Tuesday, April 08, 2014

Give me everything tonight: source code of song Tu Mera Hero.


The song on my mind is Give Me Everything Tonight by American rapper Pitbull, released on March 18, 2011 as the second single from his sixth studio album, Planet Pit(2011). The song features American R&B singer Ne-Yo, American singer Nayer and Dutch disc jockey Afrojack, who also produced the song and co-wrote it with Matt Howard, Pitbull and Ne-Yo. Rolling Stone described the song as a "club-pop cut with a plaintive Ne-Yo chorus." 
In the United States, "Give Me Everything" became Pitbull's first number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100. It also became Pitbull's first number one single in the United Kingdom as the main artist. The song has further peaked at number one in Belgium, Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands,the United Kingdom, the United States and within the top-five in twelve countries. It was the seventh best selling digital single of 2011 with worldwide sales of 8.2 million copies, making it one of the biggest selling digital singles of all time.
The essence of this song is that its music serves as the source code or inspiration of the song Yu Mera Hero from Bollywood movie Desi Boys. You can check it by listening to this song and comparing with the latter one.

Lyrics.

[Pitbull - Intro]
Me not working hard?
Yeah, right! Picture that with a Kodak
Or, better yet, go to Times Square
Take a picture of me with a Kodak
Took my life from negative to positive
I just want y'all know that
And tonight, let's enjoy life
Pitbull, Nayer, Ne-Yo
That's right

[Chorus:]
[Ne-Yo]
Tonight I want all of you tonight
Give me everything tonight
For all we know we might not get tomorrow
Let's do it tonight

[Nayer]
Don't care what they say
Or what games they play
Nothing is enough
'Til I have your love

[Ne-Yo]
Let's do it tonight

[Nayer]
I want you tonight,
I want you to stay
I want you tonight

[Ne-Yo]
Grab somebody sexy, tell 'em hey
Give me everything tonight
Give me everything tonight
Give me everything tonight
Give me everything tonight

[Verse 1: Pitbull]
Take advantage of tonight
Cause tomorrow I'm off to Dubai to perform for a princess
But tonight, I can make you my queen
And make love to you endless
This is insane: the way the name growin'
Money keep flowin'
Hustlers move aside
So, I'm tiptoein', to keep flowin'
I got it locked up like Lindsay Lohan

Put it on my life, baby,
I make you feel right, baby
Can't promise tomorrow
But, I promise tonight
Dalé

[Pre-Chorus: Pitbull]
Excuse me (Excuse Me)
And I might drink a little more than I should tonight
And I might take you home with me, if I could tonight
And, baby, Ima make you feel so good, tonight
Cause we might not get tomorrow

[Chorus:]
[Ne-Yo]
Tonight I want all of you tonight
Give me everything tonight
For all we know we might not get tomorrow
Let's do it tonight

[Nayer]
Don't care what they say
Or what games they play
Nothing is enough
'Til I have your love

[Ne-Yo]
Let's do it tonight

[Nayer]
I want you tonight, I want you to stay
I want you tonight

[Ne-Yo]
Grab somebody sexy, tell 'em hey
Give me everything tonight
Give me everything tonight
Give me everything tonight
Give me everything tonight

[Verse 2: Pitbull]
Reach for the stars
And if you don't grab 'em,
At least you'll fall on top of the world
Think about it
Cause if you slip,
I'm gon' fall on top yo girl (hahaa)
What I'm involved with
Is deeper than the masons
Baby, baby, and it ain't no secret
My family's from Cuba
But I'm an American Idol
Get money like Seacrest

Put it on my life, baby
I make you feel right, baby
Can't promise tomorrow
But, I promise tonight
Dalé

[Pre-Chorus: Pitbull]
Excuse me (Excuse Me)
And I might drink a little more than I should tonight
And I might take you home with me if I could tonight
And baby Ima make you feel so good tonight
Cause we might not get tomorrow

[Chorus:]
[Ne-Yo]
Tonight I want all of you tonight
Give me everything tonight
For all we know, we might not get tomorrow
Let's do it tonight

[Nayer]
Don't care what they say
Or what games they play
Nothing is enough
'Til I have your love

[Ne-Yo]
Let's do it tonight

[Nayer]
I want you tonight, I want you to stay
I want you tonight

[Ne-Yo]
Grab somebody sexy, tell 'em hey
Give me everything tonight
Give me everything tonight
Give me everything tonight
Give me everything tonight

[Outro: Pitbull]
Excuse me (Excuse Me)
And I might drink a little more than I should tonight
And I might take you home with me if I could tonight
And baby Ima make you feel so good tonight
Cause we might not get tomorrow

Monday, April 07, 2014

Human Rights in Sri Lanka: Role of LTTE and Sri Lankan forces.

In the last post on Lexengine, I mentioned that the birth of LTTE is credited to the policies of the Sri Lankan Government. This led to a huge tussle between the armed forces of Sri Lanka and LTTE, in which the IPKF of India was also a party. However, this tussle spanning over two decades (1983 to 2009) was at the cost of huge human losses that even engulfed the head of the states of both India and Sri Lanka (assassination of our ex-PM Mr. Rajiv Gandhi in 1991 and the President of Sri Lanka Premdasa in 1993).

Suicide Bombers.

If the Sri Lankan government is held responsible for the violations of rights of Tamils in Sri Lanka, the responsibility of LTTE can't be discarded. It was the LTTE that introduced suicide bombing to the world and prided itself on targeting innocent civilians in order to get the Sri Lankan government’s attention. The USA and other countries banned the LTTE and cited the major reason being its abhorrent human rights violations. According to the US State Department’s report on the LTTE’s Human Rights practices it states that,
“The LTTE continue to commit serious human rights abuses. The LTTE was responsible for politically motivated killings, arbitrary arrests, torture, harassment, abduction, disappearances, extortion, and detention. The LTTE continued to use and recruit child soldiers. Through a campaign of intimidation, the LTTE continued to undermine the work of elected local government bodies in Jaffna and the east. On occasion, the LTTE prevented political and governmental activities from occurring in the north and east. There were instances of intimidation of Muslims by the LTTE during the reporting period. The LTTE continued to control large sections of the north and east. The LTTE permitted journalists some access to the areas of the country it controlled. Some LTTE-imposed restrictions remained on freedom of movement of citizens. The LTTE denied those under its control the right to change their government, killed candidates standing for office, did not provide for fair trials, infringed on privacy rights, and discriminated against ethnic and religious minorities.”

Recruitment of child soldiers.

There are many examples of the human rights violations that have occurred within the LTTE but a very significant example would be the recruitment of child soldiers. Already at a disadvantage as a result of living through the war, Tamil children are susceptible to LTTE recruitment beginning at the age of eleven or twelve. As Human Rights Watch states,
“The LTTE routinely visits Tamil homes to inform parents that they must provide a child for the "movement." Families that resist are harassed and threatened. Parents are told that their child may be taken by force if they do not comply, that other children in the household or the parents will be taken in their stead, or that the family will be forced to leave their home. The LTTE makes good on these threats: children are frequently abducted from their homes at night, or picked up by LTTE cadres while walking to school or attending a temple festival. Parents who resist the abduction of their children face violent LTTE retribution.
Once recruited, most children are allowed no contact with their families. The LTTE subjects them to rigorous and sometimes brutal training. They learn to handle weapons, including landmines and bombs, and are taught military tactics. Children who make mistakes are frequently beaten. The LTTE harshly punishes soldiers who attempt to escape. Children who try to run away are typically beaten in front of their entire unit, a public punishment that serves to dissuade other children who might be tempted to run away.
"

Sunday, April 06, 2014

Queen: If SRK is King Khan, Kangana Ranaut is Queen Ranaut.

We must admire the trend of Bollywood that it is delivering such hat-ke (different) movies for fast few years. Lat year it showed us the hopes in the wraps of Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, Madras Cafe, D-day, Lootera. This year too it has kept our hopes pristine and all-time high. This hype is evident after we come across the movies like Queen.
Watching the dedicated performance of Kangana Ranaut, it can be said that our film industry has no more restricted entry for the male dominant stars. If there can be a King Khan, there can be a Queen Ranaut.
No other actress can emulate her performance in the movie. Her performance suits the theme of women empowerment through this movie. No doubt, she deserves a National Award for what she did to her role.
Lastly, the music by Amit Trivedi is in sync with the situation of the scenes of the movie and best suited to it. If Bollywood can open the doors for the cheaters like Anu Malik and Pritam, Trivedi is going to be last nail of their coffins.