jhootha hi sahi

ARR is back again with this wonderful album. Prolly its Abbas tyrewala's directorial debut and he manages to get Rahman work for him hard. Beautiful fusions jazz and classical. I'll be waiting is probably the most intriguing song - how seamlessly it flows from jazz to pure classical with the awesomest vivid lyrics. Rashid Ali recreates his kabhi kabhi aditi magic twice over again in Call me Dil and Cry Cry. Maiya yashoda is a crazy interpretation - wonder how that fits in.The whole album is a blast! Movie shouldn't disappoint either. I'm glad Sonu nigam sings for ARR again tho the song Do Nishaniyaan disappoints a bit.

what are the odds?

of attending a south indian instrumental classical concert in iowa city, when
- you went to the city for completely unrelated and in comparison, uninteresting reasons.
- it was your first visit and you didn't know a single soul in the city.
- you never knew there was such a concert.
- you were wondering how to kill the evening in the boring city.
- you meet a known writer from bangladesh during the morning breakfast.
- the writer (apart from telling his stories) also tells you that there is an evening concert in the town.
- the writer also kindly shows you a flyer with the pictures of the musicians.
- your old acquaintance from grad school was playing the ghatam.

The concert simply brought me home that evening in the unknown city. The coincidences followed. Another musician guy playing the mridanga has his home less than a mile away from mine. The dinner with them had more in store - one or more CS phd turned musicians and tv producers, one of more stories of lost and regained romanticism. The night was brought to a hasty end by the heavy rains.

All morning flights canceled due to fog. Unsurprisingly, we meet and dine again at the airport.

I don't find anything wrong in believing in randomness/serendipity. Its all well-planned. :)

Just put the new ARR jhootha hi sahi on the player. Getting drawn irresistibly.