| RANG BARSE - HOLI
BASH AT CCI |
 Away
from the mechanical city lives amid rocks and the green
fields, the spirits came alive on Holi day. Young
and the old alike, with colour smeared all over, came
out with friends and relatives and painted the countryside
red. 'Rang Barse' - the Holi bash at Country
Club International (CCI), about
30 k.m. away from the city was a riot of colours. The
scene was one of unbridled enthusiasm and people's appearances
were beyond recognition. Sporting screaming pink and dazzling
silver, they sunk in the joyous spirit of Holi. Adding
to their excitement was the high wattage music that touched
each and every sense of the body. Well, two young sensations
in the field of music - Shaan and Sagarika - were there
and it was but natural that the youthfulness was bound
to spring up.
The young duo kept the crowd on their feet and Shaan's
high energy  performance
kept them gasping for more. Deviating from the general
practice of allowing couples only, this time CCI thrown
open the gates for all. The shaking process went for hours
with R.D. Burman and Kishore Kumar, through Shaan
and Sagarika. The duo sang plenty of numbers from their
albums and good old favourites like Roop Tera Mastana,
Mehabooba Mehabooba, Jai Jai Shiv Shankar, Dekha Na Hai
Re, Disco Deewane, Kajra Mohabbat Wala and of course
Rang Barse, which kept the youngsters swaying.
Shaan's own numbers Musu Musu Haasi, Tanha Dil, Pyaar
Mein Aisa Hota were also beautifully sung.
 When
the duo took a break, it was time for some local talent
to take centrestage. Some pretty lookings girls tried
a new way of setting the ramp on fire. They all looked
pretty ordinary and totally deviated from their profession
but for the girl, who danced on the number "Mujhe
Rang De". Her dancing skills made up for every
thing. Besides there were Miss Country Club and
the runners-up dancing to 'Rang de', 'Holi Ke Rang'
and 'Rang Barse'. The show
was in tune with the 'Rang Barse' theme and the local
models jived to the latest Bollywood hits that had a dash
of 'Holi' and lots of colour attached to them. The sequences
were well choreographed by Imran Khan.
A good section of the crowd kept queing up at the special
thandai stall hoping for a different high. The scorching
sun also kept many taking shelter under the shamianas
instead of venturing out to the dance area where the heat
was tremendous.
The unusually large presence of police and the absence
of rain dance did dampen the spirits of many youngsters.
But it soon evaporated with Shaan-Sagarika creating great
music on the stage. |
-Mohan G Jagan
Photographs by Srinivas Setty |
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