Yuva Dasara

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Yuva Dasara is a mega cultural event that is organized during the Dasara festival in Mysore. The 9 day event showcases various cultural programs from far off places – from India and abroad. The university of mysore has seen a tremendous growth in students coming here to seek entry to various courses. It is not surprising if we say mysore is a multi nation colony. Yuva Dasara exhibits the vibrancy that is present in different cultures across the globe. For ex : we may have dancers from Africa presenting their traditional forms, or dancers from remote parts of India. Not only dance, its also a musical extravaganza for music lovers. Popular artistes are called in for live concerts. This time, we’d artists like Sunidhi chauhan, Usha Uthup and Sonu nigam among others.

I went to the Sonu nigam live concert(Oct 17 - 2007). Believe me, it was an awesome experience. All were waiting to catch a glimpse of the most popular and versatile singer of this decade. The singer made an appearance with the lines “Palkon ke leke saaye, pass koi jo aaye. Lakh sambhalo paagal dil ko, dil dhadke hi jaaye. Par soch lo is pal hai jo. Wo dastan, KAL HO NA HO”. We all just shouted and went mad!!!! And then Sonu came on to the stage. The whole venue echoed “Sonu Sonu …” . Then the next song sung was Suraj hua maddham, a patriotic Rang De Basanti chola from Legend of bhagat singh and then Yeh des hai veer javano ka… wow, the crowd was awed and getting crazy and sonu was overwhelmed. Then came the peppy Dil mangta hai…aaja soniye, Just chill, aaja nachle ve and Ghumshuda… and the crowd got crazy and we all started dancing in our places. The singer included his own creativity in these songs and it was mind blasting. Then came the slow number Mere haath mein. Then came the foot tapping number Bijuria. And then a medley of 3 songs – Main hoon na and oldies Maine tere liye I saath rang ke sapne chune and tere mere sapne ab ek rang hai. It was just scintillating!! Sonu also has a couple of stints with kannada songs. And he became a sensation in the south after 2 songs in a kannada movie called Mungaru Male. So he sang both the songs and requested the audience to forgive him incase he made mistakes while singing. Bt tht was ok I guess!! The concert wound up with the Kal Ho Na Ho title song which he sung fully. As I went to bed tht nite, it was just Sonu, Sonu and Sonu. More than tht Sonu’s songs!!!! A great experience sensed live and unforgettable!!! :-)