Partners in Rhyme . . . remember . . . Chaandni raatein (Distant Voices). The girl, flying away for career, leaving behind her love, in pain and despair. That one song had awed many of us. The impact of that album was huge on good music lovers.
Here they are again and the magic has been recreated. Hardip Sidhu and Prem Hans: this UK based duo have done a splendid job with their latest 11 songs from 'Tera Mera Pyar'.
We have Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik, Sunidhi Chauhan, Sonali Vajpayee, and Babul Supriyo and last but not least, Shreya Ghoshal. This is also the first private album featuring Shreya's songs.
Tera mera pyar, in a nutshell: ''Music is soft and with lots of Indian instruments.''Therefore, it's not just lyrics or vocals that would impress. The melody and the instruments also add up to the value. Generally, most of the 'typical' Indian songs have music used as fillers between https://lyrics.
''Tera mera pyar'' is sung by Kumar Sanu, a treat for your ears and eyes. Award-winning filmmaker Apurva Asrani directed this video. Simple and 'watchable' video. It is a story where a pretty young thing* comes to watch a film with her friends, and while she is waiting in line for the tickets, turns around to notice a handsome guy . . . The caption of the album is from this video, 'Come fall in love at the movies’. The low pitch and the warm vocals add a soft touch to the song.
''Yeh Kya Hua'' by Shreya Goshal is the next song, equally melodious but on the slower side. This was written with Shreya Ghoshal in mind. Even better, Shreya did not mean to do this album but it happened. . . accidentally. Well, it was a superb accident. 'Soothing', may be the apt adjective for her voice.
''Kurti Da'' and ''Teri Meri'' are fast numbers and are nice welcome change to the slow mood set-up by other songs. Udit's voice in the punjabi song is nice and energetic. I don't understand Punjabi, but still it sounded nice :-)
''Pyar Ke Baatein'' and ''Dhak Dhak'' are typical 'love' songs. Listen to the album and it keeps your interest alive to look forward for the next track. However, ''Pyar Ke Baatein'' is a 'remake' of the old 'Chandni Raatein'. The song is good but is no match to the original.
''Aankhon se'' is a superb song. Great music, good melody and beautiful https://lyrics. Alka's voice does dominate Kumar Sanu's though. However, a little mismatch occurs when they sing in chorus. One has to listen carefully to identify the mistake.
If you would like to note, check it out when the song has gone past 5 minutes and 21 seconds.
The lyrics goes as ''. . .kehtey hain 'khaake' hum kasam . . .''
The chorus breaks for a couple of seconds. Alka goes ahead faster than Kumar Sanu. But that's a little flaw which can be easily overlooked.
In the very same song, you have an amazing example of the usage of comma in songs. There is this long sentence that you actually have to listen twice to understand. But it is a very nice line. The usage of comma has to be visualized to understand this line.
''Tere bin yeh zindagi lagthi hain kar mera yakeen kehtey hain khaake hum kasam jaise koi banwaas hain |''
''Tere bin yeh zindagi, lagthi hain, kar mera yakeen, kehtey hain khaake hum kasam,jaise koi banwaas hain |''
See the difference!!
Songs:>
1) Teri Meri - Sonali Vajpayee & Cheshire cat
2) Yeh Kya Hua - Shreyal Ghoshal
3) Tera Mera Pyar - Kumar Sanu
4) Kurti Da- Udit Narayan & Arpana
5) Chup Chup - Babul Supriyo & Sonali Vajpayee
6) Ankhon Se - Alka Yagnik & Kumar Sanu
7) Mujhe Seene - Shreyal Ghoshal, Precha & Spike (Cov Gaudbodyz)
8) Dil Mere - Shreyal Ghoshal & Shurjo Bhattacharya
9) Dhak Dhak - Sunidhi Chauhan
10) Pyar Ke Baatein - Shreyal Ghoshal
11) Tum Ne Kuch - Babul Supriyo & Sonali Vajpayee
12) Bole Chudiyan - Kavita K Subramanium, Alka yagnik, Amit Kumar, Udit Narayan & Sonu Nigam
13) Kuch Kuch Hota Hai - Udit Narayan & Alka Yagnik
Lyrics: Dr. Bal Sidhu, Praveen Bhardwaj, Sameer, Israr Ansari, CHeshire Cat, Precha & Spike (Cov Gaudbodyz)
Music: Partners In Rhyme, Baby H & B.P.M
Because of the variety, slow, fast, dance numbers, instrument usage, vocal ranges, the album has something for all kinds of listeners.
- Nimrat Kaur: For those of you who are wondering who that model is, that's Nimrat Kaur who instantly became a major hit after this album. Thanks to the string of advertisements she has done, she now appears in almost all channels. Boxer CT, ICICI, Heads & Shoulders. Besides these modeling offers, she has also got herself into the role of a TV journalist in a forthcoming Hindi movie.
All thanks to 'Tera mera pyar'. For all those from Bangalore, you might like to add your email address in the following music club:
https://tinyurl.com/a6ehp
