Dev D – One Amajing Soundtrack!

Dev D Soundtrack

Dev D… A modern retake of a stoned Devdas. Sounds interesting? Well, if the soundtrack is anything to go by, the movie should be well worth the wait.

Dev D

Anurag Kashyap is associated with the word ‘different’. And the soundtrack doesn’t disappoint. What an amazing soundtrack! The album has 18 tracks and every track is worth listening. If nothing else, they are different! And if you, my dear interested readers , like me, cannot stand Hindi film music and find most of the Bollywood songs interchangeable, this album will be a refreshing change. It uses almost all the genre of music starting from rock to folk to pop.

Love it, Hate it…but you just cannot ignore it!

Recommend tracks: Nayan Tarse (Classical/ Fusion/ Rock) , Emosanal Attyachar (Rock version will knock you out), Pardesi (a folk rock, if I may use the term), Ek Hulchul Si,  Yahi Meri Zindagi (pop, both being slow and melodious) and Dev Chanda Themes (and all the other tracks I have missed out on).

Cheers

Jais

PS: My limited vocabulary limits my ability to describe music. Come to think of it, it limits my description of almost everything.

A Wednesdy (2008)

A Wednesday thriller written and directed by Neeraj Pandey and staring Anupam Kher, Naseeruddin Shah and Jimmy Shergill.

A Wednesday

After Mumbai Meri Jaan and Aamir, this is the third movie which deals with terrorism. And like Aamir, this movie is definitely worth a watch (Haven’t seen Mumbai Meri Jaan… yet).

Firstly, it has tobe made clear that this is a thriller. The story revolves around a fateful wednesday when a man (Naseeruddin Shah) calls up Commissioner of Police Prakash Rathod (Anupam Kher) and informs him that there are bombs placed in five palces in Mumbai, set to go off at 6:30 PM. And the only way to stop them from exploding is by doing what the man wants. Revealing anything more would expose the plot.

The movie is definitely worth a watch and has rightly featured in the year end list of many critics. Naseeruddin Shah and Anupam Kher, two of the finest actors in India, have put in a forceful performance. Everybody plays their roles efficiently enough. Other than maybe the reporter… she was irritating at times.

The movie is fast paced and crisp. Not what I expected at all. It also is to the point without wasting too much melodramatic scenes. The movie should to be commended for its different approach and definitely classifies as a fast paced thriller even without the flashy stunts or extravagance. And its running time of about 1 hour 45 minutes, which is just right, is a welcome relief from the three hour movie marathons we are routinely fed.

However, it seems a bit cliched and plays to the crowd (unlike Aamir ) and you might even guess the ending. But it goes with the story i suppose.

Good movie. Good entertainer. And definitely worth a watch.

Cheers

Jais