Jab Tak Hain Jaan - Music Review

After seeing the teasers of JTHJ, i wondered how Rahman would have got inspired to come up with another album to satisfy everyone. I had very low expectations to this album mainly because of the protoganist and its genre. Challa was released as a promo song with video and it didnt disprove my belief. Rahman have this rare gift of not only identifying the talent but also using them in appropriate situation. Rabbi Shergill's singing probably didnt suit well for SRK initially but stands out well as a song. Heer is clearly the best song of album to me. Lovely melody backed up with beatiuful strings and soulful singing by Harshdeep Kaur. This song has it all. Saans starts perfectly with violins and typical Rahman flute was leading to an unconventional ARR song but finally he had to settle between his stamp and Yash Chopra. Nice duet by Shreya and Mohit Chauhan. One of the best songs of the album. The Charanam was used for sad version(Reprise). Jiya Re again starts brilliantly with a classical tune backed up guitars which is going to be more of a heroine fun/intro song? Watch out for interludes. Neeti Mohan's rendition is okay but could have been a lot better. It will grow on you for sure. Jab Tak Hain Jaan - How can the album be complete without a title song and that too in a SRK's romantic movie. Nothing special in this song except the drama and definitely ARR is not needed for this. Ishq Sava is a regular dance number and definitely not in ARR standards. Shilpa Rao's rendition is apt and catchy. Ishq Dance instrumental is very un-Rahman but theatrical. Instrumentation in the JTHJ -The Poem is very good which will probably be a Shahrukh Show with his romantic antics :)

Verdict - Over all JTHJ is not in usual ARR standards but fits well for SRK and Yash Chopra. My favourite picks - Heer, Saans, Challa and Jiya Re exactly in that order.