Kites

T-Series,Rs 140
Cheers! Rajesh Roshan,last heard in prime fettle in the unsung 2004 Aetbaar,is back in peak form.
The first proof of this lies in the awesomely-composed and rendered twin towers Zindagi do pal ki and Dil kyun yeh mera,in which today’s most underrated singer KK shows that his evolution has been truly spectacular. Clearly these soulful solos,with their vintage quality of instant and complete recall of words,tune and nuances,would have gone to either Kishore Kumar or his son Amit in the 70s to 90s era,but KK,astoundingly different from his norm,gives these solos a lofty new dimension. Truly,it takes a full-blooded Hindi film composer to challenge and push a genuine singer’s boundaries.

Once we are past these milestones in actor Hrithik Roshan’s musical ‘track’-record (KK had shouldered his Main Prem Ki Deewani Hoon as well),we don’t mind average tracks coming up,because that’s the way it goes today. But voila! The contemporary tracks too are way above-average – come Tum bhi ho wohi (Vishal Dadlani-Suraj Jagan),the two-version trance track Fire (Rajesh Roshan-Vishal-Anushka Manchanda-Anirudh Bhola) and above all,Hrithik’s super rendition of Kites in the sky,in which he even dwarfs Suzanne D’Mello with his vocal timbre and expressions. And yes,both the Hindi (Nasir Faraaz) and English (Asif Ali Beg) lyrics are among the finest outputs from the limited oeuvre of these gentlemen.
Go for Kites,there are no strings attached to this melodious flight in 2010’s best score till now since Veer.