Cheeni Kum - Melody Jyada

Now this is one album that is hugely under-rated. Music maestro Ilayaraja has created some soulful melodious music for this less sugary romantic flick between adults. To be very frank, I have never been fond of his music. I felt that there was a lot of touch of south indian music even for the movies with a noth indian background, but I am glad that I have been proved absolutely wrong with Cheeni Kum.

The album starts of with the brilliant 'Cheeni Kum Hai' by Shreya Ghosal. Melodious to the core is how you can describe this song. The most surprising part is that there is no music prelude before the lyrics. I can't jog my memory to think of the last time when such a thing happened. The startingis not very impressive but the moment song goes to antara, u cannot help close your eyes and just enjoy the melody.

The next 2 songs are my personal favourite. 'Baatein Hawa Hain' and 'Jaane Do Na' both sung again by Shreya Ghosal. While the former can be appreciated for the simplicity of the music and briliantly written lyrics, the latter has that 60s-70s feel of a chhed-chhad song between the main protagonists. Every time I hear these songs, I have a smile on my face and a I feel good listening to them. Some people feel that 3 songs in succession sung by Shreya is a downer. But I say that this is the best part. And if you are a serious melodious music lover like me, you will know what am I talking about. Thanks to Saregama and Sanjay Leela Bhansali for introducing us to Shreya Ghosal. I love this girl.

There are a couple of music pieces and different versions of Baatein Hawa and Cheeni Kum which are good but even if they weren't, I would just go ahead for the album just for the sheer magic of first three songs. Listen to them if you say that love Indian melodies and complain about the music situation in our films these days. After going through the album, one really expects to hear some more heart- warming soundtracks that have been missing in Bollywood for quite long.