Mangal Pandey - The Rising

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Mangal Pandey - The Rising

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Credits
Producer/s:	Bobby Bedi and Deepa Sahi
Director:	Ketan Mehta
Music:	A.R. Rahman
Lyrics:	Javed Akhtar
Vocals:	Aamir Khan, A.R. Rahman, Bonnie Chakraborty, Chinmaya, Kadir, Kailash Kher, Kartik Das, Madhushree, Murtaza, Reena Bhardwaj, Srinivas, Sukhwinder Singh and Udit Narayan
Label:	Yash Raj Music

'Mangal Pandey - The Rising' is many things - a huge film with a big star cast, Aamir's first release in four years (as he teams up with his 'Ghulam' co-star) and the ruling Rani of Bollywood. It boasts of an internationally famous music director and the best lyricist in the Indian film industry (master of patriotic lyrics). When all these top names/talents combine, the expectations assume mammoth proportions. So does the music of 'Mangal Pandey -The Rising' measure up to the expectations? Let us check out for ourselves, the music of a film that marks the comeback of one of the finest actors of recent times, Aamir Khan.

The first version of the title track 'Mangal Mangal' says - "Wake up India!! If you have forgotten the sacrifices of Bharat Mata's patriotic sons, Bhagat Singh's and Mangal Pandey's." Coming to the track, we have to go overboard (as some may think) and make a bold statement (repeating what Aamir says) "Here is the patriotic song of the decade" and that too in three different flavors/variations.

A.R. Rahman and Javed sahib have worked wonders together and created a song (sorry, we know its blasphemous to term it as just a song) that just cannot be described in words. This track will definitely move the hearts and souls of all the patriotic Indians, many centuries after the sacrifice of Mangal Pandey. Awesome, amazing and superlative are a few words that come to mind.

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