Published by Vinayak Hegde on 27th January 2009
Nokia had a free touch the tune concert at Palace Grounds featuring the Raghu Dixit Project, Karsh Kale and MIDIval Punditz. On Friday, I got a chance to meet Raghu Dixit and Gaurav Vaz from the Raghu Dixit project at Cafe Coffee Day.
After getting passes from them, I inadvertently blurted out that I was looking forward to hearing Karsh Kale (who is one of my favourite artists). Raghu heard that comment and then started pulling my leg. I also met Swaroop and Varun from Ionlabs who are also fans of the Raghu Dixit Project. After a dinner with Swaroop and Varun at the Sigma mall (Moti Mahal in Sigma Hall has really good ‘Butter Chicken’), I left for home.
Next day, I reached the venue early and had a chat with some people from the RAVE magazine in London. I also met Kalyan at the venue who was also photographing the concert. The crowds started coming in at about 8pm and the concert started a bit late with Raghu Dxit project being the opening act. I had access to the stage and backstage. They played some of their hits such as ‘Hey Bhagwan’ , ‘Mysore se Aayi’ , ‘Khidki’ and ‘Gudgudiya’. Raghu was his witty self and had the crowd on their feet within no time with people requesting their favourite songs and singing along.
They were followed by Midival Punditz and Karsh Kale who were playing together for the first time in Bangalore. They played some of their hits such as ‘Milan’ , ‘Ali’ and ‘Bhangra Fever’ amongst others. The last song played was ‘Banao’. It was a funny song which chronicles the making of a rolling of ganja (cocaine) for a smoke. It is an unreleased song but is available for download as an bootleg mp3 on the web according to the MIDIval Punditz singer.
After the concert I was got to talk to Karsh Kale and Midival Punditz back stage. I was able to show him the photos of him taken during the concert. It was great to meetup with him. I have been listening to his music for more than 3-4 years and it was dream come true.
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