Thursday, August 04, 2005
Offshore vortex and The Ballad of Mangal Pandey
So how did 26 July happen ? Well, this excellent article appeared in yesterday's Indian Express (yeah, not in TOI), offers some answers with a phenomenon called "Offshore vortex". A combination of the moisture laden winds from the arabian sea, the western ghats and a cloud column of 15 km. caused this, resulting in a heavy downpour of 94 cms. in a small localised area of 30 sq.km. And the bad thing was that nobody could predict such a rainfall.
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With all respects to A. R. Rahman (he is still my favourite from the current crop of music directors), "The Rising" doesn't have a music which you would want to listen again and again. Swades was far better, even after 8-9 months, the music doesn't bore you. I don't know how the music of "Bose: The forgotten hero" went largely ignored. The songs "Des ki Mitti" and "Ekla Chalo" are simply excellent.
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With all respects to A. R. Rahman (he is still my favourite from the current crop of music directors), "The Rising" doesn't have a music which you would want to listen again and again. Swades was far better, even after 8-9 months, the music doesn't bore you. I don't know how the music of "Bose: The forgotten hero" went largely ignored. The songs "Des ki Mitti" and "Ekla Chalo" are simply excellent.
// posted by aditya @ 9:53 AM 
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Did you try hear it many times. My experience with some of A. R. Rahman's music is that one has to listen a few times.
Read this somewhere: The class of 'gaayaki' in the song Mangal Mangal is called 'aalhaa'. It is sung in northern parts of India. (UP-MP-Bihar-Rajasthan) to infuse warrior spirit amongst soldiers.
There is sadly no one else who can compose a song like this.
Rahman is too good. He gives joy to so many around.
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There is sadly no one else who can compose a song like this.
Rahman is too good. He gives joy to so many around.
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