Challa is clearly touted to be the song of the album. Very rightfully so. Beautiful guitar work all the way and Rabbi brings a new flavor to the industry. Without being able to appreciate the Punjabi infused poetry, I have to pretend to appreciate the lyrics. Saans is a Shreya song all the way in both versions […]
Category Archives: AR Rahman
Last night I watched “Iruvar”. This probably was my third time watching the movie in whole. But my first time in at least 7 or 8 years. The following is a collection of thoughts limping out of that experience and it may very well include some serendipitous discoveries that could only be attributed to my […]
This is the kind of music that I hope the American audience tunes into. In many interviews, I know quite a few Western Directors/Composers have mentioned Rahman’s melodies. But I think what they have not mentioned in as many words is this man’s equal or even better control over Rhythm. What an amazing & sometimes […]
Dare I say that I am attempting to do something impulsive by letting a few words out only after a couple of listens to Rockstar? Why do I say ‘dare’? Because this album apparently has 4 years of thoughts and brainstorming that went behind it. Because this is AR Rahman’s first hindi album in almost […]
This one is going to be one random post. Sort of like a talk show monologue but without a theme.. * Books – Finished reading all 3 books from Steig Larsson’s trilogy. Wow! is one small word to describe the set. After reading all the books, one has to wonder, what kind of books he […]
What is more challenging – To direct a movie based on a one-liner that goes like this.. ‘a person gets stuck under the rock and he stays there for 5 days before realizing that the only way to get out is to cut his arm out of the rock” or To write a screenplay for […]
The enormity of tragedy that this CWG anthem has turned out to be, or to be specific has been made out to be, especially if you have been reading or watching certain media outlets of late, makes one do some kind of self introspection. I don’t mean the superfluous & the self-indulgent kind of introspection […]
Even while my confusing playlist which constantly finds it difficult to play 1 out of the 13 songs out of the 2 albums released with AR Rahman’s name in them in the last 3 weeks, I decided to pause for a moment and blog about this song called Amma Thalle from Komaram Puli. Knowing SJ […]
Let me start off with a disclaimer that this by no means is a review of a music album – for I find the term ‘review’ often misleading & distasteful. This is simply a collection of my thoughts. The very idea of a Shankar-Rahman combination, in spite of it being almost 16-17 years old is […]
I didn’t think that this tour was going to be this grand and this big. But as I follow the preparations for the tour, I feel that this is really a “first” for an Indian artist. I mean – it is really big. Not because the director has worked with Madonna or Britney Spears, etc. […]
