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By ApunKaChoice Bureau

A R Rahman comes up with an impressive music score for Mani Ratnam’s film Yuva. The tunes and melodies upon which some of the songs are based are quite catchy and carry a youthful feel, gelling with the film’s theme, but Mehboob’s accompanying lyrics are void of much meaning.

For instance, the very title track of the album contains many words that are simply imperceptible. There is also a catch line in this song ‘Dhakka Laga Bukka’, which deliberately rendered in a crude manner by the singer-lyricist-musician threesome of Karthik-Mehboob-Rehman, lends much power to the music, but doesn’t make any sense. It is clear that this track would be a background theme piece in the movie highlighting the angst of the youth.

Rahman uses the singers beautifully in the song Khuda Hafiz. The number starts with the quivering vocals of Sunitha Sarathy and goes up in tempo as other singer Lucky Ali and Karthik join in.

If there is any song in which Mehboob catches some attention with his words it is Kabhi Neem Neem, sung by lesser-known Madhushree. Rahman lends a folksy touch to the number by incorporating a tradition ballad in the background and by his skilled alaap.

Rahman’s newly acquired penchant for the tunes that touches a listener deep inside is reflected in the instrumental track ‘Dol Dol’. The number begins with the spirited rendition by Shaheen Badar and then goes into repetitive combination of melodies intending to take a listener to an inner state of trance.

Alka Yagnik and Adnan Sami share the microphone for the emotion-filled Badal. The song features some good keyboard playing by Rahman.

Rahman’s skill as a vocalist comes to fore in the concluding track Fanaa (meaning completely destroyed) that also features Sunitha Sarathy and Tanvi. The fact that Sufi style of music (particularly by Late Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan) has deeply impressed upon this talented musician is clear from the emotions he stirs inside a listener with power-packed sa-ni-dha-pa alaap.

In a nutshell, the music of Yuva has a mix of both good and average compositions. Some songs in the album appeal only after repeated listening, while others go pale with repetitions.
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