Friends, Before I watched JA, I was not quite sure if it would live up to the BGMs of Lagaan and Swades. However after watching the movie, the BGMs and Man Mohana had a haunting effect and would always reverberate in my mind.
I have to say this is another classic ARR-AG combo movie. My music picks in JA are, 1. Man Mohana - this is my favorite composition in the whole album, it has the amazing orchestration and music that goes with the vocals. Awesome. I loved it just like I liked 'Saawariya' from Swades, where it forms the part of the narrative and there is great orchestration in the interludes. 2. Akbar agrees to conditions - Classical music with chorus 3. Akbar goes to Amer - Classical music with chorus 4. Akbar with the food - This has that haunting effect 5. India Intro - with Amitabh's narration - In the Lagaan mould 6. Akbar informs his ministers to inform Bharmal that he agrees to marry Jodhaa, this scene is where he is at Khwaja's darga. The Khwaja mere Khwaja instrumental with Oboe instrument, included in the album is another classic. Scenes I liked, 1. Khwaja mere Khwaja 2. In lamahon ke daaman mein 3. Akbar with the food 4. Confrontation with Bairam khan 5. Akbar with the Elephant 6. Jodhaa and calligraphy 7. Akbar enters Amer and identifies Jodhaa as per the tradition There are many more. But the whole cinematic experience was none like any other. I have been a big fan of AG since Lagaan days, now he has reconfirmed the fact that he is one of the Ace and the most talented directors of our country today. As always ARR takes us to the transcendental musical experience when he teams up with AG. God Bless ARR. -V
