A Walk Down Rahman Lane by Lordlabak

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You are right. It’s tough to write about that one special song A R Rahman made but I want to write about a song that I enjoy in a different way compared to so many of his other songs.

I love learning lyrics of the songs I like so I can sing along. This song, try as I might, I could not get the words right. Yet I take pleasure in singing along with made up lyrics. Pal Pal hain Bhari from Swades is that song.

The movie has so many flamboyant songs yet this simple song pictured on Ramayana play tugs at my heart. It starts off in Jonpuri and moves to Kamas. The classical base of this song makes this a “soft and soulful” song for me. Musical theatre songs generally have a high quality and here is a movie song made for musical theatre scene in it. The simplicity of the people, the village in question are best captured in the music. And that is what makes this song super special for me.

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About Lordlabak

Lordlabak is my jigiriest dosthu who I discuss all things vetti including Twitter Pisthus and Instagram Gethus. Proof of our fraandships is that we both were a part of 3 different friends' whatsapp groups which is now down to 2. Yeah like that. 

A Digital Analytics expert, Lordlabak is one of the few people in the world who can do a PhD in Tuesday Doordarshan dramas, '70s Tamizh films, Oliyum Oliyum etc. What would I do without such fun friends?

I cannot wait for Lordlabak to retire and move to a place closest to the most-happening-Terrace-Garden-house in Mumbai so that I can get my weekly stash of fresh veggies and fruits... Free Free Free! Please reach out to her here and ask her to move to Mumbai soon.