Amen! It never hearts to bite your big toe, if proven wrong!

I already did re biggest DUD!of the CENTURY! Saawariya!

Looking @ aamir's abysmal record re Mangal/jungle and not so exciting turn in Fanna( despite hit) that a topic like TZP will catch audience fantasy.

But if black, can work, as classic( I doubt) , CDI documentory can bring in mollah then TZP had chance too. I wish more children oriented films with fun element to warm people's heart too!

is it just coincidence that it got shifted to the week of valentines day? lol

The soundtrack is now available at Nehaflix

http://store.nehaflix.com/jodhaaakbarcd.html

jodha ka akbar out on bwt!

Rahman's best work in years, probably my favourite album since Meenaxi.

Mughl e azam on STEROID! only track stuck with me is MARHABA!

marhaba is sticking in my head too especially the beat! there is one part in the song which does sound very lagaan-ish though..

jashn-e-bahara is very soothing and romantic and in lamoan ke is also nice

y Joginder Tuteja, January 21, 2008 - 12:07 IST

Now this one is supposed to be big. Really BIG! And why not? After all Jodhaa Akbar has:

a) Ashutosh Gowarikar's labor of love finally getting ready to be unveiled after going through grueling shooting schedules,
b) Hrithik and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan coming together again after Dhoom 2, albeit in a different avatar,
c) A.R. Rahman and Javed Akhtar saab collaborating with Ashutosh for the third straight time after Lagaan and Swades and
d) A true historical being brought to celluloid after ages.

Write your own music review of Jodhaa Akbar
No wonder, everything about this film is expected to be flawless and studied to the minutest details. This is why one looks at the music with great expectations. However, it all turns out to be anticipation in vain as Jodhaa Akbar turns out to be the first major disappointment of 2008.

In the praise of Shahenshah Akbar comes the opening track 'Azeem-O-Shaan Shahenshah'. High on orchestra, the track has ‘grand’ written all over it and deserves an opulent treatment to it. Crooned by Mohammed Aslam, Bonnie Chakraborty and Chorus, the track hails Akbar for creating an empire where there is peace, harmony, and great life all around. The song doesn't belong to the kind which could be sung around or played loud at home but would do well when seen on the big screen, provided the picturisation is as lavish as Rahman's efforts.

Javed Ali, who has been trying to make his mark over last 3-4 years, gets a big break in the form of 'Jashn-E-Bahaaraa'. Sounding quite close to Sonu Nigam, Javed does well in his rendition of this slow track that is in complete contrast to 'Azeem-O-Shaan Shahenshah' in its treatment. Javed Akhtar saab's poetry is in full flow for this love song which comes close to the style of 60’s in it's tune and flow.

However, one misses the kind of punch as expected from the first romantic song of the album and the final outcome turns out to be little lackluster with not much in the song pulling a listener for a repeat hearing. Towards the album's end, a 'Flute Instrumental' version of the song is heard as well, which works better as a core background piece which could be enjoyed with lights switched off.

Kashif written 'Khwaja Mere Khwaja' is a devotional track, which is strictly for Rahman fans. Rendered by Rahman himself, it has the kind of arrangements as heard in 'Kehna Hi Kya' [Bombay]. With minimal instruments in play, 'Khwaja Mere Khwaja' has its strength lying in it's lyrics but that too has minimal target audience due to the track's genre and setting. Overall, a situational piece that seems like an unlikely candidate to make much headway into current crop of audience. An 'Oboe Instrumental' piece for the same track comes at the album's end and yet again has the kind of treatment, which hardly promises a popular reach out.

'In Lamhon Ke Daaman Mein' that comes later turns out to be most laidback of all and just doesn't ignite the kind of spark that one had been hunting for in this soundtrack so far. It's one thing to be slow and another to be just plain and simple drag (if boring is too harsh a word here)! By this time, one seriously starts wondering if Rahman was asked to work on the album really-really hard or did he actually finish the job in a jiffy? In spite of presence of Sonu Nigam and Madhushree, the song just doesn't click at all and in the end what one gets to hear is a number which fails to impress and ends without making any impression.

On the lines of 'O Paalan Haari' [Lagaan] (genre wise) comes 'Mann Mohanaa’, which is yet, another devotional track after 'Khwaja Mere Khwaja'. This time around, it is Bela Shinde's turn to sing a number for Lord Krishna as the character of Jodha played by Aishwarya Rai turns over to God. Just like the rest of the album, this one too doesn't go any further than being ordinary and ends without creating any place in the heart (or the music collection) of the listener.

Special attraction of the music album of Jodhaa Akbar is a bonus DVD that includes a 4-minute long theatrical trailer of the film along with a few posters, story and cast and crew details of the film

The album kicks off well with a high adrenalin title song but beyond that there isn't much to look forward to. Jodhaa Akbar would work with a miniscule segment of audience and that too only in certain big cities. It is expected to take a good start at the stands due to high credentials involved but a sustained stay at the charts may only be possible only if the film is a success.

Jodhaa Akbar disappoints, and how! Though the music of Lagaan was good (catching on more after the film's success), Swades was always a few steps behind. However, Jodhaa Akbar does not have much to cheer about and fails to go an extra distance.

2/5

** With all tremendous delays, it did not live upto my expectations either!

On continued listening it is again Marhaba! sticking with you, indeed JA has done excellent job with lyrics!

The other two songs, could be very easily inserted in any of other rehman, non period films.

Qawali is good but not as good as piya haji of fiza, and Noor hai of meenaxi.

Soundtrack is short and lack wholesome feel imho.

It does not give me quite PERIOD FEEL OF MUGHAL ERRA with TAN SEN like artists around!
It might be intentional on part of rehman/director?

Clearly ARR and Gowariker tried to go away from the heavily Naushad-inspired kind of period films for this soundtrack. Very different kind of instrumentations, though, of course, some things will be similar. Azeem-o-Shaan is amazing, and Khwaja Mere Khwaja is a very good qawwali, with ARR singing all the parts. Mann Mohanaa is a beautiful song, especially that haunting interlude towards the beginning. The two romantic songs are kind of disappointing, but they're nice songs.

I was expecting your pro defensive Rehman response! But! Amen! you struck the right chords! Imho, overall, it lacks a cohesive, integrated soundtrack appeal to me, comparative to Lagaan, Zubaida, Meenaxi , Water etc.

If you analyze each and every one of those 5 six numbers, they do individually stand on their own. But when you put all of those together, they do not create that a wonderful cohesion.

So bottom line, not one of REHMAN's best work, but still GOOD! Instrumentation is beyond my comprehension too PROGRESSIVE for kinda film.

It reminded me for ASOKA where soundtrack was immensely good but was not worthy to enlighten a period film.

You know me too well

Yeah, it doesn't cohere as a whole album like the Lagaan album did, but I'm sure the songs suit the film well.



He uses more Middle Eastern kind of instruments in the songs, like the oud and some percussion. Normally the songs in a film like this would probably have tablas and sitars all over the place.

there you go! right on! less hindi/indian classical feel!

That's quite interesting - and could actually make sense seeing as the Mughal Empire came from the middle east. Then again Baadshah Akbar had Tansen in his court of musicians and so I would have expected a more Indian Classical theme ...

I'm still waiting to pick this up - looking forwards to listening to it but I don't see me playing it in the car like I could with Lagaan.

jodha/rajput= pure INDIA= HINDUSTAN