While a majority of his fans worship him, there is another skeptical group that has been wondering if his acts are real or are publicity stunts. Clearing all their doubts, Wilbur Sargunaraj brought the house down when he performed at Star Rock, Kodambakkam on Saturday night. He was “the best that he could be”. After clarifying that he is more than just a “kakkoos man”, (Because of his viral video How to use Eastern Latrine) Wilbur launched into some of his best Youtube hits, bringing more than half the crowd to the dance floor instantly. Before he sang Melanin Man, he tried quizzing the audience, asking them what Melanin meant. When an enthusiastic fan screamed “elumichampazham!” (Lemon, which he obviously mistook for melon) Sargunaraj immediately translated the joke in English to the rest of his fans across the world, who were watching the live webcast of the concert. Since the entire evening was made up of such off-the-cuff jokes, there were more than a few translation breaks. “I don’t come from the America!” he crooned, for which the loudest roar went up. Wilbur then taught his fans some merengue, which he said he picked up during his visit to Cuba. Though he declared that he was no expert, his hip shake looked as Dominican as a Madurai man could possibly make it look. “The Merengue is very cheksy!” Wilbur manifested. Of course, when the merengue inched into his Simple Super Star, it became more of a dapankuthu version. Though the audience persistently requested for his biggest hits Cobra Cobra and his debut video Love Marriage throughout the show, when the actual songs were performed, the enthusiasm was mildly tepid. But once he launched into his ‘How to Banghra’, everyone was up, jumping up and down Punjabi style, their fingers in the air, yelling “Balle balle!” And no Wilbur Sargunaraj performance is complete without his drum solo. It was okay for him to give away his drumsticks to fans, but selling them for `400 might have been taking it too far. (But by the end of the night, the drumsticks were sold and we suspect it might have been to that far too eager fan wearing the Wilbur tee) His Mark of the Man routine is a must mention. When he sang “Meesai illatha manithan manithan illai (The mark of a man is his moustache), every male in the audience automatically reached for his moustache (Those without moustaches embarrassedly walked away to the smoking area or to buy another drink) But Wilbur did not care. “Grow the cheksy moustache, you will be free!” he resonated.
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