A magnanimously boring Radio Mirchi RJ took to entertaining the audience before the show; introducing Sheraton and Radio Mirchi as sponsors of the concert.
Amit Trivedi walked on to the stage with the team's opening number and mellowed the environment. And then the nerve wracking numbers began to pour ; in five minutes the audience was warm.
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Pasmina (Fitoor),Zinda (Lootera)Suno Aisha (Aisha)Meethi Boliyaan (Kai Po Che)Manmarziyan (Lootera), Love you Zindagi (Love You Zindagi),"Ud-Daa Punjab" (Udta Punjab)Manjha (Kai Po Che) are some which he sang.
The visuals at the back, stunningly provided support to the stellar music ; and you did not want to look away from the aura.A laughing Buddha kind of visuals, then a country side, "Gabru" visuals and something like " Sound of the Nation" video. Some concerts which I have followed in the city are Dualist Enquiry and Monica Dogra; but nothing was quite as stunning as the visuals that Amit and team put up.
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The entertaining value of Bollywood numbers are so great, that artists tend to grow lax during performance; not with Amit. He made sure every moment was well crafted, delivery and wholesome experience.
I happened again to listen to an Indian Ocean concert (sometime back), I could very well make out, there was little musicality in the songs. The team just lip the words and lo, the crowd goes berserk.
Amit dished out the favourite, "Main Pareshan, Main Pareshaan" number which is actually sung by Shalmali Kolgade and went to win the Filmfare.
The whole team
Good musicality and timbre in the speakers used, for an open space concert. The lights and sound was charming. The energy of the man leaves you stunned. And equally charming drummer,sitar and singers with the team.
Some artists can transport you. The basics of musicality is in place.I loved that there was flavour of Bihu and Rajasthani in the lyrics;slices of many parts from the country.
The whole team in pink lights
The moment he sang "Pasmina" the concert scene just blew up.The composer distilled out compositions which are like architecture to the human soul.The energy of the artist was eternal;Amit introduced himself as a composer an not a singer; telling his team had more talented singers.The Amit Trivedi team also had lost of props to throw at the audience.Best of the luck to the musician and the team, keeping alive some exciting work in both Bollywood and independent music scene!