MY AUDIO REVIEW OF TUGLAK!!!

Well...it is tough to talk about which song is better because each song was made for a different reason.
But...anyways , m giving u guys a feeler of the songs...REASONS WHY U SHOULD BUY THE CD

TUGLAK THEME 1: Lyric by stephen , the Guitarist geinus....
Me and arjun were thinking of using a background score theme for the tuglak character in the film ...there were some sequences like when the first time the guy sees the girl...or a fight sequence ...or his conversation with his close friend etc... and for all these we wanted a common background theme ...
Arjun composed this wonderful tune which also runs on the titles of the film. For this, we needed some lyric which we thought should not be dominating the scene but yet..if people want to understand...they can.
So...Stephen the guitarist who sang this song also saw the whole film and wrote wonderful lines in english..This song runs as a background score during various phases of the film. M sure..all guitar lovers will enjoy this track.A variation of the same is a wonderful piano piece @the opening credits of the film. THIS IS THE SOUL OF TUGLAK

2)Nee irbekitthilli: lyric:aravind kaushik
A haunting soulful number which is sure to top the charts with vijayprakash's amazing voice. Ranks among ARJUN'S BEST WORK IN THE MELODY GENRE. Use of chorus....harmonica...and the female alaap by anuraadha bhat is haunting...
I had a tough time writing the lyric but I wrote what my mind asked me to and it shaped up well...
MELODIOUS HIT NUMBER


3)LESA ILESAA:lyric: manju bagade
 A TAKE ON THE WAY FILMS ARE MADE  MOST OF THE TIMES IN OUR PART OF THE WORLD. VERY IMPORTANT SONG IN THE FILM...SURE TO KICK SOME@@%& CONTROVERSIAL HIT

4)MAINTAIN MAADTAAVNO: lyric: aravind kaushik
There was a hit pair called Ravichandran and Hamsalekha once upon a time and now...  though we are not as great as them....me and Arjun have tried to recreate that magic by making this song sound 'retro' with the lyric being very simple but with a punch.It is a narrator's song and a chartbuster..MASS HIT

5)BOONDH BOONDH :Lyric: aravind kaushik
 INTRODUCTION OF TUGLAK...PACKS A PUNCH... NEW VOICE PRATEEK HAS SUNG WELL....SUPERB DANCE MOVES BY RAKSHIT.....ANOTHER MASS HIT

WEAR YOUR CHANGE!!!

What u wear is a very good endorsement of who you are....TUGLAK as a film is relevant to people of all ages.....because at every stage in our life , we encounter dilemmas such as what profession to choose? What colour to wear ?Whom to blieve? and so on... As a film , TUGLAK moves beyong just showcasing such confusion and goes further to try and give everyone of the audience an experience of realisation..So, at the end of having watched this film....if this film has changed something in the audience ....they have an option to declare it and join the TUGLAK bandwagon...HOW...? By wearing those TUGLAK tshirts....by wearing the change.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR THE SAME ..ANNOUNCING IT SOON!!!

The journey...

Is it important to look back at how I ended up being a filmmaker? It is not. So, let me not talk about who brought me into this industry...about who inspired me to become a filmmaker etc....but to share something which I think is worth sharing...m writing this piece....'The journey'...
I see so many people around me who love watching films and nowadays most of them even love 'making' films. To most of them, filmmaking is about being 'smart'.So, many a times when I look at those so many audio video presentations ' that fake themselves as 'short films'...I feel empty. Because, all these av presentations are about sound work...about title graphics....about weird camera angles...about split screens and blah blah blah. But, where is the content? ...And then, I started to look back at the time when I used to make short films...
They were the same too, actually. So, now I realise that filmmaking is not about all these issues at all.
Very humbly, this piece in a way is written to be shared with creative individuals who are looking at film and tv direction as a way of life...as a breadwinner.
It is very easy to learn the basics of filmmaking.The technique.And I learnt it quite fast too. I first learnt how to write a screenplay....convert an idea into a screenplay...I then learnt how to do my shot divisions etc and then I learnt how to edit it. But what I had not learnt was  the skill to use them all effectively. And this requires a lot of patience and humility to learn.
At this stage...filmmaking becomes a more complex art because now you begin to deal with issues such as scheduling, man management and then the 'commercial ' angles to making a film ...(effective use of money and effective ways of money recovery)..And then the toughest act......PUBLICITY. PUBLICITY skills are what all of us filmmakers neglect or do not think too much about and then end up paying the price of our work not being noticed.
So...finally the equation ...the destination that I have arrived at is...
TO MAKE A GOOD FILM.... 1)HAVE STRONG CONTENT THAT CAN WORK EVEN IF YOUR FILMMAKING IS BAD
2) HAVE A STRONG SENSE OF TECHNIQUE AND BE PRECISE ABOUT WHAT IS YOUR STYLE..?(USE OF LENS....USE OF ANGLES...LENGTH OF SHOTS....EDITING PATTERN....AND SO ON)
3)DEVELOP SKILLS OF SCHEDULING...DEVELOP SKILLS OF WORKING ON DEADLINES...DEVELOP SKILLS OF 'SHOOTING FAST' BUT ALSO NOT AT THE COST OF YOUR CREATIVE FREEDOM...
4)KNOW HOW TO SELL YOUR FILM
5)KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY SHOULD BE SPENT ON WHAT....(CHECK IF IT IS WORTH IT)
6)AND FINALLY BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE MADE THE 'BEST FILM' YOU COULD HAVE MADE AT THAT POINT IN TIME