The soundtrack of Aamir Khan's forthcoming film, GHAJINI, marks the return of maestro A.R. Rahman for the fifth time in 2008. Needless to say, he's had himself a very prolific year.
In January we experienced the deliverance of one of Rahman's Best Soundtrack of the year - Jodha-Akbar. Come May, and Ada...A Way of Life, which boasted of a playfully nostalgic Rahman. A couple days later, youthfully composed Jaane Tu...Ya Jaane Na. Continuing his remarkable trend of excellence, October witnessed the delectable sounds of Rahman in the form of "YUVARAJ".......
However, the streak ends with Ghajini.
The movie, directed by A. R Murugadoss, is the remake of superhit Tamil film. It stars Aamir Khan, Asin and Jiah Khan. There is no title track in the album, but the album promises uncommon tracks that bear the Rahman stamp.
The introductory song 'Guzarish' by Javed Ali and 'guest vocalist’ Sonu Niigaam is soft and romantic. AR Rehman has achieved mastery over composing romantic number and this time also he has kept his promise and has been successful in composing an ear-soothing track. Tamil GHAJINI listeners can identify it is similar to “suttum vizhi”,which was the song of the year 2005.
The second track of the flick ‘Kaise Mujhe’ by Benny Dayal as male singer and Shreya Ghoshal as female singer is exceptional. The pair renders a stunning duet. The instrumental version of Kaise Mujhe has soothing and balmy effect. The musical piece has right fusion of two instruments – guitar and flute. This song slowly grows with you after 5-6 hearings, it will touch your hearts.
The third track 'Aye Bachchu' by Suzanne comes as a massive shock. It has English words inserted in Hindi sentences but sorry to say the album is not up to the mark and will not make to the chartbuster. This song is really disappointing as it has no thrill and one would never expect such a disaster from music maestro Rehman. This track has lower down the glory of the album. I think the director has forced rahman to have such a album similar to “yes machi” song in tamil.
Next let us see “BEKHA” An unusual song with erratic melody given to mood swings. This is the song where you can admire Aamir not for his eights packs but six different vibrant looks and styles. Rendered by Karthik, the song is catchy in appearance. Rehman has full faith in him and thus bestowed on him the responsibility of singing this soulful song and Karthik has done full justice to it
The last song in the album is “LATOO”.Here is the song perfect for parties, rendered with energy and variation by versatile Shreya Ghosal. She is quite experimental in this song. The song is a combination of hip hop and soft music. It is really a stunner from Shreya Ghosal who is known for her melodies.
At last after hearing the songs of GHAJINI, you may feel it is not the best from Rahman.But to compose music for a psychological thriller is no easy feat. A R Rahman, one of the best in the business, does it with relative ease in the music score of ‘Ghajini’. Comparisons with tamil version are obvious and unavoidable, but at the end of the day audio sales matter, with aamir-rahman duo that should not be a problem.
