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Gulal is Anurag Kashyap's new film; like everything else its pretentious, engaging and interesting.

I've only heard the songs and seen some of the film, so i will leave off about the film.

But the songs!

I recommend them. Bollywood is finally waking up to Indian folk music and the results are there for you to judge (Oye Lucky, now Gulaal). And in what may be a first for Hindi cinema, there's a 7.48 long song called "Sheher" which is one of the most truly frightening songs I've heard. Listening to it, you can feel the terror of whichever poor fool happened to inspire the following lyrics:

" Sunsaan galli ke nukaad pe jo koi kutta,
Cheekh cheekh kar rota hai,
Jab lamp post ki gandli pilli, ghup roshni,
Mein kuch kuch sa hota hai,
Jab koi saaya khud ko thoda bacha bacha kar,
Gum saayo mein khota hai,
Jab pool ke khambho ko gaadi ka garm ujaala,
Dheeme dheeme dhota hai,
Tab sheher hamara sota hai.."

(Gujarat? What? No this isn't about Gujarat, not at all...)

Sunsaan galli ke nukaad pe jo koi kutta,
Cheekh cheekh kar rota hai

My god.