Some movies force a question. “WHY?”
Were they really disillusioned enough to think that audience had tomato pulp for a brain ?
“Ajab Prem Ki Gazab Kahani”, an atrocity of a movie that we were subject to in 2009, defied all my perceptions of a 'hit' and yet was one.
Pritam’s music (or should we say someone else’s music that was updated and re-presented by Pritam) was noteworthy though. The song “Tu Jaane Na” appeared in the album in multiple avatars. The song featured in a ‘usual’ form in the movie in Atif Aslam’s voice. Pritam had the audacity (and business sense) to create the same song in a remix version and a lounge version too, both in Atif Aslam’s voice (and there may perhaps have been a car driving version, a shower version and a potty version too that I haven't heard yet, I suspect).
Atif Aslam is an imperfect singer with a perfect track record. Practically every song that he has warbled and whined for in Hindi movies has turned out to be a huge hit. “Tu Jaane Na” was no exception.
A relatively less known and less heard version of this song was sung by Kailash Kher in an ‘unplugged’ format. Now what exactly does the term ‘unplugged’ mean is unknown to me, but I take it as ‘sung without much instrumental/vocal accompaniments’…kinda like akela-on-the-gacchi (terrace)-with-a-guitar-in-hand-and-nothing-much-to-do types. So the basic qualification for an ‘unplugged’ singer would be to have a good voice, because there aren’t any instruments or choruses to envelope vulnerabilities in the voice and embarrassing naked spots in the rendition.
Kailash Kher’s unplugged version of “Tu Jaane Na” is fantastic. Kher's power and pitch come out strikingly in this ‘unplugged’ song. The little powerhouse from Delhi is made for such songs.
Me and my singer friend Joy are trying to record this one as a duet song. Sounds simple but it is testing my mixing skills alright :) If we are eventually successful in creating a two-man song out of this one, I’ll post it up here. Until then bear with just mine.
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