Maqbool

(4/5) Revisited this tour-de-force after years, and was left stunned again- its visceral emotional power makes even Bhardwaj’s brilliant Omkara pale in comparison.
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Satya- A Decade Later

iView Author: Ratnakar Sadasyula (Bhubaneshwar, India)

Email: ratnakar.techie [at] gmail [dot] com

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Satya- A Decade Later
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Ten years back in a stuffy theater, in Vizag, I caught my first glimpse of a movie. It was a movie that was so violent, so realistic and so gritty, that it left me speechless. Stunned that some one in Bollywood could come up with such a movie, when NRI romances were the order of the day. But then considering the man behind the movie, I was not surprised. He had already created an impact with Shiva way back in 1989, and now he was here again redefining the gangster genre. The movie of course I am referring to is Satya, and the man was Ram Gopal Verma. It has been a decade since the movie …


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K J Singh: Interview Part 1

The word “Sound” holds a different meaning for me post interviewing K J Singh.
A little introduction is necessary because this man has been associated with all the possible positions that encompasses music and sound in India. He has worked on Films Background Score & soundtracks like Satya, Maqbool, Rage De Basanti, Omkara, Black Friday and many more. Also he has produced the greatest Indian band ‘Indian Ocean’ and Rabbi’s Shergill debut album ‘Rabbi’. I would like to congratulate Mr.Singh for winning the National Award this year for Audiography for the film “Omkara”. (A full fledged discography of K J Singh can be checked here.)

PART 1 -Straight Q&A
From Guitar Singh (you were fondly known as that - why? any story behind that) of Graffiti to K J Singh Producer/Sound Engineer - how did that all happen? Tell us about your …


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