thanks for sharing..but i felt that this review was
confusing at the end........
--- Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mangal Pandey Music Review
>
>
> You would not have awaited any film so much in the
> recent times, as this one. Right from the
> day, it hit the floors, The Rising has been
> constantly in news, sometimes for the wrong reasons
> though, but if Aamir's last release is anything to
> go by, then Mangal Pandey sure wins the most
> awaited film's title. The film also has the
> country's latest queen bee, Rani Mukehrjee and
> would have been a sort of a casting coup if
> Aishwarya Rai had played a part (considering the
> latest controversy), which is now being played by
> quite out of news and in need of a hit,
> Amisha Patel. It also has a foreign actor Toby
> Stephens, as it's a period film based on the
> historic mutiny of Indian Soldiers in 1857.
> Producers Bobby Bedi - Deepa Sahi along with her
> director husband Ketan Mehta, have ensured the movie
> looks enormously affluent as well as
> authentic with elaborate costumes and opulent sets
> that match the era. However, this also means
> the music must carry the film's historic flavor and
> must have been difficult to comprehend how
> the music was, nearly a hundred and fifty years
> back. For a movie of such high magnitude,
> anything less than the music maestro A.R. Rahman and
> the veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar, would
> have been undeserved.
>
> Kailash Kher makes an extremely impressive start
> with "Mangal Mangal", the title track that has
> the pace, incite and intensity that evokes a strong
> undercurrent of patriotism, especially when
> audio visualized. Yet, this is just the beginning,
> as the track has been composed thrice with
> Kailash Kher being a constant and precisely, he does
> have the voice that conveys the rage,
> agony and might of a phenomenon called Mangal
> Pandey. The track is essentially a theme song of
> the movie where the other two tracks are called Agni
> and Aatma. While the Agni version is
> analogous to the original with some additional brisk
> and vigor, the Aatma version is tenacious
> and persistent with Sukhwinder Singh adding some
> heart and soul into this vehement sonata of
> patriotism.
>
> After the rumbling "Mangal Mangal" comes the
> soothing "Main Vari Vari". Kavita Krishnamurthy,
> who is undoubtedly one of the best and most
> versatile voices of Indian Cinema, croons this one
> along with Reena Bhardwaj (wife of music director
> Vishal Bharadwaj) with utmost conviction and
> is spot on with every emotion, like always. Only the
> likes of Rahman can do justice to the
> velvety and divine vocals of both these extremely
> gifted singers that are still
> under-exploited. Although, the track does not have a
> remarkably great tune, being a Rahman
> classic, it will incontestably grow on its listeners
> at a pace they would never know and Javed
> Akhtar's significant words chanted by Kavita will do
> the rest.
>
> The ancient Holi celebrations get underway with
> "Holi Re" where Mr. Perfect himself takes to
> the mike and once again delivers a flawless piece of
> perfection. While Aamir Khan restricts
> himself to the swift poetic verse, Udit Narayan,
> Madhusree, Srinivas and Chinmaye do the actual
> singing. Rich with varied vocals that sound
> authentically pleasant, the track is the entire
> music crew's humble and sincere effort that does not
> take long to bag the predilection of its
> audiences too.
>
> The album only gets folksier with a mystical track
> "Rasiya" that has the music talking to your
> senses. Not all, but a few intense music lovers
> might find this exciting, as they plunge deeper
> into this unusual symphony of sagacity with Richa
> Sharma, Bomnie Chakraborty.
>
> The opening Shehnai pieces of "Takey Takey" will
> remind you of "Saiyaan" from Rahman but the
> track quickly swerves to exclusivity as Sukhwinder
> Singh, Kailash Kher, Kartick Das Baul along
> with a cluster of kids in chorus execute this one
> with bracing rapidity. The track should
> inherently thrive on Javed Akhtar's satirical
> vocabulary followed by Rahman's spry composition
> that makes an entertaining listening.
>
> A cry of help from the almighty with words richer
> than the normal comes in its pure Islamic
> form in "Al Maddath Maula". A.R. Rahman along with
> Kailash Kher, Murtaza and Kadir collaborate
> in finely tuned accord for this solemn track that
> may not have a great auditory value, but
> would serve a very important purpose in the movie
> itself.
>
> The two masters of music come together for creating
> the music of this great Indian saga of
> patriotism. Considering the film will not give those
> regular situational liberties and the
> music has to harmonize with the film's flavor and
> style, Javed Akhtar for one has given more
> than hundred percent. As for Rahman, he is competing
> with none other than his own self and
> Rahman's best is yet to come.
>
> So much for an endless wait for a movie that stars -
> Aamir Khan!
>
> "We neglect our cities at our peril. For, in
> neglecting them, we neglect the nation."
> -John F. Kennedy
>
>
>
>
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