Showing posts with label Raavanan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Raavanan. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Raavanan (Tamil) audio released
Most awaited tamil version of Manirathnam's Raavan Raavanan music released today. Vairamuthu penned for all the songs. The music was released by sony. There was no special function to release the audio in tamil. There were rumors that Rahman and Vikram is going to perform live in the mid of May.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Raavan Music- Filmfare review
Director: AR Rahman
T Series
Rs 160
Raavan scores from the word go. Beera beera, the opening song, seems to be the introductory song to Abhishek Bachchan’s character. It reminds you of Omkara’s title song, which described Ajay Devgn’s character. Gulzar incidentally has penned both. Let me add here that Gulzar has outdone himself with his word wizardry. Be it the chant-like Beera, the prayer-like Khilli re, the Sufisesque Ranjha ranjha, the rhythmic Thok de killi or the love ballad Behne de (the most poetic of the lot) – Gulzar saab has moulded his words to fit every situation, they are young and vibrant and show no signs of ageing.
The same can be said of Rahman’s orchestration too. Every song is different. They follow different voice and sound patterns. Let’s take Behne de for instance. The song symbolises the ebb and flow of love and Rahman’s music too does the same. It’s as if you are suspended on the crest of a wave and can experience the nuances of the river.
In contrast, Beera has a haunting melody. Drums and human voices are used to bring out an almost tribal chant. African and calypso influences are employed to bring out voodoo like effect. Hats off to Kirti Sagathia and Vijay Prakash for singing this so effectively.
Contrast this with the Sukhwinder Singhj number, Thok de killi, whose opening bars remind you of Thodi si dhoop from Rang De Basanti. Sukhi has sung it with a lot of fun, with verve, he’s not gone overtly high pitched but has sung it in a much mellower tone. Guitar, drums and even the mridangam are used to create a constant rhythm.
Ranjha ranjha’s opening reminds you of the Akhiyan milaoon (Raja) beat but then Rahman goes crazy and adds an Arabic twist to it which takes it to another level. Rekha Bhardwaj is awesome and so is Javed Ali in the rendition.
Now we come to Khilli re, my personal favourite. This is Rahman of Roja, of temple bell chants, of ghatam and ghungroo sounds. This is a situational suhag raat song, sung superbly by new singer Reena Bhardwaj. Rahman has used sitar, tabla and flute to make inroads into Naushad-Khayyam territory. Take it out of context and it sounds like some ’60s, ’70s song. Naveen Kumar (flute) take a bow.
The last song, Kata kata, inverses the Rukmini rukmini (Roja) situation. There, the song was about the aftermath of the wedding night. Here, the song is about a would-be-bridegroom . His friends are teasing him that his bachelor days are over. Ila Arun, Sapna Awasthi and Kunal Ganjawala come together for this folksy song. Rahman uses the Rajasthani vocals and sounds to perfection, creating an atmosphere where you get transported to the wedding pandal.
This is another Rahman album which grows on you with repeated listening. Don’t expect a quick fix, just let go and listen to it on the loop and you’ll be rewarded with something very earthy and original that’ll create a place for itself in your heart.
Devesh Sharma
T Series
Rs 160
Raavan scores from the word go. Beera beera, the opening song, seems to be the introductory song to Abhishek Bachchan’s character. It reminds you of Omkara’s title song, which described Ajay Devgn’s character. Gulzar incidentally has penned both. Let me add here that Gulzar has outdone himself with his word wizardry. Be it the chant-like Beera, the prayer-like Khilli re, the Sufisesque Ranjha ranjha, the rhythmic Thok de killi or the love ballad Behne de (the most poetic of the lot) – Gulzar saab has moulded his words to fit every situation, they are young and vibrant and show no signs of ageing.
The same can be said of Rahman’s orchestration too. Every song is different. They follow different voice and sound patterns. Let’s take Behne de for instance. The song symbolises the ebb and flow of love and Rahman’s music too does the same. It’s as if you are suspended on the crest of a wave and can experience the nuances of the river.
In contrast, Beera has a haunting melody. Drums and human voices are used to bring out an almost tribal chant. African and calypso influences are employed to bring out voodoo like effect. Hats off to Kirti Sagathia and Vijay Prakash for singing this so effectively.
Contrast this with the Sukhwinder Singhj number, Thok de killi, whose opening bars remind you of Thodi si dhoop from Rang De Basanti. Sukhi has sung it with a lot of fun, with verve, he’s not gone overtly high pitched but has sung it in a much mellower tone. Guitar, drums and even the mridangam are used to create a constant rhythm.
Ranjha ranjha’s opening reminds you of the Akhiyan milaoon (Raja) beat but then Rahman goes crazy and adds an Arabic twist to it which takes it to another level. Rekha Bhardwaj is awesome and so is Javed Ali in the rendition.
Now we come to Khilli re, my personal favourite. This is Rahman of Roja, of temple bell chants, of ghatam and ghungroo sounds. This is a situational suhag raat song, sung superbly by new singer Reena Bhardwaj. Rahman has used sitar, tabla and flute to make inroads into Naushad-Khayyam territory. Take it out of context and it sounds like some ’60s, ’70s song. Naveen Kumar (flute) take a bow.
The last song, Kata kata, inverses the Rukmini rukmini (Roja) situation. There, the song was about the aftermath of the wedding night. Here, the song is about a would-be-bridegroom . His friends are teasing him that his bachelor days are over. Ila Arun, Sapna Awasthi and Kunal Ganjawala come together for this folksy song. Rahman uses the Rajasthani vocals and sounds to perfection, creating an atmosphere where you get transported to the wedding pandal.
This is another Rahman album which grows on you with repeated listening. Don’t expect a quick fix, just let go and listen to it on the loop and you’ll be rewarded with something very earthy and original that’ll create a place for itself in your heart.
Devesh Sharma
Monday, April 26, 2010
Raavan - Story
The one line story is about a married women Sita (Aiswarya Rai) getting kidnapped by a guy with negative shades, a modern day Ravan (Vikram in Tamil and Abhishek in Hindi version), and subsequently they get attracted to each other.
Meanwhile her husband a Police Officer ( Prithviraj in Tamil and Vikram in Hindi), who always thinks negatively does not have the best of relationship with his wife as he is devoted more to his brother (Laxman?) played by Prabhu.
The protagonist is Ravana, an anti hero who is doing it to take revenge on the cop who humiliated his sister (Priyamani) and was responsible for her death. Mani fearing the wrath of Hindu organizations is now trying to keep the parallel between his ‘fictional’ story and Ramayan to the minimum.
Meanwhile her husband a Police Officer ( Prithviraj in Tamil and Vikram in Hindi), who always thinks negatively does not have the best of relationship with his wife as he is devoted more to his brother (Laxman?) played by Prabhu.
The protagonist is Ravana, an anti hero who is doing it to take revenge on the cop who humiliated his sister (Priyamani) and was responsible for her death. Mani fearing the wrath of Hindu organizations is now trying to keep the parallel between his ‘fictional’ story and Ramayan to the minimum.
Friday, April 16, 2010
Raavan trailer released
Raavan 40 seconds trailer has been released. The audio release date has been confirmed in the promo itself. Here is the video for you.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Raavana audio release on April 24
It has been confirmed that the most awaited Raavana's music will be released on April 24. The movie has created a huge expectations already since it is going to be the first movie in AR and mani's combination. In tweet junior bachan confirmed that the audio will be released on April 24.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Raavan as Raavanan in tamil
Raavan directed by ace director Maniratnam and music by AR Rahman is expected to be released on June. If the sources are to be trusted, music will be released in the last week of April or first week of May. The movie has been taken simultaneously in three languages (Hindi, Telugu and Tamil). The tamil version was named as 'Asokavanam' but now the film will going to be released in the same name in all the three languages.
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