Roja and Bombay, things that launched AR Rehman were released around time wen i was reaching a significant 13, I think Rehman's music was the only good thing around, then. almost all friends had the music but didn't have it at home, made it all the more coveted



Drums start the ball
dancers dancing-best of all

the king watches, and the guards
from the stage, they participate

Dancers dance on the singer's voice
singers sings along the rules, not made out of choice
they seem to dances to tunes, but the semblece is contrived
the onlooker watches the rhyme, the synchrony of dancer's movement with the music

to segment and separate the dance from the music
is to acknowledge each as whole

to separate the voice from the rhyme
and rhythm from body

...to observe in a special way...the constituents that form the whole, the form, the whole, to perform by just looking, to be not just a dancer among many of the troop but the king who sees troops pass by

to participate as the last performer