Then came Saturday....and the first thing I did in the morning was check Songs.pk....if they put the songs of Raavan on board for download (ok its illegal...but I didnt download :P...honestly....u'll know y...)........Oh Yea!.....IT WS THERE.......didn't waste anytime.....went to torrentz.com.....and searched for Raavan...found a DDR torrent....high seeds.....(see I told u...I didnt download from the site...;)...).....
And then within 15 minutes....I was ready ....all ears!.....
The album as we all know...is composed by Oscar winner AR Rahman.....penned by Gulzar.....and ofcourse for a MANI RATNAM movie...which makes it all the more important....and attractive.
Raavan has 6 tracks.......herez my jitts on the tracks.....
- BEERA - Well...the track that attracted me....right from the time of the teaser....awesome track...Such high energy.....a kinda twisty happy go lucky song of an Indian Tarzan!......it can be sung vigorously over long periods of time...both in ur earphones while walking alone or on the hi-fi surround sounds on a dance floor.......such is the credential of this song....VIJAY Prakash has teamed up again with Rahman after FIQRAANA(Blue) and HOSANNA (Vinnaithandi Varuvaaya)...while Mustafa K provides good support....My RATING - 10/10
- Behene De - A very soulful track that can haunt you for days and nights....Karthik's silky voice leaves u nowhere...but surrendered! U will go weak in the knee.....beautifully rendered along with Mohammad Irfan....well...the begining of the song has been chosen as the theme for Raavan's official website....so that makes it even more enthralling....gives an idea of a serious track themed around grief.....the track has a very south indian feeling to it....MY RATING - 9.9/10
- Thok De Killi - Sukhwinder Singh and Am'Nico shout Thok de Killi throughout this....groovy number......the drums...as usual have that thumping effect....will take time to like it...if you are a soft music lover....Sounds more like an IPL anthem....for the Chennai-Jalandhar team....:P.....MY RATING - 9/10
- Ranjha Ranjha - Now..this song...when u read its name...looks like a Punjabi mumbo jumbo.....but you....when listen to it....u get confused....coz....the opening line by Rekha B....does sound like Sufi....but soon.....the Carnatic (Southie) and WESTERN winds take over......its very much similar to Ishq Bina from Taal....a very situational track....kinda sad....Javed Ali has again pulled it off very well......MY RATING - 8.9/10
- Khili re - Reena Bhardwaj sweeps a very slow romantic number...has a very string influence of classical Indian music....(both Hindustani and Carnatic)....My RATING - 8.2/10
- Kata Kata - Another hi-energy number.....clearly a song that mocks at the occassion when a man is getting married to a woman...relating it to a situation of a goat being sacrificed....Ila Arun..and Sapna Awasthi reverberate in their hi-pitched voices while Kunal Ganjawala does the Bakra's Kata work!........MY RATING - 8.9/10
Behene De is the soul of the album while Khili Re is quite peaceful and would quite well with soft music lovers......and Ranjha Ranjha is a great combo of Carnatic (South Indian Classical), western and North Indian Folk music...
Overall the music has a very South Indian touch that makes this album very Earthy....(as it was mentioned in another blog)....
My Favourite is Beera ....followed by Behene de....what's urs?
and....FYI....u can't really compare the tracks to GURU,,,maybe coz it had a totally different story!
Comments
for the whole album....
Even I think I hv been a miser in ratng the album...
I m loving all the tracks....except for khili re(coz thats very situational...maybe will look better in the movie)...ranjha ranhja n thokde killi are awesome....m changing my review...:P
My rating - 10/10