THE BIG Pik of the month

Moksha

One wittier idea than the other and we keep getting floored. Some brilliant attempts doing the rounds to support indie bands but this one goes a step further. Radio Mirchi through their initiative ‘Band Banao, Jeetu Raaj ko Sunao’ brought in Maharashtra Day on 1st May with a band playing Marathi numbers! How apt is that. Though Moksha is neither a Marathi band nor are all the members Maharashtrians, their original lineup included just one Marathi song, which later multiplied. Their Marathi numbers to name a few were one with a message for Mumbai and the other a romantic number. We say, lets trend this up. So now finally, not just aika dajiba with re-remixed versions playing in the gullies on this day; we’ll have hummable pieces for the manoos loving music in all forms, language no bar. Kai sangta ho!

Caralisa Monteiro

Trust Limca and O&M to add freshness to our screens every summer for those 45 seconds. The latest ad featuring Hrishita Bhatt has another soft voice that caught our ears and the search led to the unconventional Caralisa Monteiro, who’s been crooning ‘Kuch boondein chura lo na’ in all her innocence. Interestingly, she has already lent her voice for some bollywood features like Rock On (remember ‘Phir Dekhiye’ ?) and has composed some potential originals as well, besides more commercials. The music for the campaign has been composed by R Anand; the lyrics written by Swanandh Kirkire. The advertisement has a certain feel-good factor which drags you into its mood no matter what. The simple lyrics pep you up completely. Try listening to it or watching the video first thing in the morning – and you’ll see the magic. But all justice done by Caralisa and we see a bright future ahead of her. Here’s wishing to hear more of you girl!!

Guy Ritchie's movie RocknRolla

Look what we found! Blackstrobe strumming ‘I’m a man‘ on those spunky guitar strings that kickstarts Guy Ritchie’s movie RocknRolla’s credits adding the grungy ‘lets-bring-it-on’ feel that sets up the tone for this underworld rollercoaster. With the pulse pounding soundtracks produced by Guy Ritchie himself and renowned music supervisor Ian Neil, you are in for a musical treat. The head hitting tunes are not for the faint hearted, and definitely not your idea of casual listening on a relaxing weekend. Following that, other electro rock performances like 1960’s American garage rock band The Sonic’s psychedelically throbbing “Have Love, Will Travel”, English indie rock band The Subways’ scream fest “Rock & Roll Queen” and Australian post-punk band The Scientists’ thumping “We Had Love”- these are just the smashing must-have albums for The Big M readers this month!