chairs to sit inspite of holding valid tickets in the Rs5000 category. Glad that I at-least got a place to stand but it was too close to the speakers. Luckily no damage done to my ear drums :) but had experienced the full-on musical effect - goosebumps all through the show especially the intro song (unthan desathin kural), modified kadhal rojave, entire medley started by Benny Dayal with Omana Penne, Magudi from Kadal, etc... It was magical to see the entire crowd swayed around for Mustafa Mustafa for the whole duration of the song.

There were plenty of other shortcomings related to organizer/sponsor/promoter... oversold tickets, no seatings, no rain cover, rude cops, unruly crowd behavior - jumping barricades/sneaking forward, in-between jaya tv ads, delayed start (eventually started around 7:15pm), beams and colums right in the middle of the stage
etc... I would've loved to watch the show on TV instead.

[ajaybaskar]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/427626_503535029696713_1806348531_n.jpg

[lancelot]

anyone know a channel thats streaming Jaya TV?

[lancelot]

no one knows a channel thats streaming the concert? :(

[satissh_r]

Goofed up the event management, now they've shown how poor their sound quality is, add to that the induced crowd noise and inappropriate footage - Jaya tv :banghead:

[ajaybaskar]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1saiDv4PVU&feature=youtu.be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeoxJ8VRor4&feature=youtu.be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EAnjvlhVpw&feature=youtu.be

[ajaybaskar]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew-AzPiXmOo&feature=youtu.be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dnELlEjq9o&feature=youtu.be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwy1HjVx1x4&feature=youtu.be

[ajaybaskar]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1_j6g3SNyY&feature=youtu.be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozkE9uhS7eY&feature=youtu.be

[ajaybaskar]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coTVbnV3KZI&feature=youtu.be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8BJoagbsAE&feature=youtu.be

[A.ANAND]

thanx for uploader..

[Mahen]

Ajay, is there a download link for the whole show?

[satissh_r]

Ram and Master, not sure if you watched the show, they showed us for a few seconds when Endrendrum Punnagai was playing.

[ajaybaskar]

Mahen,

Wait for few days. :)

[ajaybaskar]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBNJf5GYKMk&feature=youtu.be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVQUZ4fT49A&feature=youtu.be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKhmc77GCQg&feature=youtu.be

[ajaybaskar]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDW-7eOqfWY&feature=youtu.be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtLsS4lKPtE&feature=youtu.be

[ajaybaskar]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWTM70aVJIc&feature=youtu.be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U89dCcdGZRQ&feature=youtu.be

[Scale]

Thanks ajay!!

What all scintillating stuffs he creates from harpeji to Ipad mini :lol:

[littlemaster1982]

Ram and Master, not sure if you watched the show, they showed us for a few seconds when Endrendrum Punnagai was playing.

Oh, didn't see the show. Waiting for TV Rip. Thanks for the heads up :)

[satissh_r]

Same clip was shown during Vande Mataram also :)

[Mahen]

NEethi mohan :slurp: :)

[Mahen]

Moonghil thottam :bow: Abhay :bow:

[SoftSword]

Same clip was shown during Vande Mataram also :)

too busy atm to catch the full show....
plis to give the link to that clip with times...

[brigs]

I've recorded the Jaya TV telecast on my DVR and have been watching it in repeat mode. Seems like Jaya TV still uses age old cameras and cameramen. Sound quality is as bad as well.

What a show. Brilliant. Stunning. Hail ARR !!!

[satissh_r]

Softs it is not a close up n all, out of focus la than theriyarom. Will mention the video n time tomorrow

[A.ANAND]

Rahman Chennai Concert 2012 - Part 01

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyMh0ZI6JY8&feature=youtu.be

Amazing concert!!!

[chevy]

Watched it on tv yesterday....most parts are lip synced by some singers...it s very noticeable.

[ajaybaskar]

One thing I didn't like was the costumes and dance movements of some female singers.

[lancelot]

Guys, any idea if the concert is available in DVD? Or even available for download... Most awesome night of my life this was!!