Ra One (2011) Movie Review, Details, Music Review
Published on October 16, 2011 by Admin · No Comments
Star Cast: Shahrukh Khan, Arjun Rampal, Kareena Kapoor, Armaan Verma, Sanjay Dutt (Special appearance), Priyanka Chopra (Special appearance), Satish Shah, Dalip Tahil, Shahana Goswami, Suresh Menon, Tom Wu and Rajinikanth (Special appearance)
Director: Anubhav Sinha
Producer: Gauri Khan and Shahrukh Khan
Music Directors: Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani
Lyrics: Vishal Dadlani, Niranjan Iyengar, Kumaar, Panchhi Jalonvi, Anvita Dutt Guptan, and Anubhav Sinha
Audio: T-Series
Genre: Sci-Fi
India’s very own superhero seems to be creating a lot of hype all around. Shahrukh’s idea of giving our country its very own super hero is on the way to materialization. The promotional activities of the movie are such that it is really hard for one to not have knowledge of its upcoming release. There seems to be nothing left behind in the modern day marketing strategy for Ra.One. Be it computer games, merchandises, or other goodies Ra. One has all. Let’s take a sneak-peak into King Khan’s upcoming effort.
Directed by Anubhav Sinha, the Bollywood science-fiction endeavour featuring Shahrukh Khan, Kareena Karoor and Arjun Rampal is being produced under the Red Chillies Entertainment Banner. It is Shahrukh Khan’s home production and quite understandable why he’s put his heart and soul into the movie. David Benullo has done the writing bit but the screenplay was purely in Shahrukh’s hands. Also the story is by Anubhav Sinha and the lyrical duo Vishal- Shekhar is doing the music. The most interesting bit of the music is the inclusion of international pop sensation Akon.
The movie is at present scheduled to be released on the 26th of this month.
The basic framework of this movie revolves around Jeevan (Shahrukh Khan). The person concerned is a software engineer residing in Miami. Jeevan keeps playing a particular video game where he tries to defeat the villain Ra.One.
Jeevan’s son also has an important part to play in the movie. His relationship with his father is one of the main driving forces behind Jeevan’s developing the video game which lands everyone in a spot. Jeevan designs the super video game villain to impress his son however the villainous program soon turns self aware and kills the father.
It’s after this that the son has to fight out the supervillain with the hero of the game who is an exact impression of his father. In the desire to extract the superhero from the game the father son duo bond in a way that had happened never before.
Ra.One Music Review
Music is something which no bollywood film today can do without, Ra.One is no exception. The music of Ra. One is without a doubt one of the best things about the movie. Vishal-Shekhar have done an amazing job at working on the melody of the movie. In addition international rap star Akon has only added more versatility to the music of the movie. “Chammak Challo” is already ruling the chartbusters.
With 15 soundtracks, the movie is rich with music and has a lot to promise to global fans. Is it really worth the hype? Let’s find out.
Starting off with something that’s on everybody’s lips, “Chammak Challo” is indeed the talk of the town today. Akon’s funky tone adds magic to the soundtrack. Making Akon sing on a hindi track was in no way an easy job as some of the sources specified. However the international pop star showed a very keen interest in the track and proved to be a very quick learner. Add to that the versatile genres and instrumental beats of the magical duo Vishal-Shekhar. It was indeed a wise decision to use the track in promoting the movie as it just seems to linger in your vocal chords. Another version of this song adds bhangra beats to the track and further lifts up the spirit of the track. There is no doubting that this song is gonna rule both the chartbusters for quite some time.
Another popular track Dildara an adaptation of the popular Stand by me is written by Jerry Lieber, Mike Stoller and Ben E King. Vishal-Shekhar has again created magic here using Gospel music. This genre does not fail to touch you to the very core of your heart.
Bhare Naina is another example of the amazing touch of Gospel music though with fine touches of Indian classical music. Singer Nandini Shrikar has given an amazing voice to the track with her classicak voice. One can now easily compare her singing to other classical veterans like Rekha Bharadwaj, Richa Sharma and Shilpa Rao. The fusion of western and Indian instruments is just a classic example of soulful music thanks to the amazing skills of Vishal-Shekhar.
Right by your side is another power-packed college themed track voiced in a boying sing song charm of Siddarth Coutto. The track gives one the feel good ambience in the light moments of the movie. Vishal-Shekhar then pay tripute to the great R.D. Burman in the track Raftaarein. Voice modulation in grumbling tones makes it an absolutely thrilling number. Jiya Mora Ghabraye has the power packed voice of Sukhwinder Singh and Vishal Dadlani on backup vocals. A fast track which glides one through the dark moments of the movie thed background music here is just to die for.
All the background scores and themes be it the superhero’s theme or the song of the end never fails to disappoint. It has both the melancholic and melodramatic touch to the orchestra. Nostalgia looms at large as the music touches all those passionate about music.
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