ok guys. I hate to admit but here is the album slated to be the newest hit. SRK is back with his choclatey form once again in Main Hoon Na and the farhaKhan-anuMalik duo will make sure this one grosses the most this year. The sad part (in my opinion) is that the music is a complete rehash of KalHoNaHo genre. of course, that brought fwd only one dimension of SEL's wide repertoire and it feels just wrong that someone (anuMalik in this case) should simply carry it fwd without adding a grain of creativity.

having cribbed so much, let me talk abt the lovely songs that it has. hoho. most of the numbers are quite foot-tapping. abhijeet is back with his chalte-chalte n yesteryears' magic. anuMalik successfully taps him for the title song, whose melody i guess is stronger than both chCh n knkh. javed akhtar's geniosity shines again in these lyrics. simple words flowing with the melody. giving the public just wot it needs without sacrificing much. the music has kind of SEL+jatinLait flavor, kind of combo of knkh-chalteChalte, which sets it apart in some sense.

khoya hai paake, jisne pyaar, main hoon na.
bechain main hoon, bekaraar main hoon na.
koi to ho aisa, jisko apna keh sakoon.
koi to ho aisa, jiske dil mein reh sakoon.
koi to kehta, ek baar, main hoon na.

khoya hai paake, jisne pyaar, main hoon na.
bechain main hoon, bekaraar main hoon na.

the first song chale jaise hawaayen, sanan sanan is an awesome dance number. full of enthusiasm and KK, hoho. shreyal ghoshal sounds great as usual. sonu nigam does the title song well too, just that it reminds too much of knkh title song. tumse milke dil ka jo haal brings another dim to the melodies floating (resembles aur pyaar ho gaya, NFAK genre). these two are my favs from the album. tumhe jo maine jaana brings back the DDLJ feeling. din jo suhaane hain, to dil deewane hain is another superb foot-tapping, dance number. man, u cant help loving those lovely tunes altho they just sound the same.

hoho. ok this is not the end of this post. I think i need to write more abt chale jaise hawaayen. i guess the duplicate-mere mehboob percussion brings the foot-tap effect here. there's a closely-following synthetic accompaniment to the vocals, increases its lustre n adds to its melodious aura. KK really brings the song to its full glory. you can almost hear him talking thru the song. vasundhara das sounds obnoxious a couple of times, but thats ok. simple melodies are often have a powerful effect when rendered beautifully. and i guess this place needs the lyrics too, hoho:

chale jaise hawaayen sanan sanan,
ude jaise parinde gagan gagan.
jaayen titliyan jaise chaman chaman,
yunhi ghoomoo main bhi magan magan.