Indian ethnic film albums that are simple, melodious, traditional, rustic, and having that old world charm are rare. Rahman's Zubeidaa and Lagaan are examples. Another great example was the album "Lekin" in the early 1990s by Hridainath Mangeshkar........pure, beautiful, Rajasthani melodies in a folk backdrop.........oh, how rare these albums are......
Rahman......please do another album like this.....no electronica, no western beats, no rap, no auto tune......just folk, rustic, simple Indian music with tablas, dholaks, santoors, flutes, sitars, veenas, sarangis, harmoniums, strings, ouds, bells, etc. etc....just a pure acoustic album with traditional Indian instruments. Of course, the right film and the right director have to be in place........and it would probably be for a period film. Rahman, please don't give up in period films.....some of your best soundtracks were based on period/history films. The song "Khili Re" from Raavan is the most recent example of this type of music.......would love a 40-50 minute film album just on this type of music alone by ARR with beautiful chords, strings, gentle effects, minimalist instrumentation, heartfelt and old world charm melodies...... a "Naushadish" type album. Some parts of 1947 Earth were like this too. This is just a wish of mine. I'm not comparing new Rahman to 90s Rahman or making any broad statements........it's just a wish. Rahman, I hope you hear this wish.
