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Jahan
Tum Le Chalo | Swami Vivekananda | Dil
Se
Satya
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Tha Dil Ek Thi Dhadkan | Bada Din | Chachi
420 | Chand Grahan
Category : Film
Director :
Lyrics : Gulzar
Music : Vishal (the theme music Desire is by Jackie
Vanjari)
Singers : Hariharan, Lata, Gary Lawyer, Rekha, Suresh Wadkar
Sound Designer : K.J. Singh
Music Assistant : Hitesh Sonik
Company : Milestone Entertainment
Released in : August 98
Songs :
Category : Film
Director : G.V. Iyer
Lyrics : Gulzar, P. Srinivas Rao, Surdas, Kabir, Jaidev, Swami Vivekananda
Music : Salil Chowdhury
Singers : Antara Chowdhury, Yesudas, Asha B, Kavita K, Anup Jalota
Company : HMV
Released in : July 98
Songs :
Category : Film
Director : Mani Ratnam
Lyrics : Gulzar, Girish Pulthencheri (Malayalam -
jiya jale), Tejpaul Kaur (Punjabi - Thaiyya thaiyya)
Music : A.R. Rahman
Singers : Sukhwinder Singh, Sapna Awasthi, Lata, M.G. Sreekumar,
A.R. Rahman, Udit N, Mahalaxmi, Sonu N, Kavita K
Harmony : Anurasha, Anupama, Ganga, Kanchana, Febi, Seji, Anto,
Chandran, Shreenivas, Noel James
Musicians : Percussions - Sivamani; Dilruba
- Saroja; Santoor - Seenu; Bass Guitar -
Guy Pratt (Dil Se Re), Keith Peters (Chhaiya Chhaiya); Flamenco Guitar
- John Themis (Satrangi Re)
Company : Venus
Released in : July 98
Songs :
Bhupender is back. And back with a bang. BaadloN se kaaT kaaT kar, kaagzoN pe naam joD.na / ye mujhe kya ho gaya. This highly infectious number with Gulzar being Gulzar and Vishal matching the magic of Maachis is the best of the lot. Bhupender sounds afresh to an extent that at times he doesn't sound like Bhupender at all. The solo however is magical. It will haunt you for many days once it gets into your ears. DoriyoN se baandh baandh kar, raat bhar chaaNd toD.na / ye mujhe kya ho gaya.
And then there is another Gulzar. Of Dhanno ki aankhoN meiN (Kitaab) and Golmaal hai bhai sab golmaal hai (Golmaal). He comes to his own with this second solo (the album has three of them, too many for this age of duets:) of the album - Goli maar bheje meiN, bheja shor karta hai. Sung excellently by Mano this is another personal favourite of mine. Sandeep Chowta also figures with his lovely little piece called the Mood of Satya. Don't remember him? are wohi 'Jab Dil Kisi Pe Aata Hai' fame!
The third solo goes to Lata - Geela geela paani (coming next Thandi Thandi barf :). Vishal tries to innovate with irregular beats (it is rather becoming his style) and succeeds.
There are two duets out of which I liked the Asha/Wadkar number more. It's catchy and has lovely lyrics. Asha teases saara din saD.koN pe khaali rickshey sa peechhe peeche chalta hai. paaji hai, shareer hai, ghoomati lakeer hai, chakaraa ke chalti hai comes the reposte from Wadkar. A treat indeed. From whom but Gulzar can you expect a word like neem-shareef. If you want to see how effectively words from daily life can be used in songs, check the lyrics of this one.
So another winner from Gulzar-Vishal team. Though at times I have felt that Vishal is not doing justice to the lyrics. The mood of the tune at many times contradict the words. I don't know whether this is intentional 'cause generally the outcome is a good song with maybe a different appeal. Still he is perhaps the best Gulzar might have got after Pancham da. Hope to have more from the team in near future. Pyaas to ab lagi hai....
Category : Film
Director : Ram Gopal Verma
Lyrics : Gulzar
Music : Vishal (The Mood of Satya by Sandeep Chowta)
Singers : Bhupender, Lata, Hariharan, Mano, Asha, Suresh Wadkar
Sound Designer : K.J. Singh
Company : Venus
Songs :
It's Rahman in his freak mood. You can't help comparing the album to Hindustani for songs like Ajooba and Columbus. Even the style of lyrics sound so similar to P.K. Mishra's. Columbus chutti hai aayee have some good sound effects with Sonu Nigam trying to change his voice (much like the way he did in 'ye dil deewana' of Pardes) which eventually sounds more like screaming than singing.
Tauba-tauba's beat is strikingly similar to Ek tha gul aur ek thi bulbul (Jab Jab Phool Khile). And Kahta hai mera dil can be very easily attributed to Illaiya Raja for the sound & style. Et tu Rahman? The song which is getting most popular is Hai Rabba (that's because they are promoting this one only!). But my favourite of the album is this lovely at-home number - Kahne ko daadi lekin saheli, daadi hai tu kaisi. It bears the Rahman stamp. Amidst some excellent work in the interludes and great sfx the song retains its meoldy. Javed Saab is just theek-thaak.
On the whole, a fun affair. Nothing that's going to go very far. Hummable, all.
Category : Film
Director : Shankar
Lyrics : Javed Akhtar
Music : A R Rahman
Singers : Hariharan, Sadhna S, Sonu N, Kavita P, Sukhwinder S, Sangeeta,
Anuradha S, Udit N, Kavita K
Harmony : Ganga, Kanchana, Peji, Suresh Peters, Shreenivas, Noell
Company : T - Series
Songs :
More than what you will generally expect from Anand Raj Anand. Abhijeet again excels (somehow he seems or sounds among the best of the current lot) in Resham Jaisi ye baaheN. Baadal BahaareN nazaare sung by Udit & Kavita has that soothing Jatin-Lalit effect with an innovative (hopefully original :-) rhythm pattern. Among others I liked Bahon mein aao zaraa (Abhijeet, Kavita) . By far, the best of Anand Raj Anand. Couldn't figure out from the cover which one is from Surendra Sodhi. O mere Dulhe Raja (Jojo, Kavita & Nayan) perhaps !
Category : Film
Director : Shahrukh Sultan
Lyrics : Javed Akhtar
Music : Anand Raj Anand & Surendra Sodhi
Singers : Abhijeet, Udit N, Kavita K, K Sanu, Jojo, Nayan
Company : Time Audio
Songs :
Not at their best though, J-L, have come up with a listenable album. There are sounds of RD (it's not new for them :-) in a couple of songs and one song even reminds Ravindra Jain (that's a new one, for sure :-[ ). Still Suno Jara (inspite of Sanu) and Na koi Tera save your day. Jatin-Lalit are among the best MDs today and I expected a work better than this especially as they have teamed with Javed Akhtar first time. I also expected a song or two of Amit Kumar in the album. Anyway, have a hearing.
Category : Film
Director : Anjan Dutt
Lyrics : Javed Akhtar
Music : Jatin - Lalit
Singers : Sanu, Alka Y, Udit N, Kavita K, Hema S, Abhijeet
Company : HMV
Songs :
Gulzar - Vishal team comes up with another marvel after Maachis and Boodhe Pahadon Par (Non-Film). The album opens with typical Gulzarish baccha song - ChupDi Chhachi - sung by Aditya & perhaps Gautam Kinnarkar (remember Chaddi pahan ke phool khila hai), though inlay only mention Aditya. Hariharan sounds refreshingly different in DauDa dauDa bhaga bhaga sa - another lovely song. The Maachis magic seems working again in Raat ye bhi gujar jaayegi. Remaining songs are also enjoyable.
Category : Film
Lyrics : Gulzar
Music : Vishal
Singers : Aditya, Rekha, Asha, Hariharan, Kamal Hasan
Company : Bombino Music
Songs :
Straight from Heaven with Mukesh singing two beautiful romantic songs on typical Jaidev compositions. Lata sings another couple of them in her inimitable style and a young voice (remember that the score was composed way back in 1973). Kaifi does his bit to make the album an all-time great score.
Category : Film
Lyrics : Kaifi (4), Rajesh Johari (1)
Music : Jaidev (4), Santosh Nair (1)
Singers : Mukesh, Lata, Asha
Company : Bombino Music
Songs :
Doli Sajake Rakhna (Mehboob/A.R. Rahman - T-Series), Fire (A.R. Rahman)
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