I think this album truly represents the very best of AR's music in terms of melody, sound, arrangements, instrumentation, western symphony, folk, Indian classical, and patriotism.
--- In [email protected], $ Pavan Kumar $ <pawancum...@...> wrote: > > Ashutosh Gowarikerâs historic epic Lagaan: Once Upon A Time In India (2001) > may have missed the Oscar but its music has made it to Amazon.comâs 100 > Greatest World Music Albums of All Time. Itâs the only Bollywood film > soundtrack to have made to the list that features revered artistes like Bob > Marley, Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Willie Bobo. > Five Indian artistes who have made it to the list are Asha Bhosle, Pandit > Ravi Shankar, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, Ustad Shujaat Hussain Khan and the fifth, > of course being AR Rahman for Lagaan on number 44. > Rahman who is currently in Los Angeles, California was unavailable for > comment but the Oscar-nominated filmâs director-producer Gowariker said, > âThatâs great news,â before he rushed to check the site for himself. An > excited Gowariker said he always thought that the album had great potential. > âBut you know, Iâm especially happy because this is the only album that > represents Indian cinema on the list.â > He says he got a reason to believe that soundtrack has an international > appeal at the Locarno International Film Festival in South Africa in 2001. > âWhen I was at Locarno, I saw French, German, Swiss and Italians dancing > and cheering the songs â" without knowing the Indian culture, the movie or > even Hindi.â > Happy for Rahman, he said, âHeâs a blazer, heâs completely unstoppable > now.â > Â > http://www.hindustantimes.com/Lagaan-among-100-Greatest-Albums-of-All-Time/H1-Article1-446551.aspx >
