This is the first Indian movie I have ever seen, and I was really surprised by the inclusion of the choreographed singing throughout the movie. To me, it did not seem to fit well with the style of the film. It has me wondering, is it typical of Indian cinema to include songs in this way?
shareAbsolutely. Sometimes it fits better in the story, like they're dancing in a party or something but usually it has not much to do with the plot. Often they have impossible locations like Egyptian pyramids, or Swiss lakes and the actors have 4-5 different costumes on during the song. Lot of people (including me) like the songs though.
shareThanks for clearing that up for me. I didn't dislike the songs, I'm just not used to their being included in a film like this one.
shareAsoka didn't do a good job of including the songs. They were decent songs, yes, but they fit horridly with the plot. Normally the songs fit better. Maybe not perfectly, but better. And yes, it's completely normal for hindi films.
shareBy the way, in you guy's DVD has the songs' translation?
because in the brazillian version, we don't have them translatedeither in portuguese or english ...
jessica-kolk- The North American DVD translates them into English, I think. The lyrics really don't have much to do with the movie, though.
shareAsoka had beautiful music, very period appropriate with no synthesized sounds. The lyrics and choreography were also quite well done. Roshni se was luminous. The only song I could have done without was Aa Taiyaar ho ja (the woman dancing up on a stage) and even that showed some progression of the relationship between Asoka and the character played by Danny Denzongpa.
shareYou can get an English translation of the songs on the net. I believe the website is "BOLLYWHAT". Do a google on hindi lyric translations. If you still have a problem email me.
shareBollywood films average about 5 songs in one movie
shareI thought that the several of the songs in ASOKA had a very contemporary, pop sound but I liked them anyhow. The recent historical/costume epic JODHAA AKBAR did a much better job integrating the songs in my opinion.
sharethought that the several of the songs in ASOKA had a very contemporary, pop sound but I liked them anyhow.
The recent historical/costume epic JODHAA AKBAR did a much better job integrating the songs in my opinion.
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Aa Tayar Hoja was the only one that really stuck out for me. OTOH, I thought Roshni Se and Raat Ka Nasha served the story incredibly well. How well the song serves the story depends on the talent of the director, I suppose.
shareI actually agree with your point about the songs; they didn't fit that well although they did atleast seem more like dreams or visions. The music was good though especially the motif used when showing the statue of the Buddha.
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