Music Review: 'Delhi - 6'
Impressive... Splendid... Glorious!
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What do you expect when AR Rahman is just back from winning the Golden Globe
for his outstanding soundtrack of 'Slumdog Millionaire'? What do expect when
three giant honchos, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Prasoon Joshi and Rahman collide?
You expect nothing less than extraordinary entertainment. And does album of
'DELHI 6' deliver? The answer is a resounding YES!!!
2009 has began with a bang in terms of soundtracks, with 'DELHI 6' featuring a
sublime collection of ear candy tailor made for you. Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
and A.R Rahman have rekindled the magic of 'Rang de basanti' in a huge way.
Forget 'Jodha Akbar', 'Yuvvraaj' and 'Ghajini', 'DELHI 6' owns them all
bigtime.
The album literally explodes in your face with the radiant 'Masakali', a song
that brings back memories of the clarinet in 'Swades'. Its sheer subdued nature
and Mohit Chauhan's vocals simply win your heart.
Just when you expect a teenage club track, along comes the mind blowing 'Bhor
Gaye', a classical track based on a raaga. You can't help but lose yourself in
the mesmerizing vocals by Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan and Shreya Ghoshal. Goshal
particularly impresses and proves her chameleon-like talent.
After Amitabh Bachchan's deep voice booms in 'Noor', 'Tumre Bhavan Mein', a jaw
dropping brilliantly composed aarti brings out the goosebumps. A rhythmic
electronic groan shimmering in the background will shuttle and immerse you in a
quiet meditative place in your head. This track will play splendidly against a
montage of Delhi, but lets see what the director does with it.
'Genda phool' opens with birds chirping and beautifully transforms into a folk
song, then poetically slips into western electronic beats. Rekha Bharadwaj,
Shrradha Pandit, Sujata Majumdar and V.N. Mahathi provide some interesting
vocals to a clever composition by Rajat Dholakia.
Fantastic vocals from Ash King, a relatively new singer in Bollywood croon, a
haunting, romantic guitar kicks into play, and 'Dil gira daftan' forms like a
cloud of paint when the brush is dipped in water. A slight hint of 'Riverdance'
ups the tempo charmingly, and the track smoothens into the best of the album.
The lyrics by Prasoon Joshi are incredible and backing vocals by Chinmayee add
a nice touch.
'Hey Kala Bandar' features an amalgamation of african-esque folk song vocals,
hip hop beats, rap lyrics and the 'naagin' tune. The lyrics are questionable,
but hilarious. Sample this: "it wasn't me I swear, everyone is looking for the
monkey out there". Forget the lyrics and this track will soon have you shaking
your booty with its club appeal.
'Rehna Tu' follows with a lounge like feel to it, and seems like a nice
accompaniment to the jazz version of 'Jaane tu'. You can sing this one to your
girlfriend, or you can play it for her, or even mention it to her, and she'd me
mighty happy. Icky sweet lyrics, faint electronic guitar and Rahman's trademark
soulful melancholy - perfect!
'Delhi 6', the title track is a refurbished 'Aye Bachchu' from Ghajini, and
it's not necessarily a bad thing. Destined to make you nod your head when no
one is looking, this track will probably play when the film opens. Its got
attitude, its got panache, youthful vocals and rock based guitar. Its
everything that you'd want as the title track of a movie. Vocalists Blaaze,
Benny, Viviane, Tanvi and Claire deserve full credit for this cool number.
'Arziyan' has a wonderful sufi feel to it, the harmonium and tabla suck you in
the mood and Javed Ali and Kailash Kher invite you to sing with them.
There you are then, 'DILLI 6' is a sparkling album that satisfies the most
diverse of listeners. This film might just be as good as 'Rang de basanti', in
any case the music is almost as good. Buy it without further ado. In case I
hadn't mentioned before, you won't forget the guitar in 'Dil gira daftan' in a
hurry.
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