GOOD:
A person, from a very disadvantaged background can come up through sheer hard work, perseverance and talent! The maestro himself !!
BAD:
Freeloaders, masquerading as VIPs how they trump those that pay for the best seats in the house ! The level of corruption on overselling and not even having enough seats even in the Rs.10000 section !
Well, this is India for you !
Though I acknowledge the international exposure that Raja enjoys, still don't understand why we have to spend money to indulge a hungarian symphony, when there is local talent that is yet to be showcased. Will the same hungarian symphony orchestra take Mastero's troupe and perform with them in Hungary ? Make In India means with local talent is something that is yet to sink in our moviedom. I couldn't fathom what kind of additional value I got for this "hungarian orchestra"!
Raja held court, in telugu and dished out an almost 100% telugu fare, with a few aberrations in Hindi. I would have expected him to perform a few in Tamil why he chose to slip in Hindi instead of Tamil is beyond my reasoning...
Now onto the brilliance !
A total of almost 40 songs that too over 3:30 hours was a feast. Mano, Chitra, Karthik, Vijay Prakash, Sadhana Sargam etc performed the songs with aplomb. We all have seen Chitra and Manoj dish out criticisms in TV music talent shows, it was poetic justice to see the mastero correct them and even asking them to repeat correcting the mistakes !
I couldn't help but miss SPB, with Raja also musing as to how his only true friend has been his Harmonium as well. It was also plain truth as to who was replaceable, with other singers pitching in admirably, and the sore loser IMO was SPB and the audiences to some extent ! It also made it painfully obvious, that it was never SPB's composition to begin with !
Come to think of it, it was like any other religious experience, with special Qs, undeserving VIPs and in the end everyone got the equal blessings and enjoyment in front of the GOD !!
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