Mundane Musings

Now when did I sit up and take notice of Amit Trivedi? (Amit who, you ask?). It definitely wasn't after listening to Dev D songs, I know. While I enjoyed the quirky, humourous and interestingly pictured ‘Emotional Atyachaar’ song, the other songs from the album were forgettable, even though ‘Nayan tarse’ and other songs were commended at that time and the movie won him a National Award for Best Music Director (now you know). Then there was Wake Up Sid! , which I privately designated as ‘the’ album of the year. However, at that time I did not realize that I would be doing this to all movies this guy composed music to. How does the Iktara song sound? It plays out like a forgotten, melancholy tune, arousing latent memories of rain drenched evenings and lost love, doesn't it? Kavitha Seth's strong vocals lend this song a superior quality. And not just this, but every song in the album is thoughtfully composed and set properly in to the story line.  And though I appreci...

I was reading an edition of Outlook magazine and I found a very lovely article on Hindi film songs. Top singers, musicians and music directors named their top 20 songs and those songs were listed in the book. Having grown up on a staple diet of hindi movies and songs, I can say safely that I loved all the songs featured there. But there were many that were left out which I felt, could have made the list. Still it was theirs and so I cannot have a say in it right? So I decided to make my list of top hindi songs. I started with my top 20 but fickle minded that I am I decided to relax that to top 25 songs and I am still not satisfied. If I could I would probably have top 100 but I am sure I would feel as if I had left out a song or two. Before I start my list I would love to put on record that I had a great time reaching the top songs in this list. A big hug and a huge thanks to my sweet friend P for helping out with the titles, song lyrics… not to say the song itself (don’t even ask… w...