Friday, 26 October 2007

Uyire, uyire*

I don't like Bollywood movies. It is just weird that they burst out dancing and singing in the middle of a conflict or conversation, isn't it? That's what I used to think till last week , when I happened to stumble upon this and that just kept me watching the film. I simply got enchanted by the music and I find the language magical: so soft and melodious!

The film turned out to be about a mixed-religion couple living in the midst of a religious riot that took place in Bombay in 1992-93. And since I have also learned that the title is "Bombay" (the imdb title is wrong) made by the director (Mani Ratnam) and the composer (A.R. Rahman) who are both very popular in India (and good!) as well as the writer of the lyrics, who is a contemporary tamil poet (Vairamuthu). So have a look if you have the occasion!

The other big discovery is the language, which turned out to be tamil: have a look here, to see what it looks like - even without the music it is melodious, simply perfect for singing. Be sure to watch the tamil version :-)

*my life, my life - as in telling it to your loved one
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nanaimo said...

The mother-language of my indian friend (and pain in the *ss) is tamil. Somtimes he spoke to me in tamil, it sounded nice indeed. I loved the writing too.
(new task for lynx; there are a billion indian out there and you still cannot communicate with them, hurry!!)
I think I never, ever saw an indian movie, in spite that they produce some 50% of all movies each year. Shame.

26 October 2007 at 18:35

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