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Spirit of Mumbaiiiiiiiiii

My My MY MY...this city never fails to amaze me. Such a vibrant and energizing city where it seems there are 2 sunrises perday. People never seem to sleep and trains are never empty. Be it weekend weekday or holiday its alltime crowded. Dusserah celebrations have been going on for the past one week in my apartment. Every night from 8 to 10PM they have dance competitions of various categories. Garba..Special garba..special saada..with masaala..withoutnu lot of varieties. All cute looking gals :) dancing with cute cute steps :)) dressed in cute cute cute costumes :))) It was nice fun. Yesterday being weekend the turnout was pretty good. It was supposed to get over at 10 but the crowd began to pour in only at 10 PM. To say that all hell broke loose after that is an understatement :) Me and my roomies were present as usual in the audience. Suddenly one of my roomie had a rush of blood and he started dancing (sathiyama ithu naan ileengo..sona nambanum) avana paathu micha socha makkalukum sruthi eridichi. They also started dancing..solli vacha mathiri antha timela "Apdi podu " song from gilli was playing. Kekanuma...pasanga seri kuthu. On seeing the wild steps of these guys..one group of dancers in the ring invited them into their group. What happened rest is history :) It was Nach baliye, jodi number one, maanada mayilada everything rolled into one. I was designated the official cameraman for the event. It went on and on till 1 Am. After that we were all so damn tired that we just flopped on the park. The crowd went beserk when the DJ played Tan tanann..the latest Chartbuster from KAMINEY. We couldnt resist the jig and got up again and danced like mad.

The people here are amazing. Such a vibrant and energetic crowd i've never seen anywhere before. They work hard and party harder. And no wonder the dance reality shows in hindi are way better than the ones in tamil. These guys are natural dancers. The way the groove to each beats and the way they all keep up with each other and choreograph their movements is amazing. They dance like pros. After our gang moved in..it all got messed up and each one freaked out :) Traditional steps went out of the window and tamizh kuthu dance took centerstage. Onnu uruthi..entha raasa entha patanam ponalum..namma oor kuthu styleku thani audience iruka thaan seiyuthu :) Overall semma enjoyable experience. Vidia vidia aatam potutu vanthu padutha kai kaalula semma vali. Part parta Pichi poatama mathiri irunthichi :D Everyone was totally drenched in sweat. Elatha vida top news..star cricket vacha England defeating SA to qualify for semis :) Woooohoooo....

P.S: valaichi valaichi foto eduthennu sonieye engada oru snapum kaanumnu kekareengala...enna panrathu..kameravum kooda senthu aatamo aatam potruchi pola..all foto arab mathiri semma shakya aidichi :(

Comments

Anonymous said…
Looks like you had a great time!! True, Gils Kuthu dance has a wide audience from 6month old to 60yr old, independent of the race:)

Photo : :D .
i thght it wd be a weekend movie post.. but this was more fun...good to read abt this, could imagine u guys..
FunScribbler said…
fun to read! i wld like to visit Mumbai! mumbai meri jaan! hahaha
Ratzzz said…
boooohooo.. u reminded me of all my Indore days.. all 9 days we used to dress up and kummalam adichify till late nite... :(

indha varusam nalla pullaya veetla irunden.. Kollu kooda paaka pola...

P.S : Kaala odchiketen... :P Left mutti pochu... poye pochu
Aarti said…
:) nice nice.... sema kondattam thaan...
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G3 said…
Indha weekend I obviously expected a post regarding dasara festival and here it is :)))

ROTFL @ PS :)) Neenga offficial cameramannu sonnappavae nenachen.. appo idhukku video/photos govindavannu.. lastla neengalum adhayae soldreenga :)))))))))
G3 said…
Glad to know that u r having a great time @ Mumbai :))) Enjoyyyyyyyyy :D
dubukudisciple said…
Glad that u r enjoying in mumbai... intha kondatathoda kondatama oru marathiya paingilia correct panrathu thaane...
gils said…
@athivasi :) vadai gulabjamun..ungalaukay :)

@ajcl:
WMW thaanga podratha irunthen..intha thideer aatam pushed it to next place :)

@mango:

vanga vanga :) ungalai mumbai maanagaram irukai neeti varaverkum :) embutu nalal kathai ezhuthareenga :)
gils said…
@rat:

kolu kuda pakalaa!! kapali kovil polaya? anga supera irunthirukumay!! kaal poacha

enna paneenga? over dancea?
R-ambam said…
//All cute looking gals :) dancing with cute cute steps :)) dressed in cute cute cute costumes :))) It was nice fun.//

irukkaathaa pinnae ?
naanum naethu oru thaandiya paarthein ... kadavule.... vayasaana paati yellaam costume n make-up mattum pramaathamaa poatukittu .. seri dance aavathu vibrant aa irukkaanu paartha ..mile sur meraa thumaara la vara tribal dance steps a poatukittu..
circle mattum perisaa aagitte irunthathu , step maarave illa...

ssssssss habba.. will try to post a snap in my blog..
gils said…
@rt:
:))

@g3:
alo..naan nallathaanga eduthen..avangalaam dance aaditay irunthathala shakya adicihi :) adathaeriatum mitham konamnu solvomla :)
Vishnu said…
lol.. ungalukku dance ada varadha?? dance ada theriyadhu na dan silenta cameraman nu escape aavanga..
ivlo psot ezhudi kuvvika time irukka? konjam enaku aani pidunga help pannalamla?
gils said…
/ungalukku dance ada varadha?? dance ada theriyadhu na dan silenta cameraman nu escape aavanga./

ada...ithu teriatha ungaluku :D haiooo haioooo :D
gils said…
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gils said…
//ivlo psot ezhudi kuvvika time irukka? konjam enaku aani pidunga help pannalamla?/

aavvvvvvvvvvv...aapcielayum ithey thaan solranga.. :(( mummmmeeeee
Soin said…
kuthu aatame thany saar.. athuvum kudichutu aadrathu..sema kalai..free
gils said…
//kuthu aatame thany saar.. athuvum kudichutu aadrathu..sema kalai..free//

:) maybe :) but inga aal teetotalers and total"tea"ers :D
sri said…
Fun
is the one word that comes to my mind after reading this post
sri said…
haha

Machaan superda, nalla velaikku nee bombay poney, I am so glad :) enjoy enjoy !! yes theya re natural dancers and the dance shows are 100 times better than ours. Kuthukku thani madippu daan , but engey rendu Northies meet pannen, they kindal that appadi podu song, its so famous now a days yet people kindal the style of dance we do , adhunaley ahdu famous :) all said and done, its the fun that matters at the end right ;)

super da! I enjoyed this post so much!

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