Ab To Har Roz (Mithoon)

There is one thing quite interesting about Mithoon. He gave music for some hugely popular songs of Atif. And then, he started singing the same type of songs. In almost the same voice. Ab to Har roz is one more such song which features in his album, Tu hi Mere Rab ki Tarah hai.

Ab to har roz reminds me of Kuch is Tarah from Atif's Doorie. For those who don't know, Kuch is Tarah was the only song of Doorie composed by Mithoon. And now when I listen to Ab to har roz, I can find the touch of that music in this album too.

Ab to har roz is a very slow, romantic and touching song, though not as much as Kuch is Tarah was, only because the lyrics, though very good, fail to reach that level. Mithoon starts rendering the song in an ever slow tune just like Atif (talking of kuch is tarah again) or to be more precise, slower than that. The other difference between the two songs is that Atifism - by which I mean the high pitch that comes in 'Jo bhi gham hain ye tere, unhe tu mera pata de' and 'Sun meri Guzarish inhe chehre se hata de' in Kuch is Tarah - is absent here. Mithoon sings the entire song at a lower note and doesn't go for very high ones, not as high as those taken by Atif at least.

Overall, the song is good but it takes a lot of time to register the song with the ever slow music. Still, the lyrics are good and if you have patience and time, there are good chances that you love the song.

Lyrics:

ab to har roz yahi soch ke hum uthte hain
tera chehra kahin ik baar nazar aa jaye
aur har shab hum yahi soch ke ab sote hain
tu dabe paon khwab mein kahin chala aaye

jis ghadi tujhse pehli baar aankh takrayi aisa laga mujhme zindagi aayi
hath phir zehen mein hathon se tere takraye
der tak ab jism se mere teri khushboo aayi
dil ne yoon tujhse mulaqat ke saare lamhe
tujhko maaloom hi nahi...
kitni baar dohraye

ishq ne tere hame jeene ka dhang sikhlaya
ik naye andaz mein khud humse humko milwaya
in dino jab bhi kabhi maine aaina dekha
apne chehre pe kahin kuch noor sa paya
ab to maalik se ye din raat dua kare
noor chehre pe ye saari umr ko bas theher jaaye

ab to har roz yahi soch ke hum uthte hain
tera chehra kahin ik baar nazar aa jaye
aur har shab hum yahi soch ke ab sote hain
tu dabe paon khwab mein kahin chala aaye

Tu hi Tu Har Jagah (Mithoon)

Mithoon is a composer who has been in the limelight ever since he composed his very first song for a movie. His first movie as a composer ruled the charts, and finally he's here with his first album. And he proves that the limelight he has been receiving is falling in the right place.

If the first song of his album, Tu hi mere rab ki Tarah hai was good, Tu hi Tu, the second of the album, is great.

Tu hi Tu, or Har Jagah mein tu samaya, as the song has been listed in the album, is a song that once again makes it clear that Mithoon is a composer of high stature, quite near A R Rahman in his approach to certain qualities of music and his singing makes the comparison all the more inevitable as he sings on higher notes with a voice that sounds quite like that of Rahman.

For now, I don't have much to say about the song, except that it's a must listen song for every Hindi music lover.

Here are the lyrics.

Har Jagah Mein, Tu Samaya Hai
Har Disha Mein, Tu Numaya Hai
Har Jagah Mein, Tu Samaya Hai
Har Disha Mein, Tu Numaya Hai

Subaha Mein Meri Shaam Mein Tera Zikr Hai, Tera Saya Hai
Mera Haath Jo Tu Thaam Le, Phir Jahan Ka Karna Hai Kya
Tu Hi Tu Har Jagah, Tu Hi Tu Jeene Ki Wajah
Tu Hi Tu Har Jagah, Tu Hi Tu Jeene Ki Wajah

Meri Subaha Mein Meri Shaam Mein Tera Zikr hai Tera Saya Hai Mera Haath Jo Tu Thaam Le Phir Jahan Ka Karna Hai Kya
Tu Hi Tu Har Jagah
Tu Hi Tu Jeene Ki Wajah
Tu Hi Tu Har Jagah
Tu Hi Tu Jeene Ki Wajah

Tu Roshani
Tu Hi Chandani
Tu Hi Ped Hai
Tu Hi Chhaaon Bhi
Tu Hi Raasta Tu Hi Hai Safar Jahan Pahuchna Hai Woh Gaon Bhi Mera Haath Jo Tu Tham Le Phir Jahan Ka Karna Hai Kya
Tu Hi Tu Har Jagah
Tu Hi Tu Jeene Ki Wajah
Tu Hi Tu Har Jagah
Tu Hi Tu Jeene Ki Wajah

Yaar Tera Saath Jis pal Pa Liya Jisne
Usko to Phoolon Ki Tarah Raahon Ke Khar mile
Oo Subah Mein Meri Shaam mein Tera Zikra Hai Tera Saya Hai
Mera Haath Jo Tu Thaam Le Phir Jahan Ka Karna Hai Kya

Har Jagah Mein, Tu Samaya Hai
Har Disha Mein, Tu Numaya Hai
Main Tere Nashe Mein Hoon Choor Sa

Teri Justazoo Mein Hai Zindagi
Mera Haath Jo tu Thaam Le Phir Jahan Ka Karna Hai Kya
Tu Hi Tu Har Jagah, Tu Hi Tu Jeene Ki Wajah
Tu Hi Tu Har Jagah, Tu Hi Tu Jeene Ki Wajah

Tu hi mere rab ki tarah hai (Mithoon)

When I went to my college last week, I noticed that everybody was seeing Rab somewhere or the other and Rab was pretty popular. Probably that's the reason Mithoon named his album on a song's second line.

But that's the only thing that is not classy about the album. Or at least the title song. Rest of the song is as good as Mithoon always gives.

Tu hi mere rab ki tarah hai is a typical song of Mithoon, a bit slow, with lots of background and surround music and the same touch as found in 'The Train' songs.

The first song, tu hi mere rab ki tarah hai, or tu hi mera sara jahan hai, as the first line goes, starts with Shilpa Rao (my guess) rendering the first two lines on a high note, with Mithoon mouthing 'Tu hi mera' twice in a surround sound mode just after that and then following up with his typical soothing, Rahman-sort-of voice.

Mithoon's music is great as always. Though he doesn't sing in some new type or genre, the song is as good as it could be, being in the same genre. In the mid of the song, the main musical instrument becomes Tabla and toward the end, the song gets into a completely different mode with the instruments changing to give a lounge feeling.

Mithoon's singing of his genre hardly needs a discussion. It's the same soothing voice zindagi ne zindagi bhar gham diye and sounds quite like that of Rahman when the latter sings his slow songs.

Lyrics of the song are, if not exceptional, not bad from any angle. Though the words tu hi mere rab ki tarah hai feel like cashing the popularity of 'Rab', there is nothing to suggest that the song is low quality or something. If you are a mithoon fan, go for the song. If not, try it at least.