Khoya khoya Chand’s music ….swing to sexy 60’s
Have been waiting for the music since the first promo came out. Its finally out and is such a relief!! Because my head was spinning as dar-e-disco was hammering from right,left and centre. And Saawariya came with huge hangover of Devdas + Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. Aaaja Nachale’s songs sounds and looks like as if Salim-Sulaiman, Piyush Mishra and Vaibhavi Merchant have ganged up to kill Madhuri ( didnt like anything except the oye bulbul number)!! Was listening to Johnny Gaddar and Jab We Met only. Rashid Khan’s aaoge jab tum o sajna was in infinite loop since some time.
Now, have got a new song to put in the loop. Have alreday changed my caller tune too. Khoya khoya Chand opens with a terrific qawalli and folksy sound. Its the same magic that music composer shantanu moitra, lyricist swanand kirkire and ajay jhingran created with mann ye bawra in Hazaroon Khwashein Aisi. The title track stands out from the rest of the album. The best one and my favourite. Enough of those idiotic mera dil deewana,parwana,mastana, jal jaana. Now its the time to figure out what the heart thinks and why it behaves the way it does. Swanand’s poetry is all about simple words but talks about many complex issues of life. Sample this….
zindagi sawaloon ke jawab dhundne chali,
jawab me sawaloon ki lambi se ladi mili,
sawaal hi sawal hai ki sujhti nahi gali,
aaj haath tham lo, ki ek haath ki kami khali.
Beautiful way to express the loneliness …aaj haath tham lo, ki ek haath ki kami khali!! swanand’s voice and its rustic appeal works for me evreytime. Would like to hear more of him. Check out the way he says dil to beimaan hai. Now, whenever next time you are frustrated or depressed in life or are trying to look into the mirror to figure out why you did this and that, play this song in the background. Will have someone for company. And trust me, you will forget all those questions.
Yeh nigahein track will take you instantly to the club numbers of the 60’s films. Great arrangements and the way various instruments are used to create the right mood. You can hear almost every instrument thats playing there. Sonu Nigam and Anatara Choudhary voices does complete justice. Great idea to use the voice of Antara….the voice was mischievious quality to it that works well. But its a song that will work wonders with the visuals. Saw the promo on air, Rajat Kapoor playing piano with Soniya Jahan and Soha Ali Khan matching their steps. Am ready to swing too.
Chale Aao Saiyan and Khushboo sa looks like in film songs. Chale Aao is in the form of thumri with bit of bollywoodish twist. As always Shreya excels in those classical numbers. Khusboo sa by Hamsika Iyer will again remind you of those Asha Bhonsle cabaret numbers. The choice of right words and lines make sure that you get into that mood. If i have to choose most impressive new voices this year, Hamsika will surely top the charts. She is the one who sang the lullaby chanda re chanda in Eklavya. But most people thought its either Madhushree or Shreya.
The next two tracks O re paakhi and sakhi piya makes sure that you dont come out of the 60’s mood in anyway. O re pakhi has sonu nigam again wondering about love lost. Sakhi piya has pranav biswas and shreya ghosal’s voice. Pranav’s voice comes with that classical heavy feel and the alaaps makes it haunting to say the least. If hamsika is the new female voice that am in love with, then the male voice is Pranav. Shantanu used his voice in Eklavya first but mostly alaaps i believe. Shreya’s voice flows gently alonside the heavy rendition by Pranav.
Thirak thirak is the last one in the album. I think this will be the closing song of the film also. Its a song that says everything that you will see in the film. Swanand again uses simple words to express some heavy thoughts. But, and a big BUT. I think the voices dont work. Sonu Nigam and Shreya Ghosal’s voice has the same problem. No doubt they are great one. But they are so sweet and sometime they go to such a extreme that it starts to shrill. This is what has happened here. My choice would hav been swanand and sunidhi. They would hav taken the song to other level. Its says…..
thirak thirak thirak thirak thirak jaane de kadam,
bahak bahak bahak bahak bahak jaane de kadam,
chal na aaj had se gujar jaye hum,
thirkate bahakte nikal jaye dum(2),
mar jaye, marke bhi ji jaye hum….
It talks about dancing your way to death and you hav sonu and shreya making it sound like romantic number. Its foot tapping number. It required the same feel as sonu did in the song ye dil deewana from Prades. I simply love that song. Or they could have done one more version with swanand and sunidhi. Anyway, its good number and is sure chart-buster. Also, i could not understand why the percussion intro is so long. Almost a minute. Reminded me of that vyjantimala number from jewel thief. May be will get to know when i see the film.
On the whole, Khoya khoya chand is must for music lovers. And if you are like me who still trip on 50-60’s bollywood then you will love this one. One thing that this album has is the wide range. Seven songs each sounding so different and covering lot of sounds of that era. The three numbers kyun apne aap se, ye nighaein and thirak thirak will be on the musical charts for sure. The other four songs are strictly mood numbers that will take you to that golden era in just few seconds. Daniel B George deserves a pat on the back again for some superb work after Johnny Gaddar. Specially in this album, the arrangements play an important part as the mood is created by those bits of sounds playing at the right moments and blending with each other.
Sudhir Mishra has managed to get the sound completely right, now am waiting for the visuals! the big picture! Till then….sip a glass of wine and let the heart wonder…kyun apne aap se khafa khafa zara zara sa naaraaz hai dil….
Anurag Kashyap
Abhay Deol
Dibakar Banerjee
Hansal Mehta
Khalid Mohamed
Kundan Shah
Anish Kuruvilla
Jaideep Verma
Manish Gupta
Navdeep Singh
Bhavani Iyer
D. Santosh
Onir
Ashvin Kumar
Ramu Ramanathan
Sudhir Mishra
Pankaj Advani
Revathy
Saurabh Shukla
Shilpa Shukla
Sujoy Ghosh
Suparn Verma
Santosh Sivan
Shashank Ghosh
Shivajee
Pavan Kaul
Partho Sen-Gupta
Prroshant Naryannan
Sam Langoria
Satish Kasetty
I like the title track a lot, have been waiting for music release since the trailer hit the TV. Swanand’s lyrics are great, clearly he has the potential of becoming next Gulzar of Indian Cinema.
very suprising that you didn’t take to Saawariya’s music because it has the same quality as 60-s 70-s music had…..very melodious and offbeat numbers….not the usual formula ones…..
is the music for “khoya khoya chand” available for listening to online? can you send me the link? thanks….
arijit…didnt like saawariya at all. it has huge n HUGE hangover of devdas and HDDCS. every song sounds like something that u hav heard before in one of the films. also, m lil allergic to those extra sweet saccahrine songs. hav u heard the one composed by bhansali himself….. badmaash!!! gosh…its the same as ishhhh from devdas. cant take it. also, dont like sameer at all. he just rhymes the words. no poetry, no thoughts.
kkc’s msuic…so far havnt found the online link. may be check musicindiaonline.
Antara Chowdhury is the GREAT Salil Chowdhury’s daughter…Am I right?
nope…not yet available on musicindiaonline :(
Yeh manzilen bhi khudh hi taye kare… yeh faasle bhi khudh hi taye kare…. beautiful!!! simply beautiful!!!
Editor Note (ts): Comment Trolled. Do not post links on passionforcinema.com that link to illegal download sites.
thanks a lot…
@Phoenixnu
i think u have a PFC HANGOVER of disliking big directors n praising ur PFC stalwarts(everything from music to films).
it’s ok too praise good work(i also liked KKC music) but that does not mean u will say sawariya music mediocre.By every means All songs of saawariyan are excellent.
my suggestion would again be get over PFC hangover MAMU.
@Navneet…its the other way round. cz i like those people so m here. songs either work for u or dont. nothing to do with big or small directors. saawariya n oso didnt work for me. similarly aaja nachle. but others did. what can i do. guru also was big directors film but the music worked for me. if saawariya works for u, perfctly fine. dont hav any issue. even if million people tell me its great but if it doesnt work for me,it doesnt. N as u hav said if its pfc hangover…let me be here! m quite happy without saawariya. btw, m very curious to know if u liked the song badmaashhhh also!!! n plz do check out my last post too!!
@aditi…ya.
Don’t think Saawariya’s music is that good tbh. Though Pari is really a beautiful song.
Taare zameen par songs r amazing…gr8 job SEL…
this is what i call a proper lounge soundtrack. however, i do not like it. Sakhi Piya is my favorite track from the album. thirak thirak.. maybe.
Speaking of Taare Zameen Par…
Kholo Kholo is such an awesome track! That is SEL’s best composition since Dil Chata Hain! And who is Raman Mahadevan? Simply brilliant! And Prasoon Joshi.. should write stuff like this..
Jame Raho – a lot of good surprises in the track.
i do not like the eng bit at the start of mere jahan… but then later on it sounds good…. you know what, it is a good track!
the title track… taare zameen par…is this better than Kholo Kholo?
Kholo Kholo my favorite track of the year – it beats Jaage Raho/Tere Bina from Guru.
A very
decentquality soundtrack.Editor Note (ts): Do not post links to illegal music sharing sites on passionforcinema.com.
I completely agree that the music of KKC is superb. Khusboo… and Thirak Thirak are my personal favorites. The amazing thing is that each song is beautiful. Yehnigahein then harks to the melodies of the 1960s… Wonderful. Cant wait for the movie to come out.
Hmmmm….was going to buy TZP anyways, but will do it asap now.
here’s d musicindiaonline link to kkc songs….
http://www.musicindiaonline.com/music/hindi_bollywood/s/movie_name.9444
have been looking forward to the music of KKC and TZP … will get them soon. absolutely love JWM’s Aagoe Jab Tum Sajna.
Been trying to get my hands on Mann Ye Bawra … the CDs are not available here in London. Would anyone here know where I can get hold of one, or download it?
i think Taare Zameen Par too has wonderful songs…songs that give you a glimpse of the film, and the innocence captured by Prasoon in the songs are wonderful.Am sure yu’d wanna hear them.
the title track of KKC is just awesome…i haven’t got the Cd so cudn’t listen to other songs…is Yeh Nigahen a copy???
check this link
http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/nov/06khoya.htm
sorry posted my message twice by mistake:(
Kholo Kholo is a brilliant song.
Kyun is kadar, hairan tu..
awesome music, one of the best this year.
I am addicted to it, thanks for such a detailed post on the music, and the lyrical quality of the songs.
Sorry! Had no idea it was an illegal site. Have to be more careful next time.
Saawariya – Too much melody, an overkill.. Bhansali made a mistake by hiring Sameer…
O S O – Good music but still not better than Main hoo naa…
Anu malik has much more left in him… like he delievered in Jaan-e-mann …
Jab We Met – Album of the year… Aaoge jab tum is really a song worth going in an infinite loop…
I agree… I find Saawariya’s songs very OTT but I guess that’s the style of the movie… Everything is over the top.. the actions, the sets, the garrish colors, the choreography, the songs.. Heard just one song from KKC and loved it! Sudhir Mishra and Co. surely deserve a big pat on the back !!
just check out how.. Kholo Kholo ends, you gotta appreciate a little things like that, cos they say a lot than…
i bought Khoya Khoya Chand album only for Sakhi Piya and its worth it.
Goonda…cant belive that u didnt like kyun apne aap se…the qawalli and thirak thirak. may be. i know music is very personal. but u r the first person.
i did not find ‘kyun apne aap se..’ as an out and out qawallli. it is just okay. i don’t like that middle bit -tananananaanaa (just before zindagi saawal). i did not like the commentary sort of thing.. during the song…
where as Sakhi Piya – a very rich tune! it is sort of a good-feel track.
the tune of other songs is just above average.
“awesome music, one of the best this year.”
I change my words…
Its the best music this year!
**********
P ke dekho!
I was not happy when I heard Saawariya music. But when I saw the film, today first show, I simply loved the music. It did full justification to whatever SLB has projected on screen. Monty Sharma has arrived !!!! Simply awesome soundtrack
KKC songs are also quite ok. It all depends on the picturization and the final effect !
KCP
@KCP
So did you like the movie ?
@KCP
where did you see the movie and how was the movie?
Hi all,
My first comment in PFC, and what urged me to do so..KKC music what else. Cant get enough of it already.
I love the title song and especially, the line ‘ idhar bhi noch lu, udhar bhi nauch lu, sitare nauch lu..’
Andi totally love ‘Aaoge jab tum’ from JWM, and its picturization was the irony in the movie.
And can I shamelessly admit, I kind of like the badmaash song in sawariya. True that most songs were rehash of devdas and hddcs, but pleasent hearing. Sameers lyrics are what a teenager would pen when cupid strikes first.
Anyways KKC rules.
I want caller tune of Khoya khoya chand in airtel
i tried on their website , no hopes…..
could anyone update me on this.