Posts Tagged ‘A R Rahman’

The best tracks of A. R. Rahman

Sunday, December 20th, 2009

It is said that legends are born when a shooting star falls on earth and that happens only once in a blue moon. A. R. Rahman is one of those stars that have accidentally fallen on earth. An Oscar Winner, he is a magician when it comes to weaving music. A melody in itself, his music soothes the heart and plays all the strings that are attached to ones heart. Here are my favorite A. R. Rahman tracks:

Jai Ho – Slumdog Millionaire

Aaj dil gustaq hai – Blue

Chiggy Wiggy – Blue

Kaahin Toh – Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na

Kismat Se Tum – Pukar

Mera Yaar Mila – Saathiya

Bol Sajini – Doli saja Ke Rakhna

Chale Chalo – Nayak

Chanda Re – Sapnay

Dekho Na – Swades

Dheeme Dheem – Zubeidha

Dil Ne Jise Apna Kahan – Dil Ne Jise Apna Kahan

Anjali – Duet

Aye Hairathe – Guru

Dil Se Re – Dil Se

Dola Dola – Dil Hi Dil Mein

Khamoshiyan – 1 2 Ka 4

Khamosh Raat – Takshak

Dreams on Fire – Slumdog Millionaire

E Ajnabi – Dil Se

Hum Hain Is Pal – Kisna

In Lamhon Ka Daaman – Jodhaa Akbar

Ishq Bina – Taal

Jaane Tu Mera – Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na

Jashn-E-Bahara – Jodhaa Akbar

Tere Bina – Guru – 2007

Thoda Thoda – Indira

Tu Bin Bataye – Rang De Basanti |

Tu Hi Re – Bombay

Yeh Haseen – Roja

Kehna Hai Kya – Bombay

Ae Nazneen Suno Na – Dil Hi Dil Mein

Ajooba – Jeans

Anjali – Duet

Aye Hairathe – Guru

Nahin Samne – Taal

Dheemi Dheemi – 1947 Earth

Dil Gira Gafthan – Delhi 6

O Kadhale – Kadhal Virus

O re Chori – Lagaan

Paigham – Lakkeer

Rehna Tu – Delhi 6

Roja Janeman – Roja

Chupke Se – Saathiya

Sanwariya – Swades

Bollywood songs

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

Bollywood songs have entertained us for the past so many years. Songs have always been an important feature of all the Hindi movies. Songs like Ajeeb dastan hai yeh, yeh raat bheegi bheegi, oh haseena zulfon wali, yeh samah, samah hai yeh pyar ka, tera mera pyar amar have been a few evergreen songs that have pleased our hearts since ages. While bollywood songs have surely given the Indian audience their dose of entertainment, they have in some way defined what Indian cinema truly stands for. It has been a major factor towards contributing and shaping up what the word Hindi cinema holds for a universal audience at large.

Musical talents like K L Sehgal, Kishore Kumar, Khaiyyam, Mohd. Rafi, R D Burman, Lata Mangeshkar, S D Burman, Asha Bhonsle, and A R Rehman have been a boon to the Indian film and music industry. Songs of the1950s and 60s signaled arrival of western music in Hindi films. The early years of Indian cinema i.e., 30s and 40s had primarily classical music with less use of instruments in the film songs. Today however, music in Bollywood has changed tremendously.

Today, Bollywood songs even though quintessentially remains the way they have been over the years, they have been packaged differently. One sure sees an evident influence of western music fused with the traditional Hindi/Urdu lyrics. Recent music composers like Salim Sulaiman, Shankar Ehsaan Roy, A R Rahman, Himesh Reshammiya have no doubt retained the aroma of Hindi music in the filim songs of Bollywood but they have also added a new dimension to these songs. There is a fresh vibrant melody that seems to be entertaining not just the youth of the country but also those that have been a fan of old melodies and songs from the yesteryear.