Ishqiya Songs

"Dil to bachcha hai jee...thoda kachcha hai jee. This song has just become my Hindi anthem as for the wonderful lyrics and beautiful music score. Simple and subtle. Previously I din't find it that good...but then someday when u listen to it. It just soothes your ears n touches your soul but the other side. Ibn e batuta. Just wow..since the start it makes you move to the beats and then.he sukhvinder effect. Just wow. Trust me. This two songs themselves make the album worthwhile.

A must in the collection of true music lovers.

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Story: Two crooks, Mamujan and Babban are on the run from another crook they have duped. They seek refuge with a friend’s widow who turns out to be as crooked as them. The threesome hatch a plot to get rich quick. But, do they succeed?

Movie Review: Ishqiya is a zany little black comedy that may be completely desi in its idiom, its lingo, its landscape. Yet, when it comes to drama, it is totally Hollywood. Debutant director Abhishek Chaubey tells his story with a panache that falters only in the end.

Ishqiya is pure delight. Both in terms of the narrative that moves from one tangy twist to another; and in terms of the performances, which are so zippy, they fill you with beans. Naseeruddin Shah lives and breathes the role of the wily and somewhat wizened Mamujan who doesn’t balk at falling on his would-be assassin’s feet, begging for mercy.

Nor does he see anything amiss in colouring his beard black, when the wily widow, Krishna(Vidya Balan) sets his testosterone in play with her seductive song and guile. But Arshad Warsi doesn’t want to be left behind as Babban, the rustic rogue and matches him crooked step for step. And the duo are totally bindaas as rivals in love, ready to beat each other to pulp for the charms of Krishnaji. As for Krishnaji: Vidya Balan truly deserves another wow after her scintillating show in Paa.

This time, she does a complete volte face to her Parineeta image, flashing her eyes, su*king thumbs and setting out the details for a kidnap plot, with unbridled glee. Truly, this ones a magical threesome that sets the explosive backdrop literally on fire with their everything’s-fair-in-love - and petty crime - principles.

Adding juice to their antics is the backdrop. The backwater badlands of Eastern UP, with their characteristic gun culture, caste wars and edgy lingo loom large as the fourth character in this crime play. And like the other three, this one’s an intensely colourful character too, competently captured on screen by cinematographer Mohana Krishna. Equally enhancing is Vishal Bhardwaj’s music score which already has two chartbusters on air: Ibn-e-Batuta and Dil To Bachcha Hai.

In Ishqiya lingo, the film is a sutli bomb(firecracker) that tickles and explodes.

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Ah well. Gulzar Saab and Vishal, my favorite twosome are back at it again. They are back, and how!

Dil to bachcha hai ji. Ah Gulzar! Who else but you could pen down such lyrics, and who else but Rahat Saahab could do justice to them. The song has an old world feel to it, it makes you feel as if you are snuggled in a quilt on a cold winter night, and someone is lulling you to sleep. It makes you want to weep for the days gone by, and yet leaves a smile, a hope in your soul for the days to come. It wants to shelter the heart, which has been hurt, and yet berates the heart for being so vulnerable to hurt, once again. No matter how old the outer veneer is, the heart shall remain eternally young, eternally foolish, always open to love, and the pain which comes along with it. The song makes me grieve the fact that Rahat Saahab might not sing for us in near future, and makes me hope that he will. As my friend said, The Sufis must sing, and so they shall. As for Vishal's music, it has that timeless, unhurried feel to it which Kameene title song had. In fact, its an irony, if you listen to the words, they are all pain invoking, yet Rahat Saab's vocals, and Vishal's music are soothing, as if applying salve to the wound caused by Gulzar Saab's pen.

Aisi udaasi baithi hai dil pe,

hansne se ghabraa rahe hain.

Try to listen to this song when you are alone, for it might inadvertently make you shed a tear, which you surely wont want others to see.

Ibn-e-batuta - The sombre mood invoked by Raahat Saab is immediately lifted by the advent of Sukhwinder and Mika. Now this song had been struck off by me even before I had listened to it, for I somehow couldnt relate Mika to Gulzar Saab and Vishal. But then, trust the masters to work their magic every time. The opening strands make you itch to break out in a jig, and then there's the wonderful Sukhwinder. The lyrics are fun. with "churrrrrrrrrrrrrrr and phurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr" predominant here. Life has been compared to a bird, with the singers exhorting it to fly far far away. "udh jaave chidhiya phurrrrrrrr" The song actually makes you take notice, since its so unlike Vishal, and yet charming is the word for it. Listen to it anytime, and it brings a smile to your eyes, and a spring to your step!

Ab mujhe Koi intezaar kahan - I am running out of superlatives for Rekha now. What is it with this woman. Every time she brings a different pitch, different modulation to us. The slow beats, the piano, guitar and the drums in back ground(yes, the beats are so soft that even ignorant me could make out the instruments) actually let Rekha free to soar with her angelic voice. The song might not appeal to you in the beginning, but trust me, it has the same quality as Mera Kuch Samaan, and will grow upon the listeners post a few Suno's.

Aankh ke ek gaaon mein

raat ko khaab aate the

Chhoone se behte the, bole to kehte the

Udte khwaabon ka aitbaar kahan

Trust Gulzar Saab to give such a bitter sweet tinge to pain. hot burning tears, which you never want to let go of. and Rekha's voice, a candle burning slowly, hot wax dripping, and night passing by. yes, pain is intense, bitter sweet and hot.

Badi dheere jali raina - opens with an alaap by Rekha, and then takes you on a different trip alltogether. Somehow Gulzar can create magic with the word Raina. Remember Beeti na Bitayi Raina from Parichay? Well, the magic is more intense here. The song has an almost Rock feeling to it, and yet is still. After ages, I have heard an original, a song whose melody didnt remind me of any other, and kudos to Vishal for this. Rekha's mesmerising voice, (of course the tone has changed here from the last song, as has the pitch) almost stops your heartbeat, leaves you breathless.

(I am not going to talk about remixes here. coz well, the originals hold me in their thrall!)

In short, there are no two ways about it. This album deserves to be heard, and cherished. I just wish I knew more words to describe the magic which these two gentlemen have created, or maybe there's no need. they dont need any recommendations now, do they?

I wonder if many remember the song from Khamoshi:

Sirf ehsaas hai ye rooh se mehsoos karo

pyaar ko pyaar hi rehne do koi naam na do.

The music is exactly like that, hard to define, to pin down, but once you get hooked to it, boy, you sure are hooked for life! So go, get addicted to magic!

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Vishal Bharadwaj is a jack of many trades, being d master of all. Sharing his mutildimentional traits with his mentor Gulzaar Saab.

Gulzaar entered the bollywood industry as d songwriter 4 Bimal Roy in Bandini(Mera Gora Rang Le Lai - Lata-SD Burman being his first penned song) Later on he took on d mantle of dialogue writer- screenplay writer & next as a director gave us memorable movies like Aandhi, Mere Apne, Angoor, Mausam, Izaajat & Machis to name a few.

This transition of Gulzaar from being a exceptional song writer to the director did constrain his oeuvre as a song writer only working with RD Burman occasionally(but man what gr8 songs they creative working as a team)

Bharadwaj seemed to have inherited the legacy of Gulzaarsab. This heir apparent of the genius not only composes gr8 tunes(Machis, Hu tu tu, Satya, Omkara, Kaminey to name a few) but like Gulzaar also directs, writes scripts, dialogues & also daily practices tennis like his mentor(Gulzaar couldn't go to fetch his Oscar award owing to his tennis injury:(:)

Ishqiya is a worthy sequel to Omkara & Kaminey creatively. The album features four songs:

1) Dil to baccha hain je -Rahat Fateh Ali Khan - Accordion based signature tune runs through the entire song giving it a Shankar Jaikishen kind of resemblance -( I find accordian very SJK kind:) very soothing)- Masakali in delhi-6 also had a accordion based initial prelude) - A peppy song

2) Ab Mujhe Koi Intzaar kahan- Rekha Bharadwaj - Electric Guitar based soft number

3) Badi Dheere Jali - Rekha Bharadwaj- Sarod/Veena based soft sad provocative classical number - reminds me of'Jag ja re gudiya' from Omkara

4) Ibn-E-Batuta - Rahat Fateh Ali & Mika- a punjabi folk based dancing number - I found it too noisy, however it could change after watching the picturization - d only weak number of this album

The album would appeal to those who are not into beat-based music. Slow, soothing with amazing orchestra(yes definitely not a AR Rehman kind of variety) but very relaxing to the mind with the rich vignettes painted by the sublime but mature lyrics by Gulzaar Sahib.

I wish Vishal Bharadwaj gets to work more as a music director rather than a director. More so as we are all dwelling in such music deprived ages now a days:(

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Ishqiya the first music album of the year lot to look forward as Gulzar and Vishal combo is here, so nothing less then magic is gonna work for me at least.

the album opens with "dil to bachha hai" with unheard lyrics ever before by Gulzar saheb with lines such as "umra kab ki guzar ke safed ho gayi kari badri jawani ki chhati nahi" with Raht Fateh's silky vioce is just pure magic.

"ibn-e batuta" is one of its kind that never been heard before many would wonder who is ibn-e batuta" then just get ur history books of ur school u'll get the answer he was a Mugal writer use to write emperor's biography. Shukhwinder with Mika give this number enough pump to make it superb.

you can say Vishal is little unfair when it comes to his wife many best of his songs goes to her so this one is not also any exception "ab mujhe koi" is so calm and relaxing that u can hear it umpteen times in repeat mode, one of Vishal's best composition till date.

Badi dheere jali has classical touch in it which may not appeal to masses but it was not intended so, rekha's voice is like magic in the song very well made song.

Ishqiya is one of the best album by Vishal and Gulzar

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Note- there are 2 remix songs .

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No-one generates the excitement like Gulzar-Vishal do! The way this magical duo is giving us all musical treats, I was quite sure that ‘Ishqiya’ would be another masterpiece.

1. Badi Dheere Jali –(Rekha Bharadwaj) – Faint Sitar and fainter Tabla open this song. A dense feel overall with a sense of stillness is delivered almost effortlessly by Rekha Bharadwaj. In between the listener is presented some intense notes on Sarod* which are just breathtaking and contribute to the ‘static’ mood of the song. Anyone who has appetite for ‘Gulzary blues’(now don’t ask me what’s that? If you don’t know it, you probably won’t get it anyway) will rush to the ‘repeat’ button almost every time this song ends. Not a kind of song which you would like to play in a party or a social gathering. This one is for those soulful moments(often mistaken as ‘sadness’).

   
   




2. Ab Mujhe Koi –(Rekha Bharadwaj) – Soothing notes on the piano start the song with lyrics so purely ‘Ghalib’ like that you are bound to remind yourself of ‘Wo firaq aur wo visal kahan’ from Mirza Ghalib album sung by Jagjit Singh. The mood is what is common between the two compositions and not the music setting. This song has a welcome mix of acoustic and electric guitar which sets the mood just right. Special mention of the stanzas which are sung ‘just right’ by Rekha Bharadwaj who is fast becoming a synonym for a ‘pakka’ singer. Trust Gulzar saab to gently slip a word or two of the romantic Urdu language to gradually raise the intellect of people who are busy with words like singh, king etc and blend them perfectly in the song.

   
   




3. Dil to Bachcha hai(Rahat Fateh ali Khan) – Ah! The Sufis shall play! Well nearly! The ever so fantastic Rahat Fateh ali khan is well accompanied by the clapsand accordion giving a feel of egyptian sufi compositions to the song which deals with the magical dilemma of a grown up man who is in love with a somewhat younger dame. I use the phrase ‘grown up man' because the heart, well cannot grow old can it? The lyrics, the music, the singer…everyone seems in perfect harmony in this song. You will smile when Rahat fateh ali Khan uses word like ‘Kamina’ and ‘Paaji’ with perfect aplomb. The arresting feature of the song is the beginning(guitar) and the end(accordion). While a mischievous guitar treads like a little child who must pass the sleeping adults(without making any sound of his footsteps) the closing notes from the accordion are touching and have a classic retro feel. All in all a fantastic song!

   
   




4. Ibn-e-Batuta(Sukhwinder & Mika) – Woooooooohoooooooooooo! Here comes the killer! The song starts with the sound of a horn being honked on the road(if you listen to this in your car, you are bound to look back by the way because It sounds damn neat and real!) and almost immediately a wild and totally ‘boyish’ electric guitar swoops in! Sukhwinder and Mika go behind the microphone and run a ruckus which is just melodiously wild! Gulzar saab again comes at it with lovely hindi words like ‘Durghatna and Gati-rodhak’(meaning accident and speed-brakers). The rendition of ‘Churrrrrrrrrrrr’ is just so typical Sukhwinder having fun. It’s actually a good mix - Mika as always has a sticky feel and doesn’t have any throw in his voice and for the same reason, Sukhwinder sounds even more melodious and talented! A ‘road’ song by all means!

   
   

Remixes

A) Dil to bachcha hai remix – is done with class. Very nice to hear Rahat fateh ali khan with some heavy music in the background. Not to be missed is the guitar who is no longer mischievious but au contraire *very bold in this song!

B) & C) Ibn-e-batuta remix and Ibn-e-batuta nucleya remix – Am sure these numbers are added to give the album a very ‘wholesome film music album’ feel but they aren’t all that bad. Especially the pure remix version which has the vocals of Sukhwinder and Mika in 4X speed at times!

Go pick this album to discover what is techno-rural music.Go IBN-E-BATUTA!

Peace and equanimity.

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