Not a bad review esp coming from Joginder Tuteja ;-) On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 5:19 PM, juliencristobal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 2008 has been a great year for Rahman fans. While the maestro works > on one or at most two Bollywood projects every year, 2008 has already > seen the arrival of Jodhaa Akbar, Jaane Tu…Ya Jaane Naa and now > Ada...A Way Of Life. > > However, not many are aware that the music of Ada...A Way Of Life was > actually composed for a different project immediately after Rahman > was through with Lagaan. Though the project never saw the light of > the day, director Tanvir Ahmed came up with a new subject and > launched Ada...A Way Of Life while retaining the same soundtrack that > has lyrics by Raqueeb Alam and Nusrat Badr. > > Rashid Ali - Now does the name ring the bell? Well, if you have been > singing 'Kabhi Kabhi Aditi Zindagi' [Jaane Tu…Ya Jaane Naa] then you > know that who is the man behind the brilliant rendition. In Ada…, > Rashid opens the album with 'Ishq Ada', which comes with a trademark > Rahman sound that has a Middle East feel to it. > > Moving at a moderate pace with a slight haunting feel to it, the > number hails the beauty of 'Ishq', as penned by Raqueeb Alam. > Surprisingly though, Rashid sounds quite different from 'Kabhi Kabhi > Aditi Zindagi' which by the way would still stay on to be the > preferred choice. There is another version of 'Ishq Ada' heard a > little later in the day and this time around it has newcomer Parul > Mishra at the helm of affairs. She is fine with her rendition in this > song, which does have shades of Rahman's 'Tu Hi Tu' [Dil Se]. > > Sonu Nigam and Alka Yagnik, a pair which one would like to hear any > time around, come together for 'Hawa Sun Hawa' which turns out to be > a very good hear within first minute of hearing itself. In fact one > doesn't quite feel like hearing a Rahman composition since it carries > the kind of sound which is now associated with Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, > especially after their score in Kal Ho Na Ho, Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna > and Salaam-E-Ishq. Coming back to Nusrat Badr written 'Hawa Sun > Hawa', it is indeed a pleasant sounding melodious number, which goes > well with the serene mood and environment, as required by the song. > > The singing pair returns with Nusrat Badr written 'Gum Sum', which > continues to take the graph higher up for Ada… This time around, > Rahman attaches a lot of rhythm to the song, which carries an overall > happy feel to it. By this time one starts looking at the composer in > awe because of the timeless feel that his songs have managed to carry > in Ada… so far. One wonders about the fresh feel of the song without > looking dated even as the soundtrack was created 5-6 years back! > > Sonu Nigam makes it three in a row with 'Gulfisha', which has all the > making of a dance number with a lounge setting. In fact, the song > does remind of 'Fanaa' [Yuva] that did have a faster pace to it but > still carried a similar sound when one takes the club/lounge setting > into consideration. In spite of Western arrangements, Indian melody > is kept intact for this Sonu Nigam-Sunidhi Chauhan duet, which is > written by Nusrat Badr and continues to grow further and further > after repeated hearing. > > As always, there is quite some excitement in store the moment Rahman > himself decides to come behind the mike. A mushy love song set in an > Indi-pop mode that has Rahman dominating the proceedings with just a > couple odd instruments in the background, 'Meherbaan' is easily the > best of the enterprise so far and deserves full marks for the way it > has been composed, arranged, sung, and overall packaged. You would > love to carry this Raqueeb Alam written track in your iPod while on a > move as it does carry a feel similar to that of Rahman's non-film > single - 'Pray For Me Brother'! No wonder, you don't mind it at all > when Sanjeev Thomas' created instrumental is included as the last > track of the album. A very good move since it results in the album > ending on a very high note. > > Now this song takes you in the times when Rahman had started making a > mark in his early days. 'Tu Mera Hai', a love song, is a kind of > composition, which Rahman used to create during the early 90's. With > a South Indian classical music touch to it, this number crooned by > Chitra and Sukhwinder Singh does carry a trademark Rahman feel it to > but is mainly for those in hunt of some nostalgia. > > For the first time in the album, Udit Narayan arrives on the scene > with 'Hai Dard', a sad number written by Nusrat Badr. Arrangements > belong to the kind which one can associate only with Rahman while the > tune belongs to the era of the 50's/60's when Mohd. Rafi or Mukesh > sung songs belonging to this genre. Of course, the number is quite > difficult to sing but overall the feel is quite situational and one > can expect some visibility for it only if the film is a success. > > A love song about revisiting the old times, 'Milo Wahan Wahan' has a > haunting feel to it due to its intrinsic sad setting. Rendered by > Alka Yagnik and Jayachandran, it is again a situational number, which > has an extremely slow pace with minimal instruments in the > background. > > While 'Hawa Sun Hawa', 'Gum Sum', 'Gulfisha' and 'Meherbaan turn out > to be the best of the lot, 'Tu Mera Hai', 'Hai Dard' and 'Milo Wahan > Wahan' do not match up to the same scale due to their setting. > Meanwhile the title song 'Ishq Ada' falls somewhere in between. > Though there isn't song in the album which can be considered below > the mark, there is indeed a stark difference between the way Ada...A > Way Of Life opens and ends. > > Rating: 3/5 > > Courtesy: http://indiafm.com/movies/musicreview/13892/index.html > > > -- Regards, Vikram http://www.vikramkumar.org
