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Guru- Revives the Rehman Magic Mani Ratnam, A.R. Rehman and Gulzar created the stupendous musical album Dil Se. The Trio is back again with yet another musical treat Guru. The film starring Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai is about to hit the theatres soon, but even before that, the film is much talked about, thanks to the magic man A. R. Rehman who is the Guru of the musical genre himself. Director composer A. R. Rehman already bags a number of credential awards for his musical contribution in films like, Bombay, Roja, Saathiya and Yuva. And to add to the glorious record he has Guru in the pipeline. The film is soon going to add a few more awards to his already overloaded bag-of-credits. The album contains seven songs in all, out of which, the first two numbers, Barso Re and Tere Bin, are an absolute treat to all ears. The song Barso re is extremely catchy and a lively rain song, but definitely not the typical situational masala songs. Rehman is known for his unique style of blending the classical eastern tunes with the melodious western beats. This unique style of the composer is present in this album as well. Mani and Rehman have carefully chosen the crème of the singers lot, to voice the compositions that have been written by the legendary lyricist Gulzar. Shreya Ghosal the docile and soft girl famous for her early success and the variety in her vocals sang the number Barso Re adding an extra scoop to the treat. When Rehman hummed a few verses for Yuvas Kabhi Neem Neem his fans went head over heels. Guys, its time you catch hold to your seats tightly, as Rehman has sung a full song for his Guru album. Yes you heard it right, the Tere Bin number in the album is Rehmans dedication to all his fans. And when the maestro is singing himself, you definitely expect it to be great. A peppy number Ek Lo, Ek Muft roped in Bappi Lahiri who was recently praised for his Taxi No. 9211 numbers like Meter Down and Bombay Nagaria. Bappi is teamed with Chitra in the song for the Guru number, which is purely a situational song. Well, the album is complete with an item number too. Maaya probably picturised on Mallika Sherawat is a foot tapping, belly shaking song, but might not be liked by all and sundry. Hariharan and Alka Yagnik too team up for a melodious song Ay Hairathe Aashiqui'. A Rehman album is incomplete with a number by Udit Narayan. The number Baazi Laga has Udit singing for Abhishek along with Madhusree, Shweta and Bhargawee. Rehman contributes his voice in another song for the album in the song Jaage Hain, which is comparably a greater musical piece than any other number in the album. Overall, Guru can be rated as another hit album for the year, which has great potential to carry the film forward for a few extra weeks.
