It has been eighteen months since the release of the Amal Neerad film, Bachelor Party. The DVD of the film remains one of my most prized possessions. Not for the story, not for the characters, not for Amal Neerad's lensmanship, but for that stunning original [background] score by Rahul Raj.

The score was composed and produced in less than 18 days. Despite working under ridiculously constrained schedules, the resultant score was in my opinion, the finest ever electronic and percussive action score produced in Indian Cinema.

Each cue is intricately layered with riveting guitar riffs, pulsating rhythms and inventive synth sounds resulting in intriguingly dense sonic textures, never before heard in Indian film scores. I know this is one of those films, which Malayalis 'love' to hate, or consider a 'fashion' to hate, lamenting on 'style over substance'. But the score definitely is a flamboyant display of the composer's extraordinary talent and exceptional craftsmanship!