The music of the latest Ashutosh Gowariker film is finally here. Azeem-o-shaan
Shenhenshah is
an upbeat track, a ‘long live the king’ kind of song. A resounding
chorus, a booming drumbeat, and a rhythmic clashing of swords too! A
picture of a huge crowd collected before the king comes to the mind.
The lyricist had tried to maintain a balance in the choice of words,
hovering from Urdu words one wouldn’t find in a dictionary to plain
Hindi vocabulary. Jaashne bahara is well, about the usual,
the film hero yearning for the heroine’s love. The only difference, the
concerned people here are the emperor and the princess. Javed Ali is a
refreshing new voice, last heard in Jab We Met. Khwaja mere khwaja is
a Sufi based qawaali. Unlike other film qawaalis, the instruments are
to the minimum, accompanied with a gentle clapping of the hands, and
Rahman’s vocals. Darmiyaan has Sonu Nigam singing an unusual duet with
Madhushree. Yes, it is another love song, but the treatment is experimental.
Kanhaa is
a bit disappointing, yet another devotional song of Radha yearning for
Lord Krishna, a repetition of a concept already tried in Lagaan and Swades –
Gowariker’s earlier films. The instrumentals are a surprise too; Naveen’s flute
improvises on jaashne bahar, and khwaja
is recreated of all things with an oboe, a double reed musical
instrument. The music may not be Rahman’s best, but will generally grow
on you.
Additionally there is a bonus DVD, which has a four-minute
trailer of the movie, about 10 film posters, film and character
synopsis, all in text, but no video on the making on the movie.
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