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Cast:
Imran Khan, Manjari Fadnis, Genelia D'Souza |
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Special Appearence:
Ratna Pathak, Arbaaz Khan, |
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Paresh Rawal, Sohail Khan, |
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Naseeruddin Shah, Arshad Warsi |
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Music:
A.R. Rahman
Year:
2008 |
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Lyrics:
Abbas Tyrewala |
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Banner: Aamir Khan Productions |
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Co-Producer:
Mansoor Khan |
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Creative
Producer:
Mansoor Khan |
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Producer:
Aamir Khan |
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Story,
Dialogues, Direction:
Abbas Tyrewala |
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Abbas
Tyrewala makes his directorial debut with Jaane Tu Ya Jaane
Na, a film which seems to be about, and for the youth. The
music of the film has been composed by the musical genius AR
Rahman, while Tyrewala has written the lyrics himself, and
true to his style, there seems to be an entirely new syntax
that he seems to discover with his lyrics.
Rahman obliges
suitably, with a very different kind of soundtrack,
different, at least to the kind that he is generally known
for. Both manage their breakaways from the traditional,
without straying too far from the familiar. The resulting
album is a mix of sounds and words which are contemporary,
young and fresh. The album of Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na has a
total of seven songs, with one of them reappearing in a
remixed version as well. The voices are young and fresh for
the most part, going well with the cast of the film, also
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Track 1 - Kabhie Kabhie Aditi The album opens
with the peppy 'Kabhie Kabhie Aditi' sung by Rashid
Ali. The tone of the song may be peppy but its
lyrics actually talk of profound emotions, like
love, loss and the philosophy of living life with a
smile. 'Kabhi Kabhi Aditi/Zindagi main yun hi/koi
apna lagta hai/who bichchad jaye to/ek sapna lagta
hai. Rashid sings the song with a flair that seems
to belie his age. There is a certain ease with which
the song has been rendered, the style, which is
really catchy. This is a number which is bound to do
extremely well.
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Track 2, 8 -
Pappu Can't Dance
'Pappu Can't Dance', the second number in album is
akin to the ubiquitous 'tapori' song, which was
mandatory in Hindi films at a certain time. Sung by
Benny Dayal, Naresh Iyer, Satish Chakravarthy, Aslam,
Blaze, Tanvi and Bhargavi, the number is all about
fun and masti. The band of young voices does a very
good job indeed in bringing out the mood of the song
without going overboard. More than anything, the
song truly exhibits the versatility of Rahman. This
number appears again in the
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album, in a remixed version and packs the
same punch as it did in the orginal.
Track 3,7
- Jaane Tu Mera Kya Hai The third number of the
album, 'Jaane Tu Mera Kya Hai', appears twice in the
album, once in the female version sung by Runa, and
then the male version by Sukhwinder. Of course, the
lyrics of the two differ slightly. In both its
versions, this song literally throbs with emotion.
Coming to female version first, the accompanying
music is subtle and plays out like a throbbing
undercurrent running through the entire song. Runa
gives a low key, emotionally charged rendition of
the song. The female version seems to have more
angst than the male version. Sukhwinder gives a
masterly rendition as well. But it's Runa's version
which truly stands out. This song definitely ranks
among the best in the album along with the title
track and 'Kabhi Kabhi Aditi.'
Track 4
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Nazrein Milana Nazrein Churana,
yet
again brings in a bunch of talent in the form of
Benny Dayal, Satish Chakravarthy, Naresh Iyer,
Darshana, Shwetha, Tanvi, Bhargavi, Anupama. The
composition is very much like a Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
saga but it just shows you how versatile Rahman can
get. The track though isn’t the finest around but
tends to grow on you after a while. Some good
promotion will boost it further. |
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Track
5 -
Tu Bole Main Boloon, sung by Rahman himself is
the song of the album. The song has the feel of an
old fashioned jazz number. Rahman's creates a
perfect ambience for this romantic number with the
small flourishes with the piano, the trumpet and the
jazz drums. The lyrics of the song lend themselves
easily to this kind of a lazy, romantic rendering '
Tu Bole Glass Adha Khali/Main Boloon Adha Bhara/
Main Boloon Kitna Saara/Tu Bole Zara Zara.' This
song is definitely the best in the album and one
cannot imagine anyone else but Rahman singing it. |
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Track 6 - Kahin To Hogi Ho Rashid Ali and
Vasundhara Das's 'Kahin To' is a simply written and composed
song, rendered in a simple manner by the singers. And it is
this simplicity, which is its hallmark of the number. The
song has few flamboyant flourishes and is rendered very
touchingly by Rashid with Vasundhara providing him good
support. The number is touching specially the part where it
goes 'Jaane Na Kahan Woh Duniya Hai/ Jaane Na Woh Hai Bhi Ya
Nahin/Jahaan Meri Zindagi Mujhse Itni Khafaa
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Nahin.' This is one of those numbers where the lyrics, the
music and the rendition are in perfect harmony. |
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The music
of Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na has all the elements in it. It is
young, peppy, speaks the language of the youth, and most
importantly, speaks the language of love in contemporary
times. Full credit to Rahman and Tyrewala for their
brilliant collaboration in this album. |
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