Rann Music Review

Ram Gopal Varma has never been known for music in his movies, if existing. Rann is no exception. Rann has seven songs, which are not to be sung and danced on, but to be played in the background of the movie. The only problem is that like the news channels he’s making the movie on, the lyrics of the some songs are way too blunt.

The music composers for the film are Bapi-Tutul, a regular with RGV; Amar Mohile, one of the most popular background composers; Sanjeev Kohli, and singer Jayesh Gandhi.

The only point worth mentioning is that the song Jan Gan Man Rann is not there in the soundtrack of the movie. Here is the detail about the rest.

Besharam is a 3 minute song sung by Abhishek Naiwal who had earlier sung a wonderful song called Jalte Hain in Sorry Bhai. Here the song is completely different. The song is the type of Gulaal’s Aarambh, but, stop, it’s almost a thousandth part (or maybe less) of the Piyush Misra’s wonder.

Gali Gali mein shor hai has been given a music something like we used to hear twenty years ago when DD started its programs in the morning or evening. Hardly ten seconds and the song suddenly moves somewhere else. The song is full of top-level slangs and beeps but words are very clearly understood in many places. Lyrics go too much but Jojo has sung the song well anyway.

‘Kaanch ke Jaise’ is a title that will certainly attract your eyes when it’s written with Sukhwinder’s name. But when you listen to the song, you may be disappointmented. Sukhwinder has given his best to the half-good lyrics but sheer absence of background music demands very high quality of lyrics. Still, okay by the standards of the album.

Mera Bharat Mahan sung by Kunal Ganjawala is hugely disappointing. Though the song has a few good words like ‘aam aadmi ki desh bhakti bas itni, black mein dekhe Chak De ya Lagaan’, the song is not something you would like to listen to.

Rann hai, composed and sung by Sanjeev Kohli, though, is a level above and manages to sound not-so-avoidable. The song sounds just okay but might work good enough in the background if put properly.

Remote ko Bahar Phenk is something that sounds mad with very prosy lyrics and too many sounds of TV clips. But the song sounded fine after sometime and my guess is the song can be quite interesting in the movie.

Sikkon ki Bhookh, also named as the Vande Mataram Song, is a level above the rest of the album. While the music in the song is a bit better, good lyrics and the female voice have made the song sound better than others. Kind of good.

Overall, Rann is an album that is completely avoidable for the time being. Watch the movie and then decide if you liked some song in the movie. Sikkon ki Bhookh, Rann hai and remote ko bahar phenk be tried first if you must.

My only pick of the album is Sikkon ki Bhookh and the reason is these four lines:

sikkon ki andhi bhookh hai
kisson ka ek baazar hai
ab cheer cheer ke bech do
khud draupadi tayyar hai..

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