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Music Review Yatra
Yatra
While the debate is on around whether Anu Malik's score for 'Umrao Jaan' matches up to the class of Khayyam's classic score in the namesake flick a couple of decades back, the soundtrack of 'Yatra' enters silently. Why is the film special? For three reasons:
1)The film has music by Khayyam.
2) The film stars Rekha as a coutesan once again after 'Umrao Jaan'.
3) Nana Patekar is in the lead along with Rekha and hence makes the casting special. Directed by acclaimed Gautam Ghose, the film comes from the production house of Bipin Kumar Vohra who had made '15 Park Avenue' early this year. Apart from Khayyam, Ghose too handles the music of around half the album.
With a niche theme like 'Yatra' and a expectations of a score dipped in Indian classical music, one plays on the album. Well, it turns out that the album is indeed hardcore classical and is aimed only at a minute section of audience.
Asha Bhonsle crooning for Rekha. Now this is a celebration in itself, more so with a setting like 'Yatra'. A 'ghazal' set for a 'mujra', 'Jaam-e-Mohabbat' is about this female who knows about her beauty and the power she has that never fails to catch the attention of men around her. Ahmed Wasi's writing is made of 'sher-o-shayari' that will be appreciated by the followers of this genre. Khayyam keeps his composition rooted without trying to go the filmy route and hence the track would find only niche followers.
Ahmed Wasi and Khayyam come together again to create 'Aap To Mere Hi Khwabon', a love duet by Udit Narayan and Alka Yagnik. While the tune is soulful, the musical arrangements tend to belong to 50s and 60s kind. One feels that the song may have sounded a lot better only of modern technology could have been used to pep up the arrangements while keeping the tune intact.
Talat Aziz is heard after a long time in the Hindi movie soundtrack when he renders 'Saaz-e-Dil-Nagma-e-Jaan'. His class is visible once again as he effortlessly goes ahead with this complex track that is a lot more than just being semi-classical. Written by Naqsh Lyalpuri, the nuances of the track are such that it would be understood and picked up with glee only by a select few who are followers of this genre.
From this moment on, it is Goutam Ghose all the way at the composer's seat with each of the tracks being traditional and hardcore classical. First to come is 'Tadpe Bin Baalam' which is a 'dadra' and rendered by Shuvra Guha.
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