Music Director: Amit Trivedi
This movie promises to bring together different flavours from four directors, but as far as the music goes, the one-man army of Amit Trivedi reworks its magic and conjures a journey through years of the various tones of Bollywood.
The movie is an ode to the Indian film industry (marking its centenary) and the music couldn't have done more justice to the theme. Firstly, the voice selection is remarkable, bringing together the finest voices we have and then embellishing them with a delightful assortment of instrumentals. This becomes fairly evident with the title track sung by Kailash Kher and Richa Sharma. The frequent change of tempo, and the consistent feeling of dreamy motion it lends to the listener, that runs through most songs in this movie, is well represented in this track.
The reprise with various voices packs familiar sounds from Bollywood and presents a 2-minute roller coaster. Not to forget, the lyrics are perky, smooth and well thought-out. Which brings us to the much hum-mable 'Bachchan'. Save the juvenile "Baccha Baccha gaye from bachpan bachpan" opener (which is also catchy!), the words are a perfect tribute to the living legend. Adorned with the rich vocals of Sukhwinder Singh, the song begins like a typical aarti, stumbles upon the Arabian sounds of the rabab and moves into the beat-laden, electric groove peppered with snippets of Bachchan's legendary dialogues in the background.
'Murabba' is another song with two versions on the album, both as different in their tonal quality as two songs could be. It is hard to pick 'the better' of the two, with Javed Bashir's powerful, neo sufi-esque vocals set to the pace of a chuk-chuk engine in one, and Kavita Seth's slightly-husky, slightly-dreamy voice peppered with Trivedi's backing vocals (very reminiscent of songs from 'Udaan') in the other.
Apart from the pacy tracks above, we have Mohit Chauhan, with his Himalayan shepherd voice, singing a soulful, perky 'Akkad Bakkad' - very beautiful lyrics again. All in all, another work of pure art from the Trivedi House! Just a little surprised, the songs are not entirely grabbing all the air-time even after a week of the music release.
Matter of time, I say!
(3.5/5)
--only because I am eternal optimist, and believe better music will waft into my ears someday! :)
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Sunday, February 10, 2013
Music Review: Kai Po Che
Music Director: Amit Trivedi
Listening to the tracks of this one, there is only one question that perturbs you.
Why is there so little of it?
There are merely three songs on this album. However, as has rapidly becoming a given with Trivedi, each one is extremely rich and colourful. Our man here has mastered the art of bringing together sounds from different parts of the Indian hinterland, and fusing them to create exactly what the auditory aesthetics demand.
'Meethi boliyan' flip flops between the dreamy vocals of Mili Nair, the carefully timed harmonies and the youthful throw of Trivedi's voice. The incredible guy returns with the soulful 'Manja' deeply entrenched in the music of the Rajasthani heartland, peppered with beautiful lyrics. Somewhere, the music with this one reminds me of that from Nagesh Kukunoor's 'Dor'.
The third track 'Shubhaarambh' (or perhaps, considering the title, the first track), replete with the garbha beat, is a reminder of the amazing number of good vocalists storming the Indian music scene. Short and pacy, this adds some necessary groove to the album.
This is Amit Trivedi just doing his casual flick of the wrist!
Listening to the tracks of this one, there is only one question that perturbs you.
Why is there so little of it?
There are merely three songs on this album. However, as has rapidly becoming a given with Trivedi, each one is extremely rich and colourful. Our man here has mastered the art of bringing together sounds from different parts of the Indian hinterland, and fusing them to create exactly what the auditory aesthetics demand.
'Meethi boliyan' flip flops between the dreamy vocals of Mili Nair, the carefully timed harmonies and the youthful throw of Trivedi's voice. The incredible guy returns with the soulful 'Manja' deeply entrenched in the music of the Rajasthani heartland, peppered with beautiful lyrics. Somewhere, the music with this one reminds me of that from Nagesh Kukunoor's 'Dor'.
The third track 'Shubhaarambh' (or perhaps, considering the title, the first track), replete with the garbha beat, is a reminder of the amazing number of good vocalists storming the Indian music scene. Short and pacy, this adds some necessary groove to the album.
This is Amit Trivedi just doing his casual flick of the wrist!
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Music Review: David (2013)
Music Director: Various
Much like the abundance of Davids, we have an ensemble of music directors too. Only, we have eight of them. Watching Remo Fernandes after a long hiatus is like opening an old box of chocolates, and realizing they still taste as delicious as ever. “Maria Pitache” is your quintessential Goan melody, and surprisingly accompanies a dishoom-dishoom sequence in the movie. Remo’s ‘Light house symphony’ is also refreshing, and a delight for guitar lovers. ‘Tore Matware Naina’ starts off with a brilliant riff, a French prelude from Joyshanti and follows it from some impeccable singing from Nirali Kartik.
Rekha Bhardwaj proves her mettle yet again with her own rendition of the classic ‘Mast Kalandar’. The song gels very well with its placement in the movie. And I doff my hat to whoever came up with the rock version of this. ‘Out of control’, with Nikhil D’souza’s vocals, is also a good listen (as is its choir version), though the beginning of the song sounds uncannily similar to “Father’s song” (August Rush). ‘Ya Husain’ adds to the list of soulful songs on the album, with Lucky Ali showing his prowess, yet again. Playing to a rather intense sequence in the movie, the song makes for a few captivating minutes.
The theme of David ‘Ghum Huye’ and ‘Rab Di’ sung by Kartik, add colour with enthralling beats and some dub-step moments. Modern Mafia (Not sure who they are) with ‘Bandhay’, however, are rather forgettable. Honestly, many songs and bits sound much better as background score to the movies pacy sequences.
(3/5)
Much like the abundance of Davids, we have an ensemble of music directors too. Only, we have eight of them. Watching Remo Fernandes after a long hiatus is like opening an old box of chocolates, and realizing they still taste as delicious as ever. “Maria Pitache” is your quintessential Goan melody, and surprisingly accompanies a dishoom-dishoom sequence in the movie. Remo’s ‘Light house symphony’ is also refreshing, and a delight for guitar lovers. ‘Tore Matware Naina’ starts off with a brilliant riff, a French prelude from Joyshanti and follows it from some impeccable singing from Nirali Kartik.
Rekha Bhardwaj proves her mettle yet again with her own rendition of the classic ‘Mast Kalandar’. The song gels very well with its placement in the movie. And I doff my hat to whoever came up with the rock version of this. ‘Out of control’, with Nikhil D’souza’s vocals, is also a good listen (as is its choir version), though the beginning of the song sounds uncannily similar to “Father’s song” (August Rush). ‘Ya Husain’ adds to the list of soulful songs on the album, with Lucky Ali showing his prowess, yet again. Playing to a rather intense sequence in the movie, the song makes for a few captivating minutes.
The theme of David ‘Ghum Huye’ and ‘Rab Di’ sung by Kartik, add colour with enthralling beats and some dub-step moments. Modern Mafia (Not sure who they are) with ‘Bandhay’, however, are rather forgettable. Honestly, many songs and bits sound much better as background score to the movies pacy sequences.
(3/5)
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