Kajraare Music Review!!!!

Few years back, Himesh tried out Rajasthani folk with upbeat Sufi-rock and succeeded in creating tracks like 'Thaare Vaaste' (SHAKALAKA BOOM BOOM (2007)) and 'Kesariya' (NANHE JAISALMER (2007)) with particular tongue-twisted accented diction. This time it's 'Tujhe Dekh Ke' that comes with similar folksy touches in tandem with subtle westernized orchestrations and Sufi rock punch. The composition sounds average and overtly heard in arrangements and comes in format of duet. Shreya Ghoshal's slender rendition comes as added elements with Himesh's booming vocals and adds up as average sounding situational song.

In sentimentally profound 'Teriyan Meriyan', Himesh tries to recreate the tender magic of his softer toned tracks like 'Dhoom Teri Aashiq Ki' (KARZZZ (2008)) with added tinge of Sufi Punjabi flavors. It packs the modest Indian instrumental package of 'table', 'sarangi', 'jaltarang', 'sitar' and 'harmonium' in typical Himesh's style of composing. Like 'Aafren', it has trapping of 'ghazal-gayaki' with sublimity and tenderness in expressions with Shreya Ghoshal's subtle singing. The composition lacks novelty but brings back the typical Himesh Reshammiya's package of musical finesse. It's purely situational track and demands something striking to make sparks fly across the screen.

The tempo gets energized but the melancholic shades of love remains as the extra-enthused nasal twang of Himesh in loud tones strikes big in 'Woh Lamha Phir Se Jeena'. This fast-pitched has racy Bollywood's romantic appeal with routine Sameer's lyrical attributes. It's high on jarring percussive elements, enthused rock-mode appeal and makes loud statement of revisiting the old nostalgia of 'lost-love'. Harshdeep Kaur comes in brief rendition and simply adds femininity to the track and all together it's again Himesh at helm of affairs. It bears 'heard-before' syndrome and adds to the narrative situational factor in the flick.

It's great to hear that Himesh pertains to roots of Indian classical music and ends up the album with one of his finest romantic duet composition in 'Sanu Guzara Zamana'. The striking feature is sauntering melodic tuneful impacts incorporated in amalgam of typical Sufi fun with classical Indian musical base. Like 'Jhoot Nahi Bolna' (AAP KA SURROR (2007)), it has racy rhythmical combinations of instrumentals but in sluggish mode to deliver out typical Bollywood's melancholic track. Sunidhi Chauhan impresses and so do the 'alaap' chorals with Himesh's likable varying pitches in the soundtrack. For all Himesh's hard-core, this will be one of the most admirable listening treat that should be adding to pacing of the script in concluding reels. As predicted and desired, its 'lounge' remix appears to accentuate the euphoric love-appeal of the track. 'Sanu Guzara Zamana (lounge mix)' has relaxing feel that adds to the mushy ambience with trendy disco grooves incorporated in Sufi rock melodic base.

KAJRAARE recreates the Sufi rock punch of Himesh Reshammiya with his trademark of singing and composing. Despite the arrival and success of varied music genre and sub-genre in the marquee, it will be interesting to view listener's response to the album and thereafter its commercial success on the stands. Himesh returns back to his nasal twang singing and impresses in soundtracks like 'Kajrare', 'Aafren', 'Rabba Luck Barsa' and 'Sanu Guzara Zamana' while rest of them shows promise of rising up with flick's success. For all die-hard Himesh fans, this is a 'must-buy' affair but album will surely be finding hard times in competing with today's bestsellers like RAAVAN, I HATE LUV STORYS and RAAJNEETI.