Thousands flock to catch AR Rahman in action

Piling up one exciting showbiz piece after another, and unfolding against dazzling, fast changing backgrounds, with over a dozen dancers and acrobats adding additional thrills, the A R Rahman Jai Ho Concert: The Journey Home World Tour got on to a rousing start in New York on Friday, continued in Atlantic City the next day, and arrived in DC-Virginia on Sunday.

An estimated 24,000 people saw the show in three days which will be moving to cities across America and Canada before going to London and a handful of European cities.

The concert with its eclectic mix of music including rousing songs from such films as Jodhaa Akbar and Roja and foot-tapping numbers from Jane Tu...Ya Jaane Na, also included a tribute to classicist Bade Ghulam Aki Khan (by Hariharan) and the king of pop Michael Jackson (by Rahman). It has been drawing such huge, capacity full crowds at each venue.

"Rahman is always big but now with winning the Oscars and Grammy awards, he is even more powerful," said man in his 50s.

"None can resist his music. When the Rang De Basanti title song was played, I was also dancing in the isle. And I saw around me there were hundreds of kids, some of them must be in high school, dancing and singing. This was a show that had everything, music and spectacles."

Source http://movies.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/jun/14/slide-show-1-jai-ho-world-tour-kicks-off.htm