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Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy were at their best at a recent concert in Gurgaon, reports MANGALA RAMAMOORTHY
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The rocking trio Ehsaan, Loy and Shankar
The chance of one going to a Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy concert and not getting into the groove is very little, such is the power of their music. Bollywood’s ace music director trio was in Gurgaon this past weekend to do what the three are best known f
or –– play some great music, but this time the crowd let them down. Tau Devi Lal Stadium wasn’t exactly brimming with people, but even the ones present were mere spectators, sitting still or busy munching. The only exceptions were the ones standing in the first few rows. Even repeated requests by Shankar to sing along yielded no result. What went wrong?
What a chemistry?
The concert, which was organised as part of McDowell’s No.1 Cheers India Tour, was the best a music lover could ask for. The three are so much at ease with each other on stage that the chemistry sparks and spills over. The show rocked from the word go. With “Jhoom Barabar”, Shankar Mahadevan set the show rolling. And joining him at the other end was singer Raman Mahadevan (the identical surnames are just a coincidence) with his impressive voice.
A couple of songs later came the first female singer. The young Akriti Kakkar began her innings with her “Johnny Gaddar” and quickly followed it up with “Aaj Ki Raat” from Don, and “Sajana Pe Vari Vari” from Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd. Though her soft voice couldn’t match up to the original sung by Sunidhi Chauhan, she did manage to do justice to it. “When people first heard ‘Aaj Ki Raat’, no one liked it. They felt it sounded very different but slowly it caught on and became a big hit,” was an honest statement from Shankar.
Shankar and Raman joined Akriti to sing “Nach Baliye”, after which Shankar went solo to perform “Mitwa”. Shankar’s effortless singing does wonders to your ears. The crowd, by the way, wasn’t swaying as yet.
Meanwhile, another of Shankar’s finds, Anusha Mani, was introduced to the audience with “Golmaal”. The girl is spirited and her voice exudes that energy. She rendered “Bidi Jalai Le” and Shipa Shetty’s “UP, Bihar Lootne” with the same gusto.
With “Taare Zameen Par” it was time to let the heart rule. Shankar chose to go low on acoustics, and sang the song with Ehsaan on the guitar and Loy on the keyboard. “Salam-e- Ishq”, “Kal Ho Na Ho” and “Doob Ja Mere Pyaar Mein” from Johnny Gaddar were some other hits that followed.
It finally took “Kajarare” and “Where’s the Party Tonight” to get the audience up and moving. But by then it was time for the curtains to fall. The two-and-a-half-hour performance came to an end with the patriotic “Suno Gaur Se Duniya Walon”.
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