PICTURES OF THE UNFORGETTABLE TOUR 2008 AT TORONTO JULY 18

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Living up to its hype, the Amitabh Bachchan-led Unforgettable Tour opened to an unprecedented response here. Billed as the biggest-ever Bollywood live show abroad, the three-hour inaugural kept the 10,000-strong audience at the Rogers Centre riveted.
Torontonians could not have asked for more as the Big B, son Abhishek and daughter-in-law Ashwariya Rai appeared together at a live show for the first time Friday night. And it turned out be a spectacular debut for the Bachchan clan as they kept the audience on their feet with their solo and collective performances. Akshay Kumar and Preity Zinta too threw in equally brilliant performances in this song and dance extravaganza, as did Ritesh Deshmukh and Vishal Shekhar.

Opening the evening, Preity set the tone with a couple of breathtaking numbers, including "Pretty woman" (from her film "Kal Ho Na Ho"), before calling on stage "the sexy and gorgeous and unforgettable dude" Abhishek. Abhishek popped up somewhere in the crowd and had to be escorted to the stage. Once on stage, he raised the tempo further by belting out hit songs from his films such as "Dus" and "Bunty Aur Babli". His "Dus bahane karke le gaye dil" left his female fans hysteric. Old timers tapped their feet when he sang his dad's "Khai ke paan Banaras wala" from "Don".

And as expected, Ash drove the audience crazy with her super hit "Crazy kiya re". For his part, Big B had something for everyone - from "Rang barse" ("Silsala") to "Roop hai tera sona, sona" ("Kabhi Kushi, Kabhi Gham") to "Kajra re" ("Bunty Aur Babli"). However, the evening belonged to Akshay, who literally set the Rogers Centre on fire with his exciting and interactive performance. Having lived here on and off and known the pulse of the city, he opened with hit song from his yet-to-be released film "Singh Is Kinng", followed by "Dil da mamla hai dilbar" and "Tere roop di ho gayee balle, balle".


OH HOW WE WISH WE WERE THERE. Erm, but dare we say this, Aish looks F.A.T.

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  • I was at the show and Dare I say this IT WAS NOT SOLD OUT,forget selling out it was not even close.I have been to sold out events there (lata and adnan,AR,etc etc 30,000 people are usually there in indian shows) 6000 to 7000 in a venue of over 50,000 is not sold out.Get over yourself I have pictures from there and it was not even close to being half full even at the seats that were open.
    Show was good but not unforgettable,Where do you get your information from.
    anonymous 7 sehgalV 7/21/08   Message Add to Friends Reply
     
  • Riteish Deshmukh surprised me with his talent bacause I had no clue about him, just heard of him. I found the Toronto audience so supportive and encouraging when he said that this was his very first World Tour and Toronto was his first stop.

    We were way back in the balcony so could not see anyone up close but the large screens helped. Everyone looked good. Preity was more beautiful than I had expected and a delight. Aishwarya was just as I imagined her to be, looked just as in her pictures. She is so much better in Indian clothes and it was surprisingly "Pardesiya..." from Mr. Natwarlal that really brought out her beauty and charm for me. Akshay rocked, if I can use a term the youngsters use - the love of the audience for him and his love for Toronto was sincere - straight from the heart. He is a crowd favourite. Abhishek again was like his pictures. "Khaike Paan...was a masterstroke with Amitabh's hey day pictures behind and Abhishek performing his numbers. The singers were very good and so were many of the dancers. But the night belonged I think to Amitabh Bachchan. "Rang Barse...", the Kabhi Kabhi dialogue - I could have watched and listened to him the whole night. He has touched the peaks and as one man in the audience said "Amitabh-Hindustan ki Shaan.

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    Elizabeth
    anonymous anonymous 7/22/08 Reply
     
  • ash is just acting innocent after marrying abhi....feel sorry for jaya.....
    anonymous anonymous 7/28/08 Reply
     
  • NOT surprised surprised the show was not sold out...with tickets priced the way they were!!!! ... How about keeping shows like this, a bit affordable, so you CAN fill up the place, rather than having all those empty seats! I understand last minute seats were selling for $65 or even less!! ..desperate or what??!!
    anonymous anonymous 7/28/08 Reply
     
  • THE REAL KING OF BOLLYWOOD.LONG LIVE FOR THE BIGGEST ACTOR IN THE WORLD.
    anonymous anonymous 9/18/08 Reply
     
 
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