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There are four concerts I have always wanted to attend. Two are artists that I immensly appreciate and two are bands that I have listened to for years. The bands are Euphoria and Strings. The artists are Kailash Kher and KK. At different times in the last couple of years I have missed every single opportunity to attend their concerts but yesterday my luck took a lovely U turn…
I was informed about the concert by Chaithra thru this tweet announcing that she had won VIP passes to the concert. I was simply excited about the concert and replied to her asking when and where it was happening… I was hoping to get tickets online if they were available(they werent :( ). Anyway she replied back a while later asking if I wanted the tickets. And jumped at the opportunity…
The time to the concert went away in a breeze and before I knew it I was at the entrance waiting for
The evening started with the stand up comedy of Sunil Pal, the comedian is famous for his record breaking movie Bhavnao Ko Samjho. Sunil was great in entertaining us before the main event started. The crowd seemed to really enjoy the performance, something that was very nice considering that most concerts I hv been to the crowd usually boos off the fill in performers.
Then KK was on stage… He started with the beautiful title song of Bas Ek Pal, his rendition of the lines:
Sunaah hain Mohabbath ki Thakdeer mein, Likhein hain andherein Ghanee,
Thabi aaj Shayad Sitare Sabi zara saahi roshan hue…
Mere haath ki in Lakeeron mein likhe abhi aur kithne… sitam,
Khafaa Ho gayein hain kushi waqt sey ho rahein hain meherbaan Gam,
was even more beautiful when he sang it in live. The crowd was now in a tizzy. Song after song the screams and the sing alongs got louder and louder, his stage presence was overwhelming and the evening was just starting…
There was a short break at the hour mark. By then KK had sung almost a dozen songs and it was time for some comic relief for the audience who had by this time lost their voice(I sure did) thanks to screaming all the time.
KK was back on stage after Sunil Pal and went on to sing some of his chart topping numbers. In the whole evening he had sung some of his best numbers, these incuded Aap Ki Dua, Mera Pehla Pehla Pyaar, Yaaron, Pal, Aankon mein teri Ajab Si, Zara sa, Dil Ibadath, Hai Junoon, Tadap Tadap, Khuda Jaane, Kya Mujhe Pyaar Hai, Koi Kahen and Its the time to Disco. I was half hoping for him to sing Awaarapan Banjaarpan, which was my all time favourite song sung by him… but that was probably for another day…
As the evening ended there was the sense of awe all around, KK had truly conquered the hearts of everyone there thru his amazing showmanship. This was one evening that will be very hard for me to forget :)