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Overdue….

I don’t know how it slipped! Considering the pretty near daily exposure. But these things happen I guess…. well, I can’t remember when I last encountered a Hindi film album with not one or even two but 4 outstanding tracks - which is what Omkara has managed! The title track brings back Sukhwinder after what seems to be a long hiatus - and he’s managed to make his voice sound very different; having seen the film, the voice modification is rather brilliant. Then there’s Beedi, which makes my feet twitch every time, and after a couple of nice whisky-water’s even my hips begin… to shimmy! :o)

Then the duo of Jag Ja and O Saathi Re…. exquisite work. What I enjoy tremendously is the wonderful blending of folk sounds (particularly the dhol) with crisp new-age…. for instance the guitar bit in O Saathi Re, brilliant fitting.

Having seen the movie, my only complaint is that the picturisation doesn’t measure up to the intensity of these tracks…. well, that’s my view at any rate. Bipasha notwithstanding!! Definitely worth buying, enjoy repeatedly!

oh yes i totally agree!

Admittedly, beedi came across as a crass sitting on buffalo kind of number at first, but one morning i got up wanting just to listen to that song over and over:D and played it on loop the whole weekend ;)

N O saathi re is something else!…havent heard a song with similar intensity and with that heart tugging mixture of as much cuteness (of lyrics: kabhi kabhi yun kare main daantu aur tum darna……ugal pade aankhon se feenke paani ka jharna) and love, as this one; (cuteness wise,
btw check out ‘let you down’ by Dave Matthews Band, tuff to beat these guys;) I got no lid upon my head but if i did, you could look inside and see whats on my mind)…

do agree also that the visuals could not quite capture the intensity of the song.. but then dont we all have our own visuals no one can better[;)]

In Fact, i HAVE felt cheated after listening to amazingly beautiful sounds and lyrics, esp of some of the Mohd Rafi numbers of my dads time, when id find the visual had a jeetender or a rajender kumar:P; with hideous clothes or looks:P trying lamely to profess love while the heroin accepts because its her job to smile and say yes:P

Should also check out this interesting song by Sona Mohapatra called Abhi Nahi Aana… some one to look out for!

Hehe, i think i wrote a blog post only:D

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Surekha 23.10.06 / 8pm

amenon12 25.10.06 / 10am

yo surekha, thanks for the blog-post! :o)

for some strange reason, i seem to switch off visual expectation when it comes to the oldies. and yet, there are the complete gems even among them! personally, among my biggest visual disappointments is what’s been done to the track ‘zara zara’… considering the completely painful nature of the film itself, i was hanging around only to see how this track had been treated…. and i threw up! :o)

gotcha on dmb (loved oh, located and listened after reading your post with the lyrics) and ms mohapatra. and please keep the reccos coming!!!

Overdue….

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