Thakshak -Review
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Two questions :
1) Has Kumar Sanu ever sung for A R Rahman?
2) Has Lata sung anything besides "Jiya Jale" for A R Rahman?
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One for Rahman
A Ghosh
Govind Nihalani's films -- Aakrosh, Ardh Satya, Party and others -- are not
known for their music.
But now the master of parallel cinema has gone mainstream. And like other
Bollywood movies, Thakshak has a profusion of songs. The ever-reliable A R
Rahman wields the baton. After Taal, this Madras-based music director once
again comes up trumps in Thakshak.
In this film, Rahman composes like an ambitious painter in search of a newer
and bigger canvas. All the eight tracks in Thakshak try to eschew the beaten
track. It is another matter that some of them do not succeed.
The album kicks off with Asha Bhosle's Mujhe rang de which has lyrics by
Mehboob, Rahman's favourite lyricist. Like good old wine, Asha's voice is
rich and heady. This is not a simple melody and impossible to appreciate on
first hearing. But give it time, like one does in any serious relationship,
and the song will grow on you. Drums, cymbals, tabla --the master of
keyboards uses a melange of sounds. It is complicated, absorbing and arresting.
The second track gets better. This is Roop Kumar Rathod singing Khamosh raat,
a love song, tender and sweet. With each song, Rathod seems to get better.
This is a super track -- there's no doubting the fact.
The rest of the numbers suffer in comparison. In Jaan meri, Hema Sardesai
tries to do with her voice what Urmila Matondkar usually does with her body.
Sardesai should realise that feigned sensuality is a turn-off. The tune,
composed to a persistent beat, reminds one of a brisk train ride.
Side A signs off with Dheem ta dare sung by Surja Bhattacharya. It's a slow
track of no great merit.
The flip side gets going with a gentle love ditty, Boondon se baatein, crooned
by another newcomer Sujata Trivedi. Easy on the ears, it should be good therapy
for recuperating lovers.
Sukhwindara Singh (Chaiyya chhaiya in Dil Se, Jalwa jalwa in Hindustan Ki
Kasam) composes one track for the album. Dholna is a pining, long-winding
song that makes you reach out for the fast forward button.
Rahman saves the best for the last. The original version of Jumblika, a big
hit in a Prabhu Deva starrer, has already made its rounds on the music
channels. Sung by Alisha Chinai and Shankar Mahadevan for the film, this
funky number with an infectious modern jungle beat is destined for
chartbursting glory. With Rahman at his simple and endearing best, Jumblika
is a cocktail of energy, jive, drive and ambition. What's better, it succeeds
in each of these spheres.
Thakshak is not the sort of album you would like to keep in a time capsule.
But, at least two of its tracks -- Khamosh raat and Jumblika -- are songs that
you would want to listen to, again and again.
Manish Parikh
> 1) Has Kumar Sanu ever sung for A R Rahman?
Kumar Sanu has sung for A.R Rahman for the film 'Kabhi Na Kabhi' .
Song : Mil Gayee Mil Gayee
Singers : K Sanu and Alka Yagnik
Director : Priyadarshan
> 2) Has Lata sung anything besides "Jiya Jale" for A R Rahman?
Lata has sung for A.H Rahman for the album 'Vande Mataram' .
Manish
Pancham forever
Rajneesh P. Uzgare
Parikh" <par...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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IIRC, Lata has sung in "Vande Mataram 2" which has music by someone else,
NOT A.R. Rahman.
Regards
Rajneesh
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> Manish
> Pancham forever
Ashok
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>One for Rahman
> A Ghosh
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>Govind Nihalani's films -- Aakrosh, Ardh Satya, Party and others -- are not
>known for their music.
Who is the ignoramus who writes/posts such junk? A stands for Assinine?
'Aakrosh' had superb music by Ajit Varman and in another film of Nihalani,
'Drishti', music was gthe primary element (composed by Kishori Amonkar).
Ashok