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Dubai, Oct 27: There are two sorts of shows – one that’s entertaining and you want to talk about it for a few days. And then there’s the other kind - the kind that clogs your memory cells and just sits there for a very long time .
Shah Rukh Khan’s devilishly entertaining ‘Temptation Reloaded’ live concert at Dubai Festival City Arena fell in the second category.
Bristling with high-voltage action and power-packed performances by Bollywood A-listers it was an event Dubai folks are unlikely to forget in a hurry. The Saturday evening concert was truly special. Not just for the audience but for the King of Thrill himself too.
October 25 was Khan’s seventeenth wedding anniversary and he celebrated it with wife Gauri by cutting a massive multi-tier cake in front of the 20,000 capacity crowd, triggering mass hysteria in the stands.
Secretly planned by Gauri the onstage celebration caught Khan off guard. But only momentarily. The actor found his bearings quickly. Far too quickly, one thought. Yet insinuations that the whole thing was set-up by Khan were brushed aside by actor Arjun Rampal, who went on to swear on his children that Shah Rukh had no clue of the surprise intervention.
The audience took Rampal’s words on ‘torso’ value because that’s what they got to see of him for most part of the show.
“It feels great to celebrate my wedding anniversary with people who have given me so much love,” said Shah Rukh.
Dubai was the last leg of the Temptation Reloaded world tour. And pretty soon it became obvious that Khan had saved his best for the last.
Making dramatic stage entries, first on a crane and then in a hot air balloon - the affable actor had the audience in his fists.
The roller coaster ride of fun and entertainment included performances on songs from his blockbusters like Don, Om Shanti Om, Kal Ho Na Ho, and Dil Wale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge and an interactive session with the audience.
Khan called several of them on stage and taught them how to dance and be romantic with their partners before showering them with gifts, which, among other goodies included signed autobiographies and a jacket emblazoned with Shah Rukh Khan Boulevard, his new iconic property venture in Ras Al Khaimah.
Bollywood hotties Katrina Kaif and size zero Kareena Kapoor too gave some sizzling performances on chartbusters from movies like Singh is Kingg , Tashan and Jab We Met. As did pop star Hard Kaur, choreographer Ganesh Hegde and Arjun Rampal, who appeared to have come to Dubai with the single-minded objective of showing off his six pack abs. Every time Rampal came on stage, he took off his shirt, eliciting more jeers than cheers from the crowd.
Promoted by Oasis Promotions, the show was jointly organised by Orbit Events, Kalani Business Consultancy and Hanover Advertising in Dubai. It was anchored by Anusha Dandekar.