Dânesh Zaki

After listening to Rabbi Shergill’s “Bulla ki Jaana main Kaun” over a 100 times, I decided to buy a new album. I had heard the signature song “Aashayein” from “Iqbal” in the TV trailers and had liked it. So, I decided to check out all the songs through Raaga.com. The first song in the album is “Aashayein” sung by KK. I’ve recently taken a liking to KK’s voice as it sounds very fresh. The song too is inspiring and very catchy. I had put the CD player on “Repeat” mode in the initial few times that I listened to this song. The next song that I liked was “Paani”. This song has a few classical vocals by Suresh Wadkar but hardly any lyrics. “Maula” and “Tum Tana” sounded very nice too, they had a rock music like effect to them with some heavy vocals (especially “Maula”). These songs are not part of the movie and are just present in the CD. Shriram Iyer of Om - The Fusion Band has sung both the songs soulfully.

“Aankhon Mein Sapna” and “Mutthi Mein Aasman” were very listenable (some antaras were pretty catchy). “Khelenge Khelenge” is probably an important song in the movie, meant to serve as an inspiration and though it seems to convey the message, I was not too impressed with it.

Bottomline: Overall, I was impressed by the album and will recommend it in the Easy Listening category.