Thursday, March 30, 2006

With the Lord of the Rings musical, with music by A R "born a day before me" Rahman, opening in Toronto this week, the legend is back in the news.

And guess what else? If you watch the latest Owen-Foster-Washington thriller, Inside Man, directed by Spike Lee, the opening credits featuring a montage of New York City, feature the track "Chaiyya Chaiyya" from Dil Se. No, not as way-back-in-the-background music as some tape playing in a taxicab - its in the SCORE. And the Punjabi MC remixed version plays with the ending credits. Isn't that cool? I mean, this is way past "Hindi Sad Diamonds" in Moulin Rouge - this is the entire track. And in true Hollywood style, the song is incorporated in the background score CD.

And with every movie featuring a South Asian actor or character, and now, music, is it long before Indians break into the mainstream?

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