Ahmedabad's Date with Scintillating Shankar!

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal"><img align="left" src="/photo/45662163.cms" alt="/photo/45662163.cms" border="0" />Sheer energy, a pulsating sense of rhythm and a voice that oozes melody in every note - that''s Shankar "Breathless" Mahadevan for you! In Ahmedabad for a concert at YMCA club, Mahadevan wowed the crowd with a voice that effortlessly glides through the three octaves with consummate ease and a sense of rhythm that simply rocks! He held the crowd spellbound for three full hours. <br /><br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">Songs for your soul</span><br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold=""></span><br />Starting with the number that catapulted him to instant glory - <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">"Breathless"</span> he went on to perform other hits from <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Dil Chahta Hai</span> and <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Mission Kashmir</span>, both of which happen to be films, wherein he has given music along with Ehsaan and Loy. Mahadevan also happens to be a great admirer of A.R. Rehman and thinks "he is one in a million." The entire crowd was dancing to his tunes when he belted out numbers like <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">"Kay Sera", "Urvasi Urvasi" </span>and <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">"Ooh la la la"</span>, all of which have music by Rehman. <br /><br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">A musical potpourri for the true music connoisseur</span><br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold=""></span><br />A child prodigy, Mahadevan is adept at both the North Indian as well as the <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Carnatic</span> styles of Indian classical music. His in-depth training is easily evident when he fluently embellishes his songs with generous helpings of <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">"Aalap"</span> and <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">"Sargams"</span>, both of which happen to be intrinsic parts of classical music. It gels beautifully with the Western instruments and beats that he uses for most of his songs. What the listener gets is a musical potpourri that can only be called unique! <br /><br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">Yeh Dil maange much much more!</span><br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold=""></span><br />After a short break, Mahadevan was back on stage again belting out the hit <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">"Lagaan"</span> number<span style="" font-style:="" italic=""> Ghanan Ghanan</span>. His improvisations in the song sent the crowd in ruptures and he had to sing the song several times! A short medley of Kishore Kumar and Mohd Rafi was followed by tracks like <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Bhumro Bhumro</span> from film <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Mission Kashmir</span> and <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Suno Gaur se Duniya Walo</span> from the film <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">"Dus"</span>. <br /><br />The "Breathless" guy surely brought in a breath of fresh air to Ahmedabad. The city is already waiting for its next date with you Shankar! <br /><br />rujulpathak@indiatimes.com<br /></div> </div>