I'd heard a similar sounding alaap in a commercial featuring Aishwarya Rai and Lisa Ray for Garden sarees (also composed by Rahman) – I don't know which came first. Who was this Rahman? The love story with Roja, I think began with the alaap (in the title track). It provoked us to look into this quaint-seeming gentleman. What were these melodies, these harmonies, and I remember one track in particular, which had an interlude that seemed like a conversation between a piano and a sitar. I was listening to a lot of Western classical, Beatles around that time, but this was different. I'm not trying to sound dramatic here, but it was almost like… life happened.
He brought in this cassette called Pudhiya Mugham (1993). If I remember correctly, I was introduced to his music by this very odd, eccentric, typical jhola-carrying uncle. I think the only musical respite was 'Pehla Nasha' – it felt like balm for our existence.
There were movies like Phool Aur Kaante, Beta and Khuda Gawah.
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