The candid verse hits the right emotional frequency. This old-world melody, devoid of fancy beats, goes straight to the heart with its retro mix of percussion, strings and a very placid piano.
The Jeet Gannguli composition's nuances have to be heard rather than described and they lift this song above the ordinary, like the tiny inflections in syllables and words and the fine-tuned murkiyaan (modulations).
The use of the flute to speak the language of lingering love and complement the singers truly lifts this track to a different level along with Palak's supple - and as can be clearly made out - highly-trained artistry. Mithoon continues his haunting interludes and this time Irshad Kamil comes in to write refined verse.Īrijit's second duet with Palak Muchhal, ' Chahun Main Ya Na', sees him start with an appealing crooning tenor, and maintaining this same texture would have helped the popular song even more. The duet version of the same song, ' Meri Aashiqui' has Arijit with Palak Muchhal (whose voice sounds amazingly like the heroine's in the film) and is laidback, in which Arijit comes in with what sounds like a heavy-duty contrast to the fragile symphony created by the female singer. He should sing smoothly, not with the heavy breaths in between. This one's a winner from the first prelude to the last note, and its endemic popularity proves it - here is one the biggest songs of the year - and may there be many after this!!Ī word about Arijit right away - here is a singer with a rich texture and depth in his voice. The composition is simple, the riffs haunting, beginning with the piano piece, and Arijit sounds very Mithoon-like. Sample Mithoon's heartfelt sentiments in his own lyrics and composition ' Tum Hi Ho' and we know that the direct words hit a socko punch on our emotional solar plexus in the most positive sense. Here is a score where all components - lyrics, compositions, vocals and arrangements - synergize to such a potent extent that four times ten equals fifty! As always in any iconic score, most of us subconsciously react primarily to the words, however excellent the music and singing are, and that is as true of Aashiqui 2 as well. The soundtrack has 10 songs and once again promises to change trends in music with its desi touch to the lyrics and the music.Įxpectations here were sky-high but the score has more than met up with them! But the film is a major breakthrough for singer Arijit Singh and composer Jeet Gannguli, who was earlier Pritam's partner as Jeet-Pritam and then became a top name in Bengali cinema. This time, we have top lyricist Irshad Kamil writing most of the songs. It was T-Series' biggest soundtrack ever. This career-defining film was the breakthrough for composers Nadeem-Shravan, singer Kumar Sanu and lyricist Sameer, who wrote nine of the 11 songs. This is the sequel-in-spirit to probably modern Hindi cinema's only film that ran mainly because of its music score - the 1990 Aashiqui. Lyrics: Irshad Kamil, Sanjay Masoomm, Sandeep Nath & Mithoon Music: Jeet Gannguli, Mithoon & Ankit Tiwari