you are right, the lyrics of Rehna tu don't make sense if meant for father-son relationship either. but here Rishi was not even his father. it was totally shocking, i never thought ROM will spoil it so miserably. i had lot of expectations from him, especially regarding the songs. he completely "destroyed" the song. shall i say this is the WORST picturization (or "placement" perhaps) of an ARR song ever??
though i had already mentioned this doubt after i saw Abhishek and Rishi on CD booklet, but that time i thought Rishi would be playing his father. besides Rehna tu, he spoiled all the rest too. masakali is a good example. and why the hell to place Dil gira dafatan there???? when Roshan did not even start to fall for Bittu?? strange how terribly ROM got it wrong. i am feeling sooo angry. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, V S Rawat <vsra...@...> wrote: > > On 2/22/2009 5:25 AM India Time, _Jahanzeb Farooq_ wrote: > > > just watched it. i must say it is not that bad. in fact i liked it. > > though it is not anyway near RDB but it is a pretty good movie. > > > > one thing which really p** me off is how badly they picturized Rehna > > Tu. oh man i don't believe how badly they spoiled and literally wasted > > the song. i kept wondering why the HELL they placed it there and why > > the HELL when Roshan (Abhishek) was with Ali (Rishi), it made no sense > > at all. to who he was singing "rehna tu hai jaisey tu"?? i always > > thought it would be towards Sonam's character. it was completely > > idiotic. complete waste of a gem of a song. > > I also was surprised at the Rehna Tu. Though I had already read in this > list that this song was to be on father Rishi and Son Abhishek, which > was not exactly how the characters were related in the film, but it was > parallel enough. Rishi being Abhishek's mom's silent lover 25 year ago > can be considered like father to him. > > The lyrics seems quite odd at places conveying a much greater intimacy > than is possible between two persons who had never met till then in > their life. Firstly, it was not clear where Abhishek was thinking of > changing, which might have prompted Rishi to suggest him not to change. > > But all that, Mujhe Teri Barish Mein Bheegna Ghul Jana, Mujhe Teri Lapat > Mein Jalna, Raakh Ho Jana, appear strikingly odd for a father-son > relationship. In India, whatever be the friendship and understanding and > belongingness between a father and a son, this relation is always a > serious one. So, these figures of speech don't go well. > > All that "Tu Zakhm De agar, Zakhm pe bhi mujhko pyar aaye, dariya o > dariya doobne de mujhe dariya mein" sound so odd. there is no occassion > of Abhishek hurting Rishi, while doobna in dariya is more a concept > between lovers than between a father and son. > > I find this song more suitable for a friend motivating a friend. > > There are echo of lyrics in the song, that could be counted as an > effect, but at around 4:40, I find some female voice also joining, that > was unexplainable on the Rishi - Abhishek. > > And whatever prasoon tried to explain in that "haath thaam chalna ho, to > dono ke daye hath sang kaise, ek daya hoga, ek baya hoga, tham le, hath > ye tham le, chalna sang tham le." that went above my head. Even Mehboob, > PK Mishra's such explanations sounded much more short and natural. Even > Javed Akhtar's such explanations are more directly related. Could anyone > explain plz. > > You spelled it absolutely right. It would have been better if the song's > tone was changed from between two males to from a male to a female and > that was Abhishek singing (may be in background) for Sonam character in > the film who was under a lot of pressure in the film to change. or, a in > female voice it could have been Sonam's idol finale song for Abhishek > when he was under a lot of confusion and pressure. > > -- > It only proves that most of film directors are just not capable of > visualizing proper placement and piturization of ARR's more subtle songs. > > The ending 2 min musical piece in this song appears so soothing - like > when ARR was giving separate instrumental pieces in albums. > > -- > Rawat >
