The 2002 academy award nominated movie Lagaan has amongst other things, a spectacular sound track by AR Rahman. All tracks are mind-blowing in production values and sheer text book perfection of composition (need i say!). It has been few years since I got to watch the movie again, when I did I was totally in awe with the treatment and screenplay which despite the length of the film.

Few songs in the soundtrack are very simple yet enchanting. While others are quite complex in rendition.  I took one of my favorite tracks and tried to give it a tasteful new look. A sort of pop/hip-hop groove to a track that was inherently very groovy and on your face with the message of perseverance. The track ‘Mitwa’ has a very catchy hook created totally with percussions and bass, something I believe only Rahman can think of. [click to continue...]