Dil Se: Chaiyya Chaiyya

An epic song.. Chaiyya Chaiyya from the movie Dil Se (1998). Actually the complete name of the song is Chal Chaiyya Chaiyya. This is another song by the A.R. Rahman.

With captions. The key to this song is understanding the first verse:
Those who have an all encompassing shadow of love over their head, will have heaven below their feet... Walk under this shadow

[Youtube] Chaiyya Chaiyya



Check out the much clearer bluray version. It's eye candy.:
[Youtube] Chaiyya Chaiyya - BluRay quality but no captions


This song was featured in the powerful intro to the movie Inside Man. Check it out:
[Youtube] Inside Name intro with song Chaiyya Chaiyya
Sorry no embedding.

Taal se Taal Mila from the movie Taal

Another music gem from Bollywood. This time it's the song Taal se Taal Mila from the movie Taal. A much younger Aishwarya Rai (She was in the Guru song) stars in this one. The song is written by A.R. Rahman (the guy who wrote the music to Slumlord Millionaire). He's also written some of the other songs presented on this blog such as Tere Bina from Guru, Saathiya, and a few more that I'll be posting from the movies Rang De Basanti and Lagaan. I believe these songs better represent his talents than Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionare, which got worldwide recognition, but, I feel, is not quite as good as his songs which I've shown on this blog.

This artistic visuals aren't as great as the audio in this video. Enjoy the music.

Presented in HD and with subtitles.

[Youtube] Taal se Taal Mila from movie Taal in HD with subtitles

A.R. Rahman: Bombay Theme - Played Live in Concert

I will say that the award winning music by A.R. Rahman in the movie Slumlord Millionare wasn't his best. Neither was the plot or acting by the stars in the movie as good as some of their work in some of the Indian Hindi films. Because Slumlord Millionare was produced by Universal and shown widely in U.S. theatres, the people involved were the beneficiary of exposure, and ultimately Oscars and other industry awards.

Anyways, here's A.R. Rahman's Bombay Theme LIVE in Los Angeles and in a hindi movie and in the movie Lord of War:

[Youtube] A.R. Rahman: Bombay Theme LIVE


Here's his music playing the background of the hindi movie Bombay (1995). The scene consists of a riot between Muslims and Hindus.
[Youtube] A.R. Rahman: In 1995 hindi movie Bombay (background music)


[Youtube] Bombay Theme in the wonderful movie Lord of War