Gulaal Songs Download

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Gulaalgulal, Crimson) is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language political drama film directed by Anurag Kashyap, starring Raj Singh Chaudhary, Kay Kay Menon, Abhimanyu Singh, Deepak Dobriyal, Ayesha Mohan, Jesse Randhawa, Piyush Mishra and Aditya Srivastava. It explores themes such as pursuit of power, quest for legitimacy, perceived injustices and hypocrisy of the powerful. The film is set in present-day Rajasthan, a state in northwestern India. The plot is provided by student politics of a university and a fictitious secessionist movement consisting of former Rajput leaders who have become present-day elite. Gulaal was initially stalled due to financial concerns but was later released with support from Zee Limelight.[1][2]

In the fictional town of Rajpur, Dilip (Raj Singh Chaudhary), a law student who is a Rajput from Bikaner, secures housing in an old, run-down British-era pub. There, Dilip meets Rananjay Singh "Ransa" (Abhimanyu Singh), a prince who despises the ideologies of his father and the aristocracy. Ransa's fiery and fearless personality makes an impression on the mild-mannered Dilip.

Dilip visits the university hostel where he is ragged by a gang of university thugs, led by Jadwal (Pankaj Jha). They strip him and lock him in a room with Anuja (Jesse Randhawa), a young lecturer in the same university. Dilip and Anuja are released naked. Dilip's brother advises him to let it go, but Ransa disagrees and encourages Dilip to seek revenge. Initially reluctant, Dilip gives in and goes with Ransa to attack Jadwal, but the tables are turned and Dilip and Ransa are beaten, ragged, and thrown out of the hostel. Ransa meets Dukey Banna (Kay Kay Menon), a local leader who is gathering support for the Rajputana separatist movement, who promises protection from Jadwal. When Ransa and Dilip find themselves outnumbered by Jadwal's gang, Dukey intervenes and rescues them. Dukey convinces Ransa to contest the General Secretary elections at the university, where his opponent is Kiran, his (out-of-wedlock) half-sister.

Ransa is kidnapped by Kiran's brother Karan (Aditya Srivastava), who asks him to withdraw from the elections. When Ransa refuses and mocks him, Karan kills him. Dukey forces Dilip to take Ransa's place in the election, and bribes the electoral panel to rig the count in Dilip's favour. Dilip wins the election to become the general secretary. Kiran then seduces Dilip and convinces him to allow her to become the cultural secretary. Dukey starts using university funds for the Rajputana movement, which Dilip ostensibly controls. When Dilip discovers the funds being siphoned out, he confronts Dukey, who tells Dilip about the separatist movement. Dilip tries to reason with Dukey but realizes that he holds no leverage in the situation.

Dukey's gang kills Jadwal and Dukey shows the body to Dilip to intimidate him and keep him in line. Anuja is thrown out of the hostel and moves in with Dilip, who is also pursuing a relationship with Kiran. When Kiran accidentally gets pregnant, she gets an abortion and ends her relationship with Dilip. Anuja tries to explain to Dilip that Kiran has no interest in him or in traditional married life. A frustrated Dilip resigns from his post, which allows Kiran to step in and usurp his position. An irate Dukey threatens Karan and Kiran by telling them that the only reason they're alive is because they are the king's offspring. Kiran tries to seduce Dukey, but they are interrupted by Dukey's second-in-command, Bhati.

Dilip, blinded by his love for Kiran, becomes violent and aggressive. He finds out about Kiran and Dukey's relationship from Dukey's mistress Madhuri. In a fit of rage, he goes to Dukey's house and shoots him. While dying, Dukey tells him that Kiran used Dilip to get to him. Karan reveals his masterplan: once Dukey Banna is eliminated, the Rajputana movement will choose him as their leader and legitimize him. Karan's gang decide to eliminate Bhati so that Dukey's defenses will be weakened. Dilip wants to hear the truth from Kiran, but she refuses to answer his calls. When Bhati goes off to find her, he is killed by Karan's gang. Dilip finds Kiran, who confirms that she used him, but he cannot bring himself to kill her. In his indecision, he is shot and mortally wounded by Karan's gang. He manages to drag himself home and dies there, alone. The film ends with Karan as the head of the Rajputana movement, while Kiran sheds a tear as one of the loyal faithful.

Inspired by Mohammad Rafi songs from Pyaasa ("Yeh duniya agar mil bhi jaaye to kya hai") and Zeenat ("Haye re duniya") the film is a dedication to Sahir Ludhianvi, the lyricist of the song and all other poets who had a vision of India. The story was partially based on a story idea by Raj Singh Chaudhary who eventually played the role of Dilip Singh in the film.[3] The film was delayed for three years. It was released in March 2009.[4] The first trailer was released with the director's other movie Dev D.

Apart from controversies, one other thing that has been consistent in Anurag Kashyap movies is their good music. But coming so soon after the phenomenal success of Dev D, I was apprehensive whether this soundtrack would really be able to match up to that. My fears were allayed as I started listening to the tracks, and here is what I found.

The first song of the album has Rekha Bharadwaj belt out a folksy song bearing the elements of a mujra. With some excellent songs in movies like Omkara, Laga Chunari Mein Daag and Dilli 6, Rekha Bharadwaj has kind of evolved to become an ultimate authority in rendering folk songs, as Sunidhi Chauhan is with item numbers! The sarangi has had a superb effect on the proceedings. The chorus gives excellent backing, especially towards the end of the song.

An out-and-out battle song, the song makes allusions to the battle of Kurukshetra. And due to this theme, the lyrics are all Sanskritised Hindi. The strong voice of Piyush Mishra does perfect justice to the song. The instrumentation does a great job of bringing the war-background, conchs, trumpets, bells et al. Wonder why Piyush Mishra chose to slightly dampen the effect by bringing in an unconventional whistling of the song for a brief moment towards the close of the song, before reverting back to battle mode.

A song with dark overtones, again marked by some powerful lyrics. The lyrics by Swanand Kirkire especially gain importance in this song as there are long sequences in the song where there is absolutely zero instrumentation while Piyush Mishra and Swanand Kirkire go about their aggressive description of the city night. There are glimpses of Gulzar-esque unconventionality in the lines with use of English words like lamp post. I am wondering what the wind instrument (from the sound I am assuming it is a wind instrument) used at the start of the song is. If my knowledge is correct the same instrument was used by A R Rahman as well in the song Jiya Se Jiya in his album Connections.

Indian Ocean vocalist Rahul Ram ( I am assuming it is the Indian Ocean vocalist as they have previously been associated with Anurag Kashyap composing the music for Black Friday) joins the party with a softer song having only an acoustic guitar for accompaniment. And in the quietness lies the beauty of the song. Piyush Mishra returns to his philosophical mode with the lyrics. Rahul Ram however is seen to use excessive force on some words (which is usual style in Indian Ocean songs too for that matter) which I felt was not quite required, at least in this context. But if you ignore that, a brilliant song.

Since her debut in 2007, Shilpa Rao has been growing in stature with every song she performs, and Aisi Sazaa happens to be yet another of those milestones. A touching song marked by its sparse instrumentation, and of course the beautiful vocals. She tones down her usually lively style to portray the emotions conveyed by the song. Piyush has done well to include the sound of rains in between, complete with the sounds of thunder.

Awesome song to end the album with!! Piyush declares that he is not just about conventional music alone, with this song that starts with silent instrumentation, suddenly switching gears to a rock mode in between and then again fading out into silence towards the end. The vocals by Rahul Ram and Aushim have been superb and this one almost cements my assumption that this is indeed Rahul Ram of Indian Ocean. On the same note, I wonder if this Aushim is in fact Asheem Chakravarthy, the other vocalist (cum-tablist) of Indian Ocean. Hopefully I will get my doubts clarified in a few days.

A fitting tribute to the legendary lyricist Sahir Ludhianvi. A swashbuckling music directorial debut from Piyush Mishra. And Anurag Kashyap reassertains the fact that he ensures the best music in his albums. And it has been a real treat to have another great album from him even before the effects of DevD have quite settled down. Looking forward to his next album!!

@ Saurabh

Thanks for the feedback. As much as we would have loved to discuss the lyrics of the songs at length, lyrics with such depth and quality have to be reviewed by more experienced hands. We at Music Aloud are a bunch of musicians more adept at analyzing the musical quality than the lyrical quality. Hence we did not want to do injustice to the lyricist by doing an improper review. And that is why we restricted our mention about the lyrics. Apologies for the same.

Regarding Ranaji, we did notice the various references and digs, but like we have written we imagined it to be directed at an NRI rather than the western culture as a whole. The trailer of the movie also seemed to suggest one of the protagonists of the movie going abroad for his studies. That is what led us to the conclusion. Turns out we were not right after all. Keep sending in your valuable feedback in future as well.

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