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“There are two things everyone should do in their life.
First travel alone to any part of the world and second, attend a live concert.”
–Sukesh Pandian- 2017.
For those wondering who this Sukesh Pandian guy is, well he
is no big shot or anyone famous. I am Sukesh Pandian, the writer of this
article.
Nevertheless, I strongly believe that everyone should do these
two things at least once in their life time or more if you can. That’s because the
experience you attain from it is really life changing and you will thank me
later for it.
I’ve been travelling alone many times before but I have
never attended a life concert before. My goal was that the first ever concert I
attend must be an A.R. Rahman concert but all that changed when I had the opportunity
to attend MILFF 2017. I have to thank all my lucky stars for grabbing this opportunity
to attend the event.
Malaysian Independent Live Fusion Festival 2017 or better
known as MILFF 2017 took place on the 9th September 2017 at KWC
Fashion Mall and was organized by Mojo Projects. After a successful outing in
2016, Mojo Projects brought MILFF 2017 for the second time.
For music lovers, the organizers assembled huge star cast to
perform but for a music illiterate like me, only Vijay Prakash & Sid Sriram
was the pulling factor for me and wasn’t aware much about rest of the cast.
Huge credit for Mojo Projects first and foremost for picking
a location like KWC Fashion Mall because of its indoor setting and ample of car
parking space. But most of all thank you for starting the show right on time.
You did not take your audience for granted and I truly appreciated that from
the organizers.
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| Shylu of Jatayu |
who are wondering what Jatayu means, the name Jatayu was inspired from the Indian epic Ramayana. The moment they started playing their music, the crowd was awed by it. Such brilliant and beautiful Carnatic fusion music gave me goosebumps from the start.
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| Sooraj Santosh |
The crowd loved them and showed their appreciation with loud
cheers and claps. By the time Jatayu ended their gig, I have already became a
fan of their music. It was just that beautiful. It was perhaps the fastest one
hour of my life. They left the stage taking away thunderous cheers from the
crowd.
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| Aalaap Raju |
Aalap Raju surely won the crowd when he changed his voice
for Pettai Rap and crowd almost lost it. He was amazing. The point they touched
people’s heart was the segment when the replayed Illayaraja’s BGM.
On screen they played scenes from film’s Illayaraja composed
and they recreated the magic life on stage. “Sundari” from Thalapathy and “Thenpadi”
from Nayagan were so beautiful it can move you to tears. Thank you Aalap Raju
for instilling such beautiful memories in my mind.
Next came on stage was the great Vijay Prakash. I loved his
personality on stage and the way he was engaging with the crowd. Throughout his
gig he was connecting with the crowd and that drove the crowd even louder.
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| Vijay Prakash |
Being a huge fan of “Hossana” I froze when he sang that
song, but that wasn’t the highlight of the night. Shortly after that he sang “Om
Shivam Om” from Naan Kaduval. My god, his performance for the song would literally
send chills to your spine. Once again I had goosebumps and when he finished that
song, the entire crowd stood up and gave him a standing ovation. Performance of
the night hands down.
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| Sid Sriram |
and the crowd screams their lungs out. It is impossible to find a person who doesn’t like Sid Sriram and there is a strong reason why. The guy is blessed with an amazing voice and when he sings, you forget everything in your world.
Apart from singing the songs he had sang in cinema like “Thali
Pogathey”, “Maruvarthai” and “Adiye”, his take on “Nila Kaigirathu” was so
beautiful. Once again it is another
goosebump moment. The fans love him and he shows them his love with his voice. And
then came on stage our local boy Balan Kashmir, previously shared the stage
with Vijay Prakash and now performed together with Sid Sriram himself. Felt so
proud seeing our home boy sharing the stage with two big artists.
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| Vijay Prakash & Balan Kashmir |
Sid Sriram too has a great personality on stage with the way
he interacted with crowd. He made KWC Fashion Mall perhaps the most positive
place in the world yesterday with his songs an engagement with crowd. I love
the fact on how he paid tribute to a musician who recently lost his life and
also credit his success to his mum. It was blissful moment watching this great
man performing.
With that, we came to the final gig of the night. It was
almost 11 p.m. and they saved one of the best bands out there for the final
performance. Before the show, if you were to ask music lovers who you are
looking forward for the concert, apart from Sid Sriram and Vijay Prakash, the next
name you will hear is AGAM. It is not surprising when Sid Sriram himself is a
huge fan of AGAM.
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| Harish of AGAM |
AGAM is a Carnatic Rock band and they are one of a kind.
With every performance, the crowd grew louder and louder and I had such an
amazing experience just sitting, closing my eyes and listening to them. Their
performance on “Uyire” towards the end of the show was a huge highlight.
Just like that 6 hours passed so fast and I couldn’t believe
my first ever concert has come to an end. It was such an amazing and beautiful
experience. Thank you Mojo Projects for organizing this event and I am already
looking forward to MILFF 2018. I end my post today with the same quote that
started this post.
“There are two things everyone should do in their life.
First travel alone to any part of the world and second, attend a live concert.”
–Sukesh Pandian- 2017.
** Photos of all artist performing during MILFF are courtesy of Remnesh Kumar and Vishnu from Ark Photoplay
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