Raanjhanaa Music Review

 

A R Rahman creates music not just for listning, but for experiencing. RDB, Rockstar had banked heavily on the Music, so seems the case with Raanjhanaa.  In a recent interview he  said the music of  Raanjhanaa is the heart of the movie.  After listening to the songs, i'd say A heart definitely worth loving. 
 
Title Track -            "High"
It's a track full of Joy and Jashn. With a Classical touch and still a nice rhythm , it both southes you as well as brings you High. The violin part gives me a feel of the 'AHA!' moment. 

Jaswindar Singh and Shiraz Uppal have done a good job. This is one of the best things about Rahman, he doesn't get stuck with the top-of-the-chart singers. Not only does he give new singers a chance, he as well has some thing special for every singer.

Tum Tak-                "Brilliant"
A perfect song.  From the Tum-Tak of lyrics to Tum-Tak of taal...  awesomeness all over. You don't realize when the former slips into the later. Its a burst of creativity. The classical lines definitely call for Goose Bumps.
A must for your playlists.

Aise Na dekho-       "Classic"
A Jazz track sung by A R Rahman himself. Beautifully made and sung. If you have heard him sing " Aaj jane ki zid na karo" on MTV Unplugged, its the second in the line you can say.
Listen to this song twice or thrice and it'll get a place in your forever songs list.

Tu Mun Shudi-      

Mun tu shudam tu mun shudi - I have become you, and you me

What better way to express a Young Leader's promise to his men. As i said, Irshad has an innovation in his lyrics. This is brought out from an Amir Khusro poem of the same title.

 I am a fan of  Rabbi's independently made songs. Though he does his job nicely here as well, but i still feel Sukhwinder would have been the best choice for the scene here. That would give it the intensity it demands.

Nazar Laye na-         "Blue"
Its a soft, soothing Blue song with mild beats and voices of Rashid Ali and Neeti Mohan. Accoustic guitar  adds good flavour to it.
It will definitely be a good choice for your routine playlists.
Irshad Kamil's lyrics has a newness in it, just like in Rockstar songs. I like the two working together. Koi "Nazar Laye na".

Piya Milenge
I think the song was created soulfully keeping Sukhwinder  in mind and he sings it well in his own way. The lyrics are insightful and pertain to the idea of " Look Inside". This song as well has a pinch of folk-classical in it. It seems to be playing a good part in the movie.
 You'd  like to keep it in your playlist if you like Sukhwinder-like tracks.

Ay Sakhi
Its a sakhi-conversation song plotted in classical style with some 'paen-paen' added to it. The implementation is very good. The singers Madhushree, Chinmayi, Vaishali and Aanchal Sethi have sung exceptionally well which makes the song Beautiful to listen.
Again, its a great song, but made for the movie. You might not want it in your playlist.

Land of Shiva
I have always liked the instrumentals by Rahman, 'Himalaya' , 'Dichotomy of Love' etc. They carry a feel in them. This one's got one too, Shiva's third eye has just opened.

Banarasiya
Its a nice jugalbandi of Bansuri, Tabla and Shreya's sweet voice. If you like to listen more-of-classical music, you'd like it.
For the aam-listner like me, its not something I'd like to listen to routinely. Though it might play a good part in the movie.

my review of "3 idiots"

3 idiots was a wonderful experience. A film based on the fabulous novel "5 point someone", a film with aamir in it, a movie made by Rajkumar Hirani, a movie polished up for almost half an year had to be this good.it's a 3 hour mind blasting entertainment package which u mustn't miss.plus it has something to say to our educational institutions.

the story-line of the movie has fortunately not so much been copied from "5 point someone".it rather is a marvelously carved story-line which covers almost all those parts and feelings of the novel which were linked with the moral of the movie.but for the fun portion, they have removed almost all the portions from the novel.there is no love making at the home of the professor, no student being caught up by the professor wearing his shirt after making love with her daughter, no drinking of vodka before viva, no C2D.these rather have been replaced by some others like ALL IZZ WELL, the electrified spoon, and the teacher's day speech of course.it was a good idea as the most of the youth have already read the novel and they had to be given something new.

in the basic story line,though there is no much flaws, but few parts have been adjusted or made impractical.for example the main focus is always on aamir like a single hero, instead of the 3 stories running altogather.another thing adjusted here is the story of piya's brother.it would be heart-toching if a 2-3 min flash back would have been shown along with the dictation of the letter written by him before suiciding. it would speak of the enormous pressure on students preparing for jee and then their depression after not being selected. here this story is only told verbally which isn't quite convincing.in the same way feelings didn't quite come during raju's suicide attempt.but OK...these were bearable as length too had to be taken care of.the back drop story of rancho's true identity and going missing is little exaggeration. the story of ryan's anti with his parents is avoided which is good.The end is another nicely shown part where u see what future we can get if we build educational schools as rancho did.

the characters of raju, farhan and rancho are realistic, though are hardly similar to those in "5 point someone".they have acted in their very natural way.i feel, there were other better choices for piya, but this can be because i personally dont like kareena.boman is the best choice for the character of dean.venkat here is omi who is another nice selection.u may find rancho as the engineering munna bhai but that is due to the common moral of the 2 movies-" make education more practical and natural instead of imposing theoretical load on students".also, u may find rancho the grown up Ishaan Nand Kishor Avasthi.

over all, 3 IDIOTS is a wonderful depiction of "5 point someone" with some changes, but with better replacements.it's not just "5 point someone" depicted, but at core, nor does it miss "5 point someone". as expected, aamir has hardly left things un-perfectionised.chetan bhagat must be glad to see it.the rolling comedy hits won't let you leave unsatisfied.