Bryan Adams had been in air since the last 2 months.From advertisements in newspapers to hoardings,he found a mention everywhere.Having heard just 3 of his songs,i personally had never been a fan of his.Hence i had not been too keen on attending the concert. A day before the concert,we were told that our college would be taking us all there ,FREE.Yes! like any other Indian,i love the word FREE and so it was decided that i was going there. Having never attended a live concert, i actually started looking forward to the event,only for the sheer experience.' As they say,life is too short to miss out on such things.
Even at 51,Bryan Adams looked killing.His charm had already spread and i stood totally impressed.He played a lot of popular numbers and with each one his enthusiasm only kept on increasing. 'Here I Am, Summer of 69, 18 till i die and Back to you' were the numbers i enjoyed the most.
From jumping every now and then to giving him flying kisses,there were fans of all kinds.For one song,he selected one girl from the audience to sing along with him. I swear,everyone in the audience must have been jealous of that girl.To me her purpose of buying a 10,000 Rs ticket had been achieved. She did come across as a true fan as one could see the unadulterated joy of meeting her' man of the moment.' The audience couldn't have asked for more as he kept on singing continuously for almost 2 hours.The show got over at 10.30 and it was time to go back. Having never been a fan of his,i still wanted to hear him more.Unknowingly, i had started admiring him.Perhaps i had become one of his latest fans and realized the magic of 'Bryan Adams'.
The day started on a bright note and i was sure of something good happening. We were asked to report at 2.30P.M at the college. For a moment i thought i had entered a college fest.They were colors all round(4 ofcourse) and the excitement in the air was palpable.You must be wondering about the colors? Each institute had been given new t-shirts of different colors .From shades of blue to purple to grey,the new identities of each institute looked supercool.I also rushed to take mine before they could run out of stock.These moments of uniformity certainly demanded some photos and by default,my hand went inside my bag to fetch my faithful companion of 2 years,my sony cybershot camera.
The series of photographs that we clicked took atleast 40 mins of our time and before we could realize of having stood for almost 2 hrs,we were asked to board the bus.The juniors were already seated and so we thought we had to stand and travel. Infact,we were ready to do that. Here i would like to make a special mention to some of the juniors present in that bus who got up to give their seat to the seniors. Although a gesture like this seems very small but sometimes they are important just to re instill the rapport you share with the juniors. The 1 hr entertainment in the bus was very refreshing. From Anvaiye Anvaiye to Paan Baras wala, all the genres of music had been covered well.
The series of photographs that we clicked took atleast 40 mins of our time and before we could realize of having stood for almost 2 hrs,we were asked to board the bus.The juniors were already seated and so we thought we had to stand and travel. Infact,we were ready to do that. Here i would like to make a special mention to some of the juniors present in that bus who got up to give their seat to the seniors. Although a gesture like this seems very small but sometimes they are important just to re instill the rapport you share with the juniors. The 1 hr entertainment in the bus was very refreshing. From Anvaiye Anvaiye to Paan Baras wala, all the genres of music had been covered well.
Welcome to Amanora....a beautiful township located in Magarpatta. I tried to capture some glimpses of it but the security personnel didn't allow me to stand at any place for a long time.We were not aware of outside eatables not been taken in. At the security check,we were either asked to eat all that we had or throw them away.Thankfully i didn't have too many of the eatables except some toffees which i distributed amongst the crowd standing there.One scene which really disturbed me here was the behavior of a girl with one of the security personnel. Like everyone else she was also asked to keep her eatables outside.She took out her packet of chips and threw it on the security guard and shouted at him. I really wanted to take the same packet and throw it at her face. I wonder what thrill people get out of shouting at a security guard or a watchman or a driver. These people afterall are doing their duty and it is important to respect them for whatever they are doing. Oh! i forgot to mention that we were all given a sling bag each at the counter as a souvenir of the concert.
It was 6PM and the show had just stared. Two RJ's of Radio Mirchi,one from Pune and the other frm Mumbai were the compeers for the evening.I loved their style and enthusiam.It does take a confident yet connecting voice to host a show infront of almost 25000 people. Reva Rathore,daughter of noted singer Roop kumar Rathore enthralled the audience with'Miley Sur Mera Tumhara'a tribute to Pandit Bhimsen Joshi. I had goosebumps at the end of her performance.This is one of those songs that we have all grown up with. Next on the menu was a fashion show. Models like Aditi Govitrikar,Inder Bajwa,Shawar Ali,Anchal kumar and Zulfi Sayyed walked down the ramp dressed in chic casuals.To me fashion show appeared to be a total timepaas coz only the crowd in zone 10,000 would have enjoyed it.For the others it was hardly visible.A rock band from Pune came and played next. The crowd showed that they had paid to hear only Bryan Adams and no one else. There was no enthusiasm or cheering for this band while they were performing. The pre concert entertainers got over in an hour and now the wait was for 'The Man' to arrive.After much realistic suspense,one of India's fav rock star made a grand entry.There was all the reason for the crowd to go mad.
Even at 51,Bryan Adams looked killing.His charm had already spread and i stood totally impressed.He played a lot of popular numbers and with each one his enthusiasm only kept on increasing. 'Here I Am, Summer of 69, 18 till i die and Back to you' were the numbers i enjoyed the most.
From jumping every now and then to giving him flying kisses,there were fans of all kinds.For one song,he selected one girl from the audience to sing along with him. I swear,everyone in the audience must have been jealous of that girl.To me her purpose of buying a 10,000 Rs ticket had been achieved. She did come across as a true fan as one could see the unadulterated joy of meeting her' man of the moment.' The audience couldn't have asked for more as he kept on singing continuously for almost 2 hours.The show got over at 10.30 and it was time to go back. Having never been a fan of his,i still wanted to hear him more.Unknowingly, i had started admiring him.Perhaps i had become one of his latest fans and realized the magic of 'Bryan Adams'.
This post would be incomplete without a mention to our very dear Bala Sir who made this possible.
Thankyou sir for this wonderful and memorable experience.It was truly once in a lifetime kinds.I will cherish this all though my life.
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