Tere Ishk Mein Music Review: A R Rahman plays to his strengths and brings together a well thought out, moving and brilliant project.
Tere Ishk Mein Album Review: It’s true that the first single, ‘Aawaara Angaara’, from the film Tere Ishk Mein didn’t exactly do anything too impressive. However as the Aanand L Rai directorial begins its theatrical journey, the reason behind the aforementioned opinion starts becoming clearer.
‘Aawaara Angaara’ was one piece of the puzzle, a puzzle that when completed is composer A. R. Rahman’s best work this year. Without compromising with quality or innovation, Rahman still stays within his line in Tere Ishk Mein, while blurring it ever so often. The result is a truly moving 9-track album, which proves why Rahman is the best at this every day of the week, and twice on a Sunday.
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The album starts with the title track ‘Tere Ishk Mein’, which has been performed by Arijit Singh. The lyrics for the whole album have been penned by Irshad Kamil, and it shows. Because this triumvirate hits it out of the park in the very first song of the album. Rahman takes over your mind with a beautiful composition centred around piano and violin. At first you feel that the song gives in to the crescendo almost too quickly, maybe for the purpose of shock and awe. But as the song proceeds, one realises that this wasn’t the peak, as Rahman switches gears (and the scale), forcing Arijit to deliver an outstanding finishing sector of the song.
The second track is ‘Usey Kehna’, and it starts with the vocals of Nitesh Aher, who kind of sounds like he’s mimicking Jubin Nautiyal. But soon, Aher finds his own (voice and thought), with Rahman jumping in from time to time. Like something out of Om Shanti Om, Rahman lets the violin, bass, and piano tell you a story themselves, as every shift to a minor chord makes your face twitch, in a good way. The prolific composer plays proverbial cricket with Aher, as he catches all loose balls (notes) and throws them right back to Aher for him to finish the job. You feel content with the song and its quality, and that’s when Jonita Gandhi enters the room and lifts the song with grace and poise. She takes over Rahman’s spot, and after some back and forth with Aher, the song melts and fades into the background.
