ok ppl..i'm swept all over again. When I first heard it, I was extremely disappointed. No way was this music goin to win over my senses. and again, I am proved wrong. Lakeer has a couple of lovely compositions to boast of. paighaam is sweet - a south-indian classical ghazal, hoho, no wonder it sounds slightly strange, but indeed very soothing. mistakes from tehzeeb repeated. ARR is yet to learn ghazal-formation. Sadiyaan has a gungunaata flavor with sufi stuff freely thrown in. But, clearly the winner is nachle, na na nachle. wild, balle-balle dance number embellished with deep bass n percussion. a go-wild song really. ARR brings it out so well in Daler Mehndi. His mind-blowing voice oozes with folksy mithaas n a distinct classical touch. i guess he even leaves sukhwindara singh behind when he renders those high-pitches harmonies. royally maddening. engulfing. captivating. Royally! God, its just crazy how ARR arranges this one, unifying the essence of the song with Daler's magical vocal touch. and i've still got to figure out the lyrics. khaas lafz chune hue, u've to see how all that alliteration n onomatopoeism blends with musical transitions.
and esp the thing daler mehndi does once or twice at high pitch in the song. sodiye ee eee ee . a jittery giggle like taan at a pitch beyond reach. mind-blowingly captivating. i've to practice that. he did that in the kajraare kajraare nainawalen too from chupke.

picking it up from an inner verse:


ye hai kamaal-e-ulfat
naazaan hai dil se kudrat
zanjeer na deewaren
na raoke koi taakat

milan ki dhun jo lage
to fir duniya na dikhe
jale ho shole raahon mein,
lage hon kaante paaon mein,

sochna kya,
fir se chalen,
wahaan jahaan le chala humdum.
(wot a superb reprise here!)

o nachlen, na na nachlen,
o chal taal taal nachlen,
sondiyen, o heere-motiyen,
chal haath thaam chag len.

darna kya,
hum tere,
hain rabbaaaaaaa sang tereeee.

i relish loud wild wailings. hoho. of course, with some sur pls.