Maestros rule the night!

By Sooraj Rajmohan

Jai Ho… the new mantra for youngsters and the maestro Illayaraja’s tunes created ripples on a night under the full moon that set the ambience for a mega musical event. The SRM Music Club has been a busy lot lately. Following the success of the R.D Burman musical night last week, they put together a show in honour of two of the greatest composers our country has been blessed with, A.R Rahman and Illayaraja.  The atmosphere in front of the SRM Tech Park was charged with energy as the open air show made the campus come alive, with everyone in attendance joining in to the melodies and fast numbers belted out by the singers.

The show featured around 25 songs in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi, including classics from Roja to the more recent Swades and Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na. Syed Faraz’s energetic rendition of the cult classic ‘Humma’ brought the audience to their feet and Vimal Raj took the excitement to an even higher pitch with ‘Peta rap’, with audience members gladly singing along and shaking a leg with him.

Student Mentoring Director  Anuradha  Ma’am and Kala Ma’am were the guests for the event, which started at 6:15 pm and extended till past 9. Madakini Ayapilla compered the show, and kept things interesting by providing tidbits of information about the two composers.

The evening waned with peppy hits like ‘Mayya Mayya’ by Rachana and the Telugu duet ‘Amma Thalle’ performed by Ratnika and Abhay. Once night set in, the melodies took centre stage, and the show received a fitting finale with the singers coming together to perform a combined ‘Maa Tujhe Salaam’ and ‘Jai Ho’, arousing patriotic feelings in everyone present and receiving a standing ovation.

With another roaring success behind it, the Milan juggernaut rolls on, sustaining the enthusiasm of SRMites and setting the stage for more to come. .

Love –struck Milan

  By Siddhhant Bohara
 
When cupid struck his arrow through the Milan preparations, anticipation was hyped on Valentine’s Day with an exciting road show near Java Green.

Organized by the Internal Publicity Team of the Milan’11, the Road-show saw the performances of some finest singing and dancing along with the some random question session on Valentine’s Day. This Fun Extravaganza was specially organized to promote the cultural fest Milan’11 and also to celebrate Valentine’s Day.

 About 100 enthusiastic students, who hesitated to perform at the beginning, were more free-flowing towards the end and wished the show to prolong. The singing, the dancing and the rapping were entertaining to watch as it was dedicated to the couples across the world. The top notch dance performances by Siddarth, Abhisek, and Ankit were the highlight of the show. It was well matched by Shona’s double delight that included a rap and a dance performing with elegance, and stylishness.

The atmosphere was charged by naughty proposals, a little hip shaking, peppy songs and a lot of zesty entertainment. Sharad, Dinesh and Abhishek’s singing was a high point, exemplifying confidence to express their feelings. Not many can do this.

Some were pulled and some were pushed to perform but nevertheless the enthusiasm prevailed.  “This is the most sensational Road-Show SRM students have ever witnessed”, shrieked Shruti, a student.

This was a milestone on the road to Milan and many more lay ahead!! Be on the lookout!

IN MEMORY OF PANCHAM DA!

 By: Chinmayee Mishra

From slow and classic Rimjhim Gire Sawaan to rocking Dam maro dam, they had it all. Be it solo of duet, the singers brought back the era of R D Burman live among the audience by singing some of the greatest hits of R D Burman. Refreshing the old memories of Pancham da, Music Club of SRM University organised a musical evening dedicated to R D Burman’s musical hits on 9^th Feb. The MBA Seminar Hall was echoing with the musical hits of R D Barman sung by talented singers of SRM. Hosting the show Mandakini Ayapilla, IIIrd year JMC, gave a brief background of RD Burman and his great contributions to Indian cinema.

Starting off with the ganesh vandana, the show brought in some unforgettable songs of Pancham da tuned in with a musical band. Setting the mood for the event was one of the favourites hits of R D Burman Chala Jaata Hoon sung by one of the singers and later followed by romantic hits of 1942 love story Kuch na Kaho  and Pyaar hua chupke se .Amitabh Bachan starrer Dilbar Mere from the famous movie Satte Pe Satta(1982) and Rajesh Khanna hit Yeh jo mohabbat hai created sensation among the audience. The whole show came lively with audience dancing to the tunes of Piya tu and Dum maro Dum .

Ms Kala, Head of Student Activity Centre hummed to the tunes of Chura Liya Hai surprising the audience and bringing a great round of applause. With some more hits of R D Burman the show ended with the famous Jugalbandi of Pancham da Chatur Naar. Later the floor was opened for the audience to sing their favourite songs and entertain others.