Kohram (Amanat Ali): Instant Review

Here is the instant review of Saregamapa finalist Amanat Ali's debut album Kohram. Here you will find only keywords about a song. This is before I write the detailed review. Check out this raw review.

Kohram: ***
Can say, an Item number. Fast of course. Some drama included. Catchy.

Teriyaan: ****
Good. Punjabi. Sad. Nostalgic.

Tanhai: ***
Fast. Full of Beats. Good in the antara part. Normal Mukhda.

Raha Jaye na: ****
Love song. Well sung. Voice based. Good music. Good lyrics. Overall good.

Thumri: ****
Singing comes clear. Well sung with Aalaps and all. Ends almost in rock.

Berangi: ***1/2
Good one again. Music is good. Something like Deewana of Sonu Nigam though entirely new. Of course not a Sonu Nigam though.

Any More: **
Fast. Punjabi. Music not new.

Halka Halka: ***1/2
Slow Love song. Good lyrics. Rock instruments in filler. Seems a bit strange. voice less on the softer side, more on sufi side. Overall a good song.

Ye Mera Dil: ****
Normal. Still good. Slow, sad, love song. Well sung. Goes high on notes.

Vari Vari: ****
Fast. Beat based. Catchy.

Tum se hi: ****
Beat based. Runs at a medium pace. Good number again.

Tujhse Naraaz Nahi Zindagi: *****
Only not-new song. Best of the album. Superb. Comparable to original. Almost untouched. And touching.

Overall: Wonderful album. At least does not disappoint like Albums of Amit Sana, or Karunya, and many others. Worth a listening.

*****: Excellent
****  : Very Good
***    : Good
**      : OK
*        : Didn't show up here. ;)

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

Pop Up: Rain bhai Kaari (Humsafar)

KK proved himself with his debut album Pal. He has also been consistently getting good songs since then, and has a huge number of hits to his credit now. In such a scenario, the guy can surely do some experimenting with his private album. So he does it, and some results, though not popular, are very good.

Rain Bhai Kaari Kaari, Din Ujiyaara,
Naiyya to dekhe nadiya ki dhaara,
Haath tore maajhi, zindagi ki nayya...

These lines don't match very much, not at least with the hits of KK like Kya Mujhe Pyaar Hai, tu hi meri shab hai, or Zara sa, but then, KK is well known for his versatality.

Rain Bhai Kaari Kaari starts with KK rendering the above lines slowly, without music, slowly catching speed in further lines. And then, chorus and more music follow as the song turns into something rock-ish, only to come back to slow-motion for two lines and go high again. This keeps on going, making a great song (at least I felt so) and proving yet another aspect of KK, as a music composer.

Towards the end, KK again finds himself ending in a rock-ish mode and then comes back to the first lines and the same slow mode.

Overall, the songs has a lot of fluctuations between super-slows and highs which was quite unique in itself. I have always liked the song and if you like experiments with music, I guess you may also like it.

Pop-Up: Door Kahin (Nine)

Hi. This is my first Pop-Up. Here I'll try to tell you about pop songs which are generally lost in the crowd of big names, trying to get you the songs you might have missed. Just try them.

The song I'm going to talk about today is 'Door Kahin..' from Pankaj Awasthi's album 'Nine'. Pankaj Awasthi, though unknown to most, is a good singer and composer. Pankaj gave the music for the movie Anwar with Mithoon and is now composing for Tera Kya Hoga Johnny. He even sings for other composers sometimes.

The song 'Door kahin..' starts with some street sounds and from within the voices, Pankaj starts rendering slowly, 'Door kahin le chalo tum mujhko, nahin chahiye ye duniya, sath le chalo unko haan unko, wo jo samjhen dooriyaan haan dooriyaan', and while starting on a low note, he enters quite high pitch in the first few lines itself.

Though the music of the song is simple and without much humdrum, the singing has done it's work really well and you can feel the song deep inside. The song is a bit experimental, especially with a few lines changing their places in paragraphs, but I still suppose that most listeners of not-so-experimental music will also like it.

In short, if you crave for more music, it's a must try song and if you like this one, keep seeing this space.