Omkara music
Have been listening to it for days in the car. I didn’t care for it that much the first time I saw the film, but the next time it began to make an impact. No, it doesn’t jump out of the screen and grab you the way Rehman’s music does even in a weak film like Rang de Basanti (I can’t think of anything Rehman has produced that I didn’t like, except maybe the Taal music, which has Subhash Ghai written on it as much as Rehman).
But in Omkara, right from the opening credits, Vishal Bhardwaj’s music blends seamlessly into the film… I especially like Raahat Fateh Ali Khan’s Naina (and I love the way Dolly’s voice is narrating the story of their relationship while the song ebbs and flows around her). I also like Laakad and the two dance songs Bidi and Namak.
Oh c’mon, Rahman’s done a LOT of music, which was IMHO worse than Taal….specifically in some of the Tamil movies he’s made music for.
BTW, completely separate issue, do you have the article on Marive Drive you had posted on the blogger version of indianwriting? In case you do, could you please please put it up again? Or mail it to me? Or something?
Thanks!
Comment by Nandu — August 31, 2006 @ 3:31 am
Yes, omg. I’m addicted to the music. It has it’s flaws, but I especially love his use of vocalists. Having the same woman (his wife, isn’t she?) to sing both ‘Namak’ and ‘Laakad’ which produce such different effects - amazing. Someone gave me the music of KANK almost concurrently, but I deleted that almost immediately offa my hard drive. My respect for Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy scrapes the bottom of the barrel.
Comment by roswitha — August 31, 2006 @ 5:45 am
My favourite song keeps changing. At first it was Namak but now Naina is winning.
Comment by MumbaiGirl — September 1, 2006 @ 12:19 am