Meenaxi : A Tale of Three Cities Movie : Bollywood Film :
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| Tabu and Kunal Kapoor in the Poster |
Meenaxi : A Tale of Three Cities is a 2004 Hindi film.directer is M.F. Husain and starring Tabu, Kunal Kapoor and Raghuvir Yadav. The film centrs on Hyderabad novelist Nawab Yadav who is suffering from writer's block. After five years and no stories, Nawab comes across an unconventional muse, Meenaxi Tabu.The three cities referred to in the title are Hyderabad, Jaisalmer and Prague. The film features an acclaimed score and soundtrack by A.R.Rahman.
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| Meenaxi : A Tale of Three Cities Movie |
- Directer : M.F. Husain
- Producer : Reima Husain
- Writer : Owais Husain,M.F. Husain
- Starring : Tabu,Kunal Kapoor,Raghuvir Yadav
- Music : A. R. Rahman
- Cinematography : Santosh Sivan
- Editor : Sreekar Prasad
- Genre : Romance, Musical, Drama
- Release date : 2 April 2004
- Country : India
- Language : Hindi,Urdu
Meenaxi : A Tale of Three Cities Movie Trailer :
Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities Movie is a semi-autobiopic in few respects. There are allusions to Husain's own experiences with his muse, Madhuri Dixit, with whom he made his previous film, Gaja Gamini (2000). This movie was screened in the Marché du Film section of the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.
Meenaxi : A Tale of Three Cities Movie story :
Nawab (Raghuvir Yadav), a popular Hyderabadi novelist, is suffering from a classic case of writer's block. After Five years have - stories of substance seem to have dried up. Then, almost providentially, Nawab comes across a young woman named Meenaxi(Tabu). She's mysterious and individualistic – and not quite willing to perform the part of a passive inspiration. But that doesn't discourage a restored Nawab from giving her different personae – she can be the mysterious perfume trader of Hyderabad, the exotic desert bloom of Jaisalmer or the orphaned Maria of Prague.
unstoppabl, she consolidates her command over the novelist. She dismisses his renewed attempts at writing as insubstantial and overworked, dive him into a state of deeper despair. She is devastating critical about his story and is amused by one of his characters, the lovesick and awkward Kameshwar(Kunal Kapoor). Finally, as Nawab strives on a new page all over again, Meenaxi comments that perhaps the book is in vain. In any case, it is much too late. The writer must survive and live, if he can, without her support, inspiration and criticism.
Star Cast of the Movie :
Meenaxi : A Tale of Three Cities Movie story :
Nawab (Raghuvir Yadav), a popular Hyderabadi novelist, is suffering from a classic case of writer's block. After Five years have - stories of substance seem to have dried up. Then, almost providentially, Nawab comes across a young woman named Meenaxi(Tabu). She's mysterious and individualistic – and not quite willing to perform the part of a passive inspiration. But that doesn't discourage a restored Nawab from giving her different personae – she can be the mysterious perfume trader of Hyderabad, the exotic desert bloom of Jaisalmer or the orphaned Maria of Prague.
unstoppabl, she consolidates her command over the novelist. She dismisses his renewed attempts at writing as insubstantial and overworked, dive him into a state of deeper despair. She is devastating critical about his story and is amused by one of his characters, the lovesick and awkward Kameshwar(Kunal Kapoor). Finally, as Nawab strives on a new page all over again, Meenaxi comments that perhaps the book is in vain. In any case, it is much too late. The writer must survive and live, if he can, without her support, inspiration and criticism.
Star Cast of the Movie :
- Tabu as a Meenaxi
- Kunal Kapoor as a Kameshwar Mathur
- Remo D'Souza as a Kameshwar's Friend
- Raghuvir Yadav as a Nawab
- Nadira Babbar as a Khala / Masi
- Sadiya Turabi as a Naghma
- Zafar Ansari as a Publisher
- Zainab Ravdjee as a Naghma's friend
- Pawan Sughand as a Qawwali main singer
- Madhu Gopinath as a Kalaripallu performer
- Vakkom Sajeev as a Kalaripallu performer
- Bunty Sharma as a Boy with kite
- Chettan Motiwalla as a Man on motorcycle (as Chetan Motiwalla)
- Raisa Husain as a 'Rang' exotic dancer
- Sharmishta Roy as a 'Rang' exotic dancer
- Ghanteshwar T. Guru as a Man at Jaisalmer station / Photographer
Music / song of the movie :
Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities Movie music composer is A.R. Rahman while lyricist are Rahat Indori, M. F. Husain, and Sukhwinder Singh. The music for Meenaxi was released on 24 January 2004 creating great controversies regarding the song "Noor-Un-Ala" which had lyrics directly adapted from the Quran.
The music of the movie got high critical acclaim from the critics. Rahman composed some of his career best songs for it. The background score was also composed by Rahman. Rahman goes completely into Qawwali rhythms for Hyderabad, a rustic, earthy, Arabic rhythms for Jaisalmer and a rich lavish strings for Prague and brings out the essence and cultures of the three cities through his attract scores.
The initial lines of "Chinnamma Chilakamma" give a feel of Telugu peppy number, but as Sukhwinder Singh picks up his lines, a Hyderabadi accent is revealed. The lyrics which are writed by Sukhwinder Singh. "Rang Hai" is like a simple mysterious cry of a woman. Alka Yagnik is the main singer whilst Lebanese singer Dallinda provided additional voices.
"Dhuan Dhuan" is a humid and seductive number singer is Asha Bhonsle. Additional singer is by Kunal and percussions by Rahman's usual associate Sivamani. A.R. Rahman said about recording of this song at the filmfare: "For one song, we started with no tune and no lyrics either. One afternoon I bumped into Lataji and Ashaji in London. I asked Ashaji if she'd do a song with me the next day. She had to go to Scotland the next day. But she returned in a few days and we finished the track "Dhuan Dhuan" in four hours in London."
"Yeh Rishta" is a melody song, singer is Reena Bhardwaj who has previously worked with Rahman in a chartbuster song for the Tamil movie Baba. It was later reused by Rahman in the Tamil movie Sakkarakatti as "Naan Epodhu" with the same singer which then became a chartbuster.
It was picturised as Tabu's solo entrance piece in the film. "Do Kadam" is highly regarded as one of Rahman's best compositions. This song , singer is Sonu Nigam with lyrics provided by Rahat Indori.
Planetbollywood referred to this song as the best from Sonu Nigam. The controversial song "Noor-Un-Ala-Noor" is a Sufi style song sung by Murtaza Khan and Qadir Khan, together called Khan brothers. Lyrics for the song was by M. F. Hussain which slightly adapted the Quranic verses honourung Allah to honour the lead character Meenaxi.
M. F. Hussain wrote in The Hindu about this song, "There is a qawwali written by me and sung by classical musicians Ustad Ghulam Mustafa and his son for which Rahman has tuned unusual music. The film opens with this qawwali, the picturisation of which is a major highlight. The qawwali is thrilled about the presence of the light and what a light it is! It is a Sufi thought, a thought that keep us going even when there is pitch darkness."
"Cyclist's Rhythm" and "Potter's Village" were instrumentals composer is A. R. Rahman with percussions by Sivamani and flute by Navin Kumar in the former and percussions by Hossam Ramzy and strings by John Themis in the latter.
"Yeh Rishta".....................Reena Bhardwaj
- "Chinnamma Chilakkamma".........Sukhwinder Singh
- "Do Kadam"..........................Sonu Nigam
- "Dhuan Dhuan"....................Asha Bhosle
- "Rang Hai"...........................Alka Yagnik
- "Noor-Un-Ala-Noor"..........Murtuza Khan, Qadir Khan
- "Cyclist's Rhythm"..............Instrumental
- "Potter's Village"................Instrumental
"Yeh Rishta" full Video song :
- Singer : Reena Bhardwaj
- Music : A. R. Rahman
- Lyrics : Rahat Indori
"Chinnamma Chilakkamma" full video song :
- Singer : Sukhwinder Singh
- Composer : A.R. Rahman
- Lyricists : Sukhwinder Singh
- Music Label : Sony Music Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd.
Music and Song Review :
The Music for Meenaxi has critical acclaim from critics and fans. Since the film disaster at the box office due to controversies created, the music, but remained popular. But the tracks such as "Yeh Rishta" and "Chinnamma Chillakkamma" became chartbusters over music channels when they were reused in the 2008 Tamil movie Sakkarakatti.
Noor-Un-Ala controversy Detais :
The music album was released on 24 January 2004 creating controversy regarding the song "Noor-Un-Ala" which had lyrics directly uses from the Quran. The movie was stopped from cinemas a day after some Muslim organisations raised objections to the song.
The All-India Ulema Council complained that the Qawwali song was irreverent. The council was supported by Muslim organisations like the Milli Council, All-India Muslim Council, Raza Academy, Jamiat-ul-Ulema-e-Hind and Jamat-e-Islami. Husain's son said that the words were a phrase referring to divine beauty that were being sung for the central character played by Tabu. He said there was no intention to offend. Following the wave of protests the anger, Producer decided pulled his movie from theatres.
Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities Movie Awards winning details :
- National Film Awards: Best Production Design: Sharmishta Roy in 2003
- Screen Awards : Best Cinematography : Santosh Sivan in 2005
- Zee Cine Awards in 2005
- Best Art Direction : Sharmishta Roy
- Best Cinematography : Santosh Sivan
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