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C10 – November 26, 2010 – INDIA-WEST
Indian Origin Rock Artist Ramayya Performs in the Bay Area
also the voice actor for the lead
character, Duma.
The band recently released
its third full-length album, “Four
Corners of a Tiny Planet.”
By a Staff Reporter
SAN FRANCISCO — Marin
County-based Indo-Canadian
singer-songwriter Raj Ramayya
is performing at several venues in
and around San Francisco Nov. 5
- Dec. 17 as part of the Bay Area
native two-member rock band,
The Beautiful Losers.
Ramayya, a popular name in
Japanese music, is performing
alongside his longtime songwriting partner and guitarist, Brett
Boyd.
According to a press release,
formed in 2001, The Beautiful
Losers has previously toured and
performed as a supporting act for
Coldplay, Indigo Girls and Matt
Nathanson.
In addition to being the vo-
Visionary Bhansali Offers Up a
Film For Posterity
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Indo-Canadian rock singer songwriter Raj Ramayya (l) of the rock band The
Beautiful Losers is seen here with fellow band member, guitarist and co-songwriter Brett Boyd (r). The duo is performing in the San Francisco Bay Area
Nov. 5 - Dec. 17.
calist for classic anime theme
songs, including “Ask DNA,” from
Artists Across Countries Create
Song for World AIDS Day
By R.M. VIJAYAKAR
Special to India-West
MUMBAI — ArtistAloud.com,
the digital platform for unreleased
independent music, earlier introduced a unique initiative for 11
artists, both domestic and international, to showcase their talent to
the world. Via the upload feature
on the Web site, users had sent
in thousands of their unreleased
works to ArtistAloud.com. The
The duo’s next performance is
scheduled Nov. 27 at Café Royale
in San Francisco.
For more information, visit
www.TheBeautifulLosers.com.
best 11 were handpicked to bring
their first-ever single for digital
compilation.
The chosen ones are back with
a song in time for World AIDS
Day Dec. 1.
Musicians from the U.S., Australia, Bangladesh and India together
will compose a song, which will
be released digitally Nov. 30 and
accessible through Hungama’s
domestic and international digital
distribution partnerships.
the legendary “Cowboy Bebop,”
“Strangers” from “Wolf’s Rain,”
and “Heroes Never Die” from the
videogame Biohazard, Ramayya
has the Japanese hit single “Strawberry Rainbow” from the album
“Studio Apartment” to his credit.
“Count on hearing some of your
classic anime theme song favorites,” said Ramayya, who co-wrote
and sang the theme song to the hit
Japanese animated program, “The
World of Golden Eggs,” which has
sold over one million DVD copies
in Japan.
In addition to writing and singing three theme songs for “Little
Charo,” a Japanese children’s
program, the versatile artist is
able melodrama at many points
that is at variance with the subtle
emotional punch of the earlier
portions of the film, and aspects
that add nothing significant to
the story, like Hrithik’s mother’s
death or the single appearance
of Sophia’s husband (Makrand
Deshpande).
Technically, since “Black,” the
filmmaker has always gone in for
a European look to his films (in
terms of production design, lighting and DI) and this film is no exception, but a few brighter frames
and a more Indian look (Goa after
all is a part of India!) would have
made a constructive difference.
The magic sequences and their
choreography are breathtaking.
Hrithik Roshan, once he gets
into the groove, dances like a
dream (his forte anyway) and his
performance, while seemingly
ordinary, is nuanced — like the
expression in his eyes saying everything when he states, “I think
that it is the applause I miss the
most.” Looking his character,
unhealthy and in (literally) bad
shape, he is extraordinary.
Aishwarya depicts rare understanding of her complex character
and looks what she is
—a
nurse. Jaded with life and her concern towards her patient, unable
to express her feelings and also
physically exhausted, Aishwarya
too has a very non-starry look and
body language that is at superb
contrast with her real persona.
Aditya Roy Kapoor is brilliant,
as he was two weeks ago in coincidentally yet another Aishwarya
film, “Action Replayy,” and Shernaz and Suhel Seth make lasting
impressions.
To sum up, “Guzaarish” is the
creation of a man who has lent
a new dimension to the term
“filmmaker.” We hear that the
film is inspired from a mix of a
few Hollywood movies to which
Bhansali has added his own bits,
and that it has not opened well
at the box-office. Never mind,
some films are meant for posterity
rather than instant success, and it
is Bhansali’s own inputs that make
it what it is.
Rating: ****
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