JA is a classic now, stupid Joginder Tuteja has to eat his words. My most beloved and the most listened song is the marvellous "Man Mohana". I want to express my "deepest sympathies" for this probably most underrated A.R.Rahman song ever. The song is nothing short of maestro's other masterpieces but unfortunately nearly every other so-called music critic out there (Taran Adarsh/Joginder Tuteja ????) either panned the song, ignored it altogether or "declared" it as an ordinary. In my opinion "Man Mohana" is the best song of the album. I fell in love with it right when I listened it the first ever time. Nothing about "Man Mohana" is ordinary, only a true music lover (or a true ARR fan perhaps) can recognize and appreciate a work like this. >From the soulful vocals of Bela Shende to the mesmerizing flute in the second and third interludes, to the violin (?) playing in parallel behind Bela's voice, everything about the song is special. The flute piece in the third interlude always gives me goosebumps, and actually I have set it as my mobile phone's ring tone. The song was equally favorite among my younger brothers/sisters as well (I used to play while driving car) and was actually our most favorite (along with Azeem-O-Shaan Shahenshah and Khwaja Mere Khwaja) for a long time after the album released (though none of us could understand more than 30% of the song because of its very Hindi lyrics). The only thing we could have wished was that it had some understandable lyrics rather than the pure Hindi. Well done maestro, great work, but alas once again people could not recognize your effort.
--- In [email protected], "Chord" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Amazing that it continues to be a top seller music wise. It has > jumped up from 4 to 3 in Indiafm's ranking of sales. Then again, > there hasn't been any real competition in terms of music from that > genre (light classical, soul, melodious) You think Tuteja feels > embarrassed about his review now? > > BTW, I still can't get over how simply brilliant the Khwaja > instrumental sounds. It's pure music therapy. It's so exquisite in > its form, feeling and execution that it would rival any Western > classical score. ARR is indeed a true modern day Mozart. The piece > really pulls on my heart-strings. ARR has poured his soul into this > piece. >
