When fliers became rockets

IF PLANES flew above, `rockets' flew inside the Indian Airlines ground at the Samsung V0 Live concert. An unruly segment of the audience made the most of the `fliers' given away by the sponsors, making `rockets' out of them.

Artistes and dancers were reduced to dart-boards, as the mob launched `rockets' on to the stage, throughout the show, in spite of the heavy police security at the venue.

The crowd was in no mood to win free bikes or solve crosswords, they just thought `fliers' were meant to be flying. They put their skills at Origami to test the missiles, that jetted across the crowd and went on to hit soft-targets on stage.

Almost every single artiste got the treatment. Renoo didn't react. Nor did Vasundhara. Seeing the remains of the `rockets' on stage, VJ Purab came out with a punch line, picking up one of them: ``Did Mir really fall here or is it just me?''

Suneeta, the most experienced of the lot, however responded to say: ``Hey, I didn't like that. Send me flowers next time.''

The crowd cheered. But the rockets continued. The cops did get tough with a few in the front, but the trouble-makers were mostly out there in the middle.

Event managers were seen running around for damage- control, they ensured not many mineral water bottles were available to the crowd. No soft drink bottles, only cups were used.

The people in the front right below the stage, though lucky to see the show from close quarters were some of the most troubled lot. Showered by bits of paper, `rockets', crumpled balls of paper and finally, almost given a bath with water!

Finally, the crowd threw away the envelopes holding the `fliers', making for a finale with royal confetti.

And we thought the Chennaiites were friendly, warm hosts. Next time you want to be invited free for a concert, you just might have to sign and promise the Crude Treatment Ban Treaty.

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