Posted by: Priti Gadgil
Some "did you know?"s before I start with the report:
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4th Aug, Saturday, 6pm : Yuva meeting for Jallosh at Padmanabh's (mostly k.a. Paddy) place.
This meeting was going to be a different one --- a welcome reprieve from the traditional Yuva meetings (which are usually held MM) : Yuvaites were meeting after a long gap of about 6 months; Pady (Padmanabh) – the newly wed was hosting a yuva meeting at his home where we would get intro-ed to his wife Shreya; also, for the first time, 3 new-borns were going to attend a yuva meeting…literally!!
Yuva meetings never start on time…a trivial fact known to all in Yuva. By the time all expected had arrived, it was 8pm. There was excitement all around as people caught up with what was happening in each other’s life. The excitement seemed to grow each time the kids and their parents arrived! Each baby seemed amused to see so many new faces. When all 3 were really bored and had had enough of weird expressions and funny sounds they heard each time they encountered a new face, they were off with their respective mothers to the bedrooms to catch up on some sleep. Finally, the meeting began! A lot of ideas floated around as to what we could perform. It was decided that people would practice independently and would meet up the next Saturday evening and integrate the show.
The next Saturday, we met again. This time we had a new talent in Yuva …Swapnil on the keyboard, Amol on the tabla and Shreya, a professional dancer. The whole evening was spent on practicing various events. The agenda was as follows : first, we would start with the ‘powada’ by Pady and Neeraj, assisted by Swapnil, Amol and Priti, all for music. Second would be a one-act performance (comedy) by Mandy (Mandar)…third would be a lawani by Anuja…fourth, Kaustubh and Nikhil would enact a short skit written by Yuva’s very own award-winning writer Pramod…fifth, Mandar would sing a song that he had sung a few years back - a super-duper hit with the audience – “Aake seedhi lagi dil pe jaise katariya”. The sixth item on the program list was a solo dance by Shreya on melodious “Radha kaise na jale”. The program would finally end with the most anticipated performance “Ek chatur naar” by Pady and Mandy.
The next day morning, we all met up for Jallosh lunch at mandal. All participants were in their best form as usual and ready to ‘rock the stage’. All mothers and fathers in Yuva too were ready with baby baggage, helping each other with rocking the kids to sleep or entertaining them in their playing time, while the other watched the performances on stage. I wouldn’t go to describe how positive the audience reaction for Yuva’s event was. It will be obvious from some of the e-mails below
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An edited version of the mail from Sujay – THE MAN behind the scenes:
Overall, it was a complete performance by Yuva that won accolades from the audience, well, as usual.
Just goes just another step to show that at Yuva, we don’t do different things…we just do them differently!
Some "did you know?"s before I start with the report:
Jallosh is an annual event hosted by Gathi-bheti and Bangalore-marathi at the Maharashtra Mandal for Marathi-speaking junta in Bangalore. It’s a day long event composed of on-stage entertainment, good Maharashtrian food and a lot of good-looking Maharashtrian girls(!,)Yuva had been requested to present a variety-entertainment program for about 45 minutes.
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4th Aug, Saturday, 6pm : Yuva meeting for Jallosh at Padmanabh's (mostly k.a. Paddy) place.
This meeting was going to be a different one --- a welcome reprieve from the traditional Yuva meetings (which are usually held MM) : Yuvaites were meeting after a long gap of about 6 months; Pady (Padmanabh) – the newly wed was hosting a yuva meeting at his home where we would get intro-ed to his wife Shreya; also, for the first time, 3 new-borns were going to attend a yuva meeting…literally!!
Yuva meetings never start on time…a trivial fact known to all in Yuva. By the time all expected had arrived, it was 8pm. There was excitement all around as people caught up with what was happening in each other’s life. The excitement seemed to grow each time the kids and their parents arrived! Each baby seemed amused to see so many new faces. When all 3 were really bored and had had enough of weird expressions and funny sounds they heard each time they encountered a new face, they were off with their respective mothers to the bedrooms to catch up on some sleep. Finally, the meeting began! A lot of ideas floated around as to what we could perform. It was decided that people would practice independently and would meet up the next Saturday evening and integrate the show.
The next Saturday, we met again. This time we had a new talent in Yuva …Swapnil on the keyboard, Amol on the tabla and Shreya, a professional dancer. The whole evening was spent on practicing various events. The agenda was as follows : first, we would start with the ‘powada’ by Pady and Neeraj, assisted by Swapnil, Amol and Priti, all for music. Second would be a one-act performance (comedy) by Mandy (Mandar)…third would be a lawani by Anuja…fourth, Kaustubh and Nikhil would enact a short skit written by Yuva’s very own award-winning writer Pramod…fifth, Mandar would sing a song that he had sung a few years back - a super-duper hit with the audience – “Aake seedhi lagi dil pe jaise katariya”. The sixth item on the program list was a solo dance by Shreya on melodious “Radha kaise na jale”. The program would finally end with the most anticipated performance “Ek chatur naar” by Pady and Mandy.
The next day morning, we all met up for Jallosh lunch at mandal. All participants were in their best form as usual and ready to ‘rock the stage’. All mothers and fathers in Yuva too were ready with baby baggage, helping each other with rocking the kids to sleep or entertaining them in their playing time, while the other watched the performances on stage. I wouldn’t go to describe how positive the audience reaction for Yuva’s event was. It will be obvious from some of the e-mails below
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An edited version of the mail from Sujay – THE MAN behind the scenes:
Guys....!Replies from Sagar, Kaustubh and Mandar :
Once again we did it..... with just 4 or so hours of practice and co-ordination, some extraordinary talent.... good enthu.... we did it again.
Kudos to all involved... to Paddy and Sagar for the initiation..... Paddy, Neeru and Mandy for their vocal exploits.
Shreya and Anuja for their 'no hassle' performances.... its as if they are always ready with those dances.... kind of plug and play.... cool. Will need more of this during ganpati....
Kavi shreshTha - KhaDilkar (Pramod) - It was a new way to present his works.... I hope he personally liked it.....Kaustubh and Nikhil did their usual stuff... that is 'GOOD'...!
Then there is Swapnil (new) on the key board. aaH the 'Dagga'... Amol on the tabla... Paddy aaNi Mandya ni hyala 'khalla'.... nothing more to say.....
Cool it was good to see a flurry on the day... lots of new faces too....
Kudos to all Yuva who supported for this event.We got a wonderful feedback from a person Vipin Raje from Mumbai. Here’s what he had to say :
Yesterday we received an Invitation from MM President for Ganapti Ekankika and Variety program. After seeing people's enthu in this Jallosh we cannot keep ourselves out of this year Variety program. :)
baaki "nehamichech yashaswi" janate barobarach hyaaveLi sarva navin members cha performance phaarach utsaahavardhak hotaa ...
Shreya ni to dance phakta eka aathavadyaat basavala ase kaal Pady kaDuun kaLale .... he mhaNaje agadich "YUVA material" jhaale :-)
Are Sagar aaNi Vaidehi ne je kaahi "dive laavale" tyaachehi koutuk aahe ...
Anuja's dance was very well recieved too ...
Swapnil and Amol were superb with their instruments... A warm welcome to all of them ...
Yeah... it was a good show although I have not seen any of the performaces but only heard from people outside. But lets not forget contributions from some more key players around...Prasad, Kapilesh & Vaidehi - Good to see you giving helping hand and boosting morale of the team... tumha doghancha utsaah aaNi valuable suggestions khoop madatiche Tharale.
Priti - You were superb in "Event Management" role as usual.
Sujay - Nobody really congratulate you but we know how much it adds value to any YUVA event when we all see you around and all fired up.
Sagar - Jallosh Team was recording the whole event... So see if we can get the VCD/DVD in sometime to watch our performaces...
We can meet together and enjoy it.
This is Vipin from Dadar, Mumbai and I had a chance to see the Yuva showcase thru Jallosh Program on Sunday 12th August 2007. Infact , I am a music lover and I hope you do not mind If I comment here. I was in Bangalore the whole last week and thats where I came to know that MM in Bangalore is arranging a program by the name Jallosh. One of my friend got the tickets from Mr.Bhide and I attended the Jallosh program.
Infact , we have a small musical group known as 'Swaranjali' in Dadar & Thane ( Its not too big but we have all music lovers in our group). I liked all the programs what you guys presented on the stage. Good show !!!
On the music front , I would like to give my review to your Yuva team. You guys have great singers and great support from the synth Guy and Tabla player ( Do not remember their names). Chatur naar was a rocking performance from your singers and to play this song on a tabla truly deserves some kinda pat it was a great effort from your musical support team.This is what usually happens.A singer takes all the credit and the musicians are never noticed.
The first song from 'Half ticket' sung by legendary Kishore kumar was a half hearted effort from Mr.Sane ( I hope I've got his name correct). Please do not get me wrong here. But I think the practice was missing in that song and because of which the song went 'OFF Key' . I could figure out the look on your musicians face as it was tough for them to manage this situation. But still Kudos to the singer who attempted the song and its still tough to get your second performance rocking once you know you have faltered on your first one. Great effort from Mr.Sane. Congrats !!!
The purpose of the email is to certainly congratulate on your effort but also to point out little things which can make lot of difference to a person who understands music very well.
Also , congratulations to the Dancers who did a good job on the stage. Overall the performace from Yuva has a good impact on me and this is evident from the fact that the I am still murmuring the song Ek chatur Naar.
Infact, I wanted to meet everyone personally and congratulate but I was not able to track anyone after the program. In the end, I asked for some Yuva members email ID in the MM Office and they passed me your email address from the MM office on ground floor.
Wish you all the best and pass on my thoughts to all your team !!
Yuva Rocks in Bangalore !!
God bless !!
Thanks,
Vipin Raje.
Overall, it was a complete performance by Yuva that won accolades from the audience, well, as usual.
Just goes just another step to show that at Yuva, we don’t do different things…we just do them differently!
5 comments:
Hi cool this is a good compilation. Needs to be a little consolidated though... too long for quick viewing.
Good One Priti!! Its good that you put Mr. Raje's email. This will be always in our records... we can cherish these memories by reading this blog after few years :)
I could only wish that I was there this time! Heartiest congratulations to all of you and I feel great being a proud yuvaite!
Soooper Show I heard it was. I missed being there ( Again!). NExt time hope fully I will make it there. But was present at the initial meeting to know what was in store:) So Ma not surprised by this response ;) Great Show YUVA!
Yes, post was long. Working on ways to set that right in Future. Will annnounce soon.
mast ... but as many ppl said, keep it short next time ..
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