An (utterly) farcical movie called Jaan-e-mann was released in 2006 with a superstar cast of Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar, Priety Zinta and Anupam Kher.
Anu Malik, for a change, delivered an original soundtrack (or, at least I haven’t come across the 'real' originals yet if they existed somewhere else). Gulzar-sahab penned some fabulous lyrics, and at least three songs in this movie are worth a second listen.
While this caper didn’t disturb much the cash registers at the box office, it had an unusual brand of songs with great results. Anu Malik who is usually known for popcorn quality songs scores some surprisingly melodious ones here.
The base track I created is tacky. (If only I could get a bit more than coffee-breaks to do these things). My feeble vocals - aided by a scratchy throat from the Michigan winter - forced me to take it one scale below...BUT I loved the challenge of the long-winded notes in the song.
By the way, the real meaning behind the name of the movie just occurred to me….after 4 years…. “Jaan-e-mann” is a clever double entendre from the wit of Gulzar-sahab. One is the usually used ‘jaaneman’ = darling, and the other ‘jaan-e-mann’ = understand my mind/sentiments….I just realized that the title of the movie reflects the sentiments behind both the protagonists in the movie!! Man, am I slow.
Sonu Nigam’s superb voice spread over Gulzar-sahab’s melancholy lyrics makes the song “Sau Dard Hai” a killer. The song spreads steadily inside you like smooth whiskey. A unique aspect of the songs from Jaan-e-mann is their limousine-long notes, and although Anu Malik's background score tends to be loud and over-orchestrated in some places, Sonu-bhai takes this song all the way like no other singer can.
The base track I created is tacky. (If only I could get a bit more than coffee-breaks to do these things). My feeble vocals - aided by a scratchy throat from the Michigan winter - forced me to take it one scale below...BUT I loved the challenge of the long-winded notes in the song.
By the way, the real meaning behind the name of the movie just occurred to me….after 4 years…. “Jaan-e-mann” is a clever double entendre from the wit of Gulzar-sahab. One is the usually used ‘jaaneman’ = darling, and the other ‘jaan-e-mann’ = understand my mind/sentiments….I just realized that the title of the movie reflects the sentiments behind both the protagonists in the movie!! Man, am I slow.
Click HERE to listen to my (obviously inferior and amateur) version of this one.
Cheers!
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