An eclectic sound mix
Music review: Strings
Rate: **1/2
by :Piyush Roy
Irreverence is the tone in Strings
An interesting mix of sounds, that’s the feeling a first time listening of Strings – Bound By Faith, evokes in you. Clue in a bit more to its lyrics and you can’t miss the tone of ‘youthful irreverence’ writ large on its tracks. How else could you get away with equating the celestial chant ‘Om’ to anything and everything under the sun from a ‘dayan ki cheekh, chitkar, petrol, kranti, khargosh ke singh’ to even a ‘buddhe ki aankh, chori ka kajal’ and sign off calling it simply ‘bakwas.’
But if the theme of the Sanjay Jha film is a travelogue love story with Nashik’s Mahakumbh forming a spiritual backdrop, music director Zubeen Garg does justice to its music by packing in a range of diverse sounds and beats from the hinterland, with a contemporary zing in line with the sensibilities of the film’s lead protagonist - a young discoverer.
My pick of the album is the opening Piya milan ko jana a very 2000-isque interpretation of Pankaj Mallick’s evergreen gem of a song from Kapalkundala (1939). Music director Garg, who happens to be the singer of most of the film’s songs, registers an impact, especially with the spiritual Ramo Ramo.
Go for the album if you ok with contemporary beats, but beware its rebellious irreverence, while fun at large, could rub the fanatics the wrong way.
***** Burn the dance floor ****Rocking ***Easy Listening **Off-key *Jarring
PAGE 9: HT Style Mumbai, Friday, June 23, 2006, http://www.hindustantimes.com/
Music review: Strings
Rate: **1/2
by :Piyush Roy
Irreverence is the tone in Strings
An interesting mix of sounds, that’s the feeling a first time listening of Strings – Bound By Faith, evokes in you. Clue in a bit more to its lyrics and you can’t miss the tone of ‘youthful irreverence’ writ large on its tracks. How else could you get away with equating the celestial chant ‘Om’ to anything and everything under the sun from a ‘dayan ki cheekh, chitkar, petrol, kranti, khargosh ke singh’ to even a ‘buddhe ki aankh, chori ka kajal’ and sign off calling it simply ‘bakwas.’
But if the theme of the Sanjay Jha film is a travelogue love story with Nashik’s Mahakumbh forming a spiritual backdrop, music director Zubeen Garg does justice to its music by packing in a range of diverse sounds and beats from the hinterland, with a contemporary zing in line with the sensibilities of the film’s lead protagonist - a young discoverer.
My pick of the album is the opening Piya milan ko jana a very 2000-isque interpretation of Pankaj Mallick’s evergreen gem of a song from Kapalkundala (1939). Music director Garg, who happens to be the singer of most of the film’s songs, registers an impact, especially with the spiritual Ramo Ramo.
Go for the album if you ok with contemporary beats, but beware its rebellious irreverence, while fun at large, could rub the fanatics the wrong way.
***** Burn the dance floor ****Rocking ***Easy Listening **Off-key *Jarring
PAGE 9: HT Style Mumbai, Friday, June 23, 2006, http://www.hindustantimes.com/
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