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By Abid Š2008 Bollyvista.com |
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Credits
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| Producer/s: |
Ronnie Screwvala and Ashutosh Gowariker |
| Director: |
Ashutosh Gowariker |
| Music: |
A. R. Rahman |
| Lyrics: |
Javed Akhtar and Kashif |
| Vocals: |
A.R. Rahman, Bela Shende, Boney Chakraborty, Javed Ali, Mohammad Aslam, Madhushree and Sonu Nigam |
| Label: |
UTV Music |
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The "Beethovan of the East", A.R. Rahman is back with what he is best at. Yes, its composing music for period films, at which he is simply par excellante! And that is reason enough for lovers of high quality classical based music (fed up with the artificial techno-stuff) to rejoice. This is the maestro's sixth album for a full fledged period film album. The first one in the excellent line-up was, Earth (1998), followed by Aamir Khan's Lagaan (2001), Legend of Bhagat Singh (2002), Bose-The Forgotten Hero (2005), Mangal Pandey-The Rising (2005) and Water (2006). Quite an impressive line-up, one must say! With Rahman announcing that Jodhaa Akbar will be the last in the series, here is inviting all Rahman maniacs to feast on this musical offering by the wizard, Allah Rakha Rahman!
True to the grandeur and magnificence of the magnum-opus, Rahman's first composition is 'Azeem-O-Shaan Shahenshah' (Shouldn't it be Azeem-Ush-Shaan Shahenshah, Javed Sahab?) which commences with bugle and nagada sounds heralding the arrival of the most powerful Mughal Emperor, Jalaluddin Mohammad Akbar. Rahman's work is magical here as he deftly creates the perfect ambience through his superb musical arrangements. Percussion wizard, Sivamani gives the song a royal battlefield touch with his Taiko and sword rhythm and makes the song a thrilling hearing experience. The tempo and rhythm is kept at a constant pace, the flow of the mukhda and the antara are kept uniform. It's the uniformity which makes this composition a delight and truly unique. The only point where it varies is where the inspiration from his own Lagaan composition 'Ghanan Ghanan' takes over for a while in the female chorus. The two male singers, Mohammad Aslam and Boney Chakraborty sing as a team and are in perfect harmony with each other.
Javed Akhtar succeeds in providing a befitting introduction to the emperor, highlighting the power and strength, the kind and generous nature as well as his loving personality through well crafted words. The mukhda – "Azeem-O-Shaan Shahenshah,(The great emperor), Farmaan Ravaan (Whose decree is the order of the day), Hamesha hamesha salamat rahe (Live healthy forever), Tera ho kya byaan (No words can describe you), Tu shaan-e-Hindustan (You are the pride of Hindustan), Hindustan teri jaan, (Hindustan is your life), Tu jaan-e-Hindustan (You are the life of Hindustan), Marhaba, Marhaba (Welcome & Hail thee, Hail thee)". Javed Akhtar also uses the local dialect of the North to give the song an authentic feel. A truly 'azeemushshan agaaz' (great beginning) to an 'Azeemushshaan' album! 'Marhaba! Marhaba!' |
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