Delhi-6

Banner:    UTV Motion Pictures, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Pictures
Cast:    Abhishek Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor, Atul Kulkarni, Divya Dutta, Om Puri., Rishi Kapoor, Waheeda Rehman, Pawan Malhotra,
Direction:    Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Production:    Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Ronnie Screwval

Fine! 2008 has been the most stupefying year for Rahman fans and you know why? 'Jodha Akbar', 'Jaane Ya Tu Jaane Na', 'Yuvvraaj', 'Ghajini' and 'Slumdog Millionaire; Well, it's been a 'Rahaman-ia' with prodigious tunes of unique genres. Be it 'Tu Hi Meri Dost', 'Jai Ho', 'Pappu Can't Dance Saala' or 'Guzarish, everything has been a grandiloquent spell from our Modern Day Mozart. Here comes, the duo Rahman-Rakeysh Om Prakash who persuaded splendidly with 'Rang De Basanthi'.

Perhaps for Delhi-6, couple of songs 'Masakali' and 'Maula' continuously aired round-the- clock shot our adrenalines looking out for other numbers. And here comes the most spectacular album and precisely, they are mere exceptional from Rahman's compositions for previous year. Appositely, its never-heard-before tunes that'll get you transfixed…  Indeed, Rahman offers 'Dus Dhamaka' with panache and every number is gonna top the charts.

Aarti (Tumre Bhavan Mein) 
Singers: Rekha Bharadwaj, Kishori Gowariker, Shraddha Pandit, Sujata Majumdar

It's Prasoon's heart-warming lyrics making the song exceptional in the album. Looks like, it's heard during line of narration on the screens. Patently, Rahman is so special when blending such melody with simple instrumentations. Yup! All throughout 180secs, merely we hear a single-noted Veena with simple beats on cymbals blended with a mesmerizing choral humming. Perhaps, an ardent fan of Rahman should've heard off similar genre in his Tamil composition for 'Alaipaayudhe   Kanna'…

Arziyan 
Singers: Javed Ali, Kailash Kher

Sufism so close to Rahman's heart drives him tuning such melodies of that sort. Of course, it's so illustrious with his previous piece of music for 'Pia Haji Ali', 'Khwaja Mere Kwaja'. And again, here's one more on the same lines. A lengthy duration of 9mins has Tabla and Harmoniums accompanied by the glorious voice of Javed Ali and Kailash Kher. Prasoon Joshi gears up for yet another devotional song like previous one Rahman's pick of perfect singers makes turns spotlights.

Both 'Aarti' and 'Arziyan' devotional hymns of different religions and yet Rahman's overblown composition diminishes those factors and gets the listeners mesmerized sans barriers.

Bhor Bhaye  
Singers: Shreya Ghosal, Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Gujri Todi

Maestro proves of his splendid touch on 'Hindustani Ghazal' with same instrumentations of Tabla and Harmonium used in previous song. We have an evergreen legend Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan rendering his voice. Shreya Ghosal adds colour with shifting octaves on her continuous-running voice and Gujri Todi makes it with finesse. Sounds like a live-recording and possibly Rahman should have spelled so for a naturalistic touch of show on a dais. 

Delhi – 6
Singers: Blaaze, Benny Dayal, Vivinenne Pocha, Tanvi, Claire

Doubtlessly, heeding to the first three numbers of 'Carnatic', 'Sufi Qawwali' and 'Hindustani Raga', you should've made listeners perceive Delhi-6 to be an offbeat genre. If so, you're wrong… Here goes the precipitous shift to a different scenario. Of course, just imagine how a song sounds when there's Blaaze, Benny Dayal, Vivinenne, Tanvi and Claire are on the track. A stylish sleek rap savors to the tastes of young lads and missies. A simple-yet-catchy beats on synthesizers and lyrics penned by Vivinenne Pocha and Claire makes it a lavish fiesta.

Dil Gira Dafatan
Singers: Ash King, Backing Chinmayee

Completely grounded on a western style with Ash King's voice and good accompaniment by Chinmayee makes the song so special… Running notes on lead guitars with vibes on intervals is picked by an exceeding orchestration of stringed instruments. Preludes on violin blended with strings offers a feel of heeding to contemporary World Music.

Genda Phool
Singers: Rekha Bharadwaj, Shraddha Pandit and Sujata Majumdar

Need a best illustration for best mix of West 'n' Folk? And you have it here with 'Genda Phool'. Rekha Bharadwaj's unique style of vocalism picks listeners' interest while choral parts by Shraddha and Sujatha offers enhancement to the song. Nothing exceptional with the beats, for the synthesized ones on pads and bass guitars are repeated throughout.

Hey Kaala Bandhar
Singers: Karthik, Naresh, Srinivas, Bony Chakravarthy

Sounds alike one of Rahman's previous composition 'Shano Shano' from Yuvvrraj and precisely, the chorus parts is bit similar to 'Dil Ka Rishta' from the same album. Rap lines are again the same remix of 'Shano Shano'. Fine! Not sure who's Kaala Bandhar and we have to keep waiting for the promos to be on for this… The song may capture our senses once on the screens.

Masakali
Singers: Mohit Chouhan

Uh-huh! The song that has been raising our expectations with beautiful promos is finally out. Like 'Bheka' in Ghajini, Prasoon Joshi pens yet another lyrics that has bits and pieces of tongue-twisting words and Mohit Chouhan spells it on best terms. With Congo Drums used on rhythms, 'a good experiment' by Rahman works at best. Masakali is worthy getting ennobled as 'Song of the Album'.

Rehna Tu  
Singers: A R Rahman, Benny Dayal, Tanvi

Rahman rendering a song always turns to be chart-topping. Is it because he picks the best songs and sings or the song becomes special once with Rahman's vocalism? Yeah! It goes unanswerable at many times and 'Rehna Tu' isn't an elision. A wonderful orchestration of voices between Rahman, Benny Dayal and Tanvi gets you addicted to the spellbinding with simple beats.  Don't miss the instrumental (Flute and strings) part at penultimate part of the song; they're awesome.

Noor 
Voice: Amitabh Bachchan

Possibly, maybe this voiceover is heard on the prologue part of film.  Amitabh's catchy-voice uttering the poignant poem on 'Ishq' penned by Prasoon is easily grasping. On instruments, stringed chords following mildly with vibes are heard.

On the whole, A.R. Rahman offers an exquisite to his fans with 'Delhi-6'. Well, assume it to be Maestro's special treat for the 'Golden Globe Achievement'. And again, Rahman starts off 2009 with fascinating musicals and doubtlessly, the songs are sure to be prized as best spells of this year.

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