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Phoolon Jaisi (Like Flowers)   Music Director: A R Rahman Lyricist: Javed Akhtar Singer(s): Clinton Cerejo, Kalyani Menon MY RATING : 9.9/10 Reflections  Aah... the song that first hit the center spot on my heart back in 2010... well indeed OMANA PENNE (Darling Girl) was the first track ... rather the only track I had heard until watching the movie... so, much before Hosanna, Mannipaaya, Anbil Avan & Aaromale had made the impact... Omana Penne used to be my favorite...and now here you are...with the hindi version of Omana Penne ... PHOOLON JAISI (Like blossoms) and how good is the song? Well considering the sorrowful fact that benny Dayal isn't singing the hindi version, but Clinton Cerejo has done a wonderful job as the replacement and in fact I guess I have loved this more than the original one. Another song that has a special FEEL to it... and yes... once again... this one's for the most special person in my life... (she knows it's her I am talking

Once again, like last year my list is dominated by Rahman's tracks. Don't get me wrong but those tracks are indeed the best ones. Had all the songs of Ek Deewana tha been released before the year end, the top ten would have all songs of Ek Deewana tha... but for the time being.. let's just be happy with Hosanna. Here's my top songs from 2011 that I loved. Enjoy! Track Album THE BEST 1 Hosanna Ek Deewana tha 2 Tum Ho Rockstar 3 Rabba mei to mar gaya Mausam 4 Abhi Mujh mei kahi Agneepath 5 Kun Faaya Kun Rockstar 6 Saadda Haq Rockstar 7 Ishq Sufiyana The Dirty Picture 8 Jo Bhi mei Rockstar 9 Why this Kolaveri di? 3 10 Ik tu hi tu Mausam THE REST 11 Sadi Gali Tanu Weds Manu 12 Sheher Mein Rockstar 13

Hosanna Singers: Leon D’Souza, Suzanne & Blaaze Movie : Ek Deewana Tha Song Writer: Javed Akhtar, Blaaze Composer: AR Rahman MY RATING – 10/10 Reflections First of all... I wasn't really expecting much of an adore from the hindi version of my all time favorite tamil song, but hey... as on many occasions before... my deduction has been negated... yet again! Hosanna... starts off the same way it does in the tamil version... “Had I two hearts..I's d let you break my second heart too” ...this time we hear a new voice altogether...in words that are somehow more catchy and reverberating than the original tamil ones. Leon D'Souza peps out a more silky voice (compared to the haziness of Vijay Prakash). And as the song progresses, you will feel younger and dancing like the deewana (that I am.. gotcha :P)... The rap by Blaaze has been given a total about turn...and sounds more like a sunday mass meets saturday night disco.... which with repeated hearing...will win over yo

TUM HO (You are...) Rockstar OST Singer : Mohit Chauhan Music : AR Rahman Lyrics : Irshad Kamil MY RATING : 10/10 Reflections This song is perhaps that one song that has made me fall in love with the movie...therefore I call it the SOUL of the movie....the story....the romance that is....that was... This song... has sown in me... a seed...a story....an inspiration....and as I reflect my thoughts on this song... I have only one person in my mind.. my PAri.. my Angel...Angelica Mendoza...this one's only for you.... You are my story.. my inspiration... TUM HO...Meri Kahani....Meri Prerna.... LYRICS (ENGLISH TRANSLATION) Tum ho.. Paas mere Saath mere You are... near me... with me... Ho tum yoon.. Jitna mehsoos Karoon tum ko Utna hi paa bhi loon You are thus... the more I feel you...the more I get you.... Tum ho.. Mere liye Mere liye Ho tum yoon.. Khud ko mein Haar gaya tumko Tumko main jeeta hoon You are... for me... for me... You are thus way...I h

Jo Bhi Main [ Rockstar OST] Music Director: A R Rahman Lyricist: Irshad Kamil Singer(s): Mohit Chauhan Director: Imtiaz Ali Producer: Dhillin Mehta Banner: Eros Entertainment, Shree Ashtavinayak Cinevision Ltd Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Nargis Fakhri, Aditi Rao Hydari MY RATING – 9/10 Reflections The song that gets the movie kickstarted! The progressive masterpiece from the master of all masterpieces...AR Rahman! The humming bareness of Mohit Chauhan's voice has been used splendidly by the Master in this track, rather in each of the dozen tracks rendered by Mohit Chauhan for this Movie's soundtrack. The way the track begins in a confused oscillation depicting the different stages in his lives where Jordan (Ranbir's character in the movie) bumbles over his guitar..striking few chords in and out of his fingertips, to get things right... As appalling as the music are the lyrics of this song (once again.. I would say for all the songs in this album!).... thankfu

ROCKSTAR Director : Imtiaz Ali Music : AR Rahman Lyrics : Irshad Kamil Cast : Ranbir Kapoor, Nargis Fakhri, Shammi Kapoor, Aditi Rao Every time Imtiaz Ali makes a movie, I get filled with extreme curiosity and a vigorous will to watch the movie on the first day itself! Socha na tha created that urge and Jab we met only elevated it. Maybe, it’s the soul-touching music along with the soul-rendered lyrics that give rise to such an urge. Or maybe it’s the impression his movies create in the first trailer itself! But as long as the film justifies the expectations, you don’t want to blame anyone. However, when the film doesn’t live upto that hype, the level of liquid descends in your heart. Love Aaj Kal, despite my craze for the movie’s lead pair & the song DOORIYAN, I ended up spitting at the movie after watching it once. The reason??? Simple enough, the director promised something in his trailers & the songs, but the movie failed to nurture and reap what it had promised. It

As once opposed by vicious phenomenon courtesy the great cultural heritge of India (Casteist Hinduism to be precise), on this day of modern era we easily get to see, rather do, people blending together regardless of their creed or caste in holy places like Udupi. It was the first time I had been to the ancestral town of Madhwa Brahmins in almost two decades. I remember my grqndmother talkung about the ways in Udupi back during their era; how the upper caste folks would keep lower caste people below their belts, suppressing the growth of such people in every way possible. Altering the Vedabhyaasa system and reserving it for the privileged elite was one such step. Something similar to what Dan Brown highlighted in his genius of a work, The Da Vinci Code. If there is some kind of a theory affirming the deep rooted evil of casteism then such a tattva is a manipulated one. The original Caste system was simply a way of dividing people on the basis of the work they performed. As far as I know