Yuvvraaj - setting the stage
If blogging was prevalent in the 90’s, there would be so many things I would write about – all the dubbbed films mesmerizing an alien audience in a way they never imagined, song dance and more, Gopi Kishan, Mohra, that oddball which changed the way I looked at Indian films called Dil Se, mid-90’s action wave, all the newbies vying for a sustainable career option in films, Mukul Anand films, and so on. If we would move a little ahead post millennium, there would be few more entries and revelations – the changing face of film music, some people making ‘NRI’ films whatever that meant, the almost death of story and innovation in Hindi cinema, and the predictable trends.
And somewhere along the early decade, I would buy a cassette of a film weirdly titled Taal, and I would log on to PFC and vent out all my emotions on a word document. I would write about how I grabbed my first copy in an unassuming small town and I would have it played at the shop and run across the street for a phone call that wasn’t meant to be, only to smile at the song being played was being played for me, and I would write about how the music spoiled my plans so wonderfully, so much that I would forget my immediate agendas, and how I would carry that tape wherever I went, and soon I would misplace the ‘white-orange’ cover, and head for the ‘Aishwarya flying like a fish o’ somethin’ on a black backdrop’ cover, and it would constitute memories.
The subtle conviction of Ishq Bina, the almost sanctified sounds of the strings, the double-saccharine Anuradha Sriram reinventing how the word Ishq is pronounced, the almost divine Sonu Nigam and Udit Narayan who would change the imagery when they would come in those love songs, the magically capturing Beat of Passion, or the funnily concocted Raaga Dance, or the hypnotising Kahiin aag lage, the rustic Ni main samajh gayee, the pahaadi Kariye na, and the song that would change all the things inspired by the preceding ones – Nahin Saamne. A delightfully melancholic Hariharan crooning softly and belittling every other astounding feat in that rollercoaster album called Taal, when he said ‘priyasi’.
And I would wonder film, what film? They just blew it. Then I would see Taal and would see it again some 12 times, and it would become a reference point. Soon the film would fade away, and the music would reign. Often I would also go back to Pardes and marvel at the refreshing sounds of Jahaan Piya, nahin hona tha lekin ho gaya, mehbooba, deewaana dil. I would wait for the next Ghai extravaganza. And few years later, I would embrace Kisna all over again. I would even write a review and send it to Mr. Ghai….
Kisna is possibly the most diverse Subhash Ghai score I have ever heard. Though the works in the past include some gems like Hero, Saudagar, Karz and Taal, which are all unparalleled in their genre, respectively. Hero was melody at its best. Karz was a visual splendor that was the perfect marriage of song and visuals. Saudagar was quintessential Ghai and Taal was the best musical to grace the Indian celluloid ever. After such accomplished works, it takes great courage to attempt and succeed at surpassing their enormity in terms of melody and the characteristic Ghai grandeur.
Hum hain iss pal yahaan
This song is simply Divine Melody that can’t be described in words. It is like magic, a passion to be experienced alone on a quiet night or early morning. Has that ‘mountain’ feel to it. Flows like a meandering river over a rough hilly terrain. An ecstatic crescendo of love with an eternal, everlasting beauty to it that separates it from all the other contemporary music of our times. The song begins and ends into perfect silence, which is the mother of all music in the world. The melody is like sweet poison, very unconventional, the way the stanza ends; you hate to sing the repetitive lines but can’t help crooning them over and over again; brilliant!
Woh Kisna hai
Reminds of those picturesque, characteristic Ghai aerial shots with flying choppers, balloons, huge dance crew, and close shots of the protagonist. It exudes great positive energy.
Tu itni pagli kyun hai
The high points of this mellifluous composition are Soft, melodic, rhythm, and haunting feel, a visual quality in the harmony, backing vocals and traditional solo.
Chilman uthegi nahi
Powerful culmination with the blend of soft sonorous treble with the right amount of bass provided by the Indian percussion and backing classical vocals. The song later transforms beautifully into a qawwali, which is equally appealing and gels well with the mood of the song.
Wohi din aa gaya
Folk vocals, characteristic Ghai song with the right build-up to a character’s entry, very folkish feel, flute, minimum percussion, the use of raam-jhaara gives a devotional feel, boasts of Sukhwinder’s classy midas touch, gets better on tempo in the second half, the flute returns towards the end with a brilliant crescendo to the folk vocals that started the song to blend perfectly with Sukhwinder’s crooning of ‘Kisna’, it unifies the whole song together, gives it a life form and makes it speak to you in flowing emotions of life.
Aham brahmasmi
Sukhwinder at his best, puts his soul into this highly individualistic philosophical rendition, great lyrics and perfect justice has been done to the poetic brilliance, very convincing, must be playing a substantial part in the film, pours life into the character it is written for, great classical vocal backing, rhythmic patterns with the female voice entry that complements the philosophy put forth by the male.
Kahe ujadi meri neend
Love, pain, longing, desperation, craving, feels like someone is traveling on a moonlit night over the mountains while it plays, depicting the agony of the estranged lover who is helplessly in love, it sucks his soul into this perpetual quagmire, great violin sonata to create an image of nothingness emerging from chaos, nice fusion between the chants of “Kisna” with western influence in a choir like format.
Gaa, tu aisi dhun mein gaa
A simple song with a pleasing melody that grows on you, excellent male vocals very true to the soil. Depicts the Indian mastery over rhythm. A song that you will love to sing and dance to. Reminiscent of the golden age of Naushad and Laxmikant-Pyaarelal. Something that makes you feel proud of being an Indian no matter how much western music or lifestyle you might like. Good female rendition with a sweet conflict with the male counterpart. Infectious crooning of “koi nahi” by the female vocalist. Should be a visual treat just the way it entrances the ears magically.
My wish comes true
A perfect piece for a ballet. Creates pictures of a complete love story in the mind, blooming with the suppleness of life. Reflects life in all its colors in its intonations. Just when you think it is going to sound like any other English ballet, there is a beautiful surprise in form of an Indian flute melody to treat your ears. Another of those songs that sum up the whole story, the whole movie in few minutes. Very encompassing and grand in terms of musical complexity. Reveals its underlying colors, which unfold every time you hear it.
And this too, like all the other mentioned things would never make it to PFC. And PFC would happen one day, and expression would mean something new for me. And I would devour every opportunity that would come my way. AR Rahman was a constant victim. Mr. Ghai too, on a couple of occassions.
Much later, 3 weeks ago to be precise, the two would come together for something called Yuvvraaj….
Yuvvraaj? Hmmm. Shit. Not again. 3 days. Infinite plays. And I can’t muster a word. I would like to abuse the two like an ardent follower would, but I wouldn’t. A revisit yet not exactly one. Rahman has already given us a few treats this year. I still feel Ada topped the year untill Yuvvraaj happened. And rightly so. Gulzar saahab moulds his teekhi poetry in Ghai’s quintessential ouvre – simple words but intriguing structuring, one that fits with the crazy Rahmanic formats.
Then I would wonder we will go back to the same discussion. Oh no, not another ‘BIG’ film by Mr. Ghai. His last one sucked. And the previous one sucked even more. And he has lost it. And what’s with his thing for musicals. And aging stars. And this bewildering Salman obsession.
“Put the CD on, a@##^%*e”. I would hear an inner voice echo in the board room of analysis.
But quiet frankly, these two, and also the shabdon ke jaadugar(Bakshi ji earlier, Gulzar saahab now) have deconstructed the importance of a film with constantly manipulating the connotations of the word ‘musical’. Mr Ghai would cook up a smartass story. Struggling musicians. Family ties. Love brewing in midst. A mentally challanged maestro. A do-no-gooder wannabe. And Mr. Rahman would say, wow! I can think of some wonderful possibilities! And I might finally have some complete songs in a film for starters this year. Bring in Gulzar saahab. And songs would flow.
Songs. Characteristic Ghai sound, infectious mukhdas.
Dil ka rishta
The piano introduces the theme in a soft color. Some well worked symphonies follow, and build up a mood.
Ek jaan hain hum
Symphony continues. And soon a mix of classical aalaaps and western symphony take over in a very classical Rahman and Ghai manner.
Some hindi english chorus follows. And you feel this is the song that brings things together. Great to have them chosen Roop Kumar Rathod for he is the only one who can render ‘jaane de’ the way he does in ‘dil ka ye sikka chal jaane de’.
Sonu Nigam ably accompanies him and does justice to the words…
Dil dil hai dil dil mil jaane de
Passion and aggression
Can I leave it somewhere
Dil ka yeh sikka chal jaane de
Rishta ye eishta pak jaane de
Its perhaps the selection mastery of Gulzar that makes us notice and not notice the words. Check this couplet
Lamba safar umr ka hai
Tanha guzarta nahi
Sar pe agar dhoop na ho
Saya utarta nahi
Tu, palkein to utha to zara
Rishton ki roshni to ho
Dil ko jala to zara
A well balanced climactic song, complex structure(which is in overdrive in this album), layered, so many different angles to it, a couple of characters speak through it, and then there is the voice of the spectator, and then, there is music. Music binds love? I guess it does.
Rahman enters mid way and entralls with his high pitch renditions. I almost felt at this and few other similar points in the songs of Yuvvraaj, that this is a relaxed Rahman, not bound in any meters of chance, and the delivery proves the fun has worked. So many elements, non-linear patterns, the songs switch moulds like shifting loyalties in love. I wonder what Mr. Ghai has done with them on screen, but then, does it really matter?
Manmohini
This falls under the non-experimental songs of the album. A very acceptable raaga, and a classical soft rhythm and suljhe hue vocals of Vijay Prakash.
Lat uljhi suljha ja baalam
Maathe ki bindiya
Bikhar gayi hai
Apne haath sajaa jaa baalam
Further on from this comfortably melodic pattern, Rahman introduces the filmic intersperses of Tu Muskura that blends with the little ‘missing you’ mood. I can picture the song capturing Anil Kapoor in midts of his strict riyaaz routine with intercut montage of scenes, or it could even be some character trying to redeem himself of the follies committed earlier. And it is such brilliant structures in a song that makes it so easy for a film maker to just paste sequences and sit back and say, its magic! Something Ghai failed to do in Kisna, and I wonder why, because that was one equally visual music. Anyways.
An infectious song, both for the pleasant vocals and the overall treatment.
Mastam Mastam
I have a feeling that if you liked the indoor choreography routines of Taal(Ramta Jogi et al), you are in for an extended treat in Yuvvraaj. Mastam Mastam, Shano Shano & Dil Ka Rishta look the possible suspects, some of it which is also suggested by the images from the film – huge sets, faded backdrops, omnipresent music instruments, dramatic costumes, saturated colors, huge collection of extras, tuxedos, the works.
Mastam Mastam feels like you craved for a good song all these years and you were rightly rewarded.
Some typical Ghai intro couplets, basically something which doesn’t mean anything great poetically great but becomes a part of your song lingo the moment you hear it…
Mast mast dar mastam
Dar rind vind dar mastam
Aast, har gar mastam,, gar mastam
Aaye ji baanke aaye, hastam mastam
O danke bajaate aaye rustam shustam
Bheje mein bhochaal hai
Pairon mein paatal hai
Dil ka ahwaal leke aaye
Billi ki khaal hai
Cheetey ki chaal hai
Dham dham dhamaal leke aaye
Though I strongly suspect, and it is for the more learned to correct, that with Gulzar saahab behind these lines, they just might have some connection to some ancient text/poetry. Quite possible.
Also, I wonder if bhuchaal is intentionally mispronounced as ‘bhauchaal’ here…
Another thought that crossed my mind is how well Mr. Ghai has used Gulzar saahab almost in the same mould Bakshi saahab used to write…gud se meetha…jaraa tasveer se tu….aisa lagta hai dil ke andar kuchh toot raha hai…mujhmein shiv hai….
The song that Mastam so closely resembles is Kahin aag lage, and for a crazy Taal guy like me, it is more than rewarding.
The party continues with some supercool arrangements, and verses that follow
Badhega, maamla badhega
Kachahari lagegi
Muqadama chalega
Shani jab talega
To dushman jalega
Kabhi to door hongi dooriyaan dil ki
Mohabbat to jahaan dhooaan wooaan uthe
Wahin hoti hai
Jahaan aagan lagan wagan lage
Wahin hoti hai
(this is very Gulzar)
There is an almost yore like feeling towards this part, you are transported to a dream world somewhere in B&W, where words were simple and expression was an economical exercise in futility.
And as if the fun was not enough, the song changes a scale towards the end, and Alka Yagnik enters quite like Mehbooba(Pardes).
Koi to raaz hai
Wo sunte jo naaraaz hain
Unko aawaaz dene aaye
Duniya mein naam hai
Par logon mein badnaam hain
Shaadi ka paighaam leke aaye
This shaadi ka paighaam bit is reminiscent of the final bits of Ramta Jogi and some interludes of Nahin Saamne.
The length of the songs is also another feature here. It lets the song breathe, and not get drowned in any commercial demand whatsoever.
Shano Shano
Trust these guys to make listening to Get on the floor fun. My first fear about Yuvvraaj was that it might become too great for me. Somethiing too straight-jacketed like a Jodha Akbar or a Lagaan. Something I can’t dare say isn’t too repeat friendly. But when I heard these tracks, I was more than satisfied that this music will know no bounds.
Imagine your state. You are checking out a Ghai-Rahman album. And you see this song called Shano Shano. And it starts off like a Rakhi Saawant number. And you go wtf! Blaaze delights himself with all his EX EX EX and everybody say P L O and go with the flow and put D to the E …EXPLODE with me ..routine. Get on the floor follows. You can’t make up your mind. You listen to it back again. And again. And again. You get a Sonu Nigam as a reward for your efforts.
Atke atke kitne latke
Deke bulaaye tu
Bachpan bachpan kahaa ke pachpan
Chaand churaaye tu
Andar andar beech samundar
Dubki khaaye tu
And soon, it stands with Mastam mastam in terms of the fun factor. Pyaala pyaala mai-ka pyaala.
Gulzar again creates magic, with absolutely no tough words whatsoever. Sample this
Pakka shikaari hai pakka shikaari
Aari chalaata hai aari aari aari
Tune chalaaye hain barchhe hazaaron
Apni to pehli hai baari baari baari
Tez hawaa se utro
To paaon pe chalna hoga
Dhoop mein paaon jalenge
To chhaaon pe chalna hoga
Hosh ka paani kheenchon
Madhoshi ki aankhon pe
Apno se mat uljho
Tum gairon ki baaton pe
The song gets another turn in a ‘remix’. Good fun this. My current favorite. Pyaala pyaala….
And yes, it also has that indulgent scale change.
Zindagi
Srinivas returns to a Rahman song after long. Probably very long. Last he sang for was may be One two ka four or Dil hi dil mein(Imtihaan hum pyaar ka deke). He is someone who makes singing look like making omelette. And I mean no harm.
Another non-experimental song, Zindagi takes a while to settle. First thing you react to is Srinivas. You can’t not have a song with nothing but his vocals paving the way. And Rahman understands the concept too well. Ya right.
In mood, the song stands with Tu Muskura. Though this is more of a self-introspective song where a character wonders what went wrong.
Zindagi zindagi
Kya kami reh gayi
Aankh ki kor mein
Kyun nami reh gayi
Din aaye din jaaye
Sadiyaan bhi gin aaye
Sadiyaan re
Tanhaai lipti hain
Lipti hain saanson mein
Rasiya re
Tu kahaan kho gayi
Koi aaya nahin
Dopahar ho gayi
Koi aaya nahin
Its interesting to analyse this song from a Ghai point of view. You see a Srinivas song, soft arrangement, yet a very moving rhythm which is going somewhere in form of narrative. A song like this explores more of a matter of fact depiction, moving along the daily chores and elevating the sense of missing something through the mundane images.
Tu hi meri dost HAI
I will not spend much time on this song, for it is the one gathering all the ears and eyeballs thanks to the TV promos. That is not to take any credit from the refreshing singing and the nothing-can-go-wrong mukhda. Just that there are more important songs I think in the album.
Good lyrics but.
Aawaaz ka dariyaa hoon
Behta hoon main neeli raaton mein
And of course the crescendo of ‘aawaaz hoon main’.
The build up is typical Rahman, violins and piano and sugary deep female vocals only to conclude in an able male follow-up.
The song is more of a Rahman gift to Salman. He could do with such wonders on screen. Though I might mention he did attempt the same in a forgotten score(Dil ne jise apna kahaa featuring the gifted Kamaal Khan in Jaane bahaara, zindagi hai dua and the often cliched title track), it is this track that will stand out as THE contemporary Salman loverboytillidie song.
A special mention of Rahman ji making a fun appearance towards the latter half.
Tu Muskura
Alka Yagnik begins this song in a very dare I say mundane treatment. But I don’t recall when the song started working. Probably a minute and a half into it. Or the ‘shareer si ye muskuraahatein teri’ bits, or the ‘tu hi to meri dost hai’ interludes. Its easy to write this song off as the weakest link, but I guess it deserves more, may be a few more months. The song doesn’t offer much in terms of a situation but neither do Ghai’s films do.
The song concludes with some startling classical singing that blend with Alka’s aalaaps quite well. SLB would have love to shoot this.
Oh, I almost forgot to mention the ‘Salman Khan with the Fifth of Beethoven’ song, Main Hoon Yuvvraaj. Do yourself a favor, and check it out!
No need to mention, the year’s best.
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Tushar..man..wonderful writing..I must read it at least five times…before I comment more..exquisite..and I haven’t even heard the album..
Sure! Cant wait for have my ears all over it
Tushar:I’m listening to Yuvraj right now,so will comment on that later, but I must say that Kisna was an amazing soundtrack. Never I have seen such a richly textured soundtrack wasted on a film so….well, you get the gist!
this is probably the most well balanced ARR album in years, its just the perfect mix of melody with that typical rahman touch….it played to the gallery at parts but never sold itself out..
the three songs that stood out for me, Manmohini morey and zindagi and mastam mastam.
Tu meri dost hain and Tu muskura while not bad, surely had a “have heard many times before” feel.
while shano shano seemed out of place with the whole album, didnt work for me. but with ARR you never know, i might end up liking it after repeated hearings.
right now the whole album is on loop….
oh and btw, beautiful write up, was a delight to read
Superbly written Tushar. I must buy this CD asap. There was a time when hit music would lead to a hit movie. I hope Yuvraaj lives up to it’s music.
When the first time i heard the album i felt that he could have done better… May be i should hear multiple times
Thanks for the comments guys.
Indraneel, hope you like the album too. As for the writing, I haven’t done much. It’s just the music.
Aditya, Kisna all the way. I shamelessly plugged in that review in this one, if you noticed.
Waiting for you to check the songs in detail and share some thoughts.
RR, thanks. Very true about the balanced score.
Arun, inshallah. Though I have some doubts. Let’s see.
the movie is quite bad. . The firm i work for is doing the pr and we got to see the rough final cut.
@Tushar:
Great! you have written a well READ article! yup it took me some time to touch the finish but it was so engaging i cudnt take my eyes off ! another reason is that i am a big fan of Gulzar saab!and if its wid Rehmaan ! it jus makes it wonderful!
i am listning Yuvraaj since morning and to be frank i hv yet to impress! i loved Tu meri dost hai, Mastam and for me the best is zindagi zindagi. To my ears it looks orchestra has taken over the lyrics!(my feeling)
@Vishal: Its really sorry that a compnay which is doing the PR of the movie, one of its employee passes judgments on public forums! please refrain from such activities!
Yuvraj year’s best? I don’t know. We had some good albums in between those gibberish songs. It will be very difficult this year.
I did not like Vijay’s voice in first hearing of Manmohin. But that song is cracking. So is the sargam and ending.
Mastam Mastam - liked this song from the first hearing. Even through the track gets lost in the middle - 2.50 - 3 minutes and the ending.
Manmohin and Mastam are my favorite tracks.
Shano Remix - is without lyrics - very limited lyrics. It is not a typical remix. It is more like an instrumental piece. Like it.
I don’t like the Dost song.
@Vishal Chalchitra
i second ajay. dont u think what u said is ethically wrong?
@Vishal Chalchitra
dont let these detractors make you think other wise, whenever you are doing pr for a film and get to watch a rough cut and hate it, always and i mean always post your views on a public forum. helps poor souls like me save their money
you might loose your job, but kuch bhala karne ke liye kuch khona bhi parta hai
p.s- and always use your original name like you have done here, never chicken out…remember YOU ARE THE MAN
@vishal
dnt tell me mr ghai offered his whole rough cut to you. sounds a bit childish. well rock solid album brilliant is the word. the film looks promising to me.
tu hi toh meri dost hai
sw
One thing that has never changed about Subhash Ghai over the years…especially since Hero is his sense of music. The man has come out with one popular soundtrack after another. And as Tushar rightly points out, however bad the films might’ve been, the music is evergreen.
I’ve been waiting desperately for Yuvraaj…it being hte first time Ghai and Gulzaarsaab join hands. Add ARR to the equation and you have a potential superscore on your hands. The review has raised my hopes all the more. I’m going to buy the cd tomorrow and will post my thoughts on it soon.
Will the real Allah Rakha Rahman please stand up? I keep on readin articles about his latest offerings bringing magic but somehow do not feel the same whenever I listened to Rahman post TAAL.
Where is that guy who gave us some unimaginable rhythm in ‘Urbashi’ or ‘Chika Pika Dika’.
Where is that guy who gave us probably the first opera touch of India in ‘Jhoom Jhoom Naache Hum’ from ‘Thiruda Thiruda/Chor Chor”? Where is the guy in whose music one fine evening I found God while playing ‘Bombay Theme’ in my now extinc Philips tape player?
Even for crappy movies like ‘Love Birds’ Kamal Hasan’s ‘Indian’ or Mohan Lal’s ‘Duet’ this same guy always gave us something which were never tried in Indian movies.
Post Taal, barring couple of Mani Ratnam flicks and a few songs from here and there ,’RDB’s four-five songs, ‘Kishna’ title track, ‘Zubeiida’s’ Kavita Krisnamoorty tracks,’Meenakshi’s ‘chikamma’ or Shivamani’s percussion, it seems like Rahman has taken himself for granted. Yet, to keep that school boy alive inside me who used to spend last penny of his pocket money to grab a copy of ‘Dil Se’ or ‘Priyanka/Indira(nybody remembers this movie?)’, I end up paying for Rahman. The end result? always sheer disdain. Be it ‘JA’ or ‘Jaane Tu’ or ‘Sakarakkati’ I really can not differentiate his music from Anu Malik,Himesh or Pritam nowadays.
And I am ashamed to say that I revisited the same feeling when I found Yuvvraaj today in youtube. Dost– Please tell me someone where the song is going? The Alka Yagnik Song– A remeniscient and a much inferior reminiscient of HariHaran’s Nahi Saamne. Rista Zindagi Ka– A welcome rift from Beethoven and THEN LOST IN TRANSLATION!!!Mastam Mastam– Is it Hindi, urdu, arabic or the lingo of Gulzar’s self confessed master -’Ghalib’s Pushtani?
Perhaps the God of music who used to speak so eloquently thru Rahman has forsaken him. Unfotunately, like most of his recent scores, he has become so shallow to understand this tuth and thus perenially leaving my little school-boy Rahmanfan asking for a final return to true Rahman which may never come again.
Thanks Ajay. That’s quite an achievement that you reached till the end of my post.
@ HG, Shano Remix is my least heard track till now. But it’s in the queue.
@ The Narcissist, I didn’t mention Black & White but that also had 3 good songs. I have specifically begun to like Peer Manawa, apart from Main Chala & Jogi Aaya. And Yaadein is a favorite too. Even the lesser heard tracks like eli re eli occupied my player for a long time. Will wait to hear your comments.
@labor day sale, I remember Priyanka. Even I ran to get the cassette all over town, that and Kabhi na kabhi , vishwavidhaata, tu hi mera dil, love birds, mr romeo, and so on… Don’t know why you would hate the present day Rahman though. The man never stopped evolving, and Yuvvraaj is a living testament.
Hey, Tushar well written stuff man!
Frankly When I heard the entire soundtrack I wasn’t VERY excited - After repeated hearings - I kinda have started to like a few! But don’t compare it with TAAL and many other Previous ARR’s works man! I hate comparions of any kind.
Anyways, ‘Tu hi meri Dost hain’ starts well with ARR hummning and the awsum slow tune - then Benny Dayal’s Impressive Vocals - Shreya joins in the middle - ARR comes back to end it on a very good note! 8/10
‘Shano Shano’ - Didn’t like it when I heard it first - the same NOW - liked a few Interludes that’s about it! 4/10
‘Tu Muskura’ - The tune is good. Alka has sung it well - like the Javed Ali part the BEST - Neat Song - Good Lyrics -Likeable Tune with the flute and violin stuff - and the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa part by Javed - ARR has mixed it up very well! 8/10
‘Mastam Mastam’ - OKish Track - too lenghty - my only problem - Otherwise a very likeable song! Sonu’s vocals are good. Alka comes in after 3 mins - and is super-good! Good Lyrics by Gulzar - 6/10
‘Zindagi Zindagi’ - The start remind me of ‘Luka Chuppi’ from RDB - but quite a good track - Srinivas could well have been Hariharan - Gulzar has written some good stuff! Loved the 2:38 to 3:10 Instrumental part! Overall a good track 7/10
‘Dil Ka Rishta’ - Undoubtedly the track of the Album for me. A gr8 masterstroke by ARR. It’s got everything - The stuff from 1:00 to 2:05 is just mesmerizing! Fab Vocals of Sonu - Roopkumar Rathod’s bit (start) - and ARR himself with that Classical part ! WOW ! It’ll be one of ARR’s best tracks EVER! The ‘Passion Agression’ bit is very catchy too! I can go on n on about how much I love this track - It’s got the energy - perfect for the climax! Gulzar’s lyrics is classic here! Without a doubt 10/10
‘Manmohini Morey’ - How I wish this track could have been double it’s length! Awsome fusion by ARR - the classical part is so fantabulous! The singer Vijay Prakash has sung mainly backing voculs for Rahman - havnt heard a lot about him b4. Would love to see how this one is picturized! 9/10
TOP Tracks - ‘Dil ka Rishta, ‘Manmohini’ , ‘Tu Muskura’, ‘Tu hi meri Dost hain’
Good ones - ‘Zindagi’, ‘Mastam Mastam’ ‘Shano (Remix)’
Sore Thumb - ‘Shano Shano’
Overall - 7.5/10 -
This isn’t Rahman’s best but one of his finest! am waiting more eagerly for the BGM! After ‘Taal’ the expectations are obv very high - and he has delivered - not as gr8 as Taal but still very good interms of the competiton.
Hopefully would be good enough for ARR to get the Filmfare for either JA or Yuvvraaj or even Ghajini!
…and hey was wondering if you’d heard of ARR’s tune used in the Hollywood movie ‘Accidental Husband’ - 3 of Rahman’s tracks have been used as BGM!
Here’s the Google Video links to those.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=535624735560850515&hl=en
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8119399758689547775&hl=en
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6694677015712493166&hl=en
Thanks Sriram. Even I didn’t know when did the album come man. Normally the wait is longer and the excitement is more. But this just happened out of nowhere and I found myself in midst of writing this huge ass review. Good fun. I am not comparing anything man. I was just drawing references and sharing some thoughts on scores I could never review or share before. Thanks for reviewing every song. I missed mentioning some details you cracked, like ARR classical bit in dil ka rishta. Its way too cool man. Me too waiting to hear the BGM out. Taal and dil se had me doing crazy things to record the BGM some way or the other. He he. And he is picking every goddamn award there is this year, no two thoughts.
Tushar,
You hurt me! You hurt me by not mentioning the instrumental version, I mean the “Kisna theme”. Your description for “Hum hain is pal yahan” fits to the tee for the theme song. Thats the only piece I keep revisiting from the album. The jugalbandi of flute and rahman on keyboard.
@Vishal.How do we believe that your saying the truth.What firm are you working for?
How can we be sure your not a fan of Salman or Ghai and so just want to spread negativity.
i didnt say my word was gospel did i? Take it or leave it
pr firms do get to see the rough cut without the dissolves and fades. . I thought i was really helping out with my opinion if u think its bullshit i recommend u do go see the movie. .and make your own opinion dont take anyones word for it. . As for me being anti ghai or anti salman i cn tell u im not anti anything whether u blv me or not is upto you
as a final comment i would just like to say this movies is coming in with massive hype . .dont base ur judgements on it or on what i or anyone else says
great review!
i loved it!
i m loving the album!
its the best offering from RAHMAN! why the hell ppl comparing this with TAAL? tht was other movie, wid hell different story, with different cast… n tht was love story set in india, n its a musical drama set in europe on the ppl frm india!
why the hell ppl cant see the difference?
giving music for taal wasnt tough as it was jst romantic movie!
but YUVVRAAJ is certainly the toughest work, n RAHMAN surpassed my xpectations… the tunes, rhythms, instruments r jst FANTABULOUS!
my rating for music is 4.99/5
Nice review Tushar. Have listened to the soundtrack a few times - it’s certainly an interesting mix. Not a huge fan of Ghai but the one thing about him I admire is his musical sensibility on screen. His story telling ability - that’s another matter! But I am looking forward to seeing what he does with this music because for the most part it seems written specifically for this movie (Shano Shano and Mastam Mastam being the exceptions - what the heck is a Lion King knockoff doing in a film with a Western European flavor?)
@Vishal - Your opinion would be more helpful (and believable) if you were more specific - what about the rough cut was bad? The story? The acting? The editing? And contrary to Rusted Rick’s comments, do you think it is a wise idea to give your name when posting comments like that on a public forum? If I were the PR firm were you worked, I would fire you - and if I were Ghai, I’d fire the PR firm. So happy job hunting Vishal (if that is indeed who you are)!
@vishal
name ur pr firm. when u can stand up and say that the film is not good then stand up again to tell ur pr firms name.
Good passion reflected in this post.
My take on the music, trying to be as much fair as possible ( not commenting on lyrics though ) :
Tu Muskura - decent singing. 6/10
Mastam Mastam - I liked the song. Just that it was a bit long. 4.30 minutes would have got one more more point from me. 7/10
Dil Ka Rishta - Loved “only” the initial vocal acrobatics in the song. Rest of the song is garbage music for me. Absolutely
no variations in the last 5 minutes of the song !! Too much Rehmanic musical repetitions. 3/10
Zindagi Zindagi - This is the real Rehman I like ( where he is consistently good in the “full” song ). Beautiful Mukhda, though resembling a lot of yesteryear songs. Overall very satisfying 9/10
Shanno Shanno - Utter trash, for my taste. 1/10
Shanno Remix - No comments…ok one - Rehman has so much power in the industry, why does he have to buckle to the market demands to SHOVE IN atleast one remix in the album ? 1/10
Manmohini - Fantastic fusion as somebody said. Good for the current musical tastes in the market. One market cut for the interlude music, which I did not like at all. 7/10
Tu Hi To - Fantastic tune and singing. Did not like the orchestration at all. 7/10
Shano remix is unlike other remix. It is not a trendy remix.
just like any Rahman album this is also going to be overhyped eventhough it sucks big time.Only worth while song seems to be Tu Hi To which has been rightly picked up by masala master Subhash Ghai to whip up frenzy for this crap album.With obviously huge star power and 24 hour publicity this song will be on top of charts and other mediocre songs will also get some airplay,but how much it will be appreciated only time can tell.Even this song ‘tu hi to’ seems to be a left over tune of Vishal Sekhar song from OSO(Ajab Si).One common thing u can find in this album is so called symphony music, screeching violins which initially offers some novelty and after few listens really tortures you.All usual Rahman orchestrational pyrotechnics is visible,but where is a good tune?.In some songs because of screeching violins,singers voice is even not audible.The song ‘Tu Muskura’ seems to be Rahman’s attempt to ape Madan Mohan classic ‘Tu jahan chalega’ and to excel it,but falls flat(Madan Mohan is miles ahead of Rahman) eventhough singer has tried hard.The Song Zindagi Zindagi seeems to be like a third grade Jagjit Singh ghazal with usual Rahman sentimental tune(repeated many times) with pyrotechnics involving opera singing to bring some novelty.The Shanno Shanno song must be the worse song I have ever heard in my life.In this internet age if I can listen to original American rap artists,why should I listen to recycled Rahman Rap?The Song ‘Manmohini’,if people who know classical music listen to it will be baying for blood of Rahman,there is no doubt about it.This is not fusion but ultimate torture on classical music lovers.Also this songs background has striking resemblence to Shankar,Ehsaan,Loy song ‘Lazy Lamhe’ When will Rahman leave all his electronic pyrotechnics and create a beautiful tune Like that of RD Burman,Madan Mohan,Khayyam or Salil Choudhary?I don’t think it is ever going to happen
@ Sharath
@ Sharath
I don’t know what your smoking. But it kinda sucks big time man! Yuvvraaj Definately ISN’T ARR’s best work - but it’s not at all as bad as you make it out to be. It’s definately by far one of the best albums of the year - the only other coming close would be ARR’s JA or S-E-L’s Rock on!!
I can’t believe your music sense man, how the phuck would could you compare ‘Tu hi toh meri dost’ with that OSO tune? It’s got no friggin similarity, neither do the rest of the songs - the most bizzare of them is ‘Manmohini’ with ‘lazy lamhe’ ???!!! kuch bhi… I mean in what ways are they similar?!
Anyways man! Either you’re some hardcore Rahman hater or have some hearing problems.
crazy lamhe resemblance is mainly initial part of ‘manmohini’.The Song ‘Dil Dil’ has a backstreet boys song hangover in between
@sharath,
“Even this song ‘tu hi to’ seems to be a left over tune of Vishal Sekhar song from OSO(Ajab Si).”
May be you are not aware that initially the team of Rahman and Gulzar was doing music for OSO and they left the film in middle over Royalty issue.. I found “Aankho me teri” as a left over of them used by Vishal Shekar.. Do you belive Vishal could write that song (its credited to him) .. has he comeup with something similar in recent times?..
I did not say that ‘Tu hi Toh meri dost’ resembles ‘Ajab Si’
What I meant was that it has same sort of feel and a blockbuster potential but the same lack of quality
Am sure even S-E-L wouldn’t be able to figure that out!
ARR would have finished composing the song even before ‘Lazy Lamhe’ promos were on air.
What else man?! Enlighten us with more of such great findings!
background music of DJAqeel ‘lazy lamhe’ and background music of ‘Manmohini’ has a certain resemblance not in the tune of song
Almost all songs of a particular GENRE have some sorta similarity. But there isn’t anything as far as this is concerned.
Do you really think Rahman would have been like “Hey, Let me use this music bit for the Yuvvraaj song”. Am not even sure if he’s heard of such a track from a sorta B grade Yashraj flick.
Hmmm…So NEXT IS WHAT?!
I am not saying that Rahman has copied.What he simply did was take a commonly used beat used in remix songs add to a so called classical song ‘Manmohini’ which has a pretty average tune and for some extra effects add some sarigamas in between it becomes a masterpiece in Fusion music in the eyes of some.In fact it is really difficult to make tunes which seems to be simple rather than all these gimmicks with
classical music
Oh Yes! It’s very easy to make tunes with all of that Classical touch. That’s why none of the Music Directors kinda go into that. They’d rather go online in search for something that’s not way to ’simple’.
PS - Rahman graduated with a degree in Western classical music from the Trinity College of Music in London.
Now tell me more!
@sharath,
“What he simply did was take a commonly used beat used in remix songs add to a so called classical song ‘Manmohini’”
Watch the song, its situation and the characters, its picturised on in the film and then decide, why and how Rahman composed the song. it might needed a lighter treatment (I feel intentionally somewhat a parodic or a lighter take on classical music for some reason as per the situation)
Sharat,
I knew you would comment. You are becoming so predictable and my replies to you are also becoming predictable..
So I have a few questions:
1) Do you have God’s ear?
2) Why do you want A R Rahman to give music like R D Burman, Khayyam, etc? Why cannot he be A R Rahman?
3) Why would classical lovers find ‘Manmohini’ a torture? Do you come from classical background? If not, why do you assume that?
4) How often do you listen to music? That is Non A R Rahman music? Heard any other filmi soundtracks this year. If so, you would have found some crap songs around. 2008 year soundtracks you have liked so far?
5) Why is ‘Zindagi’ like a third grade Jagijt Singh ghazal?
There is no point in comparing other music directors with Rahman.Each one has their own style.When compared to Rehman they may not have degrees from Trinity college or expertise in classical music.Film music is unique and different from classical music.Do u really think Bhimsen Joshi the most famous Hindustani singer could compete with Kishore Kumar?Just because some music director did some classical music based song doesn’t make him a genius.In fact if u look at most memmorable songs in Hindi film music all are really filmi songs rather than songs which belong to different genres like classical,ghazal etc..
@ Sharath
PART 1
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No, am not sure if Bhimsen Joshi the most famous Hindustani singer could compete with Kishor kumar.
Wait - Why did you even write this?!??!
PART 2
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So, acc to you - None of the Music Directors are genius if they compose some classical numbers - Then toh noone is genius. I mean nobody, and no MD would compose ONLY classical stuff man!
PART 3
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Obv all Hindi Film songs would be Filmi - So isn’t it good that Rahman is trying to break away from that mould and give us something different!?
Honhaar Goonda,
When I listen to songs of RD Burman,Salil choudhary I liked almost 80% of their songs and their style of music.But when I listen to AR Rahman hardly 5% of his songs I like and my dislike which I have expressed.I want Rahman to give music like that of RD Burman ,Khayyam because according to me that is good music.For me there are only two type of music,good and bad.There is no distinction like Rahman type of music,Himesh type of music,Anu Malik type of music etc.I do not have a classical background,but there are many artists from classical background who do not like Rahman’s experimentations.But that is not main point,I simply did not like that song and I expressed it.But I liked immensely the song from anwar by Mithoon which had a certain classical touch.’Zindagi’ is an inferior song in terms of its tune,eventhough it is not completely ghazal,there is a certain ghazal type orientation in it and I felt it neither has the intensity of a jagjit Singh ghazal nor has any good quality of a film song.If I can listen to a good Jagjit Singh song from movie ‘Sarforosh’,why should I listen to this crap?
@ Sharath
To start of with - Let me ask you man - Who the hell are you to judge what’s crap and what’s not?! Even if you didn’t like any of Rahman’s work - am absolutely fine with it - but who the phuck gives you the right to call it CRAP?!
FYI most of R D Burman songs have been completely copied from the other composers in the west - I bet you didn’t know this!
Rahman obv has his own style - so does every composer, he isn’t gonna compose music keeping in mind “Oh my god, would a certain Sharath approve of this”.
If you didn’t like any of his songs - don’t listen to it man! no one is FORCING you to! Listen to Jagjit singh’s Gazal’s or anything else that you love.
Quoting Frank Zappa:
“Most people wouldn’t know good music, if it came up and bit them in the ass”
Sharath, that is your problem. Stop comparing different kind of composers. And you don’t need all composers to sing from the same hymn sheet.
Tujhe pasand naya ayaa. theek hai. magar apni buckvass tu baar baar kyon kart hai.
@sharath
Just arguing for the sake of doing it ………thats what u r doing right now. u can make statements out here but allegation are not respected. PSEUDO is the word which comes to my mind after reading u r baseless crap replies……..yuvvraaj rocks……..
i hve not heard the music of yuvraj.I am a hue fan of rahman.Just thought i would post because there seems to be an argument on ARR.having listened to all of his songs from his from roja days,I can pretty surely say that he is past his prime.This is not to say that he does not give chart busters these days.Its just that back then I would like ALL his songs and they would go on to be huge hits.but nowadays i find only 2 to 3 catchy compositions in his albums.But he might prove me wrong with this one though.
his recent let downs being….
sivaji the boss
jane tu ya jaane na
guru
Sriram
who the hell are u to judge Rahman is a genius or not?u also
have a degree from Trinity college?I have only expressed my opinion.This is a democratic country and i think i have right to say which songs I like and which songs are crap.I don’t know why some Rahman fans behave like children when some one criticizes Rahman
shashank
kindly explain the difference between statement and allegation.I have only told that I did not like songs of Yuvraaj,is it a crime?i have given reasons for that also
I’m a big Rehman fan. I find with his albums are that they take some time to grow on you. I loved his JA and JTYJN, I found them to be very good. Even now, whenever I feel down, the “Bombay theme” does prove to be a lifter of spirits in some way. I’m listening to Yuvraaj online now and I find them to be quite nice!
I respect sharath’s right to have an opinion, no matter how ridiculous it may be. The line of “I want Rahman to give music like that of RD Burman ,Khayyam because according to me that is good music” is pathetic. What next? Regression back to the 60s kind of movies? Wait, lets go back even further!!
ARR is ARR. He is NOT RDB, Shankar-Jaikishen, SEL, or VS. I’m sure there exists a lot of space for each of these people to exist in their own ways. Personally, I’d hate it if one MD started being like the like another MD. Although imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, it does nothing for innovation in music.
So sharath, hating ARR is more than fine, just give some good reasons, rather than crappy ones like “he’s not RDB, i want RDB”.
Sharath!
Please pardon Rahman for making inferior stuff, not adhering to Khayyam, RDB code! He is a lesser soul, forgive him. No, it doesn’t matter if he has a degree from Trinity, I know! I don’t have to be a Rahman fan (if that is a qualification) to be critical of him. There are lots of Jagjit Singh’s ghazals out there in the market which should be appealing, Zindagi is an inferior piece of shit without a trace of intensity. Rahman is hype. None of the stuff he has made in 2008 is good. I agree. Sriram, Honhaar Goonda like many out there are all children, and can’t take objective criticism. When you say “There is no point in comparing other music directors with Rahman.Each one has their own style” at comment # 41, you said IT dude. I don’t know why Shashank, Sriram and Honhaar don’t get it. Forgive them.
@Santosh Kumar TK
So you are now calling us children. Well it would be very useful for us children to know what work you do and how senior u r. Secondaly this is a platform to share knowledge and views in a respectable manner but i must say it now that passionforcinema.com is becoming a platform where anybody can come and criticize any1 and become a film ethu or guru.
@sharath
First get out the meaning of orchestration and rendering and listen to the songs of yuvvraaj u will love it, yes it doesn’t have tadak maslala melody to it but its different and u got to have ears to be able to appreciate this kinda stuff.
no more arguments after all we are bachhas
Shashank,
Kindly get the tone of my comment, and I will respond later
guyz to me it seems the mooting point here is not Rehmaan but personal egos now! and every one is trying to beat others point.I know zero music and i have a limited ear which listens the song and my heart approves if i am gonna listen it again and again. Ear+Heart combo cud be diff in diff people. And me being a hugh fan of Gulzar as well as ARR , was expecting smthing big like Dil se, Guru and my EAR+HEART system told me its not thr! i find songs too techno and soul seems eluding. I am not judging this album as Good/BAD or best of the yr!. But i loved Tu meri dost and for last 2 dayz Zindagi zindagi is playing in loop and all my roomates loved it and humming it.
My point this album is not what i was expecting it because of (gulzar+ARR).
Guru still sounds phenomenal even after 2 yrs; Tere bina, Aye-hairate-ashiqui, maiyaa-maiyaa, jaage hain der tak and barso re are all class act.
I doubt if i wud be able to boast of Yuvraaj after a yr!
The high point of Manmohini Morey for me is when Vijay Prakash goes “Maathe ki bindiyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaa” and absolute cracker is in the very next line when he does a “bhikharrrrr gayi hai” with that verve and gusto! WOW that is singing… I can almost imagine A R Rahman singing these lines to Vijay Prakash during the sessions, which I tell you is NOT the case with most of his songs adding to the mystery factor, “how would he have done it?!”. Like I can imagine Rahman singing a Raasaathi of Thiruda Thiruda to Shahul Hameed, or say a Satrangi Re to Sonu Nigam but but not an Anjali Anjali of Duet to SPB or Jiya Jale to Lata M’kar… (when the singer goes Mere mann yeh bata de tu in Mitwa of KANK, you know Shankar Mahadevan is behind it
If the music that starts at 1.29/1.30 of Dil Ka Rishta and ends at 1.40 AND Rahman’s “passion and aggression” from 2.07 till 2.32 were to be fused into one audio with appropriate silences in between, it would serve as a great background score for a cricket batting highlights (Test cricket) package involving Sourav Ganguly, and Sachin Tendulkar in their twilight days slapping all detractors
Went overboard? I don’t care! 
sounds like sarcasm being mistaken for passive aggression talking of which it sounds like criticism isn’t too welcome here, would suggest to me i should keep off from commenting
nice review, tushar. always enjoy reading your music reviews of rahman’s compositions
PK,
I think u did not understand what I meant when I said ARR should create good music like that of RDB.It doesn’t mean that ARR should imitate RDB(RD Burman).Irrespective of different musical styles ultimate objective of a MD is to create good music.According to me RDB created good music,ARR should also create good music,it is quite simple as that, so where is question of me referring to imitation here?
@ Sharath
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1) You mean to say whatever Rahman composes isn’t good? and that it should be like that of RDB?! Why would you say that?! If all Music Directors start thinking that way,then its gonna be the same damn stuff by eveyone!
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Why can’t every MD do what they can do BEST?!
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According to YOU, RDB made good music, there could be some who might disagree.
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What makes you think that Rahman isn’t creating good music NOW?!
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I read somewhere Subhash Ghai saying Yuvraj is story about arrogance of today’s youth. Anil Kapoor 50+ , Salman Khan 40 + and it is story of youth? Taal was hit cause of music and Aishwarya and after that there was not a single Subhash Ghai movie did average business.
The years best so far..What an amazing composition i think this album is better that Taal..The blend of hip hop ,classical and western classical..Something which was never tried before..Rahman yu r truely the best..Hats off tu yu..Dil ka rishta and tu muskura is just amazing and so are the other songs..the classically improvised Manmohini is just amazing..Same is true with tu hi meri dost hai
hmm..well..the argument seems to be going on here for some time on the musical genius..i can see one guy named Sharath calling ARR’s yuvvraaj music a ‘crap’..so this is for u Sharath - **if u feel Rahman’s music sucks then it is fine..keep it to u..u can even go ahead & start a blog saying ”i hate rahman” or ”i hate yuvvraaj” if u want..am sure u will be the only visitor there..remember there are more rahmaniacs in India than those who dislike him..just scroll up and u will know tht..he did not get to the peak of indian music industry by producing crappy music..if u still cant beleive ur senses then just go thru a few critics’ reviews abt the film’s music..even then if u are not satisfied then give the music a few hearings..EVEN then if u are not satisfied then i really feel so sorry for u man..nothing can be done to it**
Good writeup, dude!
Do give more listens to ‘Tu Muskura’. It’s a fabulous song. Has gotten under my skin… just can’t get over this song.
Yuvvraj is the best album after 2000. arr is the true genius and the best composer in india. yuvvraj is the proof
did you know farah had not returned tunes of rahman even after rahman opted out of om shanti om
Thanks everyone for all the comments. A typical Rahman release phenomenon indeed
Neeraj, point taken dude. Glad someone spoke about Kisna(and read those bits too!)
Thanks zasu, kcp, Arun, Amanda(glad you dropped by).
Arun, like I had suspected, I love Tu Muskura now!
Imran, that doesn’t come as a surprise. Many of his tunes have gone that way.
The songs are really growing on me, but I am giving the album few plays, and not loops. It’s fun.
In my opinion, i am a serious ARR music follower and huge fan as well. I like his ADA JTYJN and JA, but only 2-3 songs that would make me play the album not the entire album I would play is what I am trying to say. Now this new Classic Yuvvraj has the meat, spark which was missing from him. If you ask me a reason I would say, script allows him to produce music with just music being in his mind. He is an artist and he is basically asked to create tunes which should be his best full on melody tunes. To me he delivers BIG TIME! TAAL, DIL SE, SWADES, SAATHIYA and now YUVVRAJ would be my top in no order.
Enjoy Music Now! Later
Just saw Tu Muskura. Quite nicely shot.
@ Sharath
You want to be critically biased. that’s only thing I can see! Sorry!
Must say the film looks quite pathetic from this dialog promo.
http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=O0ZYCHMFVa0
It’s the same old story - 3 brothers fight for the property and some jhol happens and then happy ending! It’s 100 years too late - would just watch it for Rahman’s BGM - Err… I mean ‘Listen’.:P
@tushar,
i agree with u
Sorry to say but film looks disaster. I didnt even like big European sets. and bunch of non-actors, except Anil Kapoor.
I never expect Subhash Ghai to make good film. SORRY!
@Sriram, ‘100 years too late’ LOL!
tushar, the promo you just showed kills the film. here’s why. films are rated out of 5…
katrina opens her mouth = -1 (check out her accent on “hardcore family man”)
zayed opens his mouth = -2
salman gives his annoying smile and delivers without parting his lips = -1
ARR score = +1
at best, this film is 2/5.
striker, totally man!
this looks like another collosal waste of resources, some intentional, some unintentional…
striker, ye dekh, and have your wtf moment of the day if there hasn’t been one already with the trailer!
http://www.naachgaana.com/2008/11/04/exclusive-yuvvraaj-posters/
gone mumbai suburb…
The second poster looks funny and ‘gay’!
PS - Seriously.
“hardcore anti family man”
kaun likhta hai yeh bakwaas?? I started laughing when I heard that.
Anil Kapoor playing mentally challenged guy (I think) and on top of that… Subhash Ghai style…. This is going to be a serious pain to watch.
The new dialog trailer totally put me off. I might watch it only for ARR. And why Anil Kapoor is acting like a retard while singing that classical song? Only few directors can make movies that justifies ARR’s wonderful music… and Subhash Ghai can never ever…
Anil Kapoor is playing a mentally challenged guy who is a classical singer. This movie could be so bad so bad that it’d be good - I think ‘DESHDROHI’ is a better option!
PS - Ghai is making an ‘apperance’ in the movie as well.
seeing this dialouge promo , i cud see Vishal Chalchitra’s (coment : 8)forecast coming true!
111
they are bad , and posters also seems overdone type!! jeeZ
I am not an ARR fan but I definitely appreciate his talent.So i find it amusing that ARR again and again teams up with no talent Subhash Ghai(one of the worst directors hindi cinema has ever seen).May be it is big money,ARR has 3 kids
Sharath!
Your comment #84 in absolute pathetic taste!
SHAME ON YOU
@Santhosh
i don’t know how my statement is in pathetic taste.Is it because i feel Subhash Ghai is a mediocre director or ARR is greedy?As far as ARR teaming up again and again with Ghai,i think one of the reasons is big money.Artists how muchever talented they are and even if they love their art much still they have obligation towards their family also,so being greedy infact is not bad.Eventhough Rahman has managed his career very well,i feel that he should give music to good,small budget movies which will be noticed for its music
rather than big stars and hightech publicity
I love the song lat uljhi sulja song. Its very very very sweet to listen
Sharath:
I dunno why I kinda feel like kicking your arse. Seriously, man! You don’t like AR and his music - FINE - don’t listen to it - go somewhere no1 is FORCING you to write crap here.
You are friggin’ nobody to decide who AR should work with and not. And you better take care of your words man - or else I might even have to make a cyber complaint. You better take care of yourself - AR and his kids have a bright future - you should hang in shame for making that idiotic comment.
The movie hasn’t even been out - how the hell can you make a judgement before that?!
You make more stupid comments here on or anywhere (milliblog) I’d be there to screw you case - Mr Sh*tath
Rehman music is beyond any comparision.. the only problem is ghai..but who cares.. I ll watch n listen to the music and ll ignore wat ghai wants to show.
Sriram:
cool down yaar. I take back the comment about ARR’s Kids and I apologize for that if it has hurt you.But please look at what I was trying to say.Why so much talented Rahman hang out with a bad director like Ghai? There might be some reason
I don’t care what the reason is - it is not for Rahman to care in a way - Ghai has a reputation in the Industry and he’s worked with him in Taal and in Kisna - they completed the recording for a movie titled ‘Motherland’ which was later shelved as Ghai couldn’t cast the actor he wanted.
Rahman has immense respect for Ghai - and Vice-versa - If he ever wanted to work for money - he’d have been doing about 10 films a yr xcluding the H’wood projects.
It is a known fact that AR takes extra time than other MD to complete work - most newcomers need the work done very fast - but AR likes to work at his pace.
He’s worked with some of the ‘BEST’ directors in India - Right from Mani sir in his first movie to directors like Ashutosh Gowariker - Shekhar Kapoor - Deepa Mehta - Rajeev Menon - Rakeysh OM prakash mehra - Danny Boyle till recently.
i was watching yuva other day and when fana song cam on i thought ’shano’. genre of the both song is same.. they are quite similar but different in its own way. i hope song ’shano’ works. the track is good. and katrina kaif in the shano video in that golden dress - sighs!
i think …this album nowhere close to rahman’s best…or maybe im put off by the videos accompanying the song…..
the music doesnt work for me…
Subash Ghai…i think should stop making projects and start making films like he did earlier…..
the theatrical trailer sucked big time…..
Anil kapoor playing a mentally retarded man….Could be brilliant….Seriously. Remember Eeshwar. He was extremely good in that. Anil Kapoor is one guy who deserves to come back with a huge bang. I hope he gets tons of good roles.
Whats zayed khan doing here? This guys is going nowhere.
This album, although in Hindi, seems to be composed in Rahman’s trademark Tamil musical style.
It makes me think of ‘Kangalal Kaidu Sei’, ‘Kadhal Virus’, ‘Ah Aah’ etc…
Don’t u think Tushar??
It’s the most unlikely Hindi album by ARR.
That’s what comes to my mind anyway…
Love ‘Muskura’, ‘Dost’ and ‘Manmohini’.
‘Muskura’ is so haunting!
dil ka rishta gives me goosebumps the starting of the song music vinod rathod and classical part by rahman is really awesome these song should have been shown more on channels
dil ka rishta gives me goosebumps like most of rahmans songs like dil se , re ghanan , taal se taal , starting of the song vinod rathod is awesome and classical part of rahman are awesome and orcheatration fantastic one of the better song of the album they could have shown the song more during promos
sriram thanks for the links ,already downloaded the videos