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Soundtrack of Aap Ka Surroor - The Moviee easily qualifies as THE most awaited album of the first It’s a good thing we don’t get all the government we pay for.
half of 2007. Expectations from the music are gargantuan to say the least and reasons are Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.
aplenty…and not quite unknown to the listeners.a) First and foremost, it is nothing short of an Beware what you set your heart upon, for it surely shall be yours.
acid test for Himesh Reshammiya as over and above handling the music and singing department, he also Of right and wrong he taught Truths as refined as ever Athens heard; And (strange to tell!) he practiced what he preached.
turns a lead actor with the filmb) Himesh Reshammiya and Sameer have given dozens of superhit tracks I have taught you, my dear flock for above thirty years how to live, and I will show you in a very short time how to die.
together. Their fans would settle for nothing less than that here. c) Lot is expected from the We must dare to think “unthinkable” thoughts. We must learn to explore all the options and possibilities that confront us in a complex and rapidly changing world. We must learn to welcome and not to fear the voices of dissent. We must dare to think about “unthinkable things” because when things become unthinkable, thinking stops and action becomes mindless.
choreography/picturisation of each and every song. After all director Prashant Chadha is the man who Goe and catche a falling starre, Get with child a mandrake root, Tell me, where all past yeares are, Or who cleft the Divel’s foot. Teach me to hear Mermaides’ singing, Or to keep of envies stinging, And finde What winde Serves to advance an honest minde.
made Reshammiya a household name through his innumerous music videos. d) Off late, Reshammiya’s Love in France is a comedy; in England a tragedy; in Italy an opera seria; and in Germany a melodrama.
track record has been a mixed bag with a mix of hit and not-so-popular soundtracks. ‘Aap Ka Surroor’ I used to desire many, many things, but now I have just one desire, and that’s to get rid of all my other desires.
is his chance to silence his detractors once for and all. e) Last but not the least, as the release There is a mask of theory over the whole face of nature.
date of the film is coming nearer, majority of media seems to be targeting it left, right and center Acceptance of prevailing standards often means we have no standards of our own.
for no rhyme or reason. Now the ball is in the court of his loyal fans to decide the fortunes of his Parturient montes¸ nascetur ridiculus mus Mountains will be in labour¸ and an absurd mouse will be born
dream album. Write your own music review of Aap Ka Surroor - The MovieeReshammiya greets listeners The Twelve Days of Christmas The first day of Christmas My true love sent to me A partridge in a pear-tree. The second day of Christmas My true love sent to me Two turtle-doves And a partridge in a pear-tree. The third day of Christmas My true love sent to me Three French hens, Two turtle-doves And a partridge in a pear-tree. The fourth day of Christmas My true love sent to me Four colly birds, Three French hens, Two turtle-doves And a partridge in a pear-tree. The fifth day of Christmas My true love sent to me Five gold rings, Four colly birds, Three French hens, Two turtle-doves And a partridge in a pear-tree. The sixth day of Christmas My true love sent to me Six geese a-laying, Five gold rings, Four colly birds, Three French hens, Two turtle-doves And a partridge in a pear-tree. The seventh day of Christmas My true love sent to me Seven swans a-swlmmmg, Six geese a-laying? Five gold rings, Four colly birds, Three French hens, Two turtle-doves And a partridge in a pear-tree. The eighth day of Christmas My true love sent to me Eight maids a-milking, Seven swans a-swimming, Six geese a-laying, Five gold rings, Four colly birds, Three French hens, Two turtle-doves And a partridge in a pear-tree. The ninth day of Christmas My true love sent to me Nine drummers drumming, Eight maids a-milking, Seven swans a-swimming, Six geese a-laying, Five gold rings, Four colly birds, Three French hens, Two turtle-doves And a partridge in a pear-tree. The tenth day of Christmas My true love sent to me Ten pipers piping, Nine drummers drumming, Eight maids a-milking, Seven swans a-swimming, Six geese a-laying, Five gold rings, Four colly birds, Three French hens, Two turtle-doves And a partridge in a pear-tree. The eleventh day of Christmas My true love sent to me Eleven ladies dancing, Ten pipers piping, Nine drummers drumming, Eight maids a-milking, Seven swans a-swimming, Six geese a-laying, Five gold rings, Four colly birds, Three French hens, Two turtle-doves And a partridge in a pear-tree. The twelfth day of Christmas My true love sent to me Twelve lords a-leaping, Eleven ladies dancing, Ten pipers piping, Nine drummers drumming, Eight maids a-milking, Seven swans a-swimming, Six geese a-laying, Five gold rings, Four colly birds, Three French hens, Two turtle-doves And a partridge in a pear-tree.
with ‘Assalaam Vaalekum’, a stage song where Reshammiya does what he is best at i.e. wear his I never ask myself how I do what I do. After all, how does it rain?
trademark attire, bring mike close to his mouth and croon with an undisputed energy which is always It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served.
witnessed when he is front of a live audience. A song in appreciation of the woman he loves, it is Artists use frauds to make human beings seem more wonderful than they really are. Dancers show us human beings who move much more gracefully than human beings really move. Films and books and plays show us people talking much more entertainingly than people really talk, make paltry human enterprises seem important. Singers and musicians show us human beings making sounds far more lovely than human beings really make. Architects give us temples in which something marvelous is obviously going on. Actually, practically nothing is going on.
one of those rare Reshammiya numbers that takes more than just a couple of times to catch up on you. Never trust anyone who wants what you’ve got. Friend or no, envy is an overwhelming emotion.
While the ’sufi’ element is present throughout the track, it is still left to the two mix versions, Major social movements. . . eventually fade into the landscape not because they have diminished but because they have become a permanent part of our perceptions and experience.
first a regular ‘remix’ followed by the ‘dark’ mix, which bring an altogether different mood to the A strong nor’wester’s blowing, Bill, Hark! Don’t ye hear it roar, now? Lord help ‘em, how I pities all Unhappy folks on shore now!
song and give it a different attitude. Out of these two remixes, while the former is an entire song Brave old–flowers! Wall–flowers, Gilly flowers, Stocks! For even as the field–flowers, from which a trifle, a ray of beauty, a drop of perfume, divides them, they have charming names, the softest in the language; and each of them, like tiny, art–less ex–votos, or like medals bestowed by the gratitude of men, proudly bears three or four.
running with a different orchestra, latter is purely for the dance floor/lounge. Though in last six It is for homely features to keep home,– They had their name thence; coarse complexions And cheeks of sorry grain will serve to ply The sampler and to tease the huswife’s wool. What need a vermeil-tinctur’d lip for that, Love-darting eyes, or tresses like the morn?
months or so remix versions have been more of a nuisance rather than being an add-on, in case of Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.
‘Assalaam Vaalekum’ it turns out to be a rare case of a remix salvaging an original and actually Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.
turning out to be a highlight of the album. There is a brief ‘aalaap’ at the beginning of ‘Tera Mera How God ever brings like to like.
Milna’, a well written track, which is just an opposite of ‘Assalaam Vaalekum’ when it comes to The love of nature is religion, and that religion is poetry; these three things are one thing. This is the unspoken creed of haiku poets.
being easy on ears in the very first hearing. Those who are still not tired of accusing Reshammiya There is a certain manner of self-absorption in speaking that always renders the speaker disagreeable. For it is as great a folly to listen only to ourselves while we are carrying on a conversation with others as it is to talk to ourselves while we are alone.
of having a nasal twang would have to rethink before making such a comment again since he is All promise outruns performance.
remarkably restrained for most part of the song. A melodious track that has Shreya Ghoshal as Harmlessness is the only religion.
Reshammiya’s female partner and moves at quite a decent pace with just the right ‘thehrav’ and right You are right in demanding that an artist approach his work consciously, but you are confusing two concepts: the solution of a problem and the correct formulation of a problem. Only the second is required of the artist.
dose of orchestra, ‘Tera Mera Milna’ is one of the best tracks of Reshammiya this year. Another fact Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with a part of another; people are friends in spots.
to be noticed in this song is that ‘antara’ is much more impressive than the ‘mukhda’ which makes RESIDENT, adj. Unable to leave.
the song sound further interesting as one hears it in totality. Just like ‘Assalaam Vaalekum’, even These are the things I prize And hold of dearest worth: Light of the sapphire skies, Peace of the silent hills, Shelter of the forests, comfort of the grass, Music of birds, murmur of little rills, Shadows of cloud that swiftly pass, And, after showers, The smell of flowers And of the good brown earth,— And best of all, along the way, friendship and mirth.
‘Tera Mera Milna’ comes in two more versions - a ‘regular’ and a ‘House’ mix. Though the original One flower makes no garland.
stands tall in this case, if one has to choose between the two remixes, it would be ‘House mix’. This man hath the right sow by the ear.
This is because it is not just an assortment of a consistent rhythm playing along but has some The light that never was, on sea or land; The consecration, and the Poet’s dream.
variety of shades provided at different junctures of the song to make the remix stand out. Whatever happens, abide steadfast in a determination to cling simply to God.
Reshammiya and Shreya Ghoshal are heard once again in ‘Jhooth Nahi Bolna’ which turns out to be even Patience! The windmill never strays in search of the wind.
better than the two numbers preceding it. This romantic track with a core Indian base to it only Tell me what company thou keepst, and I’ll tell thee what thou art.
takes the album in the right direction since proceedings only seem to be getting better every five A wise man will never rust out. As long as he can move or breathe he will be doing for himself, his neighbor, or for posterity. Almost to the last hour of his life Washington was at work; so was Newton. The vigor of their lives never decayed. No rust marred their spirits. It is a foolish idea to suppose that we must lie down and die because we are old. Who is old? Not the man of energy, not the laborer in science, art, or benevolence; but he only who suffers his energies to waste away and the springs of life to become motionless, on whose hands the hours draw heavily, and to whom all things wear the garb of gloom. Is he old? should not be asked, but is he active? Can he breathe freely and move with agility? There are scores of gray headed men whom we should prefer in any important enterprise to those young men who fear and tremble at approaching shadows, and turn pale at a lion in their path, or a harsh word or a frown.
minutes. There is an extensive use of ‘tabla’ and ‘ghunghroo’ in the song which reminds one of the Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith. KJV
Nadeem Shravan score of the mid-90s. The feeling is further strengthened when one senses the mood of DICTIONARY, n. A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic. This [my] dictionary, however, is a most useful work.
‘Pardesi Pardesi’ [Raja Hindustani] as the track progresses. A high-on-orchestra track seemingly The secret of achievement is to hold a picture of a successful outcome in mind.
designed for the interiors audience, ‘Jhooth Nahi Bolna’ is what Bollywood songs have traditionally Industry
been made of and is surprisingly very un-Reshammiya! Well, one doesn’t mind that at all since as a Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about.
listener one now waits to hear something new from him now. There is absolutely no need for the remix Suicide note. Dear World, I am leaving you because I am bored. I feel I have lived long enough. I am leaving you with your worries in this sweet cesspool — good luck.
version of a song like this and the same holds good for ‘Jhooth Nahi Bolna’ too, though the music A shy failure is nobler than an immodest success.
company feels otherwise and hence the presence of an easy-to-skip ‘remix’ version here! This world is but a canvas to our imagination.
Nevertheless, when it comes to original tracks, things continue to be better as the best song of the God be thanked, the meanest of his creatures Boasts two soul-sides,—one to face the world with, One to show a woman when he loves her!
album comes in the form of ‘Tanhaiyan’. A track that was first aired exactly 6 months as a part of Most people say that as you get old, you have to give up things. I think you get old because you give up things.
campaign that marked the kick start of film’s shooting, ‘Tanhaiyan’ is an eminently likeable song Information is the currency of democracy.
which has strong melody as its foundation with the rhythm and arrangements making it an irresistible If Thomas Jefferson had heard us, he probably would have said, “We shouldn’t have free speech.”
track. You may like it or dislike the song but it would be impossible for you to ignore it. So what Inigo: You have a great gift for rhyme. Fezzik: Yes, yes, some of the time. Vizzini: Enough of that!
if Reshammiya croons ‘Tanhaiyan’ as ‘Tanhaiieeyaan’, the song still doesn’t cease to be catchy. A People are much more alike inside than they are on the surface.
track about a man hopelessly in love with a female and can’t see or think anything beyond her, it is There is a certain satisfaction in coming down to the lowest ground of politics, for we get rid of cant and hypocrisy.
one of Sameer’s better written tracks this season. There is a surprise in store with an unlikely But in deede, A friend is never knowne till a man have neede.
pairing of Sunidhi Chauhan with Reshammiya as she croons with a slight westernized accent and gives I come like Water, and like Wind I go.
an altogether different dimension to the track. A shorter two minutes ‘unplugged version’ is equally It is easy to despise what you cannot get.
impressive and continues to keep the listener involved while the ‘remix version’ ensures that music I can hear my heart beating. I can hear my stomach growling. I can hear my teeth grinding and my joints creaking. My body’s so noisy, I can’t sleep.
catalogue in the club dance floors have one more addition to the list. Have Pritam and Zubin started I took a good deal o’ pains with his eddication, sir; let him run in the streets when he was very young, and shift for hisself. It’s the only way to make a boy sharp, sir.
the trend of ‘Ya Ali’ post ‘Gangster’? This is the first thought which comes to mind when a song If you see yourself as prosperous, you will be. If you see yourself as continually hard up, that is exactly what you will be.
with a namesake title comes next. Yet another Reshammiya-Sunidhi Chauhan combo, ‘Ya Ali’ turns out How God ever brings like to like.
to be a damp squib after a thrilling impact created just a few moments ago in ‘Tanhaiyan’. Though Don’t you wish there were a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence? There’s one marked “Brightness,” but it don’t work.
the theme of ‘Ya Ali’ is similar to ‘Tanhaiyan’ with even the lyrics having ‘Tanhaiyan’ as a key EDUCATION, n. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
word, there isn’t much about it that would a listener to play it on in a repeat mode. While Sunidhi The riders in a race do not stop when they reach the goal. There is a little finishing canter before coming to a standstill. There is time to hear the kind voices of friends and say to oneself, “The work is done.”
continues to play her westernized part, Reshammiya does render with a punch but at maximum for a Isn’t it odd that flowers are the reproductive organs of the plants they grow on?
situational appeal. Designed for the dance floors, the ‘remix version’ isn’t anything to write home California is a fine place to live — if you happen to be an orange.
about though the ‘Electro Mix’ is indeed electrifying when it comes to high intensity arrangements. The world is not divine sport, it is divine destiny. There is a divine meaning of the world, of man, of human persons, of you and me.
Wish the basic tune too could have been equally interesting and this mix version would have created I sometimes think that writing is like driving sheep down a road. If there is any gate to the left or right, the readers will most certainly go into it.
a much larger impression. ‘O Huzoor…Tera Tera Tera Surroor’ - the words that started it all for The gentleman holds justice to be of highest importance. If a gentleman has courage but neglects justice, he becomes insurgent. If an inferior man has courage but neglects justice, he becomes a thief.
Reshammiya to make him an overnight rock star - are heard again along with the signature tune at the He who harms animals has not understood or renounced deeds of sin. . . . Those whose minds are at peace and who are free from passions do not desire to live at the expense of others.
beginning of ‘Tere Bina’. ‘Ya Ali’ is forgotten pronto as this sad track about Even though I have never had an abrupt conversion experience, religion has been real to me and closely knitted to life. In fact the two cannot be separated; religion for me is life.
difficult-to-be-living-life-without-my-beloved would be picked up soon by all broken hearts. Based No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.
on melody, the song comes as a welcome relief after all the heavy duty sound that one had to bear in In the beautiful, man sets himself up as the standard of perfection; in select cases he worships himself in it. . . . Man believes that the world itself is filled with beauty — he forgets that it is he who has created it. He alone has bestowed beauty upon the world — alas! only a very human, an all too human, beauty.
‘Ya Ali’ and innumerous remix versions heard so far. Reshammiya manages to hold on a listener’s The love we give away is the only love we keep.
interest into what he wants to say through his restrained singing and makes ‘Tere Bina’ one of the Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.
better tracks of ‘Aap Ka Surroor’. Even the ‘remix version’ that comes later brings in its own feel A man is already halfway in love with a woman who listens to him.
and sounds well enough to be used for a promotional music video. ‘Kya Jeena’ carries the same mood When I forget my sovereign, may my God forget me.
as ‘Tere Bina’ and turns out to be an even better hear hence adding on to the list of likeable Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth.
tracks in ‘Aap Ka Surroor’. Set in a semi-classical mode, it goes quite easy on arrangements and Life emerged, I suggest, not simple, but complex and whole, and has remained complex and whole ever since — not because of a mysterious élan vital, but thanks to the simple, profound transformation of dead molecules into an organization by which each molecule’s formation is catalyzed by some other molecule in the organization. The secret of life, the wellspring of reproduction, is not to be found in the beauty of Watson-Crick pairing, but in the achievement of collective catalytic closure. So, in another sense, life — complex, whole, emergent — is simple after all, a natural outgrowth of the world in which we live.
just has ‘tabla’, ‘ghunghroo’ and a few other instruments in the background to take this 5 minutes In War: Resolution. In Defeat: Defiance. In Victory: Magnanimity. In Peace: Goodwill.
song through to its completion. With faint resemblance to ‘Tere Bina Nai Jeena’ by legendary Nusrat Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment.
Fateh Ali Khan saab, ‘Kya Jeena’ at most comes to being an inspiration but that’s about it as it It’s good to be here. At 98, it’s good to be anywhere.
maintains its own identity. The same cannot be said about the ‘remix version’ though since it sticks I used to love the way everyone talked about food as if it were one of the most important things in life. And, of course, it is. Without it we would die. Each of us eats about one thousand meals each year. It is my belief that we should try and make as many of these meals as we can truly memorable.
out like a sore thumb. Now this is absolutely criminal! When an album has been peaking so well with What the gods want happens soon. —Cito fit quod dii volunt
one song after another making a good impression, what exactly was the need of remixing ‘Mehbooba The excellence of aphorisms consists not so much in the expression of some rare or abstruse sentiment, as in the comprehension of some useful truth in a few words.
Mehbooba’ from ‘Sholay’; and that too with sounds of ‘Ae Saala’ in the background? While Reshammiya All that is not prose is verse: and all that is not verse is prose.
sings yet another track in quick succession, what surprises is Ashaji’s presence in the track as she Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
sings along too. The original is such that it would sound good in whatever format it is presented The difference between intelligence and education is this: intelligence will make you a gook living.
but still it’s presence in the album is baffling to say the least and that too twice! One wonders if I am thinking of the Danish sculptor of great fame, Thorvaldsen, who chose to be buried in the midst of his work—not in a cathedral or a cemetery, but in a museum among the monuments of his own making— in the midst of his statuary; and there what he made and what he did with his life surrounds him. He did not theorize upon sculpturing, only, but with his hands and with his creative gift he fashioned those things and he lies there in the midst of his works, as we all shall do someday—and it will not be the theories or the discussions or the speculations or the set of principles or the set of commandments that shall save us. We shall be no better than we are. We are no better than the tithing we pay, no better than the teaching we do, no better than the service we give, no better than the commandments we keep, no better than the lives we live, and we shall have a bright remembrance of these things and we shall, in a sense, lie down in the midst of what we have done when that time comes.
this is the same track that Reshammiya had earlier promised to create for ‘RGV Ke Sholay’? If not Work is doing what you now enjoy for the sake of a future which you clearly see and desire. Drudgery is doing under strain what you don’t now enjoy and for no end that you can now appreciate.
for ‘Ya Ali’ and ‘Mehbooba’, ‘Aap Ka Surroor’ may have been an enjoyable album from beginning till Women, in general, are not attracted to art at all, nor knowledge, and not at all to genius.
the end. Add to that a dozen odd remixes which are surprisingly still added to each and every album. Smoking kills. If you’re killed, you’ve lost a very important part of your life.
Nevertheless, while ‘Tanhaiyan’ is the pick of the lot, ‘Jhooth Nahi Bolna’ and ‘Tera Mara Milna’ The most dangerous untruths are truths moderately distorted.
along with the remix version of ‘Assalaam Vaalekum’ are enjoyable too. With ‘Kya Jeena’ and ‘Tere So deeply is the gardener’s instinct implanted in my soul, I really love the tools with which I work; the iron fork, the spade, the hoe, the rake, the trowel, and the watering pot are pleasant objects in my eyes.
Bina’ doing well to justify their presence in the album, ‘Aap Ka Surroor’ overall turns out to be an By the street of By-and-By, one arrives at the house of Never.
album that does have its moments throughout. Due to huge expectations factor, it would take some What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?
time for a listener to warm down to the album. Still, if one is patient enough to give it a hearing Act as if you’ll live forever. Plan as if you would die tomorrow.
with a clear state of mind without measuring the pros and cons till the nth state, ‘Aap Ka Surroor’ Books have to be read. It is the only way of discovering what they contain. A few savage tribes eat them, but reading is the only method of assimilation revealed to the West.
is worth a good hear.

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