A pensive classic!!

I am basically a person who hardly cries for a fantasy fiction like novel or movie. But there are exceptions for everything and I too have some. Before stating that let me ask few questions. Can someone express the sadness of death through innocence?  Can someone bring out the child in you with just a song? Can someone without a single tear in their eyes bring them in yours? Can someone create that magic of mother’s love for her kid with just chords? No matter how old are you, can someone invoke that child feeling in you, who wants to crawl over his/her mother’s lap?  My Mozart can!!! He only can create a song which is heart touching, living, appealing and full of feelings.

Any fan of good music would have guessed the song by now. Yes, it’s Luka  Chuppi from the movie Rang De Basanti.

It starts with starts with guitar strings, followed by xylophone tunes. Then Lataji voice slowly blends with the strings. Her voice, so soft and perfectly portraying a mother who calls her lost son, kindles your heart with a deep emotion. Then my Rahman, with a bold entry explaining the beautiful world he is in, to his mother. An innocence in that voice which tells us, even with full of youthfulness, he is still a child to his mother. Perfect voice, great words and vocals for a song like this. The moment we sink into the song, there introduced to new instrument Tablas. After this Lataji brings tears to the eyes while singing “Chanda tu  hai kahaan” and a beautiful flute comes in the background after this point. A divine masterpiece only for few seconds though.

Now with the lyrics, “Kaise tujh ko dikhaun yahaan haikya....” we feel like we are being slowly raised over a mountain, in this case an emotional uphill. The voice gets us through the hill surrounded by the vastness together with the emptiness inside him and by the time he hits the peak taking a new height with words, “Chhaya liye bhali dhup yahaan hai'. We get alump in throat by last line where my Mozart sings  'Yahaan sabkuchh hai maa fir bhi,  laage bin  tere mujh ko akela....' and here is where I get a tear drop in my eyes every new time I hear it.

A silent atmosphere takes over with the melodious guitar strings.Words fail here if we have to explain the silence. The song speaks for itself. Then the two legends start their classicalJugalbandi. A masterpiece rendition. Tabla sound gets speed up and they together creates magic, pure divine sound.

Then Rahman singing in the background of Lataji voice with the combination of flute and Tabla, gives a perfect ending to a great track. When she completes with “Aajaanaaaa… “, it leaves us stunned with its sheer awesomeness in making us cry with no sad tunes or words. Anyone can make you cry by creating a sad tune and sad scenes. It takes brilliance to make us feel sad without a single tear. And who else other than my Mozart can do that.

Been!! Now!! And Forever!!!

-Rahmaniac