Saawan Kumar Tak, the master of extra-marital entertainment [i.e. the master of films that exploit the extra-marital affair NOT the purveyor of extra-spousal bliss] (Souten, Saajan Bina Suhagan, Saajan ki Saheli) and the pasha of poetic salvos as diverse as terii galiyo.n me.n naa rakhe.nge qadam, songs from Kaho Naa ... Pyar Hai, a.nguur kaa daanaa huu.N su_ii naa chubho denaa continues to write and direct and recently inflicted his latest stinkum opus upon us, lamentably egoistically called Saaawan: The Love Season. The soundtrack's destined for cultified glory thanks to at least two songs. The first's a veritable tribute to the Bappi brand of disco. Vasundhara Das warbles that she's Ready for Love (whether this is an expression of a ruttish lass or the churnings of amore one will never know). All that was left was for her to call out ##jimmy (jimmy ...)## aajaa aajaa (aajaa...). Lines like ##crazy## ho gayii mai.n, kisako ##lover## kahuu.N convey romantic vacillation. Lines like merii ku.Nwaarii ##finger## me.n koI ##diamond ring## pahanaa de evince material avarice. Lines like ##mobile## pe kisii aashiq se ik pyaar kii ##ring## bajavaade showcase a paucity of fresh ideas in the areas of metre and rhyme.
The pièce de résistance comes in the form of a duet between Shaan and Sunidhi Chauhan, who have decided to waste their talents on such detritus. Lyrically, the song's a stroke of sheer B-genius. It's the intellectual counterpart of the wordsmithery that sparkles in the Mithun beehives. In an interview appropriately titled Quality Matters composer Aadesh Shrivastava describes the events that led to the creation of this gem:
What was the brief Saawan Kumar gave you for his latest film?
Saawan-ji called me out of the blue and said that he wanted to come and see me. He left behind a song whose mukhda was far from conventional in metre - [lyrics omitted for later perusal]
Two days later when he heard the tune I had made for it, was amazed that such a musically uncongenial mukhda could be composed to such a melodious tune! The music of the film has a light contemporary air about it, but despite the youth, there is no compromise on substance. I would call it sensible young music which is not made with the aim of making transient hits, being trendy and including R & B, hip-hop and whatever.
What were these words that sparked off the creation of a revolutionary song destined to shatter more walls Shekhar Roy? What were these words that fuelled a song that opens with a homage to the countless background refrains of Kumar Sanu and contains interludes filched from the arrangements of the songs of relatives Jatin and Lalit Pandit?
mai.nne pyaar kiyaa tumhe.n ##reason## se
mai.nne pyaar kiyaa tumhe.n ##reason## se
bas ##love## hii hai ##reason##
saawan
(higher) saawan
saawan dii ##love season##
[female chorus inspired by countless doo wop records]
saawan dii ##love season##
[female chorus inspired by countless doo wop records]
saawan
dii ##love season##
Must we even bother about the pronunciation of the (dii!!) when the following word doesn't begin with a vowel sound?
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