Bulbbul
| Bulbbul | ||||
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| 📅 Released | 10 June 2020 | |||
| ⏳ Length | 15:46 | |||
| Language | Hindi | |||
| 🏷️ Label | Netflix | |||
| Amit Trivedi chronology | ||||
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Bulbbul is the soundtrack album for the Netflix film of the same name, featuring fifteen original compositions presented by Amit Trivedi. The Bulbbul soundtrack features three songs and twelve tunes bundled into the album and was released as a whole on 10 June 2020.[1][2]
Background
The album spans a runtime of 15 minutes. Despite not featuring any lyrical songs, five tracks were recorded by Lagnajita Chakraborty, Sharmistha Chatterjee, Swanand Kirkire, Trivedi and Tripti Dimri, the lead actress of the film. The film score is accompanied by the use of classical instruments such as strings, flute, oud, tar, violin, mandolin and cello.[3] The soundtrack has highly influenced culture of Bengal with the themes and pretext relevant in the 1880s pre-Independent India.[4]
Anvita Dutt, the film's screenplay writer and director eventually stated that she wrote the script as a songless film even before Netflix acquired the rights. In a video interview with Sankhayan Ghosh of Film Companion, she stated "Ironically, as a lyricist myself isn’t lost on me and my compatriots. But it’s doubtful if the road to being able to stick to that choice would’ve been as smooth if Bulbbul was going for a traditional theatrical release, which calls for a mandatory promotional music video (that can play at the end of the film and not interfere with the flow of the narrative)."[5]
Track listing
All lyrics written by Anvita Dutt.
| No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ude Re (Thumri)" | Sharmishta Chatterjee | 2:45 |
| 2. | "Kaali Kavach" | Swanand Kirkire | 2:53 |
| 3. | "Churail's Hum" | Tripti Dimri | 1:03 |
| 4. | "Bulbbul's Theme" | Tripti Dimri | 2:08 |
| 5. | "Satya Meets Bulbbul" | Lagnajita Chakraborty | 2:10 |
| 6. | "Satya Returns Home" | Amit Trivedi | 0:41 |
| 7. | "Binodini Theme" | Amit Trivedi | 0:37 |
| 8. | "Jealous" | Amit Trivedi | 0:34 |
| 9. | "Unfolding Mystery" | Amit Trivedi | 1:21 |
| 10. | "Ephemeral Joy" | Amit Trivedi | 0:30 |
| 11. | "Conspiracy" | Amit Trivedi | 1:36 |
| 12. | "A Long Await" | Amit Trivedi | 0:47 |
| 13. | "Agony" | Amit Trivedi | 2:50 |
| 14. | "Incompleteness" | Amit Trivedi | 0:45 |
| 15. | "Bulbbul Is Back" | Amit Trivedi | 0:43 |
Reception
Critical response
Rohan Naahar of Hindustan Times wrote "Bulbbul features a lush, orchestral score by the great Amit Trivedi, evoking memories of his terrific (but of iffy integrity) work in Vikramaditya Motwane’s Lootera. In a way, there is a strain of melancholy that runs through both movies, and Trivedi is able to capture it."[6] Umesh Punwani of Koimoi stated "Trivedi's music builds the crescendo for a haunting atmosphere in bits and pieces".[7] A critic from Filmfare stated that "Amit Trivedi’s haunting background score also adds to the horror atmospheric film".[8] Rahul Desai of Film Companion wrote:
The violin-heavy central tune is nursery-rhyme deceptive at first, but it builds into a melancholic [Sanjay Leela] Bhansali-like crescendo – the aural equivalent of a lonely peacock finally spreading her wings. (Bulbbul even uses a peacock-feather pankh to fan herself, as if it were an extension of her hands). The way the images are conceived, cut and merged can only have been written to music. Too often, original soundtracks are composed to punctuate emotions and manipulate the viewer into feeling. The Bulbbul score is a rare instance where the music, too, tells a hidden story – of blossoming not by will but by necessity. Of saving in order to be saved.[9]
The film's soundtrack was also mentioned in Mixtape 2020, an article for Film Companion's Year Ender Special, Sankhayan Ghosh stated "Amit Trivedi’s knack for theme music pieces produce two memorable themes in the supernatural fairytale, Bulbbul — a song-less chamber piece".[10] He further added "Churail’s Hum" as a "tune hummed by a gothic heroine haunting a palace, which is beautiful and sad", apart from praising the "orchestral flourishes" which recall the period Bengal of Lootera.[10] For "Satya Meets Bulbbul", Ghosh stated it as "a happier piece, reminiscent of the vocal refrain of one of the Dev D themes, sung in schoolgirlish tones by the singer Lagnajita Chakraborty".[10] Devarsi Ghosh of Scroll.in also mentioned the soundtrack in its Best of 2020: Hindi music in films and television.[11]
Controversy
The film features an age-old Bengali folk song "Kalankini Radha", which translates to "Ill-reputed Radha".[12] The producer Anushka Sharma was widely criticised for the song as it portrays Radha in a negative way, also pointing out a couple of lyrics, which describe Radha as "shameless and hussy".[13] Netizens alleged that Anushka Sharma had disrespected Hindu religious sentiments by producing a film that has a song like this.[14] However one user supported Sharma with a tweet saying, "'Kalankini Radha' is a song written by Dwija Ratna during British rule and its a Bengali folks song (baul) which was sung by different singing personalities on different platforms. It is having a different inner meaning and is relevant to Indian mythology."[12]
Personnel
Credits adapted from Netflix[1]
- Amit Trivedi – Music composer and producer
- Lagnajita Chakraborty – Vocalist
- Sharmistha Chatterjee – Vocalist
- Swanand Kirkire – Vocalist
- Tripti Dimri – Vocalist
- Tapas Roy – Mandolin, bouzouki and strings
- Paras Nath – Flute, woodwinds
- Hitendra Thakur – Violin
- Asad Khan – Sitar
- P. S. Ramachandran – Cello
- Urmila Sutar – Sound engineer (A T Studios)
- Shadab Rayeen – Audio mixing and mastering (New Edge Studios)
- Abhishek Sortey – Music assistance
- Dhananjay Kapekar – Music assistance
- Krutee Trivedi – Executive producer (A T Studios)
- Aashish Narula – Supervising producer (A T Studios)
- Aditya Hanchinal – Studio manager (A T Studios)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bulbbul - Audio Song Jukebox | Background Music OST | Amit Trivedi | Tripti Dimri | Netflix, retrieved 2021-05-01
- ↑ "Hindi Film Songs - Bulbbul (2020) | MySwar". myswar.co. Retrieved 2021-05-01. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Ghosh, Sankhayan (2020-06-26). "How Lyricist-Turned-Director Anvita Dutt Rewrites the Fairytale in Bulbbul". Film Companion. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ↑ "Every scar has its story: 'Bulbbul' director Anvita Dutt". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ↑ Ghosh, Sankhayan (2020-08-26). "The State of the Film Song in the Age of Streaming". Film Companion. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
- ↑ "Bulbbul movie review: Pretty but problematic, Anushka Sharma's Netflix film is a flawed fairytale". Hindustan Times. 2020-06-24. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
- ↑ "Bulbbul Music Review: A Haunting Soundtrack from Amit Trivedi". Koimoi. 2020-06-13. Retrieved 2021-11-16. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Bulbbul Movie Review". filmfare.com. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
- ↑ Desai, Rahul (2020-06-24). "Bulbbul On Netflix Is A Haunting Cocktail Of History And Horror". Film Companion. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Ghosh, Sankhayan (2020-12-07). "Mixtape 2020: The Best of Music in Hindi Film (And TV)". Film Companion. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
- ↑ Ghosh, Devarsi. "2020 yearender: More originals and fewer remixes in films and web series". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Anushka Sharma Trolled Over Bengali Folk Song Used in Bulbbul". www.news18.com. 2020-06-30. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
- ↑ IANS (2020-06-29). "Anushka Sharma trolled over Bengali folk song used in 'Bulbbul'". www.ibtimes.co.in. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
- ↑ World, Republic. "Bulbbul: Anushka Sharma faces netizens' ire over Bengali folk song 'denigrating' Radha". Republic World. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
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