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An 'Unforgettable' Bollywood show in San Francisco!
30th July 2008 22.00 IST
By Nitika Desai

The Oracle Arena in San Francisco was packed to the rafters as more than ten thousand fans crammed in for what was to be truly an ‘Unforgettable’ Bollywood experience.

An unabated excitement filled the air as fans sauntered in for the San Francisco leg of ‘The Unforgettable Tour’, which is helmed by the Bachchans and also features the Bollywood diva Madhuri Dixit (for the US concerts). This correspondent of ApunKaChoice attended the concert and is witness to the scintillating performances and the euphoria of the rapturous San Franciscans who were left asking for more by the entertaining Bollywood stars on the evening of Sunday, July 27.

The din and noise of the excited crowd broke into a unison scream as the show began with a lively performance by Ritesh Deshmukh . Preity Zinta took over and danced and hopped around the stage with her characteristic buoyancy. But it was with the entry of Abhishek Bachchan that the crowd got charged up. Rather than coming from backstage, Abhishek decided to get close and personal with the crowd by making an entry from the rear of the auditorium, smiling, waving and shaking hands with his enthusiastic fans as he headed for an energetic performance.

After his solo act, Abhishek himself announced the next performer, and it was (no prizes for guessing) Aishwarya Rai , who was gorgeous and dazzling as ever in her dances.

Enough song and dance done, it was time for some serious message. Jaya Bachchan came on stage and made an earnest pitch for a green planet. The point being convincingly made, the evening moved on with performances by music composers Vishal-Shekhar who got everyone in the auditorium on their feet with their powerful act.

The show reached its mid-way and it was time for the ‘Big’ act to follow. Amitabh Bachchan – magnetic as always – came on stage and got the crowd mesmerized with the songs he sang live in his deep baritone. Among the songs he sang was the ever-green ‘Rang Barse’ (from ‘Silsila’) which sent the crowd in raptures. The Big B also steered the gathering into a pensive mood with his evocative recitals of dialogues from his films (like Kabhie Kabhie and Deewar ) and also the poem ‘Agnipath’ , written by his late poet father Harivansh Rai Bachchan.

Another big act of the evening was the performances by the ravishing Madhuri Dixit . Though she may have distanced herself from films of late, the diva still had that grace and charisma in her dances that got the crowd transfixed. And then there was also that talked-about union of Madhuri and Aishwarya – two of the best-lookers from Bollywood – as the two ladies performed their song ‘Dola Re’ from Devdaas .

There was also a long segment in the concert where Abhishek, Aishwarya, Preity and Ritesh paid homage to Amitabh Bachchan by performing to a medley of songs from the superstar’s films.

All in all, the concert lived up to its name and had all the glitz, gloss, glamour, bling and opulence of Bollywood. Every star regaled the audiences in their way but most taalis were reserved for the Big B and Madhuri.

The concert reached its crescendo with the final act when all the stars jived together to the powerful number Jhoom Barabar Jhoom .

I bet many San Franciscans are still reeling from the ‘Jhoom’ effect.

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