guzarish

sanjay leela bhansali (SLB) turns music director with this one. with a characteristic non-linear song tera zikr hai (shail hada should have been discovered in saanwariya itself). i wonder how much SLB influenced those non-linear tracks of saanwariya by monty sharma. can't find a better phrase than non-linear :)

 I've been meaning to watch guzarish. Right from the first promos, it has looked like another SLB epic - he probably outdoes himself everytime. The catch, however, is the characteristic mechanization (of thoughts, emotions, expression) that he employs - much similar to how the bengali school of directors 'ham'. I fear watching another grandiose dream which lacks a heart.

But, this isn't what inspired! me to write this post. It's this - dhobi ghat, the movie. kiran rao directs it, aamir khan is on with full-fledged publicity. its amazing how the doode never fails to lay finger on gold. and he has been doing it over and over again. its another low budget movie - with as much attention to detail and creativity as one would aspect, backed by the doode. its business acumen put to the service of bollywood, hopefully for taking it where it hasn't been ever in spite of amazing talent.

the promo was out sometime this week. the website oozes with meticulous marketing. and the background score in the promo is simply too powerful - gustao santaolalla, an argentine composer- mandolin (?) used so cleverly, with percussion providing the rest of the emotional drama. the guy has had multiple big movies - brokeback, babel, motorcycle diaries, 21 grams, amores perros, and i'm simply ready to be enthralled by this movie's track.

and yes, I watched udaan. Its set in jamshedpur and its amazingly powerful (except perhaps the conclusion). I wish the movie had dhobi ghat kind of backing. To reiterate a cliche: we need to tell our own stories! not just tell, but scream out loud! :)