VCD/DVD of RDB Songs

Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra teaches a new lesson in Rang De Basanti about how to use songs in a movie. Usually creators would search for a place in the screenplay to fit the songs in between, but he has searched for situations in the screenplay to fit the songs on. It is more than just situational songs. I mean, the scenes in which the songs are used may work well with just the dialogues and the natural sounds but with the songs, the mood and emotions intended in the scene gets elevated. We don’t look at the songs as such in this movie. The way the songs have been used gives a new meaning to the music and music in turn adds a new dimension to the proceedings in the movie. It is a marriage between sound and light that amplify the impact.

They could have done neat instrumental themes for these situations and could have released it as an instrumental soundtrack, but they didn’t. In the place of “Khoon Chala” song, a grand symphonic piece with Cellos, solo violins and strings would have created the impact but that is where the importance of lyrics and a format of songs in Indian films come into picture. It is just not the music, the lyrics has a lot to convey here along with the music. And cleverly it does aid the commercial success of the audio and the movie. Just think, how much the audio would have reached the people if they had used instrumental pieces in place of the songs.

And that is why I wondered how could they release the VCD/DVD of the songs from the movie so early that may actually spoil the thrill while watching the movie in cinemas. Anyway, mostly only those who have seen the movie would buy it. But they have not revealed everything in this VCD that is actually in the movie. For some of the songs, which come in a critical point, they have put some relevant but random shots from other scenes in the movie to fill in the songs. Ik Onkaar, Paatshaala, Tu bin batayae, Rang De Basanti and Sarfaroshi are recorded as it is in the movie. But the interesting part is the special feature that has Rakesh, Prasoon and Rahman speaking about how such a music evolved. The DVD of the movie is releasing next month.