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Sharminda Hoon Movie : Ekk Deewana tha Music : AR Rahman Singers : AR Rahman, Madhushree Lyrics : Javed Akhtar MY RATING : 9.9/10 REFLECTIONS This was one of the most awaited song from the Album... The tamil version is one of my all time favorites... but Unlike the tamil version that's titled MANNIPAAYA that means "Forgive me"... the Hindi version was called "Sharminda Hoon" which translates to "I'm embarassed" and I was totally struck with awful feelings... I mean... Why would Rahman settle for such a displeasing title conveying a totally different feel from the original version... But once again... listened to it once... then again... and the first thing that caught my attention were lines by AR Rahman... "Duniya jo chahye kehle...Par tujhko milne se pehle...Khudse bhi na mil saka tha main... Khoya sa tha main uljha sa tha...Ki tujh bin meri na thi koi raahien Meri zindagi tujh bin thi jaise...Oas ki boond...Pa...

Phoolon Jaisi (Like Flowers)   Music Director: A R Rahman Lyricist: Javed Akhtar Singer(s): Clinton Cerejo, Kalyani Menon MY RATING : 9.9/10 Reflections  Aah... the song that first hit the center spot on my heart back in 2010... well indeed OMANA PENNE (Darling Girl) was the first track ... rather the only track I had heard until watching the movie... so, much before Hosanna, Mannipaaya, Anbil Avan & Aaromale had made the impact... Omana Penne used to be my favorite...and now here you are...with the hindi version of Omana Penne ... PHOOLON JAISI (Like blossoms) and how good is the song? Well considering the sorrowful fact that benny Dayal isn't singing the hindi version, but Clinton Cerejo has done a wonderful job as the replacement and in fact I guess I have loved this more than the original one. Another song that has a special FEEL to it... and yes... once again... this one's for the most special person in my life... (she knows it's her I am talking...

Hosanna Singers: Leon D’Souza, Suzanne & Blaaze Movie : Ek Deewana Tha Song Writer: Javed Akhtar, Blaaze Composer: AR Rahman MY RATING – 10/10 Reflections First of all... I wasn't really expecting much of an adore from the hindi version of my all time favorite tamil song, but hey... as on many occasions before... my deduction has been negated... yet again! Hosanna... starts off the same way it does in the tamil version... “Had I two hearts..I's d let you break my second heart too” ...this time we hear a new voice altogether...in words that are somehow more catchy and reverberating than the original tamil ones. Leon D'Souza peps out a more silky voice (compared to the haziness of Vijay Prakash). And as the song progresses, you will feel younger and dancing like the deewana (that I am.. gotcha :P)... The rap by Blaaze has been given a total about turn...and sounds more like a sunday mass meets saturday night disco.... which with repeated hearing...will win over yo...

POOKAL POOKUM - பூக்கள் பூக்கும் - പൂകള്‍ പൂകും - पूकल  पूकुम  Madarasipattanam OST Music - GV Prakash Singers - Harini, Roop Kumar Rathod, Andrea Jeremiah, G. V. Prakash Kumar MY RATING - 9.2/10 Reflections Well, this song has one of Hindustani Fusion legends of India rendering to semi-carnatic raga. I am talking about ROOP KUMAR RATHOD! Yup! another man from the North making a graceful entry into South Indian Musicdom. And mind it! His voice....this song...and the lyrics...all of them are prefectly blended to form a heavenly treat to the ears and the soul within. I love this song....AMAZING!  And I am a hhuge fan of GV Prakash....first it was Chelusuva Cheluve...and now this one - Pookal Pookum...he's awesome....got his uncle Rahman's genes in him for sure. LYRICS (TRANSLATION)   pookkaL pookkum tharuNam aaruyire, paarththadhaarum illai. Nobody saw the flowers bloom...oh my love..my life... ularum kaalai pozhudhai muzhu madhiyum pirindhupovadhillai ...