MUMBAI: GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited (GHIAL) will be hosting A.R. Rahman's 'Jai Ho' concert on 24 October  as a part of the 'Airport Festive Carnival', organized by the Airport authorities from 19 to 25 October.

GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited (GHIAL) is a joint venture company promoted by GMR Group, Malaysia Airports, Government of Andhra Pradesh, and Airports Authority of India as the other consortium partners. GHIAL won the bid to develop and operate the Greenfield international airport at Shamshabad through an international competitive bidding process conducted by the Government of Andhra Pradesh and the Government of India.

Over 50,000 people are expected to attend this event organized by Rapport Global Events and Wizcraft. Unlike the last to two concerts, Wizcarft, which is known to organize bollywoods prestigious IIFA awards would be joining Rapport Events. "We are only doing it for this show," said Wizcraft founder Sabbas Joseph, declining to reveal anything further. Also its not yet known if the show will be another fundraising event like the two previous Jai Ho concerts.

The idea behind hosting the concert at airport is to create leisure destination outside and around the airport for entertainment and enjoyment. With the festival season starting middle of September, GHIAL has already lined up host of activities that will culmilead upto the �Jai Ho' Concert on 24 October 2009.

A peek into the Jai Ho concerts till now..

The first concert of the series was held at Corporation Stadium in Kozhikode, Kerala, on 3 May 2009. Corporation stadium, the venue for the event is a football stadium where fans upto 50,000 from all over the country and overseas witnessed the event. According to a source, many overseas fans from Middle east had took special chartered flights for the same. The concert took off like international arena concerts where listeners watched the entire Rahman ensemble perform in centre of the stadium. The concert generated funds for HIV positive orphan children and was the first leg of Rahman's much anticipated 'Jai Ho India' tour.

TICKET RATES OF JAI HO KOZIKHODE CONCERT

* Rs 25000 - Patron First circle [ VVIP ]

* Rs 15000 - Donor Circle [VIP]

* Rs 10000 - Platinum Circle [VIP]

* Rs 5000 - Diamond Circle

* Rs 2000 - Golden Circle

* Rs 1000 -Grand Stand Lower Gallery

* Rs 500 - Gallery

**All category tickets admitted one person entry

The second concert was held in the city of Pune on Sunday, May, 31, 2009. With over 70 artists, this concert too had some of India's best singers like Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam, Blaaze, Benny Dayal, Rashid Ali amongst others. The concert was held at Balewadi Stadium which had earlier hosted the Commonwealth Games in 2008. Yet another fund raising concert, the proceeds of this concert went to the Lata Mangeshkar Medical Foundation and the Shrikeshtra Alandi-Dehu Vikas Parisar Samitee, Pune. For this concert AR's sound tech took special care to ensure the sound experience was better than Khozikode.

TICKET RATES FOR JAI HO PUNE CONCERT

VVIP – Rs. 25,000 (admit two)

Platinum – Rs. 5,000 (admit one)

Gold – Rs. 2,000 (admit one)

Silver – Rs. 1,000 (admit one)

Jai Ho Standing – Rs. 450 (admit one)

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