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By Abid Š2008 Bollyvista.com |
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Credits
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| Producer/s: |
Moser Baer Entertainment |
| Director: |
Samar Khan |
| Music: |
Adnan Sami |
| Lyrics: |
Javed Akhtar |
| Vocals: |
Adnan Sami, Abhijeet, Kunal Ganjawala, Shah Rukh Khan, Sunidhi Chauhan and Udit Narayan |
| Label: |
Moser Baer |
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Way back in 2005, director Samar Khan made his debut in Bollywood with the much ahead of its time, Kuch Meetha Ho Jaaye. The music director was Himesh Reshammiya and lyricist, Sameer. Together they gave us some nice music in the form of its title track and the classical thumri. Samar is back with his next venture, Shaurya, which stars some of the greatest talents of the industry like, Rahul Bose, Kay Kay Menon, Javed Jaffery, Seema Biswas, Minissha Lamba and Deepak Dobriyal, just to name a few. The unique aspect of the music of the film is the pairing of the highly versatile Adnan Sami and the king of poetry, Javed Akhtar. So let's check out what this talented team has in store for us.
The album opens with Shah Rukh Khan reciting "Shaurya Kya Hai". An interesting bit about the recitation track is that it has not been written by Javed Akhtar but by Jaydeep Sarkar, who is the story writer of Shaurya. When yours truly asked him about his inspiration, he had something interesting to say. "It was not planned. Actually we were shooting in Naggar (Kullu-Manali) for Shaurya and were quite tense about sticking to the schedule. I was sitting there and out of nowhere the whole idea came. I started penning down my thoughts and also showed it to the other writer, Aparna, who liked it immediately. While recording it, Shah Rukh Khan rendered it almost flawlessly the first time around, but decided to render it again. It is the 7th version that you are hearing! Each attempt was different, the feelings, the voice modulation and everything. I cannot express my feelings and gratitude to Shah Rukh Khan for giving voice to my work."
So let us checkout exactly what 'Shaurya Kya Hai' says -
"Shaurya kya hai? Thartharati is dharti ko rowndte faujiyon ka shor. Sahme se is asmaan ko cheerte hue bandookon ki salaami ka shor. Shaurya kya hai? Hari wardi par chamakte hue chand peetal ke sitare. Ya sarhad ka naam dekar andekhi kuch lakeeron ki numaiyish."
And then we have a very inspiring answer to the above questions - "Shaurya kya hai. Shayad ek hausla. Shayad ek himmat. Hamare bahut andar. Mazhab ke banaye dayere ko todkar. Kisi ka haath tham lene ki himmat. Goliyon ke betahasha shor ko apni khamoshi se chunauti de pane ki himmat. Shaurya kya hai. Aane wale kal ki khatir apne is kayanat ko aaj bacha lene ki himmat."
Such profound thoughts and some fantastic words indeed by Jaideep Sarkar, and narrated with such convictions and feelings by King Khan, it gives one a case of inspirational goose pimples! The music in the background is kept to the bare minimum by Surendra Sodhi, so that Shah Rukh's vocal perfect voice is highlighted and is just apt, and in sync with the narration. |
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