Rahman wanted it to sound contemporary for wider appeal and marketing. Was that a mistake? Should the soundtrack have been more pure classical and more true to the period of that time?
I'm having a hard time with this. This valid criticism has come, most recently with "The Mughal Ear" article. There is a lot of classical music in this soundtrack, but it's packaged very contemporarily, which to me, makes sense in terms of wider appeal. But, a part of me also wishes that the soundtrack should have been closer to the film's period, or at least, include one or two more pure classical forms like a Dhrupad or Thumri. What do you all think?
