MUSIC REVIEW: Aamir's 3 Idiots
It's that film of the year and we are waiting with baited breath for the last significant release of 2009. The music of 3 Idiots was released online via a live videoconference on the movie's official portal. Odd, you say? But then it is an Aamir Khan film, so you can only expect the unexpected.
The Munnabhai producers rope in their regular Shantanu Moitra-Swanand Kirkire team – who bear the burden of scoring a soundtrack that has to click at all costs.
The theme song Aal Izz Well should be a campus anthem in no time. Enthusiastically sung by Sonu Niigaam and brilliantly picturised, Aal Izz Well has a catchy hook. The composition has the right punch to work on the big screen.
But the remaining songs require patient listening. The tunes take some time to register and don't have an instant recall. Zoobi Doobi is a retro Bollywood track that draws references from the Shammi Kapoor rock n roll era. Sonu's singing style is similar to what he did with the Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi parody. But it's Shreya Ghosal who brings in a saccharine sweetness to the melody. Expectedly picturised on Aamir Khan and Kareena Kapoor, it might just be that much-hyped sensuous rain song everyone is talking about.
Behti Hawa is arranged on the semi classical lines of Parineeta. There is an overbearing sense of longing and nostalgia to the track. Shaan does a commendable job with the singing. It's a song about missing a lost friend, so there is obviously a situational element to it. After hearing it a couple of times the tune stays with you. But in terms of overall design it bears the stamp of a Vidhu Vinod Chopra production.
Sharman Joshi opens Give Me Some Sunshine with a little voice over. The song then moves into a chorus about youngsters wanting to go back in time. The emotion about stressed out students looking to relive their youth is heartwarming. There is an easy soft rock like feel to the song – the kind closet musicians croon across campus hostels.
Sonu gets into Tanhai (Dil Chahta Hai) mode with Jaane Nahi Denge. The lyrics are raw and intense and so is Sonu's singing. A song about holding back a friend, it's almost like a continuation of Behti Hawa.
The two remixes are obviously included to end the album on a lighter note. You end up liking Zoobi Doobi a little more in its neat remix version. The remix brings back memories of the relatively unknown Tumse Mili Nazar (Main Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon). Aal Izz Well has more of a conventional techno music video like remix.
From the promos one gets the feeling of a frothy, youthful mad comedy. But there is obviously more to the film than just jokes. Save for Aal Izz Well and Zoobi Doobi to some extent, the other songs are extremely situational - pretty intensely arranged and worded.
Verdict: 3 Idiots is not going to be an instant chartbuster like Ghajini. But like Rang De Basanti, if the movie clicks, the tracks will justify their meaning. The quantity of sales is a different matter. For now the team deserves praise for keeping the quality high.
Rating: 3/5
DISCUSS: How is the music of 3 Idiots?
3 idiots rocks !!!!Amir has shown his magic again...Sharman
n madhavan are simply awsome....It genuinly reflects student
life...
it gr8...If some of u have not watched d movie,rush to
the theater now..
n truly "all was well"....Luved dis movie
Film is very good east or west amir is the best.I m a great
fan of him
I like this movie.....................More then release last
decade al movie.............................Al es
wel.....................
Zoobi-doobi takes you in the flashback and reminds you about
fresh music which was being made in the 70 and 80.
behti hawa sa tha wo and jaane nahi denge reminds
everybody about their best friend in the collage to whom one
is not in contact.Moreover these are situtional songs.
give me some shine best track of the album related to
every youngster going to collages
all is well reminds about the song 'masti ki pathshala'
and making to think to enjoy every moment of life
music is ok and it do well with the success of film
lyrics of the songs are good
all the singers hav done their job in thr most effective
way
album shows the versitility of sonu
I like song all is well, jaane nahi denge & zoobi doobi]
i thimk sonu nigam is most versatile singer in present in
bollywood
his come back in 2009 is awsome
great singing in 3 idiots by him
Bad music. Shantanu moitra has not copied this time, so the
music is bland and boring. He should stick to jingles, film
music is for smarter people. After listening to the music, i
am wondering whether to see the film or not!
Review: 3 idiots on screen and 3 behind it.
yes, lending your ears to the music of the forthcoming
flick, 3 idiots, effortlessly you are into the reverse
gears - back to your cool college times and all witty and
whacky things you did aimlessly with an aim to be there
and get noticed some day or never.
and how nutty yet magical it could be i happened to know
only when, within a blink of my eye as the pictures
started building in front of me listening to each song
penned by swanand kirkire and weaved into the notes by
shantanu moitra under the creative inputs from the
"modern gandhigiri" man, rajkumar (raju) hirani,
the filmmaker,
himself.
believe me, all you bindass bheedu logg, after long time
or may be for the first time that you need not need
visuals to watch a movie... The music narrates the story
while you are listening to the songs like -
1. Jaane nahi denge tujhe... Or
2. Aal izz well... Or
3. Behti hawa sa tha woh... Or
4. Give me some sunshine...
the fifth song is chirpy romantic song, zoobie doobie
makes you shake your hips...
all in all 3 out of 5 songs are rendered amazingly by sonu
nigam, making it a major come-back film album for sonu
and now wonders if he wins a couple of awards this year
for redition like "jaane nahi denge tujhe..."
Love u sonu ji................Zoobi doobi is the most
romantic song of the year..........& jaane nahi denge is
the best song sung by sonu nigam..............
Once again sonu nigam proove that he is the no. 1 playback
singer in this film industry................I love all is
song.......Mostly jaane nahi denge tujhe is the most
beutiful sad song of the year sung by sonu nigam.
Aamirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr khan ka jadu hai
kabbhi fail nahi hua best movie 3idiots
carrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry on
aamirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr