new theory? Its been age old mate. On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 1:28 PM, Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Yuvvraaj Music Review— No Taal In This One > by mrinkenti > > A long time back, pre-Taal, I was excited while reading a Subhash Ghai > interview that 75% of the narration in Taal will > be through music. Since childhood I was a fan of Subhash Ghai and his > blockbusters and also a fan of A R Rahman, who at that time was nothing > less than God creating new sounds of music with each big album. We all > know about Taal, it was, is, and always be a gem. Now when, > Subhash Ghai and ARR are coming back again, in the backdrop of a rather > classy/western poster, the expectations are bound to be sky high. > However, the music of Yuvvraaj does not quite have the taal to make it a > musical blockbuster. > Honestly, > I don't quite know what the movie is about. The tag line reads MUSIC > BINDS LOVE. Hmm…ok, quite interesting…looks like another musical love > story. Makes sense with ARR as the music director. Next, the posters so > far look quite classy, like Western classical-ish. So what exactly do > we expect? I don't know, but at least as a Subhash Ghai, ARR, and Taal fan, > I > should expect a good music album that I can play in my car and enjoy. > But unfortunately, the album does not quite deliver. Most of the songs > seem to be part of a narration, like a musical. Of course, the quality of > the music, some music bits, orchestration are really good, but there is > nothing path breaking coming from ARR to > fit the tag line of the film. I am positive, however, the songs will > look better on screen and might fit well with the narration. We will > have to wait for the film's release. However, as a separate CD album to > purchase, it might not come close to any of the previous musical > blockbusters of Subhash Ghai or ARR. There are a mix of genres–little > bethovan, thoda pappu cant dance type, melody, some south indian raaga types > etc. And the most annoying part of the album is Salman Khan's really > irritating intro in his own voice for a song. The same old typical Salman > stuff even for > a film that promises to be creative and different and again we get to > hear Salman talking as though in a David Dhawan film that he will be > the superstar. I wonder why even Subhash Ghai choose Salman, good luck > to the film. > I thought there will some solid Western classicial > stuff or maybe some solid fusion, but nothing. Honestly, I feel ARR is > losing this touch. Even Jaane Tu…had only a couple of hit > numbers, the rest of them just worked cuz the movie was youthfull, > peppy, and well made. From the vagueness of the poster, so-so music, I > wonder how this film will turn out to be. To add to this, it looks like > Ghai is making a very thoughtful musical film with two very untalented > stars who just cant' act–Salman and Katrina. Good Luck Ghai! > I > know that all hardcore ARR fans have come with a new theory that if you > listen to his music 2,3, to 25 times you will see the beauty in it. > This applies to any song by any composer. The point is–is it paisa > vasool? can we put in our money, Rs. 160, and buy the album? do the > songs entertain? Save your money, and listen to it on raaga.com for now > and wait for the film to release. > Mr. Inkenti Movienomics Verdict: Thumbs Down. > Mr. Inkenti's Pick:Manmohini Morey, Tu Muskura > > > http://mrinkenti.wordpress.com/2008/10/18/yuvvraaj-music-review-no-taal-in-this-one/ > > >
