Beautiful. After a so-techno and confusing Robot, A R Rahman does something so simple and almost magical with the ever-so-sweet and innocent tune of cry cry itna cry in Jhootha hi Sahi. The song and the music are no big bang, and all he has done is make something that sounds ‘cute’, arranged some pretty light music and added two sweet voice singers. And the result is a tune that just goes and sits in the ‘to be hummed’ section of one’s mind. I love it.
Though, what I don’t love in the song is the try-too-hard lyrics of the song. In order to keep the rhyming, Abbas Tyrewalla, who is lyricist for the movie too, has added almost any word, way too unnecessarily at times. For example, the lines with chaanta and kaanta have no absolutely nothing to do with each other and the kaanta line almost breaks the entire flow of the talk, but he’s put it there to rhyme. Again, raatein and baatein are made to rhyme with an non-existent word haalaatein. Frankly, Haalaat is a plural for haal and there’s no meaning of Haalatein. Rest of the song, it’s all good. Rashid Ali sounds real, while Shreya sounds sooo-sweet.
Here are the lyrics and their meaning.
Tags: Abbas Tyrewala, AR Rahman, Rashid Ali, Shreya Ghoshal, Song Review
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any idea when music is releasing.
@Shashank
Don’t know when it’ll be out. But my estimate is that within a week or so, say by 10-12 September, music should come. And if it takes that much, there should be one more promo before that.
Songs is cute but it lost his rhythm when it comes to lyrics that u stated in blog “around chaanta and kaanta”. Lets see how the full song will look like.lot of expectation from this album.
@Shashank
I probably shouldn’t say this, but I’m getting a feeling that the entire song may have even worse lyrics. Though the music will anyway work..
cool song…
just waiting for d full song.
Full Song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM6ahD61leo
Cry Cry is only at the beginning and the middle, the rest of the song is in Hindi
BTW are you guys forgetting ‘Pappu Can’t Dance’?
The song might work like that.
oh what a cute sounding song
THIS IS WHAT I’m missing from ARR! and I’m crazy happy that it’s coming back
agreed, lyrics are kinda outta whack hahaha. but maaf. love the harmony between shreya and rashid ali
Well..its A R Rahman’s composition.So when its him, nothing else is required.His songs has always been unconventional but chart busters, the slowly pick up, so i’m sure this one despite of arbit lyrics will rock.btw the song does sound cute ….sweet n cute no..overall
oh btw, album is releasing on the 15th
A R rehman is just superb .. He is a very talented musician who completely knows how to utilise the others talent .. so as a gr8 music director too.. n i dont think ther should always b a meaning ful lyrics as the song itself rejoice and create enthusiam..so sometimes playing with words and create something out fo the box would be appreciated..
@Sidram
Somehow I disagree with ur support on twisting the words here. Playing with words is ok, as long as u r doing something good, some experimentation, in many places, many times. In fact with Rahman’s albums, it’s such a common thing, be it RDB title (remember ‘to the Mahal of the Taj, to the Kumari of Kanya’, and on top of all ‘Zindabad-Zindagood!’) or masakkali-matakkali, or even chiggy wiggy.. in that way there’s no count..
But what Abbas has done here, is crap according to me. Not that it takes anything from the music, but the song could have been much better with more meaningful lyrics, cuz what the message of the song is really good.
Very nice song
I am tamil but i listen all rahman songs.Call me dil,cry cry are so simple and so sweet.