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MUSIC REVIEW: Tahaan

Taufiq Qureshi stirs up a wonderful atmosphere with his music

By Aditya Mehta . Sep 03, 2008

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Sung by Sumedha Karmahe, Chakhri is the best 'commercial' song on the soundtrack of Tahaan. It has a very modern feel to it, it has an R&B beat with plenty of guitar licks thrown in, and is so infectious that it makes you grab the CD to get info on the track and the artiste!

This is followed by Tahaan’s Victory Theme, and the tune is the same as the vocal melody of Chakhri!

Ha Faqeero has been penned by poet AG Madhosh and has been sung by Gulzar Ganai. It is an immensely likeable Kashmiri folk song in the vein of Mastaan Mastaan (folk), and has a very similar structure. Slow, fast, slow!

THE BACKGROUND SCORE

The rest of the songs on the soundtrack are the background score, which should explain why the CD has 16 tracks. You wonder if it is just one big composition cut into many small pieces. Qureshi does very well here, and incorporates many instruments to create a lurking atmosphere.

The highlights among these are Storytelling, Shaft Of Light and Kashmiri Pundits.

Listening to the instrumentals, you can close your eyes and imagine people treading on snow and visualise mountains with snow-capped peaks. At many times, the music gets very dark and Qureshi plays with sounds to stir up a brooding ambience. Wonderful stuff!

VERDICT

After unimpressive Bollywood music that is dished out week after week, Tahaan's music is a welcome change. Don't be disheartened by the first two songs, for Taufiq Qureshi has composed a background score which makes you want to watch the movie just to see if the visuals are as stunning. Good, good, good!

RATING: 3/5

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comments [5]

Sumedha's song is best. It should be used as promo to
attract atteentions.

biswajit samanta Sep 06, 2008 at 01:10 PM

Mastaan mastaan (modern) is a pain to listen to....Mainly
becoz it's tooo long
i agree with this review

junaid Sep 06, 2008 at 12:18 PM

The guy reviewing mastaan mastaan modern seems to be an idot
here....Infact i lovd the later part...Whch brings in a
totally different mood n not having it like most of the
commercial music today....Dgood drumming and very good
guitaring i must say....Hats off to the guys....Brilliant
work !! Cheers

anandsuju Sep 05, 2008 at 09:29 PM

Hey..

the trailers on the air seem to be kool

the music seems to be decently nice...

mastaan mastaan is the best one of the lot..

Vivek Khandelwal Sep 04, 2008 at 04:59 PM

The teasers on air also look interesting

Dipendra Mitra Sep 03, 2008 at 08:22 PM

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