Wednesday, August 25, 2004
Musical ramblings (Part 3/42)
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This post started out as a review of some recent soundtracks but once I started to ramble about Phir Milenge, I got carried away. (If you thought brevity was one of my virtues, heh heh, think again) So, in light of the ever-increasing length of this post and its inverse effect on the reader’s sanity, I have decided to babble about the other albums in a separate blogpost.
(Music links on musicindiaonline.com)
Phir Milenge (Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Bhavatha Raja, Nikhil-Vinay) — The combined talents of S-E-L and Bhavatharini (Ilayaraaja’s daughter who provided the music for Mitr, Revathy’s first film, now back with a slight change in nomenclature) give us a consistent and quality soundtrack. But why on god’s green earth do we have Nikhil-Vinay in this mix? Their ‘contribution’ to this soundtrack is as dispensable as the dhink-chak dhink-chak dholak rhythm that they use. Uff. Groan. Anyways, my picks —
- ‘Jeene ke ishaare‘ — The beauty of this song lies in its simplicity. Minimal instrumentation, the solo acoustic guitar start, the clapping rhythm, all come together nicely to create a very relaxing and uplifting feel that perfectly complements the wonderful lyrics by Prasoon Joshi (henceforth referred to as PJ). This chap has clearly arrived in a big way after Hum Tum. There a scale(?) change towards the end of the song which is nice too.
- ‘Yaad hai vo pehli mulaaqaat‘ — Melody-wise this is a slower version of ‘jeene ke ishaare‘ although there are some changes in arrangements, the finger snapping instead of the clapping and a change in singer as well — Abhijeet sings a slow song that is usually not his forte, and does a decent job. Now if only we had PJ’s lyrics to sing instead of Sameer’s rehashed blah.
- ‘Khul ke muskuraale‘ — This is *the* song of the soundtrack, for me. A seductive and soulful number, asking you to live the moment and seek happiness in it. PJ’s magic with words and the wonderful vocals of the ‘zara zara mehekta hai‘ lady — Bombay Jayshree, along with a simple rhythm and the near absence of instruments make this song a winner. In lines like —
Utaar gham ke mozey, zameen ko gungunaane de,
Kankaron ko talwon main gudgudee machaane de.. the metaphor of ‘gham ke mozey‘ is just a lil odd, but lovely nevertheless. When was the last time you walked barefoot and let the pebbles tickle your feet? Hm, nice.
- ‘Kuchh pal‘ — PJ once again shines in this second-generation song (Ilayaraaja’s daughter + Yesudas’s son) Vijay Yesudas’s voice is much like his dad’s and fits perfectly with the philosophical lyrics about the passing moments.
Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeee… I’ve spoken of Phir Milenge so much in my blog that ppl accuse me of being Revathy’s or S-E-L’s PR agent…Nice to see someone else share my views..Don’t care abt the rest of ur audience but i looooved this post…
I’m a big big fan of Sonu and i kinda liked TUM BIN songs so at first hear NV’s “Betaab dil” caught my fancy.. But yes, on repeted hear, Sameer’s stupid lyrics and the annoying dholak do grate..
The real hero for me in this album is PJ - The simplicity of “Jeene ke ishaare” reminds me so much of the title track of KHNH :-) n “Khul ke muskurale tu” is simply mindblowin’.. My fave lines are precisely the same as urs..Gham ke moze is sooo perfekt…
The weakest link of the album is “Khushiyon Ke Koshish”.. Its got abs nothing hatke and was plain disappointing.. Overall a very satisfactory album…And a rolickin’ post :-)) Keep de musical ramblings on….
Thursday, August 26, 2004 @ 9:45 AM
Nice to see that your in blogging action after a two week hiatus.
Phir Milenge, thanks to your blog, will be heard. Hope Bhavatharani’s voice has improved from the last time I heard her sing. Her woeful rendition of a Sharath Kumar number (forgot the movie), still haunts me.
Thursday, August 26, 2004 @ 1:21 PM
There is a reason why you dont hear Bhavadharini singing for MD’s other than those from the IR stable, i.e. IR and his sons. At least thats what I think.
Her voice is too shrill for comfort and scarily all the songs she gets seems to be of the same kind. seems to get very repititive.
Which brings me to the point.. Havent heard Phir Milenge yet, but YumnYum’s recco is good enough for me to try it and try it I will tonight!
Thursday, August 26, 2004 @ 4:45 PM
[Jupe] Glad to know you liked post soooo much :) Agree with you on ‘hushiyon ki koshish‘ as well..
[Hifzur] Having never heard Bhavatharini sing, I cannot really comment on her voice, but she doesn’t have any singing tracks in Phir Milenge, so you can heave a sigh of relief.
[aNTi] Thanks for the comment and for blogrolling me! Much appreciated. :)
Tuesday, August 31, 2004 @ 2:33 PM