My favourite song from the album, Ajnabi, takes me back to that gem of a song from Aisha, Sham. Although the minimalism of the original suited the song really well, the arrangement here is quite mellow too, and behind the mic is the wonderful Neeti Mohan. As a result, it is the Reprise version of the song (which is more heavily orchestrated, strangely, it is usually the other way around) that I rate higher. Amit Trivedi’s singing is the only aspect bringing down this otherwise feel-good melodic piece.
Madhubala plays out almost like an unplugged track, with a piano dominating the backdrop for most part. Mallya and Shilpa Rao are brilliant delivering Kausar Munirs lines, and it is a joy as always to listen to Arshad Khan play the esraj. I am not sure if it is Shahid Mallya’s portions of the song influencing my thought, but Rusvaaiyaan sits in the Manmarziyaan zone – a lovely mix of Punjabi folk and pop. Also adding to the song’s appeal in the contrast between Kavita Seth’s earthiness and Shreya Ghoshal’s sweetness – love that nod to R D Burman’s Tumne Mujhe Dekha in a particular phrase that Shreya sings. Anyway, coming back to this album, Lagan Laagi Re is presented here as it appeared in Trishna – a very pleasant, likeable melody with a lovely infusion of Rajasthani folk (where the movie was set) – Iqbal Warsi’s sarangi phrases a particular highlight. Hope we get to see the remaining songs as well, at some point (there’s three more, I believe). Amit also adapted another of the movie’s songs, Khari Khari, for his Coke Studio Season 3 set. When the movie’s OST was officially released, the makers strangely omitted Amit’s songs from them – this song did however show up on YouTube thanks to some kind soul, and I have been waiting for an official release since then. If Lagan Laagi Re gives you a heard-before feeling, it is probably because you *might* have heard this song already – the song was part of the songs Amit Trivedi did for the 2011 Michael Winterbottom film Trishna.
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