Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi

SRK. Aditya Chopra. Their first movie together, DDLJ, is still running houseful to a daily show in a theatre in Bombay. That's a good 13 years! Their second outing,Mohabattein was the 2nd biggest hit of the year 2000. After 8 years, they come together again for Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, though this time, the movie seems to be a bit different(just look at SRK!), unlike their previous 2 movies, which were commercial potboilers.

However, the album seems to be fairly commercial. Salim-Sulaiman, basking in the success of Fashion, are the music directors of this album.

1. Tujh mein rab dikhta hai : If DDLJ had a Tujhe dekha to yeh jaana sanam and Mohabbatein had a Humko humise chura lo, can RNBDJ be far behind?! Tujh mein rab dikhta hai is the quintessential romantic number that is an integral part of movies like this. Sung beautifully by Roop kumar rathod, this song is definitely one of the better melodies to have come out in recent times. There's a female version of the song too, later in the album and Shreya Ghoshal only makes it sound better.

2. Haule Haule : Whenever Sukhwinder Singh & SRK combine, they've been heard all over the country. Think Chaiyya Chaiyya & Chak De India. But this time around, it's not that effective because Sukhwinder is proficient in high pitched songs and this song hardly goes into high pitch notes, except for a few times. It's a good song alright, just that it's not as effective as their previous songs together. But because of its simple, catchy tune and excessive promotion, this one too in all probability will be heard all around the country!

3. Dance Pe Chance : With a title like this and Sunidhi Chauhan at the helm, you know what kind of a song to expect. And she doesn't disappoint you much either. It's a situational song, with Anushka teaching SRK how to shake a leg. Being an above average number, it takes a few hearings to get used to it and like it. But not bad.

4. Phir milenge chalte chalte : This song is a tribute to the bygone era of bollywood. Or, you can say, a tribute to the Kapoors. Both pretty much mean one and the same! It's an amalgamation of various famous songs of that glorious era. Starting off with the background tune of the legendary Raj Kapoor's Mera joota hai japani from Shree 420 ('55), the first stanza mentions a lot of his songs like Pyaar hua iqraar hua, Jeena yahan marna yahan, Bol Radha Bol, to name a few. The second stanza is dedicated to Dev Anand, though i don't recognize most of the songs as they're very old. The next stanza is a tribute to the Elvis Presley of India, Shammi 'Yahoo' Kapoor! It mentions his greatest hits, including Aaja Aaja & O haseena from Teesri Mazil('66) and Badan Pe Sitare from Prince('69). The next stanza has the hits of India's first ever official "superstar", Rajesh Khanna, like Jai Jai Shiv Shankar, Meri sapnon ki rani(Watch out for a small piece of humming having Kishore Kumar's original voice) etc. And the last stanza is for Rishi Kapoor and it starts off with the tune of the original Bachna Ae Haseeno from Hum kisise kum nahin('77), and mentions Dard-e-dil & Ek hasina thi from Karz('80). Phew! Even if you haven't heard any of the above mentioned songs, doesn't matter, the song is still enjoyable!

5. Dancing jodi : This song is some kind of a remix of all the previous songs in this album and hence there's nothing new musically.

So Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi is a fairly good album. Salim-Sulaiman keep up their good work.