Seems A.R. Rahman was elated to visit and to perform for the first time in Pune.
“Namaskar, salaam and satsriakaal! A dream I had since a long time has finally come true today, and I’m here in Pune. We are going to have fun today with some good songs, some bad and some mistakes,” The man with few words, Mr.A.R. Rahman addressed the crowds with a laugh.
Raja Hasan’s Charisma:
Singer Raja Hasan belted out the popular ‘Masakalli’ from ‘Delhi 6′ and ‘Guzarish’ from ‘Ghajini’ and he was accompanied well by a female singer from Rahman’s troupe. But while ‘Masakalli’ had the crowd whistling along, it was Rahman’s “Dil Se” that had the entire crowd up and jumping on their feet. From his entry in a lift that looked like it was on fire, to his voice that reached a high few could dream of, Rahman did it all and elicited the loudest cheers of the evening. “I do not normally sing this song in shows, but I got too many e-mails asking for this particular song,” he said.
Dil se
Rehna tu
Jai Ho & Vande mataram
Jiya se Jiya
DJ mix
Then it was again Rahman, along with Raja Hasan who presented two sufi songs ‘Khwaja Mere Khwaja’ from ‘Jodhaa Akbar’ and ‘Arziyaan’ from ‘Delhi 6.’
As the show came to an end, Rahman sang ‘Jai Ho’ and ‘Vande Mataram’ as the stage bathed in tri-colour and the sky was lit with fireworks.
Songs performed at Jai Ho, Pune
The Jai Ho Concert at Pune started with Mausam and Escape theme of Slumdog and here is the list of songs performed at the concert.
1) Jage Hain (Guru)
2) Shivaji- Adiradi than
3) Delhi 6 (Delhi 6)
4) Roja janeman….HariHaran & Sadhana Sargam 5) Massakali ….Raja Hasan
6) Jiya se Jiya (free hugs song)….Rahman..with Shiva Mani
7) Style song (Shivaji) and Raaga Dance 8 ) Guzarish….from Ghajini…by…Raja Hasan.
9 ) Lathika Theme (Slum Dog)
10) Ringa Ringa (Slum dog)
11) Dil Se Re….Rahman
12) Genda Phool..
13)Piano session : Hariharan – Tu hi re…Dheemi Dheemi.. Sarforoshi ki Tammana..Bharat Humko..Roop Kumar Rathod – Khamoshi raat…and Kahi to…Rashid Ali..
14) Kabhi Kabhi Aditi (Jaane tu)
15) Rehna tu….Rahman
16) Chupke se ….Sadhana Sargam with…chorus…Mohd Aslam and Raja Hasan.
17) Maiyya Maiyya….Mareim Taylor n Mohd Aslam
19) Blues by Slumdog
20) DJ mix….By Dj. Ken
21) Azeemo Shan Shehanshah..Veerapandi Kottayile mixed drum version…
22) Kaise Mujhe…Benny Dayal…. 23) Khwaja mere Khwaja and Arjiyaan…..Rahman and Raja Hasan
24) Humma Humma ….Hindi tamil mix version…by RAHMAN…some Raps by Blaze
The show ended with Jai Ho and Vande Mataram…..with all singers….includng Rahman….
