Every film needs drama at the interval... this is interval time for this blog.... a brief break..
Tomoro...is the audio release of the film...PLEASE DO GRAB THAT CD FROM THE DAY AFTER AND BE IN GROOVE!
Now..for some news...after the audio release ....m off to manipal for shooting maathukathe and some juggling around wid NAM'S final work...
So..in between there might not be time for me to blog . Nywyz..meet u guys soon wid newer stories..newer experiences and newer experiments.
CATCH U GUYS SOON..
LOVE
NAM AREALONDINA..
LOVE ME !HATE ME!CAN'T IGNORE ME
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Monday, November 10, 2008
INVITE
an Open invitation to all my blog readers...
The audio of NAM AREALONDINA..is getting released on the 12th of NOVEMBER , evening 6 pm at green house, Gandhinagar...adjacent to Tribhuvan Theater..
Please be there for the music party !LETS ROCK ON
LOVE
ARAVIND & the NAM team
The audio of NAM AREALONDINA..is getting released on the 12th of NOVEMBER , evening 6 pm at green house, Gandhinagar...adjacent to Tribhuvan Theater..
Please be there for the music party !LETS ROCK ON
LOVE
ARAVIND & the NAM team
Friday, November 7, 2008
an untitled blog about film
Well... today...just wanted to let loose and chill so...caught up wid two movies ...
for starters i watched navagraha and then continued with slum bala...
Strange things went through my mind as i was watchin both the films...
For starters abt navagraha... 'heist' cinema is a whole genre of filmmaking in hollywood and they have mastered the art of writing screenplay for those kinda movies...
There is obviously the element of robbery and frustration of the low class robbers out there to treat money and luxury as that poison that is so addictive they wana drink it and die.
The point is ..the filmmakers play around with such wonderful characters who have a lot more to say about life than what they do for a living...
I remeber DAVID MAMET'S HEIST in which there is this question that the film starts wid..
One guy asks the other guy as to what makes the world go round? One guy says money..the other says love. The first guy says 'exactly...love for money' The pattern for the whole film was set there. TALK ABOUT PULP FICTION WHICH TOO HAD A SMALL HEIST ELEMENT IN IT. TALK ABOUT USUAL SUSPECTS... TALK ABOUT RESERVOIR DOGS...these are films about robbery or heist but ...they are films about a lot more. These are films that have given us great content and characters...the dialogue and screenplay..the editing ..the style everything was invented for a genre of exclusive filmmaking. SODERBERGH'S OCEAN'S ELEVEN too is to be remembered. The silence of the brooding planner..the execution and the logic of the robbery ...all worked out so neatly.
KAANTE in hindi though a ripoff of a couple films from the above list... was a great example for style and screenplay and some wonderful characterisation and dialogue...
Nothing more to write about NAVAGRAHA..! Waitng for a path breaking heist movie in Kannada ...the only one film about robbers and their life and such wonderful emotions was made a long coupla decades ago by a master craftsman called SHANKAR NAG. We miss him..
Now abt slum bala... well..... I dont have words to explain the happiness i experienced while watching the thoroughly professional ...thoroughly fantastic film. BRILLIANT! is what I felt.
I dunno if the masses will like it but VIJI has done a great job..not to forget achyuta...shashi kumar ..and my dear 'boss'...B.SURESHA.
Again...in the genre of SLUMBALA i think..there were so many..so many films that moved me.. from SCARFACE...to GOODFELLAS...to CITY OF GOD to.... our own SATYA...
BUT..at an international level...along wid these films..I think SLUMBALA can proudly stand up and say... 'HELLO LOOK AT ME'.
GREAT WORK AGNI SRIDHAR AND TEAM
for starters i watched navagraha and then continued with slum bala...
Strange things went through my mind as i was watchin both the films...
For starters abt navagraha... 'heist' cinema is a whole genre of filmmaking in hollywood and they have mastered the art of writing screenplay for those kinda movies...
There is obviously the element of robbery and frustration of the low class robbers out there to treat money and luxury as that poison that is so addictive they wana drink it and die.
The point is ..the filmmakers play around with such wonderful characters who have a lot more to say about life than what they do for a living...
I remeber DAVID MAMET'S HEIST in which there is this question that the film starts wid..
One guy asks the other guy as to what makes the world go round? One guy says money..the other says love. The first guy says 'exactly...love for money' The pattern for the whole film was set there. TALK ABOUT PULP FICTION WHICH TOO HAD A SMALL HEIST ELEMENT IN IT. TALK ABOUT USUAL SUSPECTS... TALK ABOUT RESERVOIR DOGS...these are films about robbery or heist but ...they are films about a lot more. These are films that have given us great content and characters...the dialogue and screenplay..the editing ..the style everything was invented for a genre of exclusive filmmaking. SODERBERGH'S OCEAN'S ELEVEN too is to be remembered. The silence of the brooding planner..the execution and the logic of the robbery ...all worked out so neatly.
KAANTE in hindi though a ripoff of a couple films from the above list... was a great example for style and screenplay and some wonderful characterisation and dialogue...
Nothing more to write about NAVAGRAHA..! Waitng for a path breaking heist movie in Kannada ...the only one film about robbers and their life and such wonderful emotions was made a long coupla decades ago by a master craftsman called SHANKAR NAG. We miss him..
Now abt slum bala... well..... I dont have words to explain the happiness i experienced while watching the thoroughly professional ...thoroughly fantastic film. BRILLIANT! is what I felt.
I dunno if the masses will like it but VIJI has done a great job..not to forget achyuta...shashi kumar ..and my dear 'boss'...B.SURESHA.
Again...in the genre of SLUMBALA i think..there were so many..so many films that moved me.. from SCARFACE...to GOODFELLAS...to CITY OF GOD to.... our own SATYA...
BUT..at an international level...along wid these films..I think SLUMBALA can proudly stand up and say... 'HELLO LOOK AT ME'.
GREAT WORK AGNI SRIDHAR AND TEAM
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
swalpa maathu swalpa kathe
Hi all...
just hit bangalore..was out for a couple of days doing location hunting for my next film called 'maathukathe' which is going on floor from the 17th of November.
Shoot will happen in hiriyur... manipal.. and then GOA... Waiting for the picnic film.
The film has only two lead actors and a bike and lots of fun! Screenplay wise...
Now back to NAOD...
The songs have been playing on RADIOCITY... and thankfully have been received well..
Kanyaamani has been appreciated for its unique mixing and hiphop pattern ...
M happy that people try and receive new ideas and new content...
Thalenovvu was always bankable... and the melodious 'nenape' too i believe has been playing on radio for the last coupla days...so just watch out guys...
ROCK ON...
LOVE
ARAVIND KAUSHIK
NAMAREALONDINA
just hit bangalore..was out for a couple of days doing location hunting for my next film called 'maathukathe' which is going on floor from the 17th of November.
Shoot will happen in hiriyur... manipal.. and then GOA... Waiting for the picnic film.
The film has only two lead actors and a bike and lots of fun! Screenplay wise...
Now back to NAOD...
The songs have been playing on RADIOCITY... and thankfully have been received well..
Kanyaamani has been appreciated for its unique mixing and hiphop pattern ...
M happy that people try and receive new ideas and new content...
Thalenovvu was always bankable... and the melodious 'nenape' too i believe has been playing on radio for the last coupla days...so just watch out guys...
ROCK ON...
LOVE
ARAVIND KAUSHIK
NAMAREALONDINA
Sunday, November 2, 2008
OFF TOPIC BUT IMPORTANT
This is an off topic blog but something that I need to definitely write about...
Today...a memorable day in the life of Aravind Kaushik and a lot of others I know.
Today...is the day when we stand up and salute a great man... a legend who has in his own helped in shaping up my attitude in his own silent way..
Ladies and gentlemen..give him a standing ovation... ANIL KUMBLE retires today...
You, me and all the others should very well understand what ANIL KUMBLE meant to us...across our professional spheres. He inspired us not by shouting at his opponents..but he inspired us with his silence. It is but natural that my eyes turn moist when I look back and remember the smiles that he brought on our faces with those innumberable faster ones...those non spinning balls that bowled batsmen world over and lead them to wonder if JUMBO was a spinner or a fast bowler who runs off a short run up .
I am not interested in statistics..I am interested in stature...
ANIL WAS NOT A MAN OF STATISTICS..HE WAS A MAN OF STATURE...
From an old granny across the road who danced in joy when he got those ten wickets in an innings....to ANIL's own mom who jumped in joy during the TITAN CUP when he and JAVAGAL SRINATH batted INDIA to victory...he has made us all proud of who we are..
I apply..or try to apply the ANIL KUMBLE LOGIC TO MY WORK TOO. HE LET THE BALL DO THE TALKING. LET ME MAKE FILMS THAT WILL TALK FOR THEMSELVES.
ANIL.... this song ..this song which we know is ur fav song...
chalte chalte...mere yeh geet yaad rakhna...kabhi alvida naa kehnaa... kabhi alvida naa kehnaa....
Today...a memorable day in the life of Aravind Kaushik and a lot of others I know.
Today...is the day when we stand up and salute a great man... a legend who has in his own helped in shaping up my attitude in his own silent way..
Ladies and gentlemen..give him a standing ovation... ANIL KUMBLE retires today...
You, me and all the others should very well understand what ANIL KUMBLE meant to us...across our professional spheres. He inspired us not by shouting at his opponents..but he inspired us with his silence. It is but natural that my eyes turn moist when I look back and remember the smiles that he brought on our faces with those innumberable faster ones...those non spinning balls that bowled batsmen world over and lead them to wonder if JUMBO was a spinner or a fast bowler who runs off a short run up .
I am not interested in statistics..I am interested in stature...
ANIL WAS NOT A MAN OF STATISTICS..HE WAS A MAN OF STATURE...
From an old granny across the road who danced in joy when he got those ten wickets in an innings....to ANIL's own mom who jumped in joy during the TITAN CUP when he and JAVAGAL SRINATH batted INDIA to victory...he has made us all proud of who we are..
I apply..or try to apply the ANIL KUMBLE LOGIC TO MY WORK TOO. HE LET THE BALL DO THE TALKING. LET ME MAKE FILMS THAT WILL TALK FOR THEMSELVES.
ANIL.... this song ..this song which we know is ur fav song...
chalte chalte...mere yeh geet yaad rakhna...kabhi alvida naa kehnaa... kabhi alvida naa kehnaa....
Saturday, November 1, 2008
an audio summary!
Now dat the film's songs are slowly breaking thru ...
here is a summary of what one can expect from the audio of NAM AREA..
For starters..there is no SONU NIGAM in our album...
But we have good songs...a 'variety' as they say
The album kicks off on a slightly experimental note with the kanyamani song... a fusion of old style melody over a hip hop rythm... with a lot of innovative mixing ...watch out for the 'pan' in the song...between speakers there is some zip.... this was the last song composed for the film.
Lyric : Aravind Kaushik..
singers: mukesh, ramadevi, vijay, divya
Wrote it on a lazy sunday morning when I had nothing else to do.....
Moving on....
In terms of sound and 'work' on the song...to me the best output ...One of arjun's so many 'best's
Manmathana... here again..we tried to do something off beat...a little...
The song is a heroing pov song a melody ... but we spread that lyric on a techno dj beat... so that we could make the song faster and in style wid the film.. I cannot imagine my film carrying a slow heroine number....! The point is ...both Kanyamani and Manmathana were terribly dificult for me to visualise and shoot because there were so many elements to shoot... but that was the fun..and today when i watch the final output i'm like...'ok...neat job'..
lyric: yours truly..
singers: priya prakash
Meghana could not believe i wrote the lyric . ..primarily because I dont come across as a sensitive guy... but hey.., I am one.
Moving on.....
Nenape... one of the most soulful numbers i have heard from ARjun... one of the main reasons for me to make this film... this song is so haunting .....Karthick sings this like GOD!
Extraordinary lyric by K.KALYAN...
singer: Karthik
WATCH OUT FOR THE FLUTE IN THE SONG. ARJUN...HATS OFF!
Next comes...
our own overdrive rock song called jamaise...
great ...raw rock song..with lotsa attitude both in the arrangement and shoot style...
ranjit rocks with chytra in this song...
lyric: aravind , manju bagade
For rock' and pep lovers...
Next is...
kaapaadiko..
wont say much abt this song. A really special song.... symphony ..arjun style..
I can almost cry when I listen to it.. for pure music lovers ..a treat..!
Lyric: aravind kaushik, manjubagade
And then....
the tappang beauty to which anish dances like extra cool!
The rythm...hemant's voice.... anish's dance...ashok cashyap's cinematography
thanks guys
And then there are the two theme bits at start and end of the album...
rumda rumda and 'bekabitti jeevna'...
that's NAOD AUDIO for u.
ONLY FACTS...NO ADVERTISEMENT THIS..
here is a summary of what one can expect from the audio of NAM AREA..
For starters..there is no SONU NIGAM in our album...
But we have good songs...a 'variety' as they say
The album kicks off on a slightly experimental note with the kanyamani song... a fusion of old style melody over a hip hop rythm... with a lot of innovative mixing ...watch out for the 'pan' in the song...between speakers there is some zip.... this was the last song composed for the film.
Lyric : Aravind Kaushik..
singers: mukesh, ramadevi, vijay, divya
Wrote it on a lazy sunday morning when I had nothing else to do.....
Moving on....
In terms of sound and 'work' on the song...to me the best output ...One of arjun's so many 'best's
Manmathana... here again..we tried to do something off beat...a little...
The song is a heroing pov song a melody ... but we spread that lyric on a techno dj beat... so that we could make the song faster and in style wid the film.. I cannot imagine my film carrying a slow heroine number....! The point is ...both Kanyamani and Manmathana were terribly dificult for me to visualise and shoot because there were so many elements to shoot... but that was the fun..and today when i watch the final output i'm like...'ok...neat job'..
lyric: yours truly..
singers: priya prakash
Meghana could not believe i wrote the lyric . ..primarily because I dont come across as a sensitive guy... but hey.., I am one.
Moving on.....
Nenape... one of the most soulful numbers i have heard from ARjun... one of the main reasons for me to make this film... this song is so haunting .....Karthick sings this like GOD!
Extraordinary lyric by K.KALYAN...
singer: Karthik
WATCH OUT FOR THE FLUTE IN THE SONG. ARJUN...HATS OFF!
Next comes...
our own overdrive rock song called jamaise...
great ...raw rock song..with lotsa attitude both in the arrangement and shoot style...
ranjit rocks with chytra in this song...
lyric: aravind , manju bagade
For rock' and pep lovers...
Next is...
kaapaadiko..
wont say much abt this song. A really special song.... symphony ..arjun style..
I can almost cry when I listen to it.. for pure music lovers ..a treat..!
Lyric: aravind kaushik, manjubagade
And then....
the tappang beauty to which anish dances like extra cool!
The rythm...hemant's voice.... anish's dance...ashok cashyap's cinematography
thanks guys
And then there are the two theme bits at start and end of the album...
rumda rumda and 'bekabitti jeevna'...
that's NAOD AUDIO for u.
ONLY FACTS...NO ADVERTISEMENT THIS..
as i type..
as i type m listening to thalenovvu on radio city...nice feeling to listen to the song u so long heard in the studio playing back on a normal tape recorder ....
m happy its sounding good
m happy its sounding good
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