U Me Aur Hum -The Music

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Music:VIshal Bharadwaj, Lyrics: Munna Dhiman

 

It is always worth hearing when Vishal Bharadwaj gives music. He is one of those music directors who never get credit for their talent. Intriguing music is what I feel he comes up with. Complex tunes and light orchestration marks his kind of songs.

 

 

Dil Dhakda Hai: It is not a typo. The song is called Dil Dhakda hai, Kuch lafda hai. Vishal has always worked with Gulzar and the lyrics stands out in most of his songs. It is not Gulzar this time around but a new writer on the block called Munna Dhiman. And he does a damn good job of filling in Gulzar’s saab’s shoes. Atleast in this song. Adnan Sami and Shreya Ghoshal sing it with ease and it is a typical Vishal Bharadwaj song, in the league of chai chappa chai(Hu tu tu) and rama rama(love keliye). Adnan Sami and Vishal is a relatively new combo and hope it goes on for long.

 

Jee le: A soothing salsa number again by Adnan & Shreya. This was the song they started promoting first and not surprisingly so. The glimpses of the song looked good as well.

 

Phatte: It’s is a peppy Punjabi song. But with less Dhol and, for a change, Daler mehndi not singing it. You will have to hear it a couple of times to get a feel of the song. Adnan Sami has a hatrick and Sunidhi Chauhan gives him company.

 

Saiyaan: For me Sunidhi chauhan is easily the leading singer in the country now when it comes to hindi movie songs at least. She amazes time and again with the spice she adds to each n every song she sings. Saiyaan is no different. The song kept ringing in my head after listening to it a couple of times. And I am sure it will sound much better when you watch it with Kajol lip syncing to it.

 

U Me Aur Hum: I would have loved Chitra to sing the song. Having listened to Sunset Point, I am sure she would have done a super-cool job. Not taking away anything from Shreya Ghoshal who has done her job jolly good. And yet again the song has Vishal Bharadwaj stamp on it. He himself has sung another version of it. And adds a melancholic strain.

 

Point table: 3.5/5

Reco: Buy If you are a Vishal Bharadwaj admirer.

Jodha Akbar

UTV motion pictures presents Jodha Akbar. Well they should have put it as UTV “slow” motion pictures presents Jodha Akbar. After the ruffle and scuffle amongst the distributors and the multiplexes Jodha Akbar hit the screens on Saturday in most of the places. The movie can be easily put into the romance genre. For it is the story of love between the hindu Rajput princess Jodha and the Mughal emperor Akbar.

 

Will not disclose the story out here since I never believe that is a good thing to do. But I can assure you that it has a solid story line. The first half of the movie lasts for ages. I could see the audience getting really frustrated with the pace of the movie. There are not too many characters which would require such a detailed introduction too. Adding to the woe, comes the song “Khwajaji”. It is a great qawwali from Rahman, but honestly even a die hard rahmaniac like me did not enjoy watching the song.

 

The viewer almost waits for the moments when Hrithik comes on the screen. And when he does, he would have all the eyes fixed on to him firmly. Hrithik carries the whole movie on his shoulders with impeccable acting and amazingly unique reactions. Watch out for the tussle with the elephant that Hrithik has. Truly well shot. And Aishwarya looks beautiful again after long time in this movie, thanks to some awesome costume designing by Neeta Lulla. Most of the movies she would appear in red sarees. And for a change she has acted well too. She always does a good job with good directors. The chemistry between both is also good. Especially in the scene where they have a sword fight.

 

But it was very unlike a Ashuthosh Gowarikar movie. Intelligent dialogues is what one usally associate with his movies. Couldn’t find much of that in Jodha Akbar. Also the fact that most of the movie has heavy content of Urdu, it would be really difficult for a viewer to understand the dialogues. And there were so many unnecessary scenes in the movie. For example the scene where Akbar shows of his body to Jodha did not make any sense whatsoever. And the casting of the Rajput emperors could have been much better. I am sure they would have been much more majestic than what was shown.

 

Well, if you can sit through the first half with a bit of difficulty, you sure will enjoy the second half which was crisp and lovely. Rahman does his part with the Background scores but surely nothing close to Lagaan or Swades BGMs. The Azeem o shaan shehensha song has been picturised superbly. And the song itself is yet another gem from Rahman. If Akbar himself would have heard it, I am sure he would have given a chain or two to Rahman. A special mention about Javed Akhtar for the amazing lyrics. Nitin Desai’s art direction is astounding. If a few scenes were chopped off from the first half, it would have been another cult classic from Gowarikar. But it was not to be.

 

Star of the movie: Hrithik Roshan.

Point Table: 3/5

Reco: Watchable once.