And just after Tauba Tauba...

And just after they sing "Tauba Tauba" the music fusion tells you how Salim Suleiman (SS) will revolutionize music mixing in the years to come. The tradition of advanced sound fusion/engineering owned by A.R. Rahman, ably maintained by the likes of Shankar Ehsaan Loy and Sandeep Chowta will be carried forward successfully by SS. In the 1.5 seconds just after the title words "Tauba Tauba" appear an innovative fusion of traditional Marathi Tamasha and Bhangra beats. "Tauba Tauba... (here) ...Ishq Main Kariyan" That is innovative music mixing. Hats off to SS.

Kaal has 2 basic songs: "Kaal Dhamaal" and "Tauba Tauba" which introduce the listener to a completely different style of music mixing and melody. Another just-about-ok number by Anand Raaj Anand, interesting remix versions of "Kaal Dhamaal", a peppy number by Kailash Kher (watch out for his forthcoming ghazals with Rahman in 'The Rising') and a raunchy remix of some previous Dharma production songs make up the music album for the song less thriller Kaal. Talented people like SS reaching good production houses like Dharma and The Factory (RGV) is bliss for cinema.

Awaiting Earnestly

2005 promises some quality stuff for hungry fans of Bollywood. In a few months from now RGV's Factory will start shelling out one movie after other. "D", "My Wife's Murder", "Boo - Darna Zaroori Hai" and last but not the least RGVs own directorial magnum opus "Sarkar" are in the pipeline. Thats a mouthful!. Other than that will be Aamir Khan's "The Rising/Mangal Pandey" after almost 3 years and next after Lagaan. Shaad Ali's "Bunty Aur Babli" and Shyam Benegal's "Bose - The Forgotten Hero" are worthwhile prospects. ARR scores for "Bose" and "The Rising", SEL for "Bunty Aur Babli" while Salim Suleiman will handle most of RGVs background scores since his films mostly would be songless. Bollywood churns out crap after crap every year but handful of movies like the above ones make it what it is, maintain it and nourish it.