Music Review
Aamir Khan is a perfectionist. This time round he makes a movie touching the very Indian ground of Indian villages and who he chooses to compose and sing – Indian Ocean, along with Nageen Tanvir, Ram Sampath and Raghuvir Yadav.
The album starts with Indian Ocean’s Des Mera Rangrez ye baabu. The song is a typical Indian Ocean piece with their familiar voices and instruments. The song is a satirical one on India and the country’s system from top to bottom. Swanand Kirkire and Sanjeev Sharma write some good lyrics and words like ‘raai pahaad hai kankar shankar’ say a lot among them. Must listen. For all the music and words.
The second song of the album is a very folkish, very earthy Mehngai dayan sung by Raghuveer Yadav and composed by Ram Sampath. The song is totally based on dholak and all keertan-mandali instruments and sounds like one sung by a mandali. Swanand Kirkire gets us some shallow lyrics about some deep-rooted problems. The song is not about music but I’m certainly loving it. Raghveer Yadav seems perfect for the song.
The music composed by Nageen Tanvir, Indian Ocean and Ram Sampat, the album is full of rural scenes, rustic elements, and wonderful tone with unique lyrics. ‘Chola Maati Ke Ram’, a very simple soundtrack with the deep and soulful voice of Nageen Tanvir, is the song in which we will get the essence of the film.
Next song ‘Zindagi Se Darte Ho’ is a modern in musical style. The 7-minute long track could be called a mini rock opera with essences of rock throughtout the track. It must delight the rock fans.
All the soundtracks convey the original tone with original treatment of the rustic life and its problems. The future of the film ‘Peepli Live’ will be seen after its release on August 22. But the soundtracks will attract the audience who loves such kind of music.