Monday, February 02, 2009

And I had a Blast!

Right from the time we drove to VIT with Mukesh anna to catching up with Benny, Naresh, Naveen S P Charan and Prem G before the concert it was awesome fun. I think more than anything else its the galatta that all of us do backstage and that somehow translates to the performance vibe as well. Venkat Prabhu was also supposed to be a part of it but he fell sick. And it so happened that Charan asked me to co-host the show with him for a wee while until Badava Gopi took over. I never host / present live shows. That's not something I want to do. I have probably refused scores of requests to host.
I was originally supposed to be doing a couple of my songs, considering there were a host of performers. And then I sang along with Benny and of course "Where is the party" is my favourite-est song to perform. That song is so much fun. Must say that the student committee was extremely hospitable and took super care of us. The performances in the college arenas are a different thing altogether. There is a general feeling of positivity I think.
Manicka Vinayagam uncle was also there and I decided to take a dig at the super jewelery he wears. Enough to put any lady to shame. Especially his diamonds. It beyond whoah.
I caught up with Neha Bhasin backstage but only had enough time to take her leave. Was in a hurry to get back home since I had live radio this morning. Naresh was performing after Neha. Couldn't watch that either.
In all, awesome times. Eggs me to work and do a lot more.
And if anyone from VIT is reading this - Thank You!

36 comments:

Vasanthan said...

i am sure that show would have been rocking.

anyways i heard "Aayiye Aayiye" from Ayan and you sang great in that song.

Jayamurugan said...

Hi Chinmayi,
Nice to hear your experience and the blast you had at VIT.
I hope you really enjoyed it.

Anonymous said...

Hi miss chinmayi,
Will anna university hear u in kalakrithi (SPB sir's concert) and techofess of ceg( Hariharan sir's concert)? last time u turned up for Shankar mahadevan sir's concert rite?

Unknown said...

Good to know u had a rockin time in VIT.. I am an old student.. darn i missed this rivera :D

Anonymous said...

that would have been awesome and in middle of all this you find time to blog abt it.. good..

Suresh Kumar said...

great.. i know rivera is d apt place to ve fun n frolic.. :)

Raymond said...

happy to read a great day in a singer's life enjoooy

பிரியமுடன்... said...

உடன் இருந்து
உற்சாகப்படுத்த
உள்ளத்தில் ஆசை
உள்ளது!

இருவருக்கும் இடையே
இரண்டாயிரம் மைல்
இருக்கிறதே!
இல்லையென்றால்
அட்லீஸ்ட்...
உங்கள் கார்
ஓட்டுனராக இருந்தாவது
உற்சாகப்படுத்திக்கொண்டே
இருப்பேன் இல்லையா.....
அட...
ஒழுங்கா காடியும் ஓட்டுவெனுங்கோஓ...

வாழ்த்துக்கள் பாடல் இளவரசியாரே!
கலக்குங்கள்! ரொம்ப பெருமையா இருக்கு சின்மயி அக்கா!

குப்பன்.யாஹூ said...

oh great fun, thanks for sharing

Anonymous said...

Always Full of Energy :) :) :

Anonymous said...

wow, thats cool. I hope you had a good time at my college. I heard from my juniors and profs about the good show by everyone. It was our batch, when we were in final year organized this event for the first time in Jan 2003. My memories go back to those good old days... We started of with a small show and now today I feel so proud to see so many stars attending the show. Glad that you all enjoyed it.

Anonymous said...

Nice to know that Chinmayi!!!

Hope you had a great time there!!!

Keep rocking and all the best!!!

Anonymous said...

:) I was at the show and I knew you'd put up a blog post about it.Your compering was good but your rendition of "where's the party" was exceptional!I'd say that was the song of the night..Keep rocking!

CG said...

Hi Chinmayi,

Nice to know that you had an awesome time in VIT. Keep rocking !!!

Unknown said...

Gone are the days to participate in any college cultural fest !!!:( :(......Miss my college dayzzzzzzzz.......anyways lucky VIT!!

Anonymous said...

Good to know that everyone enjoyed the program.

This is irrelevant to the on going topic, I live in Chicago and I listen to aahaafm, particularly Aahaa Kapi Club. It is very interactive. You are doing a excellent job. For the past two days aahaafm is not online. I miss the program and Chennai.

Anonymous said...

Chinmayi,

Did you share your experience singing "Aavaram Poo" from the movie "Poo". I couldn't locate it I went back until Sep 08 entries.

Could you please share your experience? I think this is one of your best. When I first heard songs of this movie, I thought it is Ilaiyaraja who scored it. Awesome job by SS Kumaran

-- Raam

Vinod said...

hai..
really gr8.. nothing like performing for a college crowd..:)
the new ayan song was tooo gud :)

Unknown said...

Great. Expecting a concert in Chennai too.

Anonymous said...

wow cool! really gr8 to know that u had loads of fun and blast
:)

Anonymous said...

Hai akka,
Its the first time i saw u in live akka...really awesome.your song ''where is the party''really rocked and its truly a party for VIT students.
-jishu.

Unknown said...

Waiting for your review abt Naan Kadavul

shalini murugiah said...

Hi there Chinmayi! I'm from Canada, and first heard of your through Super Singer Junior..then I came to an SPB/Chitra concert in Toronto, and you were there too. Now you name is a household name at my place cause we are ardent fans of SuperSpingers. And just by CHANCE I stumbled on your blog through someone else's and I couldn't' believe it!!! You are so simple, and sincere. I have a very good feeling that you are a REALLY NICE person…I hope I am right.

Goodluck with everything you EVER do. You have accomplished a lot, and I am sure you will continue to do so for MANY MANY years to come.

I am in love w/ Tamilnadu by the way! lol

Anonymous said...

Chinmayi hope you had nice time there...You compere really well....
nicely written....

Geetha Shridhar said...

Good tht u came out of super singer...thats a lot of nonsense going on and on.

nice tht u were nt a part of tht...

Rakesh said...

I was backstage with Benny Dayal.. And i drove back to chennai with him.. Ur energy was awesome.. Chinama Chilakama n i miss u da wer superb..
I loved the Crackers tht were displayed.. But wat a pollution to the otherwise very cool VIT.. ;)
Anyways The highlight was towards the end wen Naresh n Benny took the crowd by storm.. They just rocked, with yaethi yaethi n Pappu cant dance.. It was mind blowing..
Thanx Chinmayee..

Vasanth said...

Heyy...chinmaye... glad to note the fun..u have had...coming straight to the point...i am commenting here on your previous post due to the fact that u might not see the comment there since its a little old.

Lesa parakudhu...is awesome !!! i loved it...in the list of your recent songs... also to be released...song tht u sang with naresh for James is good...nanum nadoola.. konjam kahirukken... varudhanu terilla ??

Guess 2009 will be a rocking yr !!! enjoy madi...

Anonymous said...

Chinmayee,

Do you know why aahafm.com is down for the past one week? are they planning to bring it up?

Regards,
Ananth

mani said...

Hi chinmayi,
i like your singing very much.and ur anchoring is very good.i am seeing AIRTEL super singer in VIJAY TV because of u.pls come back to entertain us
Regards
mani

Anonymous said...

Hi Chinmayee,

Y no post for the past 10 days? Expecting a grt post from you...Mebbe a Valentine's day spl post as well... :-)

Cheerz,
Pavithra Vijay

Anonymous said...

hi Chinmayi,
This is not relevant to your blog post, but I would like to know when aahaa fm would be up and running again. I am an ardent listener of your show. The website has been down for a week now. Could you please let us know about the status? (I live outside India, so internet is the only resort to listen to aahaa fm!)
Thanks,
Gayathri

Anonymous said...

Dear Chinmayi ,

Why there is no posting for long time.Busy?.We cant see you in SS also so please get in touch with us in this atlest please.You know now a days we dont watch SS.

We(i am )missing you and your voice and style


Regrds,

SHAN

Rama said...

Chinmayi ,
A die hard fan of yours might sound like an under statement.
I was trying to listen to snehidhi from the television shown tha you sung from you audio'(s) and I unable to listen to it

DHARMESH said...

Hi Chinamyi your live perfromance @VIT stadium was rocking Mayya Mayya drove all of us mad and we were jumping shouting like anything.Its all our pleasure to thank u for such a great time -Thank U -Hope to see u in Vit some other time

X said...

Chinmayi,
Nice to know you enjoyed your time @ VIT. I am an alumnus and yeah Riviera IS a big deal! :)

Unknown said...

Hi,
This is Jyotsna and i was part of ur concert at riviera,VIT last year. I'm still not able to recover from the experience and it was the best evening of my life. I will never forget you, benny dayal(I apparently fell in love with him) and Naresh Iyer. You people are genius and all of us love you!! Do come back to vit in the next three years.
Lookin fwd to see u again,
Jyotsna