Filmmaker and music composer Vishal Bhardwaj, who is all set for the release of spy thriller ‘Khufiya’, has opened up on the music of the movie, and shared his favourite melody. Directed by Vishal, ‘Khufiya’ stars Tabu, Ali Fazal, Wamiqa Gabbi, Ashish Vidyarthi and Azmeri Haque Badhon.
It is based on true events and is based on a book ‘Escape to Nowhere’, written by the former Chief of the Counter Espionage Unit of R&aw, Amar Bhushan.
Vishal, who performed with Rekha Bhardwaj in the recent album launch of ‘Khufiya’, spoke about the rhythms and musical cadence.
He said: “The process of creating music for a film is usually so organic and mixed up that it’s very difficult for me to bifurcate it. In the case of ‘Khufiya,’ there is a theme in the film, a whistle which is my favourite melody.”
“I thought I had not exploited it...
It is based on true events and is based on a book ‘Escape to Nowhere’, written by the former Chief of the Counter Espionage Unit of R&aw, Amar Bhushan.
Vishal, who performed with Rekha Bhardwaj in the recent album launch of ‘Khufiya’, spoke about the rhythms and musical cadence.
He said: “The process of creating music for a film is usually so organic and mixed up that it’s very difficult for me to bifurcate it. In the case of ‘Khufiya,’ there is a theme in the film, a whistle which is my favourite melody.”
“I thought I had not exploited it...
- 9/28/2023
- by Agency News Desk
Filmmaker and music composer Vishal Bhardwaj, who is all set for the release of spy thriller ‘Khufiya’, has opened up on the music of the movie, and shared his favourite melody. Directed by Vishal, ‘Khufiya’ stars Tabu, Ali Fazal, Wamiqa Gabbi, Ashish Vidyarthi and Azmeri Haque Badhon.
It is based on true events and is based on a book ‘Escape to Nowhere’, written by the former Chief of the Counter Espionage Unit of R&aw, Amar Bhushan.
Vishal, who performed with Rekha Bhardwaj in the recent album launch of ‘Khufiya’, spoke about the rhythms and musical cadence.
He said: “The process of creating music for a film is usually so organic and mixed up that it’s very difficult for me to bifurcate it. In the case of ‘Khufiya,’ there is a theme in the film, a whistle which is my favourite melody.”
“I thought I had not exploited it...
It is based on true events and is based on a book ‘Escape to Nowhere’, written by the former Chief of the Counter Espionage Unit of R&aw, Amar Bhushan.
Vishal, who performed with Rekha Bhardwaj in the recent album launch of ‘Khufiya’, spoke about the rhythms and musical cadence.
He said: “The process of creating music for a film is usually so organic and mixed up that it’s very difficult for me to bifurcate it. In the case of ‘Khufiya,’ there is a theme in the film, a whistle which is my favourite melody.”
“I thought I had not exploited it...
- 9/28/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
A.R. Rahman’s 99 Songs, which he wrote and produced and of course composed the incredible music for is ready for its digital release. The musical drama, will begin streaming on Netflix and Jio Cinema on May 21st, much to the delight of fans!
The film, that released in the cinema on April 16th in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu was directed by Vishwesh Krishnamoorthy. With debut actors, Ehan Bhat and Edlisy Vargas, the film also features Manisha Koirala, Lisa Ray, Tenzin Dalha, Warina Hussain, Ranjit Barot, Neel
Tyagi, Rahul Ram, and Diwakar Pundir.
99 Songs is the journey of a young man named Jay whose life centres around his two great loves: music and his girlfriend Sofia. According to Mr. Rahman, “99 Songs is about a musician trying to make it against the odds and his struggle between the old world and the new world. The antidote is music.” 99 Songs...
The film, that released in the cinema on April 16th in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu was directed by Vishwesh Krishnamoorthy. With debut actors, Ehan Bhat and Edlisy Vargas, the film also features Manisha Koirala, Lisa Ray, Tenzin Dalha, Warina Hussain, Ranjit Barot, Neel
Tyagi, Rahul Ram, and Diwakar Pundir.
99 Songs is the journey of a young man named Jay whose life centres around his two great loves: music and his girlfriend Sofia. According to Mr. Rahman, “99 Songs is about a musician trying to make it against the odds and his struggle between the old world and the new world. The antidote is music.” 99 Songs...
- 5/20/2021
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
Cinema‘99 Songs’, starring Ehan Bhatt, Edilsy Vargas, Lisa Ray and Manisha Koirala, marks Ar Rahman’s debut as a producer and co-writer. Tnm StaffInstagram/ Ar RahmanFollowing its theatrical release in April, Ar Rahman’s 99 Songs is all set for its Ott premiere. The film, which marks Ar Rahman’s debut as co-writer, will be streaming on Ott platforms Netflix and Jio Cinema from May 21. The film, which hit the big screens on April 16 this year, will be available for streaming in three languages including Hindi, Telugu and Tamil. Sharing the news with fans, award-winning musician Ar Rahman wrote on social media, “Here’s the announcement that will lighten your mood. #99Songs will stream on Netflix.” Jio Studios too shared the announcement on Twitter. “Join Jay on his musical journey inside the world of 99 Songs! Watch the digital premiere of #99Songs written and produced by @arrahman starring @itsEhanBhat #EdilsyVargas from May 21st on #JioCinema,...
- 5/20/2021
- by SaradhaU
- The News Minute
Releasing on April 16th in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu is A.R. Rahman’s highly anticipated musical drama 99 Songs. The film introduces Ehan Bhatt and Edilsy Vargas and also features Lisa Ray, Rahul Ram, Tenzin Dalha and Ranjit Barot. Directed by Vishwesh Krishnamoorthy, this marks A.R. Rahman’s debut as writer and producer.
99 Songs follows the journey of a young man named Jay whose life centres around his two great loves: music and his girlfriend, Sofia who he affectionately calls Sophie. All is well until Jay’s love for music is challenged by Sofia’s father. A man who believes that art is an inferior endeavour, Sophie’s father is a mirror to Jay’s own dad. Jay, whose father always told him that music was nothing but a dangerous waste of time, resolves to show the world that music can and will conquer all. Sometimes, the journey we...
99 Songs follows the journey of a young man named Jay whose life centres around his two great loves: music and his girlfriend, Sofia who he affectionately calls Sophie. All is well until Jay’s love for music is challenged by Sofia’s father. A man who believes that art is an inferior endeavour, Sophie’s father is a mirror to Jay’s own dad. Jay, whose father always told him that music was nothing but a dangerous waste of time, resolves to show the world that music can and will conquer all. Sometimes, the journey we...
- 4/2/2021
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
CinemaRahman has co-written and produced this film about a struggling musician. Tnm Staff Rahman_Facebook1.jpgAcademy Award-winning musician Ar Rahman is making his debut as writer and producer with the upcoming film 99 Songs. Directed by Vishwesh Krishnamoorthy, the film is reportedly about a struggling singer on the path to self-discovery. On a video posted on his Facebook page, Ar Rahman revealed the cast of the film. Well-known names like Manisha Koirala and Lisa Ray jostle with newcomers like Ehan Bhat, Edilsy Varghese and Tenzil Dalha. Ranjit Barot and Rahul Ram are also part of the cast. The film, which is expected to release in 2018, has been long in the making. Scripting and finalizing details of the project took a good four years. Previously, there was speculation that the film would be a biopic on Ar Rahman but the musician, who is from Tamil Nadu, clarified that it was not so. Rahman has completed 25 years since the time he made his debut in the Tamil film industry with Mani Ratnam's Roja. The musician has grown from strength to strength since then and has composed tunes across industries. He has also won numerous awards, with the double Oscar win topping them all. With Slumdog Millionaire, Rahman has become a popular name in Hollywood as well. The video which reveals the cast for 99 Songs has haunting music and Rahman fans are already getting the goosebumps listening to the background score. Watch: Enanble Notification: NoTNM Marquee: No...
- 12/21/2017
- by Editor
- The News Minute
Manish Tiwary’s made a sparkling debut with Dil, Dosti, Etc, with his second feature Issaq, he is tackling the Bard with an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet. The film stars Prateik and newcomer Amyra Dastur, along with Ravi Kishan, Vineet Singh, Neena Gupta, Makrand Deshpande and others for this ambitious film that the key themes of Shakespeare’s play but to a rustic and volatile setting in Banaras. The album brings Sachin and Jigar, Krsna, and Sachiin Gupta on board to rustle up a few gems to fit with the gritty tone of the film. The album is a real treat in that it focuses more on the unique voices of its singers, with the music adding a more complementary tone to the great songs.
Issaq Tera has been making waves over the web and during airplay, and it’s certainly one of the most romantic numbers on the album.
Issaq Tera has been making waves over the web and during airplay, and it’s certainly one of the most romantic numbers on the album.
- 7/22/2013
- by Rumnique Nannar
- Bollyspice
They are constantly on the road for tours and concerts across the world but the busy schedule leaves fusion rock band Indian Ocean hardly anytime to churn new compositions, rues lead vocalist Rahul Ram.
‘It (regular tours) hampers because you don’t have time to be creative. You are always on the move,’ Rahul, also the band’s bass guitarist, told Ians.
‘Generally creative time tends to be the summers that is June to July when there are no concerts. You take time out and actually sit down to compose,’ he added.
Currently on a country tour, the band is on the move for a slew of international concerts across Us, Canada, China, Indonesia and Hong Kong till the year end.
‘It (regular tours) hampers because you don’t have time to be creative. You are always on the move,’ Rahul, also the band’s bass guitarist, told Ians.
‘Generally creative time tends to be the summers that is June to July when there are no concerts. You take time out and actually sit down to compose,’ he added.
Currently on a country tour, the band is on the move for a slew of international concerts across Us, Canada, China, Indonesia and Hong Kong till the year end.
- 8/8/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
New Delhi, Aug 6 – The practice pad of one of India’s most well-known rock bands, Indian Ocean, has been put up for sale. But it is not about to shift base from Delhi, say its members even as they reach out to listeners with free downloads of their latest album.
‘We are going to have another whole bunch of shows with our new album ‘16/330 Khajoor Road’. So a lot of touring and concerts are on the way,’ lead vocalist and bass guitarist Rahul Ram told Ians at the practice pad after which the new album is named.
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‘We are going to have another whole bunch of shows with our new album ‘16/330 Khajoor Road’. So a lot of touring and concerts are on the way,’ lead vocalist and bass guitarist Rahul Ram told Ians at the practice pad after which the new album is named.
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- 8/6/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
They are known for their melodious fusion of different genres of music, such as sufi, jazz, chants, Hindustani classical and rock. Tonight, India’s oldest independent band, Indian Ocean, promises to heat up the stage with the new ‘involved sound’ of their latest album — 16/330 Khajoor Road. “It’s an ode to our 14-year-long association with the place in Karol Bagh where we created our albums, right from Kandisa to Black Friday,” says the band’s lead vocalist and bassist Rahul Ram, explaining the unique name of the album. He adds, “It’s both classical and rock — the signature style of our band. ...
- 7/21/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Mumbai, July 14 – Fusion-rock band Indian Ocean returns to Bollywood after six years with Aamir Khan’s production venture ‘Peepli Live’.
‘Anusha Rizvi (the director) came to us with this film five years ago and the minute we read the script, we said fantastic, lets do it. But she said, we need to wait till the time she arranges the funding,’ Rahul Ram, vocalist of the band told Ians.
‘That took a while till the time Aamir came on board and decided to produce it,’ he added.
The.
‘Anusha Rizvi (the director) came to us with this film five years ago and the minute we read the script, we said fantastic, lets do it. But she said, we need to wait till the time she arranges the funding,’ Rahul Ram, vocalist of the band told Ians.
‘That took a while till the time Aamir came on board and decided to produce it,’ he added.
The.
- 7/14/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
Indian Ocean is a contemporary fusion music band from Delhi, India. Some music critics describe its music as “Indo-rock fusion with jazz-spiced rhythms that integrates shlokas, sufism, environmentalism, mythology and revolution”. The band consists of Susmit Sen on guitar, Amit Kilam on percussion, and Rahul Ram on bass guitar and vocals. Sen has virtually invented a new style of playing the guitar, an uncannily Indian sound where purity of scale reigns and strong melodic lines are woven around the drone of open strings. Kilam’s drumming is a balance between the conventional and non-conventional. Ram’s bass-playing moves smoothly – from melodic enmeshing ...
- 5/12/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Film: ‘Leaving Home’; Cast: Asheem Chakravarty, Susmit Sen, Rahul Ram, Amit Kilam; Director: Jaideep Varma; Ratings: ****
How does a band consisting of, as one member Amit says, ‘not the best of either guitarist, vocal, drummer or tabla player’, become India’s greatest band surviving and thriving over two decades? Yes Rolling Stones have done it in the west, but they have done it with sex, drugs, money and rock-n-roll. Nothing remotely close for these middle-class family men with children.
The answer to this question can be found in the film ‘Leaving Home’. Indeed, the answer to how India, with a similar problem, survived its six decades, might also lie in this documentary.
How does a band consisting of, as one member Amit says, ‘not the best of either guitarist, vocal, drummer or tabla player’, become India’s greatest band surviving and thriving over two decades? Yes Rolling Stones have done it in the west, but they have done it with sex, drugs, money and rock-n-roll. Nothing remotely close for these middle-class family men with children.
The answer to this question can be found in the film ‘Leaving Home’. Indeed, the answer to how India, with a similar problem, survived its six decades, might also lie in this documentary.
- 4/4/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
Leaving Home –The Life and Music of Indian Ocean
Rhythm abound, Leaving Home, foremost, is a film about time. It’s an attempt to crunch nearly three decades of lived history of Indian Ocean in two hours. Watching the final cut – a worthy precipitate of the 195 hours of shot footage - I realised why editing is the most painful part of filmmaking. Every moment shot is worthwhile, why would you have captured it otherwise? What goes in, what doesn’t. Changing, rearranging. Cutting, and then cutting some more. These are all very difficult decisions to make. Solely from that perspective, Leaving Home comes across as an interesting and rigorously edited film where stories and arguments, presumably, emerged and sutured on the editing table. Afterthought, at least, in film craft is not such a bad thing! Leaving Home doesn’t confuse chronology with linearity. Shuttling back and forth in time, and jumping across story threads,...
Rhythm abound, Leaving Home, foremost, is a film about time. It’s an attempt to crunch nearly three decades of lived history of Indian Ocean in two hours. Watching the final cut – a worthy precipitate of the 195 hours of shot footage - I realised why editing is the most painful part of filmmaking. Every moment shot is worthwhile, why would you have captured it otherwise? What goes in, what doesn’t. Changing, rearranging. Cutting, and then cutting some more. These are all very difficult decisions to make. Solely from that perspective, Leaving Home comes across as an interesting and rigorously edited film where stories and arguments, presumably, emerged and sutured on the editing table. Afterthought, at least, in film craft is not such a bad thing! Leaving Home doesn’t confuse chronology with linearity. Shuttling back and forth in time, and jumping across story threads,...
- 3/3/2010
- by Faiz Ullah
- DearCinema.com
Move over albums and live shows. Bollywood is the newest platform for music bands to belt out their best. Be it Kailasa or Midival Punditz, they have been roped in to create film music that is 'different' and the bands say the visibility and money are too good.The upcoming 'Karthik Calling Karthik' and 'Mumbai Cutting' are two prime examples.'It's a transition of the Indian film industry in Mumbai. They have started accepting and appreciating different styles. Cinema goers now appreciate variety. They like cutting edge music and international standards rather than typical film music,' Tapan Raj, member of Midival Punditz, told Ians.'The new age cinema that has taken birth has given rise to the requirement of new age music,' he added.Raj and Gaurav Raina, who constitute Midival Punditz, have collaborated with Indian American composer and musician Karsh Kale to form Mpkk, a new production...
- 2/3/2010
- Filmicafe
New Delhi, Dec 26 (Ians) As the rock band Indian Ocean’s members are dealing with the sudden loss of their singer and percussionist Asheem Chakravarty who died here Friday, the band’s bass guitarist Rahul Ram recollects how he used to be the live-wire of the band.
‘He was so generous. He had no malice against anyone. This was one of the reasons why most people loved him. He was a very nice guy,’ Ram told Ians in an interview.
‘Apart from this, he had this wild funny bone. He used to make everyone laugh. ‘Woh bahut mast tha’ (He was very lively). He was the life of this band who had this gift of making everyone happy.
‘He was so generous. He had no malice against anyone. This was one of the reasons why most people loved him. He was a very nice guy,’ Ram told Ians in an interview.
‘Apart from this, he had this wild funny bone. He used to make everyone laugh. ‘Woh bahut mast tha’ (He was very lively). He was the life of this band who had this gift of making everyone happy.
- 12/26/2009
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
The Indian rock circuit is in shock. Tributes haven’t stopped online ever since fans heard of the untimely death of Asheem Chakravarty, “the man with the golden voice” and the lead singer of Rock band Indian Ocean. Speaking to Ht City, after the last rites of the singer-percussionist was performed, band mate-bass guitarist Rahul Ram says, “Jo hona hai who hona hai, ismein koi kya kar sakta hai. Now Indian Ocean will take a new turn as no one can replace him.” Musician Raghu Dixit tweets, “Sad. Rip Indian Ocean’s Asheem Chakravarty.” Subir Malik, member of Parikrama, says, ...
- 12/26/2009
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
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