ARR Concert Dec 2012

Last minute decision to attend the ARR concert and i managed to. First of all i didnt have tickets and behold they were issuing 3000 Rs tickets for 500 bucks.
The organisation was very shoddy and poor. They didnt have chairs for about 40 % category of those who brought high priced tickets and obviously majority of them were agitated and a mini ruckus was going on and to add to the drama it was raining. But thankfully it stopped and when ARR arrived there was a deafening roar.Frankly never before have i seen this much craze, frenzy, hysteria and madness for anybody before. Rahman's popularity stake is still at an all time high and it was unimaginable. You would have to have seen it to believe it.

Coming to the songs in the concert , some of the medleys were nicely performed & enjoyable and ARR kept the energy throughout the concert. Also we had most of the kadal songs which received a raptourous response. The disappointments for me were there were some minus 1 songs, some of my favourite vintage rahman songs of 90s weren't performed. The thing i didn't like at all was having a different rock kind of feel for legendary songs like Kadhal Rojave, Nenjinile etc. which resulted in the essence of the song getting totally diluted and infact spoilt.

For me spending just rs 500 i thought i had my moneys worth, but those who had spent 3000 and above to sit through the event without a chair i felt was very unfair. The final song of the evening was the landmark Thaai Manne Vanakkam which the audience lapped up. Many of us were standing on the chairs and cheering. ARR s infectious smile was evident throughout. Overall was a decent experience but felt it cud have been much better with a well thought out selection of songs and a little extra care in organising the event.

List of songs that were performed in the concert.
Undhan Desathin Kural ( ARR Intro )
Elay Keechan
Arima Arima
Manoothu manthaile
Veerapandi Kotayile
Thilana Thilana
Kadhal Rojave
Enakoru Girl Friend
Omane Penne
July Maadham Vanthaaal
Aathangarai Marame
Endrendrum Punnagai
Mustafa Mustafa
Nila Kaaigirathu
Uyire Uyire
Kanamoochi yenada
Azhage Sugama
Engae Enathu Kavithai
Nenjinile Nenjinile
Nenjukulle
Adiye
Irumbile oru iruthayam
Hello Mr Ethirkatchi
Oorvasi
Magudi Magudi
Moongil Thotam
Jai Ho in Tamil
Thaai Manne Vanakam