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Ghajini*Ghajini * *Artist: * *Lyricist:* Prasoon Joshi *Music Director: *A R Rahman *Genre: -* Bollywood *Label: -* ------------------------------ For all those Christopher Nolan's Memento fans, Ghajini remains singularly the most awaited film, to see how the remake or borrowed or inspired theme has turned out. 'Memento' till today remains the most complex film made and Aamir Khan and the director Ramadoss has some really huge and tough shoes to walk in. But for the time being the music of the movie has hit the mark. Guzarish is already a hit. It has the right ingredients in the right amount to make it the most popular song of the album, not necessarily the best one. Javed Ali high on Jashn-e-Bahara success has done full justice to the easy and identifiable words of Prasoon Joshi and a simple but effective tune from A.R.Rahman. The song caters to almost all class of listeners and therefore remains the one most played. Both Rahman and Joshi come into their element with Aye Bachchu. Prasoon Joshi has used the mix of English and Hindi words in the correct context and more importantly in the right amount. Rahman has composed this fast track with much complex change of rhythms, tempo and scale. Though some heavy Guitar and electronic sounds are used extensively in the song it does not sound garish or over powering. But the song belongs to Suzanne who has sung it with a lot of energy and attitude. Benny Dayal sings the soft romantic duet with Shreya ghosal after the recent hit Tu meri dost hai, which otherwise would have been sung by his mentor Rahman. Kaise Mujhe is a perfect song for Rahman himself, from the melody to the scale, but having said that Benny Dayal does full justice to this wonderfully written song. In fact this is a much better sung and composed song than 'Tu meri Dost hai' from 'Yuvraj'. Karthik sings the most complex song of the album simply and smartly called 'Behka'. Difficult to slot it in one particular genre, Behka meshes different styles seamlessly. There are various ups and downs in the scales and tempo and the arrangement is ultra modern. Though the style has been attempted by Rahman earlier in many of his South Indian projects this is the first in Hindi cinema. Perhaps the most challenging job was done by the singer. The antra of the song is a challenge to any of the contemporary singers. Shreya sings the fast paced Lattoo, not at all suitable to her style, but does a fantastic job nevertheless. Her rendition of the song is smooth, not overdoing nor holding much back. The chorus lines, the arrangements and the continuous melody are all spot on. All the three songs Aye Bachchu, Behka and Lattoo are fast paced songs but all are different from each other in its treatment of the sound and words. Herein lays the strength of this album. Both Prasoon Joshi and Rahman has worked really well to create truly different and original work in its music and lyrics with new vocabulary. Though it is Guzarish that is topping the charts, the other four tracks are equally good or even better. The only worry is the complete contrast of the movie genre and music style. But that is the director's problem not the composer's. -- -A http://viewsnmuse.blogspot.com
