Yuvvraaj Music Review— No Taal In This One by mrinkenti A long time back, pre-Taal, I was excited while reading a Subhash Ghai interview that 75% of the narration in Taal will be through music. Since childhood I was a fan of Subhash Ghai and his blockbusters and also a fan of A R Rahman, who at that time was nothing less than God creating new sounds of music with each big album. We all know about Taal, it was, is, and always be a gem. Now when, Subhash Ghai and ARR are coming back again, in the backdrop of a rather classy/western poster, the expectations are bound to be sky high. However, the music of Yuvvraaj does not quite have the taal to make it a musical blockbuster. Honestly, I don’t quite know what the movie is about. The tag line reads MUSIC BINDS LOVE. Hmm…ok, quite interesting…looks like another musical love story. Makes sense with ARR as the music director. Next, the posters so far look quite classy, like Western classical-ish. So what exactly do we expect? I don’t know, but at least as a Subhash Ghai, ARR, and Taal fan, I should expect a good music album that I can play in my car and enjoy. But unfortunately, the album does not quite deliver. Most of the songs seem to be part of a narration, like a musical. Of course, the quality of the music, some music bits, orchestration are really good, but there is nothing path breaking coming from ARR to fit the tag line of the film. I am positive, however, the songs will look better on screen and might fit well with the narration. We will have to wait for the film’s release. However, as a separate CD album to purchase, it might not come close to any of the previous musical blockbusters of Subhash Ghai or ARR. There are a mix of genres–little bethovan, thoda pappu cant dance type, melody, some south indian raaga types etc. And the most annoying part of the album is Salman Khan’s really irritating intro in his own voice for a song. The same old typical Salman stuff even for a film that promises to be creative and different and again we get to hear Salman talking as though in a David Dhawan film that he will be the superstar. I wonder why even Subhash Ghai choose Salman, good luck to the film. I thought there will some solid Western classicial stuff or maybe some solid fusion, but nothing. Honestly, I feel ARR is losing this touch. Even Jaane Tu…had only a couple of hit numbers, the rest of them just worked cuz the movie was youthfull, peppy, and well made. From the vagueness of the poster, so-so music, I wonder how this film will turn out to be. To add to this, it looks like Ghai is making a very thoughtful musical film with two very untalented stars who just cant’ act–Salman and Katrina. Good Luck Ghai! I know that all hardcore ARR fans have come with a new theory that if you listen to his music 2,3, to 25 times you will see the beauty in it. This applies to any song by any composer. The point is–is it paisa vasool? can we put in our money, Rs. 160, and buy the album? do the songs entertain? Save your money, and listen to it on raaga.com for now and wait for the film to release. Mr. Inkenti Movienomics Verdict: Thumbs Down. Mr. Inkenti’s Pick:Manmohini Morey, Tu Muskura
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