'A period flick is not easy to score for, but Rahman did it in style. This was Rahman’s first brush with the Oscars as Lagaan went very close to the Academy Award. Looking at the music, it was the kind that Rahman had not done in quite a while. He used very plain sounds and uncomplicated arrangements to get that earthy feel. ‘Ghanana ghanan’, ‘Radha kaise na jale’ or the lilting bhajan at the end, Rahman proved that any genre is not beyond him.