Music Review: Dil Bechara (Hindi)
Composer(s): A. R. Rahman
Listen to the songs online here: JioSaavn
A. R. Rahman's fantastic 99 Songs is still fresh in my mind, but here he is already with yet another soundtrack, Dil Bechara, packed with as as many as nine compositions encompassing an impressively wide spectrum. The mood is decidedly air-borne and drifting, while also evocative of his earlier works in the winsome Jaane Tu.. Ya Jaane Na.
The title track, sung by Rahman himself, carries an easy-on-the-ears vibe, complemented by a staccato rhythm and a synthetic bridge that makes it a pleasant listen. A second version of the same song, called Friendzone, goes for a busy melange of electronic and brass arrangements that's weighed down by a slightly overproduced pop template.
Sunidhi Chauhan and Hriday Gattani lead the folk-leaning Maskhari, its sprightly mix of banjo and kanjira practically bursting with life and turning it into an upbeat and enchantingly warm melody. Palestinian folk singer Sanaa Moussa (who has previously collaborated with Rahman in Majid Majidi's Muhammad – The Messenger of God) and rapper Raja Kumari come together for a genre-bending Arabic-rap crossover, Afreeda, that's catchy as it's off-piste, interspersed with melismatic notes and rap breaks over a club-heavy beat.
Mera Naam Kizie opens with a cheerful clarinet prelude before it mutates into a delightful melody that oozes retro-world charm, layering bright vocals from Aditya Narayan and Poorvi Koutish with throwback strings and ebullient interludes. The Horizon of Saudade works admirably well as an arresting instrumental, driven by a profusion of poignant strings that gradually spirals into a grand orchestral melancholic piece, registering a mood that's at once pretty and solemn.
Gattani returns a second time for Main Tumhara, this time joining hands with Jonita Gandhi for what's a slow-churning mix of atmospheric sweeps that builds into an ambient, hymnal soundscape, even as Arijit Singh and Shashaa Tirupati make for an exemplary pair in the amorphous, silky, gliding tune Khulke Jeene Ka, the warm collision of guitars and congas overflowing from the composition's melodic and vibrant Latino roots.
An out and out thoroughly engaging exercise in vocal arrangement, Taare Ginn is nothing short of a mesmerising interplay between Mohit Chauhan and Shreya Ghoshal, the waltz-like contrapuntal harmonies mixing in and out with beautiful shades before it all leads to a soaring outro. The song is the very definition of an eargasm, its free-flowing structure adding and subtracting layers deftly for stratospheric highs and transfixing lows. An idiosyncratic soundtrack that taps into a variety of sonic genres, A. R. Rahman once again dishes out a sweetly delectable musical with Dil Bechara.
Listen to the songs online here: JioSaavn
A. R. Rahman's fantastic 99 Songs is still fresh in my mind, but here he is already with yet another soundtrack, Dil Bechara, packed with as as many as nine compositions encompassing an impressively wide spectrum. The mood is decidedly air-borne and drifting, while also evocative of his earlier works in the winsome Jaane Tu.. Ya Jaane Na.
The title track, sung by Rahman himself, carries an easy-on-the-ears vibe, complemented by a staccato rhythm and a synthetic bridge that makes it a pleasant listen. A second version of the same song, called Friendzone, goes for a busy melange of electronic and brass arrangements that's weighed down by a slightly overproduced pop template.
Sunidhi Chauhan and Hriday Gattani lead the folk-leaning Maskhari, its sprightly mix of banjo and kanjira practically bursting with life and turning it into an upbeat and enchantingly warm melody. Palestinian folk singer Sanaa Moussa (who has previously collaborated with Rahman in Majid Majidi's Muhammad – The Messenger of God) and rapper Raja Kumari come together for a genre-bending Arabic-rap crossover, Afreeda, that's catchy as it's off-piste, interspersed with melismatic notes and rap breaks over a club-heavy beat.
Mera Naam Kizie opens with a cheerful clarinet prelude before it mutates into a delightful melody that oozes retro-world charm, layering bright vocals from Aditya Narayan and Poorvi Koutish with throwback strings and ebullient interludes. The Horizon of Saudade works admirably well as an arresting instrumental, driven by a profusion of poignant strings that gradually spirals into a grand orchestral melancholic piece, registering a mood that's at once pretty and solemn.
Gattani returns a second time for Main Tumhara, this time joining hands with Jonita Gandhi for what's a slow-churning mix of atmospheric sweeps that builds into an ambient, hymnal soundscape, even as Arijit Singh and Shashaa Tirupati make for an exemplary pair in the amorphous, silky, gliding tune Khulke Jeene Ka, the warm collision of guitars and congas overflowing from the composition's melodic and vibrant Latino roots.
An out and out thoroughly engaging exercise in vocal arrangement, Taare Ginn is nothing short of a mesmerising interplay between Mohit Chauhan and Shreya Ghoshal, the waltz-like contrapuntal harmonies mixing in and out with beautiful shades before it all leads to a soaring outro. The song is the very definition of an eargasm, its free-flowing structure adding and subtracting layers deftly for stratospheric highs and transfixing lows. An idiosyncratic soundtrack that taps into a variety of sonic genres, A. R. Rahman once again dishes out a sweetly delectable musical with Dil Bechara.
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