Music Director: Shankar Ehsaan Loy
Director: Aamir Khan
Aamir Khan’s directorial debut comes loaded with a whole lot of expectations, on the production, direction and music aspects.
And with super trio Shankar Ehsaan Loy composing for this film, it’s reasonable to expect that the music will be a notch above the ordinary. It is, and more.
The crazy song, Bheja Kum, marks the opening of this album. The music of this song is absolutely noisy and to some level, cutely insane. The song may sound like some desi-rap in some places, but it is this abruptness in the music and the vocals that make the song different from the rest. There are a lot of vocalists in this song, confusing the listener, but this situational track is very much in line with ‘Lose Control’ from RDB.
Moving on is Bum Bum Bole. Shaan has done a superb job in this track and with Aamir Khan voicing as well to add to the fun of this song, the track emerges out as a true winner.
This song is typically for the kids, no doubt; but will be more appealing with its video than with the audio alone. The peppy beats, clapping sounds and an interactive feel to the song is what makes it real and different.
Moving further is an instrumental track titled Ishaan’s theme. It is a splendid piano piece with all the elements required to make it an emotional one. The track takes the listener to unfelt highs and lows right from the start to the end. This track will be highly appreciated by the elders more than the kids.
Jame Raho is one hell of a situational, imaginary song. The track has enough mischief and shows the immense effort that’s gone into composing this song to perfection. With Vishaal Dadlani at the vocals and Prasoon Joshi penning this parody, it’s quite a listenable track.
Following next is Kholo Kholo, an upbeat track that adds on to the excitement of listening. The song is written from the teacher’s perspective. The music, especially the guitar add-ons, are quite beautifully composed. The chorus adds on to the listening experience. Rama Mahadevan with the vocals has sung like never before ever. All in all, this is a wonderful track.
As the title of the song says – Maa – it’s one track with such powerful lyrics that forces smiling tears to listeners’ eyes. The line in the song – Tujhe sab hai pata maa’ stirs an never before experienced feel with the listeners. This is undoubtedly the most prized track of the album. Prasoon Joshi with simple yet divine lyrics wins himself more than just viewers’ hearts. Shades of RDB’s ‘Luka Chuppi’ are visible in this traclk, if you listen closely.
Mera Jahan may start out resembling ‘Tu Jahaan’ from Salaam Namaste, but when the song opens with the junior singer Auriel Cordo later joined by Ananya Wadkar, it turns down all memories of the Salaam Namaste track. This track promises to be far superior than the rest. Gleehive, a kid’s chorus group, sings along with Adnan Sami. Although the chorus by the kids sounds a little outlandish, but is rightly balanced by Adnan. This is composed by a guest composer Shailendra Barve. Amole Gupte’s lyrics sound as if they have come straight from a child’s heart. The backing vocals by Suraj and Shailendra Barve himself, add on to the atmosphere of the song.
The final track, Taare Zameen Par, is highly innocent with the vocals, lyrics and music. The song begins very lightly on the lyrics front, but graduates to something which is very intense, with profound meaning loaded in every line. The instruments like the sitar and guitar add on to the feel of the song. Background vocals by Dominique and Vivinenne with Shankar himself as the lead vocalist, this one the most beautifully composed track.
All the tracks have some ‘different’ quality to them, and the music and the lyrics don’t drift from the theme of the film even once. This is what makes this album special.
Interestingly, there is no female singer throughout the album!All in all, this is one album that will definitely be remembered among the best composed film music albums in 2007.
