Ekk Deewana Tha is a remake by Gautam Menon of his earlier Tamil masterpiece Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa(VTV), which he had remade in Telugu as Yeh Maaya Chesave (YMC). Prateik Babbar and Amy Jackson are playing the principle characters in Ekk Deewana Tha.
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The music of VTV/YMC have been composed by A R Rahman and it had garnered widespread critical acclaim. Therefore, it was only natural that Rahman be commissioned to work at the Hindi remake besides. The lyrics of Ekk Deewana Tha has been penned down by none rather than Javed Akhtar.
Ekk Deewana Tha has 12 tracks that have been sung by some really excellent singers:
- Clinton Cerejo (‘Kya Karoon’ –Wake Up Sid)
- Shreya Ghosal (‘Chikni Chameli’ – Agneepath)
- Javed Ali (‘Guzarish’ – Ghajini)
- Naresh Iyer (‘Robaroo’ – Rang De Basanti) and
- Rahman himself amongst others.
Ekk Deewana Tha hits theatres 17 Febuary 2012.
After you hearken to the music composed by A R Rahman for Rockstar, it’s quite hard believing he did it for Ekk Deewana Tha too. The music of Ekk Deewana Tha is okayish – nothing great, nothing bad. It’s a pleasing to modify to hear new music every from time to time. Unfortunately, all the soundtrack has also been, almost, copied from the unique film.
Kya Hai Mohabbat is the one track in Ek Deewana Tha which isn't there in VTV/YMC, so naturally its first at the list. Rahman himself sings this track, and does it well. Similarly, Javed Akhtar’s lyrics are only ok. Rahman’s recent solo numbers like ‘Jaane Tu’, ‘Rehna Tu’ and ‘Meherbaan’ has been quite surprising solid therefore a bland solo track comparable to that is unusual.
Dost Hai Hum To loses its essence in translation. The unique song is a highly emotive track with anger filled in it while this one sounds different. Naresh Iyer has sang this and, I daresay, ARR has violated his music with ill-sounding rap and a mixture of equally bad sound effects. This song is a complete train wreck.
Aaromale sounds roughly the similar in Hindi and Alphonse Joseph does an even job singing the track in Hindi, clearly not his first language. An edgy track, it’s a situational number which grows on you whilst you hearken to it a couple of times. The violins and guitars, coupled with Akhtar’s lyrics are in form this time round.
Hosana was available for official download on many websites for the promotion of Ekk Deewana Tha’s music album. Leon D’Souza does a super job of not letting one miss Vijay Prakash an excessive amount of who sang the Tamil and Telugu versions. Suzanne D’Mello reprises the placement behind the mic to deliver the heavenly crooning of ‘Hosana’ inside the number.
The unique Hosana in VTV
The remake in Ekk Deewana Tha
Phoolon Jaisi is a modern track with traditional South Indian arrangements. The track was sung by Clinton Cerejo and Kalyani Menon they usually do a good job. Javed Akhtar’s lyrics fail to entertain us and that makes this a typical track.
Sharminda Hoon is featured during an important turning point within the film and thus it demands a better lyrical quality. However, it's quite evident that Javed Akhtar saab were forced to jot down along the lines of the unique songs which greatly restricted his creative freedom. This comes across quite clearly while you hearken to the song. Average, yet again!
Sunlo Zara is decent translation into Hindi. Rashid Ali and Shreya Ghosal, who replaced Chinmayi and Devan, have sung Akhtar’s poetic lyrics effectively enough. The feel-good music makes Sunlo Zara a track worth listening to.
Javed Ali’s Zohra-Jabeen is a raw and earthy number, within the same line as Aaromale. However, this time around the emotions are more subdued and soft versus the angst/frustration within the Aaromale. Javed’s effortless rendition amidst the acoustic guitars makes Zohra-Jabeen an outstanding number.
The album closes with various instrumentals that were featured within the VTV/YMC. Jessie’s Land is a phenomenal thematic piece, followed by the aptly titled Jessie’s Driving Me Crazy that have been done quite nicely by Sanjeev Thomas and Timmy. Broken Promises is a beautifully derivative of Aaromale while the violins in Moments in Kerala makes the track quite soothing.
In summary, members of the Hindi audiences who've already heard either YMC or VTV can be disappointed with EDT more often than not, while those who haven’t might be able to appreciate the soundtrack by itself. However, its hard to peer how the miss-match of music and lyrics in Sharmida Hoon, the bad rap in Dost Hai Hum To and the inarticulate lyrics in Phoolon Jaisi Hosana, wouldn't be apparent to the target listener.
