Yea I saw tis movie in cali and belive me I was like watttt...and I like literally stood up of my site and was like sayin out loud..."thazz some indian shit for u right there" haha...my cuzine was lie dude wt re u doing...but I ve also told abt this to my freinds at college and they can do nuthing but aprreciate the indiancity!
I watched Inside Man in a NY movie theatre and as soon as I heard the song playing I was pleasantly surprised. It made me raise my head high as a proud Indian. Look at the places our country is going. 3 cheers!!!
It is horrible song. The music is ok. Why would the foreign blokes want to hear that song in a movie like Inside man? Where is the connection? Spike Lee is an idiot. Just because he likes the song does not mean others in America and UK should like it. It was a bad choice.
RE:Spike is a dunce
by Arnav Sud on Aug 18, 2007 02:31 AM
Who cares man ?? the point is that spike lee heard the music, liked it and probably those undertalented musicians in the west could not reproduce it.. so he included it... even AR Rahman said that one of the reasons lee included the song was that "no one could play like that..."
Way to go, AR Rahman! One more feather in the cap of AR Rahman. This guy has yet again proved that he is way ahead of all his contemporaries in Hindi as well as Tamil music scene. And yet he has maintained his down-to-earth shy kind of personality. Unlike his loud mouth contemporaries like Anu Malik and Himesh Reshimya, he has made sure to let his music do the talking. Kudos ARR and keep up the good work.
It is nice to know that the Chaiya Chaiya number is gaining mileage in a big hollywood movie. But this is not the first Rehman music to appear in a Hollywood blockbuster! Rehman's haunting theme music from the movie 'Bombay' was played for around 2 minutes in the Nicolas Cage starrer 'Lord of War' while he sits in a African mainland as the locals take apart a plane! Have no clue if the music fits the scene, but it was playing! :)
RE:You're late!!!!!!!, Arthur J. Pais
by PHANIDHAR kOLUSU on May 04, 2006 02:00 AM
Actually -- Credit was given, it was mentioned under Title song, almost towards the end. But mention they sure did.
Yes... its true chaiya chaiya is playing not once but twice in the "inside man". however, imagine my horror when I sat through the entire film even towards the end where they show credits and NOWHERE, I REPEAT, NOWHERE was AR Rehman's name mentioned! instead, it said "music by" some darn yankee who's conveniently used to climb up the top of the charts!
For a libelous society such as the US, have they no shame, lifting tunes from people without so much as even giving them a mention? Also, another reminder; this isn't the first time; just come over to Australia and see some of the ads, including one by coca-cola which liberally uses the "roop suhanaa lagta hai" tune straight from" the gentleman".
Have we become so toothless that we can't even revolt?
RE:don't be overexcited
by Srinath on Apr 30, 2006 11:47 PM
Hi Nita,
I think you have not stayed till the end of the ending credits. AR Rahman's was mentioned at the end. Every hollywood movie displays all the songs on the OST and the composers and artists involved in each song, in the ending credits. And in that section of the ending credits, Chaiya Chaiya was mentioned first with Rahman, Sukhwinder and Sapna Awasthi's names clearly mentioned, along with Gulzar!
I am sure you did not stick to the seat till the last credits. Infact, I only to went to watch the movie to see the greatest Indian composer's name on screen! And I did watch it!!
After watching Being Cyrus, myself along with couple of my friends (All Indians) sneeked in to watch Inside man at MANN theatres. When the curtain was raised, all of sudden the song started. We were taken back to hear it, we asked ourself looking at each other, Are we in wrong theater?, after a while we realized it was a played during titles. There was a sense of pride to hear our song and also a pinch of embrassment for we know plople around us have no clue what the song was about. But we noticed that people really were listening to the music. We said to ourselves, atleast we are getting some recognition though in disguise. Finally we the movie ended, the song was played again and we were walking out. To our surprise again we saw all the people around us were still seated listening to the song while only four of us were walking our with a sense of pride. Dont know if the people were sitting to get over the movie or were listening the song, but at the end of the day the a bollywood song was played in the hollywood movie, though not during it.
I did not realise there was a link between the music and the plot -- but the bewildered critic's comment seems to suggest one.
The critics who beg to differ say "The music sounds like some sort of African or possibly middle-eastern folk music with a techno/funk edge," and further adds that its a stange choice for a film about a New York bank robbery ----
Well if they saw the film -- the robbery is different becouse of its middle easternish links -- that is the reason the robery team has a Rabi, a jewish jeweller etc and coming to african folk music with a techno/funk edge -- let the critic brother go to a newyork hip place and get that clarified.
