And finally my favourite of the soundtrack – Ruk Ja O Dil Deewaane – a song so full of life it makes me happy every time I hear it. Anand Bakshi’s playful, conversational lines in Zara Sa Jhoom Loon are delivered to a tee by Asha Bhonsle and Abhijeet Bhattacharya – even the apparent role reversal in the latter half of the song is very well done. The derivative sound invariably leads to a mental comparison between the two songs, and Tujhe Dekha is the clear winner. Barring that opening Na Jaane Mere segment, Ho Gaya Hai Tujhko derives a lot of its sound from Tujhe Dekha, it even features a mandolin version of the opening lines (which sounds lovely by the way). Composers get the melody bang on in this one, and the vocals are fab – once again lovely use of the chorus. His duet with Lata Mangeshkar, Tujhe Dekha, however, happens to be one of the top songs of the soundtrack.
Given his recent success rate (the man won a record fifth consecutive Filmfare this year) and the fact that the previous two SRK-Jatin Lalit movies have had him on most songs, it is surprising that Kumar Sanu sings just one song in this movie.
The tune is heard-before, the arrangement is uninspiring for most part and the singing by Manpreet Kaur and Pamela Chopra isn’t exactly top-drawer either. In Ghar Aaja Pardesi however, the folksy base doesn’t produce the desired effect. The song scores big time in its interludes both of which are structured quite similarly – a short mandolin solo leading into a sudden burst of percussion. In this case the age aspect is rather evident in the singer’s voice, though it is largely mitigated by the other singers (especially the chorus) and the general folk-based liveliness of the composition. Lata is joined by Udit Narayan and a horde of backing singers in her second song, an all-out celebratory piece titled Mehendi Lagaake Rakhna. A song that is very much identifiable as belonging to the Yash Raj stable while featuring some neat use of strings and trumpets from composers Jatin Lalit. The soundtrack starts off with Lata Mangeshkar’s Mere Khwaabon Mein, even at the age of 65 presenting a convincingly spirited rendition of a teenage girl’s fantasies. An idea that came about from the recent buzz around Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’s 1000 week completion at the Maratha Mandir (and inspired by this Roja review on Milliblog) – to review DDLJ’s soundtrack like it were a newly released soundtrack.
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