the music has been released and has created an incredibly positive impression on critics. what are your thoughts on the songs you have heard? do you think they even come close to the old umrao jaan, even though it isnt a remake?
shareI havent listened to the full songs,but can say from what all I have listened so far, that may b there is little use of the instrument called 'sarangi' which was the trademark of lakhnavi music in those days n was highly used in the previous film.Even if it is a different version,historical aspects shud have been dealt with honesty.
Moreover,Alka yagnik,she is a good singer n I like her very much,but sadly doesnt succeed in breathing an altogether different life into it.The 'ada' of Umrao is lost somewhere in her trademark style of performing to Anu Malik's music.The songs lack 'thahrav' n lakhnavi grace,the grace which urdu songs n poetry deserves.They sound more like the BW film.
Asha,on the other hand,changed herself little bit,n adjusted her style to Khayyam's music,n made the songs haunting.When we heard her in Umrao Jaan,that was never heard previously.And seldom after that.
I think the problem was Anu Malik as the choice for the composer.Though he is good in giving the trademark masala BW music,he just cud not give a fresh sound to the chaste urdu poetry.U can not think of a 'kotha' n courtesan instantaneously while listening to them,if u dont know that they r from this film.
The songs sound good in today's world,but listening to them with closed eyes,u can imagine them to fit in REFUGEE also,sply. 'dekha tujhe to',n Zubeida also...I mean these songs,can fit in any BW film.But Khayaam's music was made for only UMRAO JAAN.It had an entirely different air.That fragrance of a courtesan n kotha n lakhnvi tehzeeb is missing in this music.
No,the songs dont come close to the previous ones'.
And is it me only,who feels that the composition od the song,'dekha tujhe to' ,is strangly similar to the Suresh Wadekar song,'seene mein jalan',the only difference being that Anu has made his singers to sing at a higher note to ,may b,befool the audience.
And also,in the video of song 'salaam',Aish has done a step exactly similar to what Madz did in 'maar daala' in DEVDAS.The one where she bows,slaps gently on the floor n then goes back to the salaam gesture.Exactly similar to Madz.The diff. is,that Aish has made it more mechanical.
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I LOVE ALL THE SONGS:D
Jhute Ilzaam is my fav.
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i liked all the songs..lyrics r good..but alka yagnik ion her high pitched voice sometimes gets screechy which hurts ..and agree with snowin white..asha bhonsale sang for umraojaan ..like wat lata did in pakeezah...alka sings more or less like she sings in regular films..but if we consider the bollywood music this yr...its best music of yr..
and yes i wished saroj khan was choreographer rather than vaibhavi merchant..but anyways even saroj didnt impressed me in her mujras in devdas and the rising....the choregraphy of rekha's umraojaan was outstanding she did lots of mudras..while in salaam song..vaibhavi has given her very less and she made her dance in very simple manner...didnt liked much...when ash is so much talented vaibhavi should have made her dance on harder steps
all songs are gorgeous.......enuff said! been listening to it over n over again...and it they keep getting better n better......
shareOf course the songs are not as good as they were in Muzaffar Ali's UMRAO JAAN, but it would be unfair to compare both. Given the fact that Anu Malik (whom I normally don't like very much), I really like all the songs! I think Anu Malik's daughter does extremely well in "Agle janam mohe". Alka rocks in all the other songs. :)
shareI liked all the songs .... the lyrics scored over the music... the songs are the best part about the movie
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