A. R. Rahman’s marvel of light and sound – but where’s the music? (part 3)

The concert was incredibly sophisticated and more entertainment than pure music. It reminded me of a Cirque-du-Soleil type show. A combination of lights, on screen projection of images, slick choreography and accompanying singers who knew the dance moves and had been clearly been chosen for screen presence over voice quality (with perhaps Hariharan as an exception) made the show a visual spectacle.

These ladies could not match Shreya Ghoshal and her singing of the original, but no one can deny that they ARE lookers and performers, and blended a stage choreographed persona with live singing very well!
An extension of the stage brought these performers very close to the viewers so audience participation was amazing. One song that did this more than any other was the Rang De Basanti theme song: