The Heroes….behind the scenes
Well the mammoth Unforgettable Tour has come to an end, but don’t fret I only mean the first leg. The magic will go on to cast its spell on Australia, Europe, Africa, South Africa, Middle East, South Asia and of course India in the subsequent phases.
But having been one of the very few lucky ones (or may be the only) to have watched all the shows, I couldn’t help but wonder each time on what kind of effort, dedication and commitment would have gone behind making this show really happen. So today I spent my entire day with the team who gave their all to make this the most extravagant show ever! I started off with a quick chat with Wiz Viraf Sarkari and what he told me just left me gasping for breath. If you thought the show is huge (no doubt) the numbers behind it are even bigger. Have a look…
- 6 LED (Laser Electronic Device) Curtains
- 6 Computerized Video Servers
- 22 tons of props, costumes and equipment
- 30 days of continuous rehearsals in India
- 45 days
- 84*40 Stage
- 120 Moving Intelligent Lights
- 150 people (Cast + Crew)
- 80 songs
- 600 square feet LED Screen
- 1000 costumers per show
- 6 months of creative planning
- Over 1.5 years of tour planning
Phew!!!! (I told you I was left gasping for breath)
But my astonishment didn’t end there. Vijay Sabhlok (Head - Production & Technical) told me about all the amazing effects that were used that made this show look even more stunning. ‘Fully Fibre Optic Networked Lighting Control System’, ‘animated graphic effects’ and some ‘flying effects’ were put together by the technical and creative team.
Well, I couldn’t help but ask Wiz Viraf the very cliché question ‘what has been your most unforgettable moment on tour’ and to my surprise he said he had not one, not two, but TEN! First one being when Mr. Amitabh Bachchan came to Wizcraft with the idea of having a world tour and the remaining nine have been when the entire team has held hands and prayed before the show. He says the energy at that moment is magical (we agree with that!) He also said that the team spent over 6 months to decide on the name of the tour, short listing and selection and when you see the show, you know that it couldn’t have been named anything else.
Well you ask the team on what has been the most stressful moment on tour till now and the reply comes unanimously “when the power failure happened during Big B’s act in Houston’ and when questioned on what has been the most fun moment, pat comes the reply (unanimously again) “it’s just been a lotta fun all along”. But one thing I am sure that what makes all of this fun (45 days on road can get difficult at times) is that it is really one big happy family. Everybody gets along so well, there might be occasional tussles but there is so much togetherness that it tends to undermine everything else! And the spirit of the team must be commended here because officially the team was divided into 33 smaller teams but when it came to work everyone pitched, not one person held back! And as Wiz Viraf Sarkari said, “It would have not been possible without the unshaken faith of his team.”
Well kudos and the loudest round of applause to the entire Wizcraft Team for putting up something so brilliant and making it look so effortless - Something everyone would cherish for a very very long time.
PS: Pics today are of all those who sweated it out behind the scenes, who worked tirelessly to make this tour a phenomenal success. Many have been working from back home and some on tour couldn’t make it for the photo-session (nothing comes in between work, now does it) But this space today is to congratulate the hard-work put in by each and every single member of the team. Cheers!
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That’s so magnificent and great…
~ Sagar
http://www.madhurifan.com
congrates on a successful show. I wish they had played more states in the US though.
Being a Wiz myself, really makes me PROUD reading such a success story about my fellow colleagues.
My Heartfelt CONGRATS to ALL OF YOU for making this tour a ROCKING SUCCESS !!
Cheers
Thank you !!!
The Concert at the O2 (London) was Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, great to see Amitabh sing his hits.
I was a Hospitlity ticket holder so got a great Goodie Bag, with great gifts.
Thanks Again !!!
Amrit V S Manku
(London)
kudos to all these guys!!!!!! they are all interdependent in sum or the oth way!!!!
Wizcraft Team is the symbol of creative, technical, professional elegence.
Once again Everyone and the team proved it.
Wish you the best for next round.
World is the stage and Wizcraft Team knows how to make it happen …
Wizcraft Team efforts are unforgettable
Congratulations guys.
Thanks for all your efforts, it really showed.
All the best for the next leg.
Best wishes
Reshika
Congratulations to the entire Wizcraft team. I am glad to hear that your show in London was extremely successful. You guys did an excellent job with this blog. I hope the blog will continue when the rest of the phases of the tour take place. I don’t recall the name of the photographer (pictured above). I had met him in NYC and I want to thank you again for taking such great shots and making this blog a lot more exciting. Please give my regards to Suraj bhai from the sound engineering department. It was great meeting him. I have really great pictures from the NY show that I would like to share with all of you. Please email me and let me know how to get them to you… darshank@gmail.com. Thanks again for a great time and hope Team Wizcraft produces a lot more shows in the NY/NJ area in the near future.
Best wishes,
Darshan Kapadia
Job well done to ALL. One of the best concerts ever! =)
Congratulations on hosting this wonderful blog, the quality of the pics were awesome…enjoyed the tour thru ur blogs.
Good job! I saw the NY concert and definitely you did a commendable work. I got to indulge in the awesome dance/music/dialogues and all the way danced through the show. I would like to suggest to have a good variance on prices. My suggestion is to have a really few really low priced tickets as well for the farthest seats, maybe a great fan who is on say a student loan may still get to see the concert!!
London 02 Arena, a night that won’t be forgotten. Everything was great and wished the night didn’t end. love you all xxx
this is a wonderful concert, i really appreciate it , just keep it up.u guys are rock the world i m dam sure about it. this is wonderfull to see u all in one screen, so go on & on & on. ALL THE BEST GUYS, ROCK THE SHOW. one more thing that i want to mwntion here that is plz try to do low prices of tickets i know that there is no compulsation to watch it live but some of ur (big)fans have financial problem & if they wants to watch urs show & they have no money, they take some drastic step & that is a vey bad thing, i know that they all have to understand ur side but they are mad to c ur one smile, that is y they took wrong ways sometimes, so try to start contest, & something like that, so plz try to findout some way , apart from this,ALL THE BEST.
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