MUSICALISED

Dil kya kehta hai mera kya main bataun
Tum ye samjhoge shayad main pagal hai
Dil kya kehta hai mera kya main bataun
Tum ye samjhoge shayad main pagal hai
Dil karta hai TV tower pe main chadh jaaun
Chilla chilla ke main ye sab se keh doon
Rock on, hai ye waqt ka ishara
Rock on, har lamha pukara
Rock on, yunhi dekhta hai kya tu
Rock on, zindagi milegi na dobaraa...

Dil karta hai sadkon par zor se gaaun
Sab apne apne ghar ki khidki kholen
Phir main aise joshile geet sunaun
Mere Geeton ko sun ke sab ye bolen
Rock on, hai ye waqt ka ishara
Rock on, har lamha pukara
Rock on, yunhi dekhta hai kya tu
Rock on, zindagi milegi na dobaraa...

Jaise jeene ko dil chaahe jee waise tu
Meri to hai bas ye raay ki
Apne jitne bhi armaan hain poore kar le tu..

Rock on, hai ye waqt ka ishara
Rock on, har lamha pukara
Rock on, yunhi dekhta hai kya tu
Rock on, zindagi milegi na dobara..

Rock on, hai ye waqt ka ishara
Rock on, har lamha pukara
Rock on, yunhi dekhta hai kya tu
Rock on, zindagi milegi na dobaraaa.....

singer: Farhan Akhtar (bold letters: chorus)
music: Shankar Ehsaan Loy
lyrics: Javed Akhtar
album: Rock On!!

meri laundry ka ek bill
ik aadhi padhi novel
ek ladki ka phone number
mere kaam ka ek paper
mere, taash se heart ka king
mera, ik chaandi ka ring
pichhle saat dinon mein maine khoya
kabhi khud pe hansa main,
aur
kabhi khud pe roya

present mili ek ghadi
pyaari thi mujhe badi
meri jeb ka ek packet
meri denim ki jacket
do one-day match ke passes
mere naye naye sunglasses
pichhle saat dinon mein maine khoya
kabhi khud pe hansa main,
aur
kabhi khud pe roya

kaise, bhoolun, saatva jo din aaya
kisi ne, tumse, ik party mein milwaaya
kaisa, pal tha, jis pal maine tumko pehli baar dekha tha
hum jo mile pehli baar
maine jaanaa kya hai pyaar
maine hosh bhi khoya dil bhi khoya
kabhi khud pe hansa main,
aur
kabhi khud pe roya
maine pichhle saat dino mein
ye sab hai, khoya..

singer: Farhan Akhtar
music: Shankar Ehsaan Loy
lyrics: Javed Akhtar
album: Rock On!!

aasma hai neela kyun
paani geela geela kyun
gol kyun hai zamee
silk mein hai narmi kyun
aag mein hai garmi kyun
do aur do paanch kyun nahi

ped ho gaye kam kyun
teen hain ye mausam kyun
chaand do kyun nahi
duniya mein hai jung kyun
behta laal rang kyun
sarhaden hain kyun har kahin
socha hai... ye tumne kya kabhi
socha hai... ki hain ye kya sabhi
socha nahi to socho abhi

behti kyun hai har nadi
hoti kya hai roshni
barf girti hai kyun
dost kyun hain roothte
taare kyun hain toot-te
baadlon mein bijli hai kyun
socha hai... ye tumne kya kabhi
socha hai... ki hain ye kya sabhi
socha nahi to socho abhi

sannata sunai nahi deta
aur hawayen dikhayi nahi deti
scha hai kya kabhi
hota hai ye kyun............

aasma hai neela kyun
paani geela geela kyun
gol kyu hai zamee
silk mein hai narmi kyun
aag mein hai garmi kyun
do aur do paanch kyun nahi

ped ho gaye kam kyun
teen hain ye mausam kyun
chaand do kyun nahi
duniya mein hai jung kyun
behta laal rang kyun
sarhaden hain kyun har kahin
socha hai... ye tumne kya kabhi
socha hai... ki hain ye kya sabhi
socha nahi to socho abhi......

singer: Farhan Akhtar
music: Shankar Ehsaan Loy
lyrics: Javed Akhtar
album: Rock On!!

Nagesh Kukunoor's Aashayein, which stars John Abraham and newcomer Sonal Sehgal is getting late again and again. The movie was slated for release on May 9th earlier from where it was shifted to the fourth week of July. And now, hopefully, the movie will release on September 12th.

But seems it's all for a reason. The bits and pieces of movie which were captured look pretty promising. Here is a video and lyrics of Zubeen Garg's song 'is pal mein hai mujhko jeena' which I liked a lot. Hope you will like it too. Music is composed by Salim-Sulemaan.

Lyrics:

ab hai ujala
ab hai savera
ab in hawaon
pe kar loon basera
ab main zamaane ko humraaz kar loon
ab aasmaanon pe parwaaz kar loon
is pal mein hai mujhko jeena
ab mujhko jeena

anjaana kal na maanu main
ye pal hai apna jaanu main
yahan chaaro taraf pyaar ke silsile
dekho veeraniyon mein bhi dil hain mile
apni manzil ki mujhko khabar hai
is pal mein hai mujhko jeena
ab mujhko jeena
ab mujhko jeena..

hmmmm.... hmmmmm....
hmmmm.... hmmmmm....

Ik pal mein kya se kya hua jaadu sa kya chala
Tujhse juda hua to aaj khud se juda hua

hmmmm.... hmmmmm....
hmmmm.... hmmmmm....

Ik pal mein kya se kya hua jaadu sa kya chala
Tujhse judaa hua to aaj khud se judaa hua

Aaye, yaad teri aaye.. o..o..o..
Jaaye, Jaan bhi na Jaaye.. hmmmmm...
Aaye, yaad teri aaye.. ooooo...
Jaaye, Jaan bhi na Jaaye..

Soona soona sa hai mausam bojhal si shaam hai
Tanha tanha sa har rasta tanha maqaam hai
Gumsum gum si lagti hai aayi hai jo hawa
Chhup chhup ke sab se chhup ke rota hai aasmaa
Bejaan dhadkane meri, aankhon mein hai dhuan
Tujhse judaa hua to aaj khud se judaa huaa...

Aaye, yaad teri aaye..
Jaaye, Jaan bhi na Jaaye..

hmmmm.... hmmmmm....
hmmmm.... hmmmmm....

Kisne socha tha aisa bhi aayega ek din
Khaali khaali honge, har pal chhin tere binn
bechaini hai betabi hai dil hai bujha bujha
Maara maara deewano sa phirta yahan wahan
Saanse ruki ruki meri, khamosh hai sada
Tujhse judaa hua to aaj khud se judaa huaa

Aaye yaad teri aaye.. hmmm...
Jaaye Jaan bhi na Jaaye..

(higher pitch from here)
Ik pal mein kya se kya hua jaadu sa kya chala
Tujhse juda hua to aaj khud se juda hua

Aaye yaad teri aaye.. hmmm...
Jaaye Jaan bhi na Jaaye..

hmmmm.... hmmmmm....
hmmmm.... oooooooooo....

singer: Mohit Chauhan
music: Anu Mailk
album: Ugly Aur Pagli

Kiski aawaz hai, sunn,
Ye naya saaz hai, sunn,
Kaun deta hai sadaa,
Chal ke dekhen to zaraa,

Raah veeraan sahi,
Raat sunsaan sahi,
Har ghadi saath rahe,
Kitne gham saath sahe,

Thode gham aur sahi..
Do kadam aur sahi..
Do kadam aur sahi...
Do kadam aur sahi....


singer: Sonu Nigam
music: A R Rehman
album: Meenaxi - a tale of three cities

Tu meri khamoshiyon ka, saaz hai
Teri lafzon mein meri aawaaz hai
Raaz ye sabhi hum tum,
Jaan lein abhi hum tum.

Teri aasoo ki ladi,
Meri aankhon se bahe
Har khushi chhoti badi,
tere hoton pe rahe,

O chal yun jeeyein,
Sau, gham bhi ho gar,
aankh nam bhi ho par,
Dil, dil hi rahe,
Milke saare khwaab jeeyein
Milke sabhi bharam
U me aur hum…

These are the lines I love the most while I listen to U me aur hum. But the lines weren't there in the movie. Still, I loved the movie.

Though it wasn't as such a perfect sort of movie, neither can we compare Aamir Khan and Ajay Devgan at their debuts, yet I'd say it was a great effort from the actor.

In fact after seeing the movie U may feel that he has learnt making movies pretty fast as u can feel how good the second half of the movie is, compared to first one.

The best part of the movie: Kajol. Second best being the title song, especially by Vishal.

Worst: A few extra songs.

And the credit goes to: Ajay Devgan. Very much for making such a fine movie especially after losing it in the start.

Unnoticed credits: Monty Sharma, for a good background score. And lacs of SMS addicts, for dialogs.

My opinion: Worth a watch. Will be all the more good if u have a remote with the first half. But if u r a Kajol fan, u can watch it anyways.

If it's the best, it's mine.

It's not a dialogue from Hitler or Napoleon (I don't guarantee though) but it's the policy of the music composers since time immemorial.

When I was a buyer of cassettes, I used to see the names of composers as they were brands to me. And most of the times these brands gave good results, Nadeem Shravan being the most consistent until they gave Jeena Sirf Mere Liye.

But soon the time of cassettes was over and I got digital format, that is MP3 songs. Now I had to find which were the best songs in every album so that I could listen to them first. To remain a leader in the hostel.

And that was when I got my algorithm to find the best songs.

My initial algorithm was made of two standard parts.

1. If there is a song sung by the composer of the album, it should be listened first.
2. The longest song of the album should be listened first otherwise.

The first part is generally applicable to movie albums only but the second one is applicable almost universally.

For those who believe in superstitions, I got a third part that says a song if 3 minutes and 28 seconds must be good. (Dus bahane and One love are examples)

Well, superstitions apart, the first two hold good most of the times and later I realized that it was an old formula that the best songs were always captured by the music composers themselves.

Want some examples?

Let's start with the King of Indian music industry, A R Rehman. Rehman has not sung many songs. But the best of the songs in almost all the albums he has composed are sung by Rehman himself. Be it 'Dil se', Guru's 'tere bina', or Jodhaa Akbar's 'khwaja mere khwaja'.

Other than Rehman, it's been Vishal from the Vishal-Shekhar duo and Shankar from the Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy trio who have given their voices to the best of the songs for the past few years. Both have been quite selective about the songs they sing and such songs have either had the best of lyrics, or something 'different'.

'Aazma le' from Taxi 9211 and Saaiyaan ve from Ta-ra-rum-pum are the best examples of Vishal's love for good lyrics. To some extent, the same can be said about Shankar Mahadevan for his Mitwaa and Jhoom Barabar Jhoom title song.

Even composers who have not been this regular at composing music for Hindi movies, have also tried the same. And succeeded to some extent, at times. Awarapan from Jism and Khoobsoorat hai wo itna from Rog sung by MM Kreem and a try of Adnan Sami at Sun Zara of Lucky have been such examples.

Vishal Bharadwaj has also sung the best of the songs in his previous movies Omkara (O sathi re) and U me aur Hum (title song).

But for a long time I was thinking that it was a new trend and only the composers of this age were trying to keep the best songs for themselves.

Guess I was wrong.

And I got this when I came to know that the song I liked the most in Guide, 'Wahaan kaun hai tera' was sung by SD Burman himself instead of a professional singer.

There were legendary singers like Mohammad Rafi, Kishor Kumar and Mukesh available at that time, but Burman Senior decided to sing it himself. And the result is there. A superb song.

In fact, now a new trend has started where lyricists have started singing their songs. This is about Swanand Kirkire singing Khoya Khoya Chand, even though his voice is not that good and the slow version of the song shows the discrepancies. I don't have any stats on the trend if this too is an old and is being followed since then.

Anyways, next time you see an album for the first time and you have to decide where to start, just pick the number sung by the composer. Hope it will be good.

jab kabhi yeh dil laga dard hi hamein mila
dil ki har lagi ka sunlo dard hi hai ik sila
kyun.. naye naye se dard ki firaaq mein talaash mein udaas hai dil
kyun.. apne aap se khafa khafa zara zara sa naaraaz hai dil

yeh manzilein bhi khud hi tay kare,
yeh faasle bhi khud hi tay kare
kyun.. toh rasto pe phir seham seham sambhal sambhal ke chalta hai ye dil...
(Khoya Khoya Chand)