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Credits
Producer/s:	Mukesh Bhatt
Director:	Kunal Deshmukh
Music:	Pritam and Kamran Ahmed
Lyrics:	Sayeed Quadri and Neelesh Mishra
Vocals:	K.K, Kamran Ahmed, Rana Mazumdar, Richa Sharma and Rupam Islam
Label:	Sony BMG

The winning team of Emraan Hashmi, Pritam and Sayeed Quadri are back once again, under the Bhatt banner (after conquering the charts with Gangster and Awarapan), to enthrall the music lovers with their upcoming venture Jannat. Based loosely on the events inspired by the sad and sudden demise of the Pakistani cricket coach, Bob Woolmer, the film has been in the news due to a bitter fight between two big music companies, over its music rights. Eventually, the rights were handed over to Sony BMG, amidst claims that the music of Jannat was one of the best music scores by the lucky music director, Pritam. Let us check out if the claims were indeed true and whether the fight was worth it!

Looks like the claims were true, if the first track of the album, 'Judai' is anything to go by, but its not by Pritam. The Bhatt's Pakistani connection, which was missing in their last venture, Showbiz (which expectedly bombed), surfaces with 'Judaai' with Pritam giving credit to the composer Kamran Ahmed, who also doubles as the singer. The first two lines are taken from Reshma's classic, superhit 'Lambi Judaai' (Hero). With a great legacy like that to look up to, Kamran has come up trumps with the mind-blowing composition. With music's lucky mascot Emraan Hashmi at the forefront, it is bound to hit the charts. There are three versions of this scintillating track, and do we mind? No, not at all!

The first version has been rendered by the superbly talented Kamran Ahmed and its difficult to say whether he is a better singer, composer or writer. He is excellent in all the departments. Kamran's vocals sound a bit like his counterpart from Pakistan, the hugely successful Atif Aslam, though his voice is deeper and more husky. Superb guitar strumming and synthesized rhythm (reminds of the tune of 'Tere Liye' (from Veer-Zara) commences the song. It speaks of the pain of separation from the beloved and has the ability of catching the attention of the listeners instantly with 'zabardast' rhythm, simple tune, which is bit on the rockish side. It is the simplicity of the tune and the arrangements that are in sync with the situation, and that is what spells magic. Excellent guitar strumming and violin form the backbone, making the song one of the best romantic-longing numbers heard in a long while.

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