Yes, the very thought of an SRK-Aditya Chopra reunion turns the coldest of blokes into a teenage cheerleader. Rab ne Bana di Jodi is a huge release, and we got our hands on the music CD a few hours ago.
Composer duo Salim-Sulaiman and lyricist Jaideep Sahni have massive shoes to fill, after Jatin-Lalit scored DDLJ and Mohabbatein, Aditya Chopra's earlier vehicles. And are the songs as good? Read on.
The album starts off with 'Tujh Mein Rab Dikhta Hai' , and a melodious santoor grabs your attention pleasantly. The beginning evokes images of Veer-Zaara, but then goes flat as soon as the vocals come in. Roop Kumar Rathod was probably miscast for the playback, somebody more commercial like K.K would've done more justice to it.
'Haule Haule' plays next and the song instantly brings a smile upon the face. Audiences have already seen clips of the song in the promos on TV and Sukhwinder Singh provides mellow and restrained vocals.
'Dance Pe Chance' has the powerhouse of Sunidhi Chauhan and Labh Janjua crooning over some Punjabi beats, and one wonders if this would be the track of the album. Unfortunately the song is slightly underwhelming as the orchestration is a bit of a turnoff.
'Phir Milenge Chalte Chalte' slices and dices up old masala and turns it into a neo new age feel good song. There are elements of 'Jab Pyaar Kisi Se Hota Hai', a dash of 'Pal Bhar Ke Liye Koyi Hamein Pyaar Kar Le', a helping of 'Hum Hai Rahi Pyaar Ke' and a topping of 'O Haseena Zulfon Waali' along with 'Jai Jai Shiv Shankar' . Sonu Nigam provides the vocals and it feels as if he is holding the mike in front of his school teachers.
Then there is 'Dancing Jodi', a four minute remix version of 'Dance pe chance', which turns out be a wee bit better than the original, thanks to the elevated beats and pep.
And to finish things off is the female version of 'Tujh Mein Rab Dikhta Hai', with vocals by Shreya Ghoshal. The song just lasts 100 seconds and is a moody piece, with slackened pace and murkier hue than the original.
All in all, the music of 'Rab ne bana di Jodi' is nothing like what we heard in DDLJ, but that would be too critical. The album isn't exactly a bad buy, but never elevates to the extraordinary star cast that powers this film. We know for sure that the songs would gel very well with the movie, and Aditya Chopra is a master of that.
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