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“Aamir” Soundtrack
“Sun Ke Chakkar Ghumyo; Dossri Bara Suna. Phir Bhi Haara. Saamjh Mein Na Kuch Aya. Ek aur Bara Suna. Phir Bhi Haara. Yeh Baat Mehfuz Hee Rehna Do. Saalaa Phaas Gaayaa.” These were my first reaction of the soundtrack; it doesn’t make any sense because the soundtrack did not make any sense to me. Now I have heard the soundtrack at least dozen of time. I wanted to hear the soundtrack over and over because there was something I was missing to understand the soundtrack.
The soundtrack is composed by Amit Trivedi, if I am correct, he was/is part of Om - The Fusion Band. He was on keyboards, I think. They did chart-busting track “Maula’, which featured in film Iqbal’s compilation album. Then, he also did some songs with first Indian Idol winner, Abhijeet Sawant, in his second album Junoon. He composed three songs: Dhoodien, Junoon & Tere Bina in the album. Those songs were quite soft, decent and better than what he had did with Om - The Fusion Band. And the lyrics are by Amitabh.
Ha Raham (Mehfuz), promotional video of Aamir, was the first song I heard of the soundtrack and I did not like it. The song is sung by Amit, Amitabh and Murtuza Qadir. I found it too soft and philosophical, which seems quite a strange for a thriller movie. The voices were quite unappealing. The video did not help it either. I don’t like the composition; it has an irritating “dug-dug” music through out the song. Then, some string instrumental bit reminds of Dandia/Garba music, which I am not a big fan of. But it ends with a sublime note - sort of soulful. Still the song didn’t impress me.
Chakkar Ghumyo, this is a funny song. Sung by Amit. Sort of a fusion track, which he would have done with his band Om. Regarding the composition, there isn’t anything bad about it or good about it. The best bit is the lyrics.
Areh Chalte Chalte Hi-Hi
Huhloo Huhloo Ty-Bye, ho
Areh Dekho aa-bye-siii
Zindagi Jaay Jaay
Nikhle Teh Kah-ko Aur Kidhar Ko Aay
Ke Chakkar Ghumyo
Palleh Kuch Na Padeh
Chakkar Ghumyo
After first hearing of this song I was actually signing Chakkar Ghumyo - particularly the above last two line as I did not get the album. And I actually like this song. It is surprisingly good. And I am getting the jist of the song, I think.
Ek Lau, I instantly liked this song, from the start. It reminds you of his Tere Bina composition from Junoon but it is poles apart. That tune was romantic and this one is haunting with the guitar played in one mode/chord through out the song and Shilpa Rao’s voice compliments the tune. And at the end the tune sort of completely changes and it picks up. Better than Chakkar Ghumyo and Mehfuz.
Haara seems the theme song of the film. Other songs are also thematic, but this song gives the impression of the film where as other songs don’t - they misguide you, imo. Vasan Bala told us that Amit Trivedi and co have been very innovative in composing this song, such as, they have used door slams as the main beat of the song. Again, the song is sung Amit. As a singer, this is his best song of the album.
Finally, my favorite song of the album, “Phas Gaya” - sung by Neuman Pinto, in an Hindi angrezi twang. A rock/punk song, I believe. I reckon, Haara and Phas Gaya, are going to used as background score through out the film more than other songs. The song could have done without “OoooooOooooo”.
I don’t like a couple of things about the album, but I am not disappointed. I still completely don’t get the album perhaps after seeing the film, I might get it.
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have been on an Aamir loop since it’s music release…of course Haara is a fav on the loop….I think it’s a very competent and assured MOVIE debut for AMIT……and he is going to follow it up with Dev D which has great music….he is now one of my fav singers…..way to go Amit…
I have heard just one song… The one that’s out on TV. And I must say, I am impressed.
haara !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
on the loop …
haara !!!!!!
Beautiful soundtrack!! It totally grows on you gradually!! I cannot stop listening to it now..The best album this year! Amit Trivedi is immensely immensely talented!
what r u saying Goonda ??!! i think its one of the best albums of the year so far. liked all the tracks. its all new sound and damn good. my fav is mehfuz…m despertly looking for the callertune code….”I found it too soft and philosophical, which seems quite a strange for a thriller movie”….so a thriller film cant have philosophy ?? do check out aamir then. i liked the song for the same reasons…soft n philosophical. it has that sufi touch to it where voices r in the front and all that jazz in the background….guys just skip jaane tu ya jaane na and check our aamir!! and if u hav any doubts, ya ya m biased!!
“….”I found it too soft and philosophical, which seems quite a strange for a thriller movie”….What else do you expect from Hoonhar ji…
Phoneixnu, The first promo was quite fast paced and now if you have Mehfuz promotional video promoting the movie, then it would give different vibes, no? The video/song doesn’t sell the movie. Hence I was quite surprised to see a soft and philosophical song. I did say that I will have to see the film to understand the reasoning behind the songs.
I do like the soundtrack. It is certainly better than current releases, but best of the year?!
French,
Why don’t you find it strange? Enlighten me.
HG:You seem to suggest that philosophical musings and thrillers are mutually redundant.To take the simplest possible example why don’t you consider the long line of anti-detectives, figures who do not solve the crime, who are personally implicated in the investigation, and are eventually destroyed by it. ‘Vertigo’’s Scottie Ferguson is the most famous example, others include ‘The Spider’s Strategem’, ‘Blow-up’ and ‘The Parallax View’. These films offer detectives who do not order chaos, who cannot reorder the world, in the way Holmes used to. Crime, solution and detective get lost in a temporal vacuum, never to be saved. Guy Pearce in Memento offers a similar text.Is there no underlying motive behind these parallel texts?…
Aamir right from the first promo seemed a philosophical film to me,I havent got my hands on the soundtrack,not yet atleast,but I am not the least bit suprised to find it that way.
Just a question,both the promos(Mehfuz and Phas Gaya) give me the hint of the use of a Snourri cam.Did anyone else spot it?
That wasn’t a snorricam in Mehfuz. Rajeev was sitting on the dolly as it was being tracked back. Dunno bout the other song. Anurag used a snorricam in No Smoking.
i do like the soundtrack, so let’s get the fact out of way. but, i am disappointed about the soundtrack, that some songs gives me a wrong impression about the film? For example, Mehfuz song, it doesn’t correlate with the first promo. It seems a forced track, imo. Because the character is Muslim so a sufi/qawaali song is a must.
Is it wrong with me or there is something wrong with the song? A lot of people have liked the song so it must be wrong with me. Right?
And I did say, I will have to watch the film to understand the song, then I will like it, perhaps. Is that a good thing or a bad thing? Good in a way that the song is true to the script and bad in a way that song isn’t strong enough to stand on itself…
French, anything can be philosophical - you just have to be drunk. Now can you tell me how did you know that the film will be philosophical from the first promo?
See, I would not have used ’soft and philosophical’ words, if I had come across of Phas Gaya or Haara song first…
PS. IMO, LT. Columbo is the best detective around.
HG:That is all well and good,if a little facile.Aamir’s promo and Anurag Kashyap’s associtation with it,for some reason gave me the feel that this film will offer a parallel text to No Smoking.A seemingly up-class yuppie,being forced into the roadside faces(faces that Kashyap clearly cares for given Shool,Satya,Yuva and Black Friday)with a mind-bending plan clearly conceived as a truly Borgesian labyrinth without a centre,to subvert his existence and make him question his choices.The Mehfuz song muses on life being this and that..Could I not be excused for thinking that Aamir is philosphical in its tone?
HG: I wonder, which “string instrumental bit reminds of Dandia/Garba music” in Mahfuz? Dandiya was last thing that came to my mind on hearing the song. Unlike you, I felt that this qawwali is very apt for the film. The lyrics are a little diffcult to decipher(which is my problem with the song), but they fit in beautifully with the theme of the movie (although at a philosophical level).
Also, am surprised you didn’t find Ek Lau ’soft and philosophical’ and hence misfit in a thriller? That’s definitely ’softer’ and ‘more philisophical’ than Mahfuz.
Aditya, check out the song between 16 seconds and 24 seconds, that reminds of Dandia. I don’t think that is Harmonium, is it? Yep, the song is hard to decipher.
Ek Lau is soft, yes, but its on an haunting side. The second part of the song is certainly not soft. The song has a meaning but not as philosophical as Mehfuz, is it? I can visualize this song as Aamir or the third person being lost, hapless and don’t know what to do. I might be wrong, but…
‘Mehuz’ is harder to visualize - don’t have a picture for it, so don’t like it.
i think aamir is the new anwar….what mithoon delivered last year was superb. but not much publicity n it remained d underated album. n the awrds anyway dont give much importance to good music. was very happy to hear that rahman picked it as his fav album of the year.
hi Mr. Honhar Goonda
lot of research has been done by you for the album aamir. Words have been chosen carefully to describe the songs…
to begin with..yes you are bang on correct the album had been composed & arranged by Amit Trivedi of the Junoon-abhijeet sawant fame.
as is the trend now…for any new release the soundtrack is released first as music is a major driver for any film. in the case of aamir…as can be seen from the promos…it doesnt seem to be the regular run-of the mill film if you compare it with the other trailors that are been shown. the soundtrack has been composed keeping the film in mind. the songs are situation driven..
ha raham is undoubtedly one of the most soulful tracks of recent times…it seems strange for a thriller movie…however the movie has its poignant moments and thats where the song fits in perfectly. if you listen to the lyrics you would understand what the song is trying to ocnvey. keeping that in mind..i am surprised you have received Ek Lau very well. ..since it is very philosophical and soft in its approach. and it does not sound like tere bina at all…your statement on this is contradictory.
Chakkar ghumyo is not in the least bit fusion…mebbe the idea of fusion is not very clear…its is actually folkish..amit has done an excellent job on the vocals considering this is his debut solo song….this should be an instant hit since it is a foot-tapping track.
as for haara…it is the only song which forms the theme of the film…other songs are not thematic and they dont misguide you into anything…once you see the film you might understand the songs better…
new release songs shouldnt be judged on the basis of how well it goes with the film simply because the film hasnt been viewed as yet. they should b judged purely on the basis of how your ears accept them….however everyone has a different music sensibility…
going by the no of posts on this thread one can see how for-aamir the feedback is and i am glad that we have people who appreciate new talent and encourage it. amit trivedi exhibits tremendous potential and he has the guts to do something different…he had the guts to do an film like this where most debutants might prefer the common kind of films where they get to do the common tracks…romance, melodrama, item song etc…
aamir’s soundtrack is a pleasant respite to what is being churned out in the name of music…if you listen carefully you will find that the songs sound different and its something that you havent heard before. they are fresh…surely some credit should b given for originality in this era of blatant plagarism
i, for one, am gonna look forward to listening more from amit’s kitty…
aamir is the best album of the year…and i wish him more directors like rajkumar gupta who dare to make their own path and not merely follow others.
3 cheers for aamir, amit trivedi and rajkumar gupta….:)
@Vasan Bala (1)
I had heard that DevD’s music has been given by a NRI London based band. Is Amit Trivedi from the same band????
hi…
as far as i know amit trivedi is not a part of any band, he is an independent composer also music for Dev D has been done entirely by amit…
well..i think Mehfuz is THE song! ..the meaning..the sufi feel to it..it’s all BRILLIANT.. one of a kind..
..havent heard such a song in a long time..
apart from it being the brilliant song that it is, if u watch the movie, u’ll probably understand the situation in which the song comes in…
this guy doesn’t know what to do, where to go, what’s right, what’s not..he thinks about the worthlessness of this whole thing called LIFE (in other words, greatness of the Universe) , he asks for Divine Mercy and Protection! ..he looks for God..concludes that everything happens for His will..
immensely beautiful i wud say!
the film rocks too, and Rajeev’s done a great job!