Lagaan (soundtrack)

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Lagaan
Soundtrack album by
A. R. Rahman
Released6 April 2001 (2001-04-06)[1]
Recorded2000–2001
Panchathan Record Inn, Chennai
Genre
Length41:58
LabelSony Music
ProducerA. R. Rahman
A. R. Rahman chronology
Love You Hamesha

(2001) 		Lagaan
(2001) 		Star
(2001)

Lagaan is the soundtrack from the film Lagaan. It was composed by A. R. Rahman, with lyrics by Javed Akhtar. The soundtrack is made up of six songs and two instrumental pieces. Rahman incorporated several music styles and genres to create the soundtrack. The track "Radha Kaise Na Jale" is loosely based on Raga Abheri/Bhimpalasi, while "Chale Chalo" is based on Raga Nata/Jog.

Track listing

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Ghanan Ghanan"Udit Narayan, Sukhwinder Singh, Alka Yagnik, Shankar Mahadevan, Shaan, Chorus6:11
2."Mitwa"Udit Narayan, Sukhwinder Singh, Alka Yagnik, Srinivas6:47
3."Radha Kaise Na Jale"Asha Bhosle, Udit Narayan, Vaishali Samant, Chorus5:34
4."O Rey Chhori"Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, Vasundhara Das5:59
5."Chale Chalo"A. R. Rahman, Srinivas, Chorus6:40
6."Waltz for a Romance (in 'A' Major)" (Instrumental) 2:29
7."O Paalanhaare"Lata Mangeshkar, Sadhana Sargam, Udit Narayan & Chorus5:19
8."Lagaan..... Once Upon a Time in India"Anuradha Sriram, Chorus
Strings arranged by R. Prasanna		4:12
Total length:41:58

Reception

The

Amazon.com's "The 100 Greatest World Music Albums of All Time".[6][7] The soundtrack won 3 National Film Awards in three categories. A. R. Rahman won the award for the best music, Udit Narayan won the Best Male Playback Singer Award for "Mitwa" and Javed Akhtar won the Best Lyrics Award for "Ghanan Ghanan" and "Radha Kaise Na Jale".[8] Lagaan also became the biggest audio hit of the year by topping the music charts and selling 3.5 million records within a year.[9] According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 28,00,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's fourth highest-selling.[10]

References

  1. ^ Borah Tandon, Runima (5 April 2001). "Depressed? Listen to Mitwah!". Retrieved 13 January 2008.
  2. ^ Thomas, Kevin (10 May 2002). "Cricket in the Face of Colonialism". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  3. ^ Khanna, Anish. "Music Review: Lagaan". Retrieved 14 January 2008.
  4. ^ K Deoshi, N. "Lagaan: Music album review". Retrieved 14 January 2008.
  5. ^ "Music Review: Lagaan". Screen India. 11 May 2001. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
  6. Amazon.com
    . 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  7. ^ "Lagaan is listed among top 100 Albums". The Times of India. 27 August 2009. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  8. ^ "49th National Film Awards, 2001". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. 26 July 2002. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
  9. ^ Das Gupta, Surajeet; Soumik Sen (21 September 2002). "A R Rahman: Composing a winning score". Rediff.com. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
  10. ^ "Music Hits 2000–2009 (Figures in Units)". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 15 February 2008. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
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