I do feel that one or two classical numbers would've been a gr8 addition to
this gr8 soundtrack, but on the other hand, I feel that one should view the
movie first & then decide if the music suits or not...
as Ashutosh have said in one interview that "I'm not making a historical
document. At the end of the day 'Jodhaa-Akbar' has to be a good story told in
an interesting manner. I don't want to make a biopic. The background is steeped
in history. But the characters are mine. No one knows how Jodha or Akbar
behaved. I've to imagine their romance, the palace and harem politics. I'd say
20 percent is history 80 percent is my imagination."
So... same goes for music... right??
Chord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Rahman wanted it to sound contemporary for wider appeal and
marketing.
Was that a mistake? Should the soundtrack have been more pure
classical and more true to the period of that time?
I'm having a hard time with this. This valid criticism has come, most
recently with "The Mughal Ear" article. There is a lot of classical
music in this soundtrack, but it's packaged very contemporarily, which
to me, makes sense in terms of wider appeal. But, a part of me also
wishes that the soundtrack should have been closer to the film's
period, or at least, include one or two more pure classical forms like
a Dhrupad or Thumri.
What do you all think?
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