I watched Slumdog Millionaire yesterday. And it hardly ever happens that you wake up and find yourself in a trance - like you can't believe what you'd seen last night. Or heard.
And that's what I feel right now.
A few days back when I watched him live, very shyly accepting a Golden Globe Award for the best original score in a motion picture, I could only appreciate the fact that he had done something Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh or Amir or no Indian had done before. But now that I have seen the movie and heard 'Jai Ho' and 'Ringa Ringa' and 'O Saya' and the edgy, upfront background scores...I have to say, A.R. Rehman is a musical genius. The songs melt into the story unlike the regular on-your-face sleazy item numbers. The movie (itself, an awesome buffet of heart-warming cinema and a modern day fairy-tale) was a tad bit too magical to be plausible.Yet it was the magic of it that stayed with me all night long.
The wizard here was of course Mr. A.R.Rehman.
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I just saw it today. And the songs really melted in the story, so much so that I couldn't appreciate them or perhaps I was more absorbed in the story. When it was over and the last song was going on, I was like, 'Hey that was supposed to have more songs.'
They couldnt. Western audiences ko 'digest' hi nhy honay thay. lol
A R Rehman = Genius.
Slumbog Millionaire = Very good yet overrated.
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