By Zahra Rupani , November 24, 2008 - 20:34 IST 1 of 2 people found this review helpful
The main problem with Ghajini (Hindi version) is that Aamir Khan has
created so much hype for this film and its soundtrack that people
started expecting too much from it and people started comparing
it with
the south version (especially, more in the South India where people
have listened to the original Tamil version before and really has an
idea of what Ghajini originally is). Had it been an original movie and
not a south remake, then I think the people’s view towards this movie
and its songs would have been totally different than what it is at
present. To be frank, from my point of view, Ghajini is a story which
does not contain much scope for songs other than a couple of "Behka"
and "Guzarish" type of songs which are being compared to their down
south songs "Oru Maalai" and "Sutrum Vizhi" respectively.
There is actually no need for an introduction song for Asin
("Rahatulla" in the original Tamil) cuz nothing happens before the song
or after it in the Tamil version... its just Asin’s intro song thatz
all... so it doesn’t matter if you experiment with it.. and "Latoo" is
just an experimental intro song with no background of its own...and the
same goes with "Aye Bachuchu" ("X-Machi" in the tamil version) the Jiya
Khan song... (a medical college girl (Nayantara) singing that kinda
sexy song in a college function that was picturized more like a bar
song dance in the original).....come on there is no need for it in the
film in first place..... so again, an its an experimental song done
with Rock music....I think "Aye Bachchu" is somewhat better than
"X-Machi" and will catch up once the video/movie is released. I would
have actually liked a remix of this by Krishna Chetan included in the
album.
Coming to "Guzarish" and "Behka," both are very original to their
core and cannot be compared to Harris’ Music from Tamil... "Behka"
actually has a different kind of singing... a slow jazz kinda number...
which is kinda cool and with some cool dance steps can be made really
good looking and hearing...and "Guzarish" is a catchy one... a simple
love song...a cool one, in fact, where one can sing the song to their
loved ones with little effort...
The only one song that keeps low from my point of view is the sad
song "Kaise Mujhe," which I think will come in where Aamir thinking of
Asin’s "death" and so on (hmm... with this I think there will be little
change in the script/story from Tamil version too)...and the sad thing
just drags a bit too much here i think... There’s also an instrumental
version of it in the album. Again, I really wished a remix version of
"Aye Bachuchu" instead of instrumental version of "Kaise Mujhe" in the
album.
In the end, all I would to say is that Ghajini Hindi is totally
different from its Tamil Version and has a more of experimental songs
that doesn’t have any background or foreground in the movie plot and
comparing it with the Tamil version is totally unfair as the music
directors are totally of two different types...Rahmanji experiments a
lot and goes so far to the extent of creating a fusion of two different
forms of music...whereas Harris just gives the songs what it needs to
be a commerical success with less experimentation.. One can feel it
with Rahmanji’s songs, having had six releases in the year including in
Tamil, there’s no one song which sounds similar to the other....all the
30 odd songs stands out really individually with nothing sounding
similar...nothing repeated....and thatz shows the caliber of music
director Rahmanji actually is.
Favorite song
Guzarish
Worst song
Kaise Mujhe
Would you recommend this soundtrack to your friend: Yes
