Katchi Sera made Sai Abhyankkar the youngest hitmaker in Tamil music — a teenager whose songs took over the internet before he finished school. When he took that sound to a live stage, Anu handled the grooming.
The Brief
A concert is the one job where the artist cannot step away for a fix — once Sai walked out in that floral tapestry jacket, the look was on its own for the whole set. The brief was a performer's grooming, not a photoshoot's: skin that stays matte through stage heat, definition that carries to the back rows and the LED screens beside the stage, and nothing that reads as 'makeup' on a nineteen-year-old the crowd knows from his bedroom-studio videos.
The Look
Skin-first grooming in the same discipline as Anu's Gentlemen service: a sweat-resistant matte base set in thin layers, the beard line cleaned without sharpening it into styling, and the hair prepped to survive both the mullet's movement and an in-ear monitor rig. Concert lighting changes colour every eight bars — the base has to be neutral enough to sit right under blue, green and amber without ever being adjusted.
Behind the Scenes
The work happened in the green room, an hour before doors — and then the only test that matters: watching the big screens from side-of-stage during the first songs. If the close-up between verses looks like Sai on a good day rather than Sai wearing product, the job is done.
From the Night
A moment from the show, as it happened.
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