Every 6 months A.R Rahman dishes out a brand new album or a soundtrack or a background score for a big Bollywood movie - an avid music listener waits eagerly with anticipation to listen to new Rahman material. We managed to get out hands on the music CD of Yuvraaj a couple of hours ago and gave it a listen.
Yuvraaj stars Anil Kapoor, Salman Khan, Mithun Chakraborty, Zayed Khan and Katrina Kaif in the leading roles. The film marks an entry of Subhash Ghai in the director's chair after a brief hiatus. According to the director, the film is about the arrogance and overconfidence of contemporary youth. You don't need to be a quantum mechanics expert to know that the legendary A.R. Rahman provided the music for Yuvraaj. The album starts off with *Tu mera dost hain* which is sung by Benny Dayal and Rahman's favourite Shreya Goshal. The opening lyrics transcend the listener to a new realm but the song loses steam as it progresses. *Tu Muskura *has Alka Yagnik and Javed Ali providing the vocals. The song is sweet, soft and melodious... just turn up the volume, sit back and relax... the song drifts you away to a wonderful place in your head. This is easily one of the best tracks of the album. *Mastam Mastam *is trendy, jovial and a cool track sung by the sprightly Sonu Nigam. The track has some exquisitely funny lyrics laced with some great music and tempo that only heightens the fun. The last minute of the song particularly will have you jumping about. *Zindagi* has Srinivas singing the vocals and he captures your heart in a jiffy. The song evokes memories of the ups and downs of your life. The track grabs you and simply never lets go. I heard this song twice before jumping to the next. *Dil Ka Rishta* has a haunting piano piece at the beginning at gets those goosebumps streaming down your skin. Things take a U Turn when the keyboards kick in and the western music wins your heart. Sonu Nigam, Roop Kumar Rathod, A R Rahman, Clinton Cerejo, Suzanne D'Mello, Vivinenne Pocha have done an awesome job with the vocals. *Man Mohini* has Vijay Prakash providing the vocals and features electronic beats to juice up the track. If you listen carefully, there is a sample of Rahman's own 'tanna dhoom tana' with an electronic twist. *Shanno Shanno* Sonu Nigam, Srinivas, Karthik, Timmy, Sunaina, Vivienne Pocha & Tina providing the vocals and the track is a hip hop number packed with a few electronic sounds. It is a sort of an earsore after listening to the other wonderful tracks. Vis a vis, the album of Yuvraaj is very satisfying! Except for 'Shanno' and its remix, there is not a single song that is underwhelming. A.R Rahman has once again proved that he is the undisputed Demi God of Bollywood scores. Buy the CD, its definitely worth a listen. http://www.india.com/entertainment/music/music_review_yuvvraaj_1045 -- regards, Vithur ARR in my Heart; His Music in my Blood;
