better way than to perform live in concert, for the first time, for their fraternity friends
and fans to celebrate their foray into Bollywood as music directors. Having gotten a
record 3 nominations for GIMA awards in the Best Rock/Pop Single category this year
as well as composing the theme song for The Avengers, the band really does not need
any introduction. But all said and done, the band still believes nothing beats the craze of
performing on-stage live.
The stage was set on fire at Blue Frog with a two hour scintillating performance by the band.
The concert titled—‘Agnee in Films’, had the band perform on some of their all time hits
like Sadho re, Aahatein and theme songs from MTV shows along with a few scores that they
created as music directors from the upcoming movies ‘Aalaap’ and Punjabi movie, ‘Sarsa’.
The band also covered “Yaariyan”, the smash hit that the band’s lead vocalist, Mohan, has
sung from Cocktail the movie featuring Saif Ali Khan, Diana Penty and Deepika Padukone
with music by Pritam.
Apart from a lot of fans, there were some well known faces like Salim Sulaiman, Abbas
Tyrewala, Aditi Singh Sharma, Singer Angaraag Papon, Murli Sharma, Raghu and Rajiv. The
gig had its share of beauty as well with Gul Panag, the lead actress of ‘Sarsa’, gracing the
event and supporting Agnee, Mrinalini Sharma (of Aawaraapan and Jodi Breakers fame),
Sugandha Ram (from Jaane tu ya jaane na), and Pakhi Tyrewala (from Jhootha hi Sahi). Be
it fans or celebrities, everyone was seen having a great time singing along, whistling for
performances, and asking for encores. Agnee happily obliged them each time.
Speaking about Agnee’s first live concert post becoming music directors, Mohan, lead
vocalist, said, “This is the best time to be in music. We’ve been lucky throughout our career,
with a huge mainstream release on debut with Sony BMG, then getting the opportunity
to compose for many reality shows like Splitsvilla and Roadies, and now the big daddy,
Bollywood. Indian films are now no longer closed in their music sensibilities and directors
and producers are more than willing to experiment with new sounds, and audiences in India
have accepted this change with open arms. We’ve never solicited business, be it live shows
or films, and we’re just lucky and happy that producers and directors have come to us to
compose for them. We hope we do more than justice to each project, everytime. Today’s
performance was to celebrate one more arena where our songs can now be showcased and
we’re so happy we were joined by all partners, be it singers, musicians, lyricists or producers
directors and actors.”
Koco, lead guitarist added, “We wanted our fans and friends to have a good time with us
today and hence dedicate ‘Agnee in Films’ to the people present here who have always
supported us. ‘Agnee in Films’ is also a reminder that though we have turned music
directors, we have most fun performing onstage for our fans and ourselves. Aalaap and
Sarsa are great movies which have taken us to the next step and we are happy to be
associated with these movies.”
Agnee comprises of the following members:
K Mohan – Vocals
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Koco – Guitars
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Among Jamir – Bass Guitar
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Hrishikesh Datar – Drums
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Aditya Pushkarna - Keyboards
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Sanket Sane - Keyboards
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Nitin Joshi – Sound Engineer
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Pradeep Ratanjanker – Music Tech
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Emmanuelle de Decker - Manager
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