Stupid Review...This person is in need of some serious help...Rahman should do
some more innovation? He has gone nuts..
Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hawa sun' sung by Sonu Nigam and Alka Yagnik is similar to Udhaya
of "Udhaya" and, though soft, carries a heard-before feel. 'Gumsum' (again the
same duo) is more like a rework of "Sivaji's" Vaaji. 'Gulfisha' (Nigam and
Sunidhi Chauhan) is a typical Sunidhi song, butyou don't need a Rahman for
this. 'Maherbaan', sung by the big man himself, is good, but the tune being
that of "Pray for me brother" does irk you. 'Tu mera' (Chitra and Sukhwinder
Singh) seems to have been inspired by Varugirai of "Anbe Aruyire". 'Hai dardh'
(Udit Narayanan) is not a great effort but takes you along thanks to the singer.
The pick of the album is 'Ishq ada' (female version by Parul Mishra and the
male by Rashid Ali). Rahman proves his talent in blending Sufi and western
music. 'Muje milo' (Alka Yagnik and Jayachandran) is inspired by Kannathil
Muthamittal, which took off from a R.D.Burman number. Rahman always hides his
inspirations by rendering the notes in high pitch, this time it hasn't worked.
Thanks to uncertainty over the album's release, these songs have been under
covers for four years and so Rahman had every right to use these numbers
elsewhere. But ARR fans don't want repetition.
Rahman's interest over Devi Sri Prasad's music shows in 'Kabhi Kabhi '(Rashid
Ali), a reworking of Apudo Ipudo of "Bommarilu". 'Pappu can't dance' (Blaze,
Aslam, Tanvi, Anupama, Benny, Tanvi, Darshana, Satish) sure makes your feet
move but the tune and instruments aren't fresh. More like a Shankar-Eshan-Loy
remix. 'Nazarein milana' (Swetha, Naresh and Satish) has great use of vocals
blended with guitar. But the resemblance to Yuhi chala of "Swades" hampers your
interest. 'Tu Bole' (Rahman himself) has a feel of the 1970s jazz but since the
same feel and instrument arrangement were used in in "Silunu Oru Kadhal" and
"Iruvar", there isn't much new here. 'Kahin To' (Rashid Ali, Vasundhara Das) is
definitely the pick of the album. The sadder version of 'Jaane Tu' (Sukhwinder
Singh) doesn't bore you mainly due to Sukhwinder. The violin bit is again the
heard-before variety, this time from Uyire in "Bombay". It could have been a
great album had Rahman shown more innovation.
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Vithur
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