Shreya Ghoshal Concert

I guess it was pretty obvious what my next post will be about!
Football got the first mention...Now, Shreya Ghoshal it is
And what an occation to write about it!
I got to witness a live concert by Shreya Ghoshal on 20th!

She performed for the grand finale of the Bengaluru habba 2009.
Infact, I should have had this opportunity last year itself, but the habba got called off due to the Mumbai terror attack

And recently when Shreya performed at Mysore for Yuva dasara, I had to miss that out as well because of my cousin's wedding on the same day in bangalore!
If at all there is a bucketlist of my own, this would probably be the second entry in it.
I'm sure its not difficult to guess the first entry! right?
Yes, Of course its the visit to my dream destination! The Theatre Of Dreams- Old Trafford, Manchester.

Surprisingly, I did not know that there is going to be such an event! I usually keep upto date with all her performances. Be it new song releases[In all languages], or any interviews or performances[on youtube of course].
I had travelled to a temple near tumkur with family, and out of the blue, I get an sms from my friend Gururaj informing about the event. My first reaction was mixed with elation as well as Doubt. I couldn't believe I had missed this.
What better than google to confirm it! I immediately google for the info on my phone, and realise that its really happening. Thanks a ton Guru for the info!
I immediately called up the organisers to enquire about the entry passes, but got to know that the passes are no more available and I have to go for the general free entry.
I got delayed reaching bangalore because of the incredibly slow bus, and reached the venue an hour late to the scheduled start! But luckily, the performance preceeding Shreya's event, had got delayed and was still going on.
Somewhere in my mind, I was kind of sure about this delay, but still there was this desperation till i got there!
We got into the general tier and occupied the seats in the third row, right in front of the projector screen. And there starts the desperate wait for her arrival

around 8, the performance by the rajastani sufi group ended[Finally ].
And after some irritating speeches by the organizers, Shreya made a rocking entry in a beatiful pink outfit! Man, she was looking stunning in that  

Unfortunately I couldn't carry my camera since i went to the venue directly after reaching bangalore
I'd guessed she would start off either with barso re or yeh ishq hai, cos in most of the concerts i've seen videos of, these two were the opening songs most of the times. But she started off with the awesome song from her debut movie- Silsila yeh chahat kaa!

The list of songs she sang included Teri Ore, yeh ishq hai, cheeni kum, Pal Pal among the hindi songs, and araLutiru, hoovina baaNadante, ullasada hoomaLe among the kannada ones.
The best thing in the concert was the amount of songs she effortlessly sang and the quality of her live singing! It was so close to listening the recorded songs!
Our section seemed a bit sober, most of them were listening attentively to the songs, but there were a few groups ahead nearer to the stage screaming and singing the songs throughout.
later the crowd started reducing, and the entry points to the VIP and the VVIP tiers which were closer to the stage were no more monitored! There came the chance i was waiting for!

I could go right to the front of the stage and watch her perform the last song [OSO Title Song]

Just loved those moments!
And as if the rain gods were also fully enjoying the concert, it started raining right after she finished and left the stage!

Enjoyed each minute of the 2 hours of the performance!

Now, its back to listening to her songs again.. well...awesome memories though....

Btw, I'm off on a biking trip to south india for the whole of next week! Will post about it after i'm back! keep checking my facebook status for updates