BEHIND THE SCREEN

Music is the heart of the film because, this is a musical film. After a long break in Tamil films, RAhman is back. Soon after the casstte was released it topped all the music charts but there was an argument the audio sales of BOYS has not reached the usual Rahman high, but after the release of the film the cassettes are being sold as hot cakes and is all to break the old records. Rahman has understood the ideas and passions of the youth and made the songs mixed with 'rap'. Usually 'raps' are only sung in english but for the first time Rahman has introduced a new way of singing the same rap in both English and Tamil. All the raps and English lyrics have been written and sung by Blaaz. Blaaz has also appeared in the film as the anchor of MTV awards function. Lyricists Vaali, Pa. Vijayan and Kabilan found it very difficult to match the Tamil raps as same as the  english ones. Each song is very different from each other. For the first time Adnan Sami and Lucky Ali are singing for a Tamil movie. Rahman has used a new technology called as DVD ver 5.1 which he tried to use for the film KANNATHIL MUTTAMITTAL but could not. This has improved the sound quality. Shankar said that the electric guitar used in the songs gave the same effect as in the old songs, so Rahman decided to bend it and called Joshua Shridhar and Pravin mani to do some addition programming for GIRLFRIEND, SECRET OF SUCCESS and BREAK THE RULES. The girlfriend ringtone has become a hit among the tamil mobile users. 

The lyrics are flooded with english words and fantasies but one song ALE ALE has got so much of meaning which is written by Kabilan. He has compared the nerves to lightning and the song is all about the feelings experienced in love.Choreography by Raju Sundaram are simple but difficult to try. They are like the usual stylish steps. In the ALE ALE song, Raju Sundaram has taken care to convey the meaning of each line. Even a non tamilian can understand the meanings. Bob Gally(Bharath) was instructed to use his own steps in the girlfriend and saregame songs. He has done many acrobatic steps like lifting his leg through 180 degrees. The costumes are very good. For the first time Arjun Basin of Monsoon Wedding and Dil Chaatha Hai fame has designed the costumes for a Tamil film. He has used things like matchsticks, video reels, cola crowns etc. Kamal Chopra, the model of Sony Erricson and fevicol has acted in an interesting role of a US doctor who is married and divorced 6 times. Hariharan has played the real life character of a singer who presents the awards to the BOYS at the MTV awards. For the first time MTV has given the permission to use its logo for a south Indian film.

SOURCE: 1)Sri Surya Movies, Chennai
                   2)Press Trust of India (PTI)
                   3)Thennisai Internet Media
                   4)Idlebrain

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