Mumbai:
It
was
truly
a
night
to
remember
-
Saturday,
March
2,
2013.
Shelter
Don
Bosco,
an
institution
that
looks
after
street
children
were
celebrating
their
Silver
Jubilee
and
Boman
Irani
made
it
an
affair
to
remember
for
the
packed-to-capacity
audience
at
Shanmukhananda
Auditorium.
He
literally
brought
the
house
down
with
his
antics
and
music
and
in
the
end
had
every
one
of
them
on
their
feet
applauding
as
he
sang
'We
Are
The
World',
mimicking
all
the
voices
right
from
Lionel
Richie
to
Willie
Nelson
to
Tina
Turner
to
Michael
Jackson
and
what
have
you.
Giving
him
company
on
the
track
was
Manasi
Scott.
That's
not
all,
early
next
morning,
he
was
up
tweeting,
urging
his
followers
to
help
out
the
institute.
And
by
the
end
of
the
day
he
had
a
sizeable
assurance
of
help
pouring
in.
Come
to
think
of
it:
how
many,
tired
as
they
are
in
their
daily
grind,
would
find
time
to
rehearse,
perform
and
even
go
a
100
steps
further
and
tweet
for
support.
And
all
this
without
charging
a
fee.
This
has
been
going
on
for
10
years.
Boman
has
proved
that
he
truly
is
in
love
with
the
street
boys,
just
like
Don
Bosco
was.
The
evening
began
with
an
unplugged
section
with
Manasi
Scott
and
Chrisann
Misquitta
on
the
grand
piano
with
a
note
perfect
rendition
of
Fever
and
an
improvised
Imagine.
Then
came
the
Monsorate
Brothers
with
Effie
and
they
simply
had
the
audience
rooted
to
their
seats
with
their
mesmerizing
brand
of
music
from
1920
till
the
80s.
They
peaked
with
R
D
Burman
classics.
Manasi
Scott
and
her
Band
came
next
and
she
awed
the
audience
like
only
she
can.
A
rock
star
performer,
Manasi
sang
one
song
after
another
and
had
the
younger
generation
grooving
to
Skyfall,
Titanium
and
Iktara.
She
brought
the
curtains
down
on
her
performance
with
Mama
Mia!
The
entire
event
was
conceptualized
and
executed
by
Light
Infotainment.
Speaking
on
the
concept,
Martin
D'Souza
of
Light
Infotainment
said,
"I
wanted
to
give
something
to
everyone
who
watched
the
show.
I
knew
the
audience
would
be
from
8
to
80
years." Speaking
of
the
special
R
D
Burman
section
which
was
a
huge
hit,
Martin
adds,
"The
Monsorate
brothers
are
the
ones
who
gave
company
to
legends
like
R
D
Burman,
Laxmikant
Pyarelal
and
Kalyanji
Anandji.
And
the
horn
section
is
something
that
has
always
fascinated
me.
I
was
not
wrong.
I
knew
the
pulse
of
the
audience.
Everyone
had
a
blast."