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CHORDS & NOTES

RAB NE BANA DI JODI

YRF Music

The much anticipated Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi is here but the music doesn’t match the hype that has been created around the film and the return of Aditya Chopra on the director’s chair. No, it’s not bad, but largely situational. Salim Sulaiman impressed with Roadside Romeo and Fashion and here they have tried to showcase a different side of their music.

The music has Punjabi influence, the strong point of Yash Raj banner. The album opens with “Tujh Mein Rab Dikhta Hai” by Roop Kumar Rathod. The cynics might question the choice of the singer, but Rathod’s voice suits the mood, which has hints of Sufi, that the song tries to create. Jaideep Sahani has written some meaningful but easy to remember verse. It is followed by “Haule Haule Ho Jayega Pyar”. Sung by Sukhwinder Singh the song won’t take much time to top the charts.

Sukhwinder, for once, is not full throated and the experiment works. The song has a middle class appeal and again Sahani is up to the task.

After these couple of potential hits there is slide. “Dance Pe Chance” by Sunidhi Chauhan and Labh Janjua is a situational

number which will depend on Aditya’s picturisation for its success. Similarly “Phir Milenge Chalte Chalte” is a potpourri of old hits like “Hum Hai Rahi Pyaar Ke”, “O Haseena Zulfon Waali” and “Jai Jai Shiv Shankar” and doesn’t test Sonu Nigam much. There is a sad version of title song as well. Rendered by Shreya Ghoshal, it is so short that it hardly registers. The instrumental “Dancing Jodi” brings about a positive end.

If a couple of hits make your album, go for it.

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