Retro Rocks

Blog's name says it all ..
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An evening that was eagerly awaited by me as i managed to get those tickets for this show only after asking many number of people that i know .And everyone wondered what was actually happening in Music Academy on the 16th evening .There was even a mention of there has been so many enquiries to get them the tickets for that show..

Well....even i was amazed to know that so many fans of Old Hindi music existed in mamma chennai :-) As they say music has no boundaries ...i witnessed it too last evening

Music Academy was filled with fans who were restless to listen to their Rafi,Asha & Kishore's magical melodies ...Show started off with a quick introduction to all the four singers "Srinivas, Anuradha Sriram,Chinmayi & Naresh Iyer " ..
Srinivas started the show with a dedication to one of the pioneers of Hindi music ..(i am not very sure of his name as i do not follow much of the 50's Hindi songs except if it was RAFIJI....The it was Anuradha Sriram's turn ...
she stole many hearts with her sweet stage presence ..She is too good on stage ..
She knows how to entertain the mass audience who are all from different age groups.
Most of them were from aunts , uncles & many from the older generation too..It was heartening to see so many paatti ,thaatha's taking out time for themselves ...No wonder some of us still LOVE HINDI SONGS,HINDI CINEMA & HINDI STARS..were it not for our parents who groomed us and made such wonderful ,meaningful music a part of our lives .I loved the songs from the GOLDEN ERA ...60's & 70's

I grew listening to MOHAMMED RAFI SAAB.He (his songs)can make me cry , make me laugh,make me romantic , sad and what not ...all emotions ..he is got that in him ..VOICE OF GOLD which makes my soul feel so good & connect with magic...
Yes..that's the word..MAGICAL ...it was a thorough magical evening filled with moments of magic that i experienced esp when Naresh Iyer came on stage..not because he was the eye candy but he sang most of my favourite Mohd Rafi's songs ...

"Ehsaan tera oh ga muj par...tumse mohabbat ..hogayi hai ..teri ..pal ko ki chaan mein rehne do ..."

Well..i cud have made mistakes in my hindi here ..but i don't care ..i will try again n again to get that right ..i guess i can even put some of my north indian friends to shame in terms of knowledge that i have in Old Hindi Cinema songs vs them and if it is RAFI's -U name it n i will know it

Srinivas picked up a lot of Kishore da's songs .Best was "Gaatha rahe , mera dil ...
Tuhi meri manzil " and of course he rocked along with Naresh for "Mehobboba Mehbooba " from Sholay ....as i was listening ..some scenes of Helen shaking her hip in her unique style and the ever daring Amjad khan ..all of them flashed across my mind .Anuradha Sriram did her bit so well..she was so bubbly and gave the retro feel even in her costumes ....(she changed at least 4 times i guess)

She sang some of her favourite songs and dedicated 2 them to her mother ...
and then she even performed a little bit of Kathak for one of her songs ..
And she looked like a doll when she sang & twisted a bit for Geeta Dutt's "Mera naam chin chin choo ..baba chin chin choo"
..She pulled along Chinmayi for my favourite "KAJRA MOHABAT WALA" ...and the fantastic lines..i wish Anuradha Sriram sang it ..as Chinmayi voice was not loud enough for that .... "Duniya hai mere peeche , lekhin mein tere peeche "

If i had to talk about Naresh Iyer , i can write another blog !!!

He was so brilliant ..when he sat down ..for "PARDHA HAIN PARDHA"...he was adorable
he was so humble mentioning how great he felt about being with seniors ...and i should make a mention of this ...Kudos to Srinivas for not being egoistic at all as i cud not have imagined any other senior singer doing a Chorus bit for a new comer ..He happily sang the chorus bit for Naresh on the lead for PARDHA song!!!!

Then of course ..all the four joined together to rock the floor & audience for NONE OTHER THAN RAFI HIT " AAJA AAJA " followed by JAI JAI SHIV SHANKAR !!!

It was indeed a Magical Evening !!!

RETRO ROCKS !!!!