Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA) Placement report 2011-2013 batch

Watched 'Nautanki Saala'.quite liked it. light-hearted yet pretty complex story about friendship and relationships. The theater background provides the movie a colourful look. 7/10

Music is a rhythm divine, which on those rare occasions when it strikes the right chords, can make mortals dance, holding sway over their intellectual faculties with ridiculous ease. Music can be a great healer as well as a ferocious inflictor, and perhaps it is this attribute that makes it unparalleled, both in terms of power and scope. Many religious scriptures and philosophies recognize music as a powerful medium of human expression. Cinema and music share a very intimate relationship. They both have cathartic power to cleanse the soul of all evil. Like the Greek theater of old, cinema often revolves around musicians and singers. Indian cinema over the year has got famous for films that offer a unique blend of music and drama. Hollywood has a standalone genre called "Musical" to demarcate those films that rely heavily on the use of music and songs.

In the article, I have enlisted 10 hypnotic works of cinema off the top of my head which, in my humble opinion, underline the importance of music in cinema as well as in life.

The complete article can be read at: A Potpourri of Vestiges: Rhythm Divine: A Toast to Music