Music director AR Rahman will perform back-to-back live in Mumbai on April 24 and 25- for the music release of Raavan and the IPL grand finale, says a media report.
Rahman will perform live on April 24 for the music release of Mani Ratnam's Raavan for a select audience from Bollywood and the media at Yash Raj Studios.
This will be followed by a performance the very next day at the IPL grand finale at DY Patil stadium.
Rahman has not performed live in Mumbai for many years and certainly not after receiving the Oscar.
Ratnam's favourite composer Rahman is taking a break from his current world tour to attend and perform during the music release of Raavan. Word that Rahman will be doing a live show in Mumbai has already begun to spread in the film industry.
A spokesperson for the producers of film Raavan said, “Never before had we started getting requests for an invite to a music function days in advance. Call it the Mani magic, the Rahman magic or their combination. Or maybe it's the excitement of a Rahman concert as he hasn't performed live in Mumbai for ages.”
On April 24, the composer is expected to perform a couple of tracks from Raavan and selected songs from all Mani Ratnam films he has scored for right from Roja to Guru. The Raavan concert is so special that Abhishek Bachchan, who will be shooting in Greece for Abhinay Deo's Game, will cut short his shooting to fly back to Mumbai for a day.
The entire cast and crew of Raavan along with the entire Bachchan family will attend the Rahman concert on April 24.
Mani Ratnam himself has planned this grand event. Only the cast and crew of the film are aware of it. Rahman is already in Mumbai and has started rehearsing for the same. The very next day he will be performing live at the DY Patil stadium for the IPL finale where he will perform his Oscar winning song Jai ho.
