Amit Trivedi has build a certain reputation for me and many other people too. He is known to give hardhitting music and with a similar film in the name of "No One Killed Jessica", the expectations just doubles.
The album kicks off with, Aetbaar, sung by Vishal Dadlani, Mame Khan and Robert Omulo Bob. Its a loud pitch song that represents a person who is angry and sad as the person's belief/faith in a particular thing is broken off very badly. The song showcases the state of the person so beautifully with well written lyrics "Jal bhun ke raakh hua aetbaar, ganda majaak hua aetbaar". Special mention to the English part of the song and the starting tune used setting the mood up. In the film this song would probably come(if used) when Jessica's murderer is set free by the court or case is closed. One of my very favs!
Next comes, Yeh Pal, sung by Shilpa Rao. Not sure about its use in the film, but the song is about questioning your current life that has changed due to the latest incidents happened with you. Shilpa Rao specially is at her best in the antara part of the song. "Kya bataayen yeh rang bhari haseen titliyon si kabhi, rengte kechuyon jaisi toh nahi thi", Amitabh Bhattacharya at his innovative best in lyrics. The latter part of the song changes mode completely with a sudden change in pitch of the entire song as it totally goes into a instrumental for last 2 mins. This song has in it to make a mark, but thanks to the major impact of rest songs, this one will go un-noticed.
Aali Re, sung by a huge list of singers i.e Tochi Raina, Biswasjit Chakraborty, Shriram Iyer, Raja Hassan, Anushka Manchanda, Sonu Kakar, Aditi Singh Sharma and Sonika Sharma. This is a complete mad mad mad song. The starting of the song is bound to take you by a surprise, as the girls chorus sings "Dhinchak dhinchak dhinchak dhinchak rapa rap rak chika rak chika". The song as of now seems to be filmed on Rani as her introduction song representing the character traits with lines like "Thori si kameeni, thori namkeeni thori si nasheeli, thori zehreeli hai". The lyrics clearly are written accordingly, which may sound a bit wierd to few but they completely fit as per requirement of this song. Amit has this good habit I would say to go for a particular background theme within a song which he does here at 4th min of song, and its impressive one yet again! Just like the song starts, the girls chorus gives it a similar mad finish "Boom boom patakha de .. arrey dekh arrey dekh". Its quite a experimental track by amit that has come out brilliantly.
Next is, Dilli, sung by Tochi Raina, Shriram Iyer and Aditi Singh Sharma. Again what a stunning start to the song, slow build up and then the fast pacy beats as Aditi Singh gets into the song "da da da da dilli dilli ". Tochi takes over then in this rock kinda feel song with very high beats used all throughout the song. The song is a angry take on Delhi through the eyes of Sabrina in the film probably. I somehow couldnt connect properly with the lyrics of Antara, Amitabh Bhattacharya just overdid here I feel. Leaving asides that, its a very catchy track, you just cant resist the beats used here but make sure the volume of your speaker or headphone is as maximum as you can have. There is another version of this song "hardcore version", though it pretty much sounds same to me unless I am missing out something.
Last one in the album is, Dua Karo, by Meenal Jain, Joi Barua, Raman Mahadevan and Amitabh Bhattacharya. Its a song that is asking to say the things inside your heart, praying for a better future. The song might involve the India Gate candle scene by the looks of it. A very emotional feeling attached with this song specially the lines "guzaare kaise saja ke jaise, din ghamo ke lage arse, sab sajde mein, sajde mein, sajde mein.. dua karo". There is a slight resemblance with Amit's previous work that comes during the song when the tempo of the song goes from soft to high chorus. But as a whole, the song comes out very fresh and hence it evokes that emotional touch this song has in it. Special Mention to Meenal Jain who is very impressive in this track.
My Pick(s) : Aetbaar, Aali Re and Dilli
Overall, No one Killed Jessica is another gem of a album given by Amit Trivedi. It easily surpasses his other 2 works of this year and almost touches his magical work in Dev D. As per me, this album is completely worth it especially if you have liked Amit's work in Dev D and Udaan. To end the review with, unless any new mindblowing album comes out within next 25 days, No one Killed Jessica is the no.1 album of 2010!
Rating : 4.75 Out of 5
Next comes, Yeh Pal, sung by Shilpa Rao. Not sure about its use in the film, but the song is about questioning your current life that has changed due to the latest incidents happened with you. Shilpa Rao specially is at her best in the antara part of the song. "Kya bataayen yeh rang bhari haseen titliyon si kabhi, rengte kechuyon jaisi toh nahi thi", Amitabh Bhattacharya at his innovative best in lyrics. The latter part of the song changes mode completely with a sudden change in pitch of the entire song as it totally goes into a instrumental for last 2 mins. This song has in it to make a mark, but thanks to the major impact of rest songs, this one will go un-noticed.
Aali Re, sung by a huge list of singers i.e Tochi Raina, Biswasjit Chakraborty, Shriram Iyer, Raja Hassan, Anushka Manchanda, Sonu Kakar, Aditi Singh Sharma and Sonika Sharma. This is a complete mad mad mad song. The starting of the song is bound to take you by a surprise, as the girls chorus sings "Dhinchak dhinchak dhinchak dhinchak rapa rap rak chika rak chika". The song as of now seems to be filmed on Rani as her introduction song representing the character traits with lines like "Thori si kameeni, thori namkeeni thori si nasheeli, thori zehreeli hai". The lyrics clearly are written accordingly, which may sound a bit wierd to few but they completely fit as per requirement of this song. Amit has this good habit I would say to go for a particular background theme within a song which he does here at 4th min of song, and its impressive one yet again! Just like the song starts, the girls chorus gives it a similar mad finish "Boom boom patakha de .. arrey dekh arrey dekh". Its quite a experimental track by amit that has come out brilliantly.
Next is, Dilli, sung by Tochi Raina, Shriram Iyer and Aditi Singh Sharma. Again what a stunning start to the song, slow build up and then the fast pacy beats as Aditi Singh gets into the song "da da da da dilli dilli ". Tochi takes over then in this rock kinda feel song with very high beats used all throughout the song. The song is a angry take on Delhi through the eyes of Sabrina in the film probably. I somehow couldnt connect properly with the lyrics of Antara, Amitabh Bhattacharya just overdid here I feel. Leaving asides that, its a very catchy track, you just cant resist the beats used here but make sure the volume of your speaker or headphone is as maximum as you can have. There is another version of this song "hardcore version", though it pretty much sounds same to me unless I am missing out something.
Last one in the album is, Dua Karo, by Meenal Jain, Joi Barua, Raman Mahadevan and Amitabh Bhattacharya. Its a song that is asking to say the things inside your heart, praying for a better future. The song might involve the India Gate candle scene by the looks of it. A very emotional feeling attached with this song specially the lines "guzaare kaise saja ke jaise, din ghamo ke lage arse, sab sajde mein, sajde mein, sajde mein.. dua karo". There is a slight resemblance with Amit's previous work that comes during the song when the tempo of the song goes from soft to high chorus. But as a whole, the song comes out very fresh and hence it evokes that emotional touch this song has in it. Special Mention to Meenal Jain who is very impressive in this track.
My Pick(s) : Aetbaar, Aali Re and Dilli
Overall, No one Killed Jessica is another gem of a album given by Amit Trivedi. It easily surpasses his other 2 works of this year and almost touches his magical work in Dev D. As per me, this album is completely worth it especially if you have liked Amit's work in Dev D and Udaan. To end the review with, unless any new mindblowing album comes out within next 25 days, No one Killed Jessica is the no.1 album of 2010!
Rating : 4.75 Out of 5
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