Devdas Music sold for Rs 12 crore ($3m)
Habshi
audio rights, again,
acquired by Universal, were fought for amongst the top of the top. The
soundtrack has been said to have been sold for a whopping 12 crores!"
DEVDAS: THE ALBUM
Music Director: Ismail Darbar
Lyrics: Nusrat Badr and Sameer (1 song)
Guest Composer: Birju Maharaj
Singers: Kavita Krishnamurthy, Shreya Ghoshal, Udit Narayan, Jaspinder
Narula, Vinod Rathod, KK
Quotes about the album:
The soundtrack of the film naturally has gold written all over it.
Since the
inception of the project, Darbar and Bhansali were ready to create a
soundtrack, which would match the time period and the drama that the
film
portrays. Now, as it readies for release, Bhansali awaits the
audience's
response to what is a "classical piece of modern day music".
"On the 31st of March, Universal, the biggest audio company today, is
scheduled to release the audio of Devdas with no festivities.
Apparently,
there will be no parties, no previews for a selected few; it will be
just a
simple release on to the market. Starkly differing from K3G, there is
no
taster to this film's soundtrack, even though the caliber of this
project
now seems ten times more than that of K3G. Should Sanjay Leela
Bhansali have
approached such marketing strategies prior to releasing his film, one
wonders, but the case in point is that Bhansali was too busy with the
project itself to even consider the options. The audio rights, again,
acquired by Universal, were fought for amongst the top of the top. The
soundtrack has been said to have been sold for a whopping 12 crores!"
Shreya Ghoshal has sung five songs in the film for Aishwarya Rai,
whose
music has been composed by Ismail Darbar, who worked with Bhansali on
Hum
Dil De Chuke Sanam. Lyrics of most songs have been written by Nusrat
Badr,
with one song by Sameer, and one old composition set to music by Birju
Maharaj. Though Badr's songs have been used in some ghazal albums by
Pankaj
Udhas and Talat Aziz - and on a pop album by the group 3 Brothers & A
Violin
- he's new to film music."
The music of Devdas draws richly from classical and folk influences,
but
keeps the masses in mind. "I think this music is more accessible for
the
common man than Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. We've worked hard on this
music, and
I personally went to various places to hear folk singers," he says.
Devdas is a Modern day classic. From the trailors one can see the
exquisite
beauty in the movie. Madhuri's dance sequences are too good.
Nazir Patel
than this Devdas.
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Aadil Moosa
music is totally brilliant. HDDCS was more catchy but think that is was
modern and tastes have changed. Listen to devdas and after every listening
the songs take on a whole new meaning. Trust me. Its very classical though,
but what catches me is the melody in every song on the album. I guess the
music would become even more pouplar after the movies release. I remember
when HDDCS was release they said it was also very classical, but i dont
mind. We are finally getting something Indian and not western-fused music
that live two days after the movie has released. Lagaan is a good example.
The music of Lagaan and so too with Devdas will always live on ten-twenty
years after the movie has release. We have heard about Golden oldies. These
are the Golden oldies of our time. Take heed and enjoy, for music like this
comes once every few years.
Aadil
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disappoints on two counts:
1) Shreya Gosal was supposedly hand picked by the director and
composer to suit their image of Paro. While her vocals are nice, they
are hardly more. In fact, she sounds like a paler Sadhana Sargam who
I believe is a better singer and could have done as satisfactory a
vocal portrayal as this Gosal. Gosal has been compared to Chitra,
which I think is insulting to Chitra.
2) The 'mujra' on the album leaves much to be desired. It is absolute
rubbish in comparison to the classics of Umrao Jaan, Pakeezah, and
Mughal-E-Azam. "Maardaala" is strictly serviceable, and nothing more.
Even the mujra sung by Asha Bhosle in the recent "Darmiyaan" is far
superior to that of the new Devdas.
The best song in the album is undoubtedly "Hamesha Tumko Chaaha" which
mixes tragedy with love's longing.
A strange characteristic on the album is that Devdas has only two and
half songs, even though he is the title character! Either Bhasalli
has bartered the females little more than singing or he has made a
female-dominated movie when it should be the male who features.
Hopefully the souondtrack is not an indictaor of the setup of the
film.
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habshi
On Wed, 17 Apr 2002 10:53:07 +1000, "Neil Ozman"
<neil...@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
Biswajit Maharana
BM
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> I think Ghosal has done a terrific job on the album, and though she sounds
> slightly inexperienced, the timbre and quality of her voice is more
pleasant
> than Chitra's, I feel. In any case, its nice to see new talents in the
> industry.
>
> As for the mujrah, I've heard all the old ones you mentioned and I love
most
> of them, but Devdas's mujra's are by no means rubbish. In fact, musically
I
> find them far superior. I think your is probably a case of false
nostalgia.
> Old is not necessarily ( more often than not) better.
>
> I wrote this on another post:
> The new album is step forward for Indian cinema - a progression which
hopes
> that the audience has evolved to be more sophisticated and discerning over
> the years. The old songs were relatively simple and - precisely what you
> said - hummable. Bhansali's Devdas has an air of pathos and tragedy
> intricately crafted in an amalgam of Indian classical, folk and western
> classical. It may not be hummable at first. Leave that to the infernal
trash
> from Nadeem Shravan, Dilip Sen Sameer Sen and what have you's. Let Ismail
> Darbar's Devdas grow on you - if possible, learn to or at least try to
> appreciate it. You'll be the better for it. A sophisticated piece of art
> needs a sophisticated audience. After all, I bet you rarely go around
> humming Mozart, Tchaikovsky, right:)
>
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