Friendzone – A R Rahman Friendzone is a simple song, a song to impress a woman, with enough corn and cheese to help you safely tread the pandemic. ARR has been impressing us with his singing across genres and moods– From Arabic Kadaloram (Bombay) to New York nagaram (Sillendru oru Kadhal), from Tere Bina (Guru) to Ye jo des (Swades), from Aise na dekho(Ranjhna) to Theera …
Category: Music
Joy = Sanjay Subrahmanyan’s Music
By now I am a Sanjay fanatic. I go to his concerts expecting to be moved, floored and stunned. Yes, people keep shifting, the aunty behind me wouldn’t stop humming, the uncle next to me would pick an international call, the young man would yell the words of a keerthanai after an exposition of ragam and taanam — I mean, hello? It is …
Tribhanga
Artist: Jamini Roy, 1943 Twelve years, does it count for anything? Anything at all? The polished mirror with its intricate wooden carvings had stood the ruthlessness of time. Kannagi ran her fingers over the chiseled wood, tracing the sturdy wooden roses, wooden jasmines, wooden climbers and their wooden leaves. She carefully avoided stumbling upon her …
Rockstar – Passion Redefined
Prelude: Sometimes, not every time, listening to a piece of music or a song can be an experience. What it invokes in the listener matters more than what it is. It is a bit wonderlandish, perhaps, but that is what dil se music can do to you. “Rockstar”’s music is a heartfelt product of A.R.Rahman’s …