Music Review: Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi

What could otherwise have been a bang goes out with a whimper
By Chandrima Pal . Buzz18 Nov 08, 2008
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The music of Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi is quite an interesting thing in itself. To begin with, the CD cover comes with a 3-D holographic image of Anushka Sharma and a bespectacled SRK, and when you tip it, the images morph into a trendy denim clad SRK and sporty Anushka, reminiscent of Dil To Pagal Hai!

Next, you are treated to some crunchy, evocative lyrics by Jaideep Sahni. In recent times, Sahni has successfully evoked both contemporary and conventional India with his brand of dialogues and lyrics (Khosla ka Ghosla, Bunty Aur Babli, Johnny Gaddaar, Aaja Nachle, Chak De etc). The good work continues.

And finally, Salim and Sulaiman go all out for live instruments ranging from the humble harmonium to the santoor, violins, trumpets and what have you!

But that's where the feelgood express comes to a grinding halt.

The first song of the album Tujh Mein Rab Dikhta Hai sung by Roopkumar Rathod has a old-worldsy feel to it. It is melody-driven with dafli-dholak and acoustic guitar that sometimes veer towards a vintage Barjatya-Ravindra Jain sound - simple and soothing. And this is where you are actually introduced to the title of the film. Rathod's is not a voice you hear often and is pleasant to the ears. Tujh mein... is hummable and lingers.

Unfortunately, when the same is sung by Shreya Ghoshal, it seems to suffer from a serious Karva Chauth hangover. No offence to the ritual, but the prayer-like rendition sans rhythm, conjures images of bejewelled ladies with their lamps in designer gardens. Maybe the actual song picturisation has got nothing to do with Karva Chauth, but that's exactly the mood evoked here. It is that cliched but mercifully rather short.

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Nice film
good music
srk's acting is exalent
but story is bad

Madaar Dec 23, 2008 at 04:36 PM

I and my family dont like the movie coz story was so so and
new comer heroin is very poor we only like sahrukh khan

dhara Dec 21, 2008 at 07:34 PM

Dear music teller, plz go and check ur ears then review , hw
can u say dance pe chance is not good. Im tapping my foot in
this . The most romantic no. This year with beautifull
lyrics.
tujh main rab dikhta hai(m&f version both)- 4.5/5
haule haule-4/5
dance pe hance-3.5/5
phir milenge-3/5
in total it is one of the best track this year.

siddharth Dec 10, 2008 at 06:43 PM

Mr. Reviewer, you need to get your ears checked. From which
angle does the tujh mein rab dikhta hai sounds old worldly?
The songs has the most romantic lyrics i have heard in a
long time. And how did you come to the conclusion that its
short version is on karva chauth?

you didn't even stop here! Just because the album doesn't
have unnecessary songs, you are comparing it to himesh's
albums!!! Srk's movies are for the people who have a heart
and you my friend seem to be missing it!! Go and watch duds
like yuvvvvvvraaaaajjjj if you like unmatched music score
with a story that has the eq of a teaspoon!

megha Nov 26, 2008 at 07:03 PM

Reviewer is right in all aspects rab ne bana di jodi music
is not upto the mark.I repeat 'not upto the mark'.But it
doesn't mean it is not good enough.Few tracks are good like
haule haule rest are 'crap'.I was expecting somthing new and
uncompareable but what i heard was ordinary and blow
expectation.
leave either you love srk or not...But one thing you will
all believe that ghajini music is much better ,much worthier
and lot of better..And even if you people see the tailers
the different is quite clear whos the winner?
i think neither traiolers nor the music exceeds exception!
2/5 starts!

OMair Nov 26, 2008 at 01:43 AM

Music of rnbdj is vry sweet n simple....I liked it vry
much..!!!! N haule haule is d best song of ds album...I
think evry individual has its own choise but saying a gud
song that it's bad is not rite...!!! I think they dont know
the real taste of melody of the song or the
music...Ammm....Watever the others speeks i just dont care i
loved d music n songs of rnbdj...N wish best of all the luck
for this movie..!!!

saher Nov 17, 2008 at 03:05 PM

Those who used to listen to some high standard music may not
like this album......... Very dissappointing album......., a
mediocre one !!!

arun Nov 17, 2008 at 01:09 PM

Who said the songs aren't good??? They're
awesome... They''ll surely become a hit and i
totally disagree with the reviewer

Dolly Nov 16, 2008 at 02:09 PM

The review is spot on,people who feel rab ne's music is
really good r only tru srk fan's.!

well to al those people sorry guys,rab ne's music is not
up to the mark,being n srk fan myself i'm really
disappointed,apart from haule haule thr is no other track
tht excited me.!

these days we r listening to a lot of rahman stuff which
always is gr8,so one would only expect gr8 music,rab ne
doesn't evn come close to gr8 music.!

whr as yuvvraaj's music is one of the best work's by
rahman.!

well i wonder if thr is any other composer out thr apart
from rahman & shankar ehsaan loy who can give gr8 music
these days.!!

Shahid Nov 15, 2008 at 11:02 PM

The music is fab i just loved it and i loooooooooove srk too

SAHIL Nov 13, 2008 at 01:55 PM
  



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