FILM SOUNDS OF 2012

In my year end musings, I wanted to do a piece on the FILM SOUNDS of 2012. The idea was to highlight those different sounds, which captured our minds and hearts and stood out.

Sounds of 2012

1.BIHAR KE LALA –Gangs of Wasseypur –Sneha Kanwalkar
The trio of Manoj Bajpai, Manoj Tiwari and... Sneha Kanwalkar made Bihar hep and revenge cool. Tani naachi gaayi sabke mann behlawo re bhaiya.

2.MAIN KYA KAROON- Barfi- Pritam
We have all heard boys and girls in our schools and colleges with a guitar singing hotel California, Nikhil Paul George is that boy who brings this magic to a mainstream Bollywood movie.

3.PARESHAAN- Ishaqzaade-Amit Trivedi-Shalmali Kholgade
The nation fell in love with Parineeti Chopra who was Pareshaan in college, on a giant wheel, at home in the bathtub. Refreshing is the word.

4.PAANI DA RANG- Vicky Donor- Ayushmaan Khurana
The surprise of the year, actor, singer and composer Ayushmaan Khurana gave us the song which many FM channels claim is one the most played songs of 2012. Pani da rang vekh ke -Akhiyaan cho hanju rul de.

5.LUNI LUNI- Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana- Amit Trivedi- Harshdeep Kaur
Sugary like the garam imarati from the neighbourhood halwai.

6.AGA BAI- Aiyaa - Amit Trivedi - Shalmali Kholgade and Monali Thakur
Many have missed Aiyya , but not to be missed is the marvel which had funky beats on which you could groove anywhere.

7.JUGNI-Cocktail- Pritam- Arif Lohar
All the songs of Cocktail were a rage but Jugni was the crown jewel turning Arif Lohar into an overnight star across the border in India.

Some of the runner ups include Auntyji from Ek Main aur Ek Tu, Jiya Lage Na from Talashh, Chup Chup Ke- Rush, O Womaniya-Gangs of Wasseypur, Mere Nishhan –Oh My God, Tu Hi Mera-Jannat 2, Navrai Majhi -English Vinglish.

In case you think there has been a sound which deserves an ear, do share.

 

TALAASH

Talaash

You see an intense aamir khan and are left to wonder what happened to the bubbly DJ of rang de basanti and rancho of 3 idiots, the man is so serious that he will give the post grads of National school of drama a run for being sad and in a state of denial in a performance. It is actually a painstaking performance.

Rani Mukherjee after the superb performance in AIYYAA which released couple... of months back comes back with a bang with a performance which is balanced and true to its part and scope.

However the crown jewel of the movie happens to be the fourth generation of the Kapoor clan. Kareena Kapoor just takes your breath away with her beauty and casts a spell as both Aamir Khan and the audience in the theatre fall in love with her. Saif Ali Khan take a bow for being the luckiest man in the Indian Sub-Continent.

Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti take you on a journey to the Promised Land but never reach there. That is the problem of creativity if it works does wonders but if it doesn't then it is like a bad cup of tea, you will never relish it.

LUV SHUV TEY CHICKEN KHURANA

The curious case of LUV SHUV TEY CHICKEN KHURANA…some say it is the recipe of a curry called chicken khurana...while others say it is the realistic depiction of Punjab. I tend to think it is the case of a superior ensemble cast of not so popular but talented support actors outshining the lead pair.

Vinod Nagpal as the patriarch reminds you of the quality that Doordarshan has churned out over the... years which is pure like the desi ghee that you spread on the chapatis.

Rajesh Sharma who plays titu maa is a serious threat to Anupam Kher and Boman Irani (remember you heard it here first) in the character acting space, the man is like a pillar on which you can fit the broad structure of a film. Outstanding work would be an understatement.

Dolly Ahluwalia (still fresh in the mind as vicky’s lovely Punjabi mother in Vicky Donor) has a small role but great screen presence.

Munish Makhija (udham singh on Channel V) is on the spot even for the 5 mins of screen time that he has got.

Kunal kapoor fails miserably, the man just doesn’t know how to emote, I think with people like ayushman khurana, ranbir kapoor and ranvir singh around, more homework is required or else producing movies or assiting direction can be alternatives.

Amit Trivedi’s music is the piece de resistance of the movie; it just takes you straight to the emotions of the characters and the fields of Punjab , five stars to the music.

ANURAG KASHYAP

ANURAG KASHYAP the director of GANGS OF WASSEYPUR is the real deal in Indian cinema, mind you he is not the real juice that comes out of a tetra pack but he is the real juice that comes out of the steel machine from your neighbourhood juice corner, which you drink in a beer mug.

The man gave us DEV D, where critics wrote that finally the Indian woman in Indian cinema has come of age with the depi...ction of the modern paro and modern chandramukhi.

Then he came up with the underrated GULAAL which many have not seen and has one of my fav dialogues , “agar mere baap ne time pe withdraw kar liya hota to tu har**zadgi se bach jata”.

Anuraag then produced a fantastic tale of a father son relationship unlike you have seen before in the Vikramaditya Motwane directed effort UDAAN (the movie got 9 filmfares in 2011)where Ronit Roy just blew your brains away, motwane is also a part of the creative team in GANGS OF W.

Coming to the recent marvel called GANGS OF WASSEYPUR which I would like to give 5 stars and unlike the 5 star advertisement I would not like to say that director ji film ko ek bilang chotti kar do.

GANGS is our answer to the Quentin Tarantino marvel Kill Bill, but as far as GANGS is concerned is it based on the real life incidents in Wasseypur in Jharkhand.
The performances by MANOJ BAJPAI , RICHA CHADDA ,PIYUSH MISHRA and TIGMANSHU DHULIA (the director of PAAN SINGH TOMAR and HAASIL) are straight out of real life.

Abuses galore, gory violence keeps popping up like songs in your regular movies and I must say that SNEHA KHANWALKAR’s music is absolutely refreshing for the ears, the lady was behind the music of OYE LUCKY LUCKY OYE and the recent MTV effort SOUND TRIPPIN.

Watch GANGS at your peril and miss it also at your own peril, as the director ANURAAG says in one of the promotional events “ my movie doesn’t give a message as I am not an NGO, it is a creative expression”.