Jhoota hi Sahi an A.R.Rahman weapon

Pam Para : Instantaneous feel of an ARR track from the 90’s. Full of energy with some of his trade mark sounds, beats and tune. The first interlude proves the presence of Sivamani in ARR troupe, classy and very foot taping. The feel in this song is very similar to the Ooolaala song especially the rhythm, tune play and the entire song structure. It was Chitra in Oolala and its Shreya who took it away completely in this song. ARR is in the modern 2010s era but still he has pulled out one number from his vintage collection. Try this song when you are working out or in a social gathering at your place (Girls Meet) lol, I can envision them dancing around with lot of soft toys and pink colour.
Do Nishaniyan : I wait for this song in the album, what an piece of music , I firstly want to bow down to ARR. This song alone proves that ARR has been keeping his soul touching tunes in the box since nobody has been giving him the right opportunity to utilize them. The opening stands tall and it’s a ride to the heaven. Sonu Nigam has one more track which will rank among his best of best. The Charanam, Interludes is at top notch throughout the song. Heart melting tune and anybody would fall for it on the go. Real feel good when you are travelling and on the go (Foreign locales, with nature)
Call me Dil : A simple tune, however the overall presentation makes it creative and instantly likeable. The guitar sound is crystal clear like Rashids Ali’s voice. A beautiful evergreen song with amazing lyrics and orchestration. This album has a more a western feel to it is because of this song and off course I have been waiting for the moonlight.
Hello Hello : My beloved in the album cause it just my kind of ARR song. The opening beats will drop you down and leave you astonished when the guitar strings follows up. Karthiks voice is well suited here because the track falls under the category of virus. ARR virus songs include Hey Ennachu, Khoyee Khoyee Aankhein , Kya kare ya na kare etc. Majority of these songs are rendered in a subtle and lower scale accompanied by violins at the bg. The phone sounds are totally new and the interludes blow your mind completely out. This song will grow on you immensely and is well suited for driving on a freeway, workouts and an early morning jog.
I have been waiting for the moonlight: In and out western track and you will feel it. Bollywood is very lucky to get a jazz track of immense quality for this film. Vijay has over performed in this track and will be credited rightly by all. The interludes give you pure bliss if you are on a candle light dinner with your loved one. Even a non Jazz lover will get hooked on to it that’s my challenge. Best suited for a candle light dinner, relaxing at home with a cup of coffee at your drawing room enjoying the nature.
Maaya Yoshoda : Fun loving, groovy festive track. Majority of the people will just love this track for the beats and the tune. Chinmayee man she is crazy what a voice phew. You will never recognize her voice here until you read on the CD cover. The sitar interlude leaves you with goose pumps wow wow wow. I just wish ARR uses sitar a lot more in his future albums. There is also a remix version which is neatly done and will go well with the dance floors. This song is for the festive time baby and dusara and diwali knocking doors.
Cry Cry : Here comes Kabhi kabhi aditi -2 . I just do not have anything to say about this song. How many times has a song become an hit with just seconds of its trailer or even before the audio releases, examples are kabhi kabhi aditi and cry cry. Cute, funny, crazy, maddening song for the young crowd so listen to it and ash karo.
Abbas Tyrewalla has proved that he falls in the category of Mani Ratnam, Shankar, Shyam Benegal, Shubash Ghai and Rakesh Omprakash Mehra in terms of his rapport with ARR. All the above greats have consistently extracted quality and creative music from ARR. Abbas is super successfully in extracting something different which is his style for the second time. The best album this year in Bollywood so far bearing in mind Rockstar is yet to come.

Thoughts from my FrIENd.... Once my boss ..

Yesterday, I was driving and the FM radio went off for a few seconds. I thought I should have had an iPod. Then suddenly I realized that I had not used my iPod in the last six months. And then … more things-- handy cam in the last two years, digital camera in the last two months, DVD player for a month and many more gadgets . Now, I can say that I bought that handy cam out of impulse as I had used it only twice in the last four years.

So, what’s wrong and where? When I look at myself or my friends, I can see it everywhere. We are not happy with what we have but all are stressed and not happy for the things we don’t have. You have a Santro, but want a City. You have a City, but want a Skoda. Just after buying a new phone, we need another one. Better laptop, bigger TV, faster car, bigger house, more money… I mean, these examples are endless. The point is, is it actually worth? Do we ever think if we actually need those things before we buy them?

After this, I was forced to think what I need and what I don’t. May be I didn’t need the handycam, the iPod or the DVD player. When I see my father back at home, he has a simple BPL colour TV. He doesn’t need a 32″ Sony LCD wall mount. He has a cell phone worth Rs 2,500. Whenever I ask him to change the phone, he always says … “It’s a phone, I need this just for calls.” And believe me, he is much happier in life than I am with those limited resources and simple gadgets. The very basic reason why he is happy with so little is that he doesn’t want things to make life luxurious, but wants themonly to make his life easier. There’s a very fine line between these two, and after looking at my father’s lifestyle closely, I got the point. He needs a cell phone but not the iPhone. He needs a TV but not the 32″ plasma. He needs a car but not an expensive one.

Initially, I had a lot of questions.

I am earning good, still I am not happy …why?

I have all luxuries, still I am stressed ... why?

I had a great weekend, still I feel tired … why?

I met a lot of people. I thought over it again and again, I still don’t know if I got the answers, but certainly figured out a few things. I realised the one thing which is keeping me stressed is the “stay connected” syndrome. I also realised that at home too I am logged in on messengers, checking mails, using social networks, and on top of that, the Windows mobile does not let me get disconnected. During weekends itself, trying to avoid unwanted calls keeps my mind stressed. I realized that I am spending far lesser money than what I earn, even then I am always worried about money and more money. Also, I am saving enough money I would ever need, whenever needed. Still I am worried about job, salary and expenditure.

May be, many people will call this approach “not progressive attitude”, but I want my life back. Ultimately it’s a single life, a day gone is a day gone. I believe if I am not happy tonight, I’ll never be happy tomorrow morning. I finally realized that meeting friends, spending quality time with your loved ones and spending time with yourself are the most important things. If on a Sunday you are alone and you don’t have anybody to talk to, then all the luxuries of life and money are wasted. May be cutting down your requirements and recalculating your future goal in the light of today’s happiness are worthwhile things to do. May be selling off your Santro and buying a Honda City on EMIs is not a good idea. I believe putting your happiness ahead of money is the choice we need to make.

I think a lot can be said and done but what we need to do is re-evaluate the value of happiness and time we are giving to our life and people associated with it.