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Simple guitar riffs begin the Uzair Jaswal-rendered ‘Tere Bin Nahin Laage Jiya”re-created’ by Amaal Mallik and written by Kumaar. The lyrics are decent, which does not mean fresh (at all), and the tune appeals in the classic contemporary Sufi mould. The melody is familiar, with some good flourishes helping us overlook the over-stereotyped nature of the song and Uzair’s Ankit Tiwari-esque breathless and edgy-voiced rendition.
What Amaal has added is that he has got Uzair to sing deeper rather than the superficial singing he has done in his original version (check YouTube), put in some soul and improved on the orchestration. This is evident even more in the other version sung by Tulsi Kumar, Daboo Malik, Aishwarya Nigam and Alam Khan, which is much more melodious. Amaal has mixed in Punjabi and Rajasthani folk and given it an almost Laxmikant-Pyarelal-esque melodic ambience. The male flourishes help in creating a haunting feel.
Amaal also composes the familiar strains of ‘Saiyyan Superstar’, which would have been admirable had it been the first of such songs in the last few years. Here is where a smartly-written (Kumaar) song is sung with full zest by-surprise!-Tulsi Kumar, who is normally saddled with low-energy numbers. The tune is an energetic O.P. Nayyar-meet-Anu Malik number that is however given the kind of tepid desi treatment typical of Vishal-Shekhar and Salim-Sulaiman. Here is where some truly energetic orchestration and punch would have added lots to the number.
What Amaal has added is that he has got Uzair to sing deeper rather than the superficial singing he has done in his original version (check YouTube), put in some soul and improved on the orchestration. This is evident even more in the other version sung by Tulsi Kumar, Daboo Malik, Aishwarya Nigam and Alam Khan, which is much more melodious. Amaal has mixed in Punjabi and Rajasthani folk and given it an almost Laxmikant-Pyarelal-esque melodic ambience. The male flourishes help in creating a haunting feel.
Amaal also composes the familiar strains of ‘Saiyyan Superstar’, which would have been admirable had it been the first of such songs in the last few years. Here is where a smartly-written (Kumaar) song is sung with full zest by-surprise!-Tulsi Kumar, who is normally saddled with low-energy numbers. The tune is an energetic O.P. Nayyar-meet-Anu Malik number that is however given the kind of tepid desi treatment typical of Vishal-Shekhar and Salim-Sulaiman. Here is where some truly energetic orchestration and punch would have added lots to the number.
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