Published : Jan 17, 2023 18:47 IST That festivals bring people together was evident at Chennai’s Besant Nagar beach on January 16, where a crowd of at least 7,000 people sang along as Motta Maadi Music, a local band that has become a cult of sorts, played. Gamut of Tamil performing arts From popular tunes on stage to classical music …
Under a moonlit ‘motta maadi’ on Saturday evening, Rahman’s songs from the 90s came to life thanks to hundreds of fans. Even as the musicians on stage played the background tunes and beats, the crowd, mostly consisting of 20-somethings, collectively sang superhit numbers like ‘Urvashi’, ‘Jana Gana Mana’ and ‘Jumbalakka’ and lit the night up. For the uninitiated, ‘motta maadi’ …
