Ghajini - The Parasitic Collection

Initially, I wasn't very impressed with some side-listening of the Ghajini soundtrack (as in, listening to the songs when someone in the distance is playing it). But as is with almost all of Rahman's albums, Ghajini's songs turned out to be amazingly parasitic - they grew upon me over the last one day, and I can't stop listening to them now!

Listen to them here.

Trying to pick the best track on the album is like rolling a dice. Depending on the aura and your mood, any song might seem the best. Currently, I like the following in the listed order:

1) Kaise Mujhe (both, the vocal, and the instrumental number).

I wish Rahman had sung this (seems like he did the initial 'ooo'-ing - Chadha, please confirm if it's Rahman doing it), but of late his singing talents have diminished (don't kill me for this blasphemy - you have the right to not read my writings). The song features a new male voice, and very fresh and trancy at that, Benny Dayal. Ofcourse, the female singer is Shreya Ghoshal, who just can't stop singing great songs these days.

When I listen to this song, I feel like some element of something is missing in life ... but don't know what.

2) Behka, and Guzarish.

I am egalitarian on this - can't really differentiate between the two as far as the soothing feel is concerned. Sonu Nigam croons with Javed Ali (who sang Jashn-e-Bahara in the Jodha Akbar album) in Guzarish, and he croons like he always does! You can't stop humming once you get the lyrics well.

Behka is a great song (again) sung by some fellow called Karthik. Very much a KK-ish song. The great part, though, is the wonderful saxaphone that keeps going in the background - lending a dark, jazzy feel to the song. This could well be a song filmed in a pub or a bar. The lyrics - not much to mention about. 

There is a 'South Indian' touch to these two songs, but to hell with that! Worth listening! 

Prasoon Joshi does some lyrical job here - which can not even be compared with Taare Zameen Par - but the lyrics are better than what P. K. Mishra used to do! However, here are some wonderful sentences from Kaise Mujhe ...

... देखूं तुम्हे या मैं सुनूं ...

तुम हो सुकून, तुम हो जुनून

But the bottom line: Rahman ... is unmatchable. Am I tempted enough to see the movie after listening to the songs? Not really - thes songs give a southie-movie feel to the context, and I guess the movie will turn out to be of similar nature. Probably I will spend not more than 70/- on it   

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