Rahmans Back!

BLUE -- A R Rahman was sure to kick but.......

but..te Butt wasnt kicked really...i really wanted him to , oh yes i swear .I was sure that he would break all boundaries with BLUE , especially since he got Kylie into this whole thing..But NO.NO..NO! ....
Somehow , somewhere, i felt that A R wasnt really gettin all the freedom he needed in this movie..
BLUE :
1. The blue theme song , is just a normal theme song , with an absolutely fantastic techno added to it.Now thats always trademarked rahman stuff.Liked it , dint luv it :( .I donno y i always want kick ass stuff from him :) .
2.The song Bhoola Tujhe is a stunner ! The song starts of with a very smooth note ,which turns into a nice soothing sax/cello kinda score( i donno wat instrument is playin at the back) ,reminding you of a ship sailing off the shore.Perfect mixing with the guitar as well..Its one of my favourite Rahman mixes ever ! Absolute feel and melody in just 10 seconds.Now that always is Rahman ...And the song is brilliant in every way.The interludes , the way the song floats from a slow ,a-little-mono-tonic mood to a very full fledged energetic one.Again effortless.
3.The other songs are all good , but i did not find any of them special.esp the tunes.I dont understand the logic behind any of the songs.The lyrics i found very normal.And shitty.....
Chiggy wiggy is Okay though...but not genius.And Rahmans tried to put in the piano everywhere, but the rest of the songs and the mixing hides the whole of it.Sadly this album is 6/10 for which bhoola tujhe gets 6/5 !


INTERVENTION !!
Forgot the song ,yaar mila thaa saiyya..Now this is nice .Udit narayan kicks ass and so does madhushree...Absolut awesomeness...but still its only 4/5 .. :)


DISCLAIMER : IM not a professional musician or anything.So this is just my opinion.No measuring beats , harmonies ,rhythms .No judging skill nor style.No bullshit.Just plain rambling.s.......

Dil Se..re re rewatchin .. (sha sha sharukhs only good one)

I love the photography in this movie.Lighting so subtle, smooth shadows,beautiful faces just barely illuminated to show their outlines.May be the photographer meant it in an art movie kinda way or something i donno.It made the movie look more beautiful than it might have been,had it been shot by some bollywood karan jo photographer.

What is worth watching is how the photography slowly keeps you more and more hooked to the movie.The way it portrays the beauty of the scenery around,the subtle dialogues all the more complementing the careful picturization of very delicate , silent scenes.If you really do watch this movie , and especiall if more than once , you will observe that it is the silent and subtle scenes between manisha and shah-rukh that keeps the spirit of the movie alive.The credit definitely goes to Santosh Sivan for that.And obviously hats off to Maniratnam too.

I do not indend to turn this into a draggin movie review.Just thought that i might share what i exactly like about this movie.On its 20th or so re run.Watch it if you havent already.

If you are a fan of photography /anything visual , do tell me if this felt like shit to you.

Will just leave you with some stuff that i liked.

Awesome scenes with very little lighting include:

--- The scene where Manisha meets Shah-rukh in the AIR studio.Only the viewing hole forms the single source of illumination.

---- Shah-Rukh in the AIR studio again, illuminated by a single table lamp , in the Aye ajnabi song.Awesome.

Fact :: People look a lot younger with lesser lighting..... :) .Preity looks 15... :P

Shitty Scenes ::

The stunts in the movie somehow, i felt brought out the monotony of the camera work.Very little of what existed though.Scary !