It has a terrific first verse: sung with folk abandon by Pardeep Singh Sran and clever wording by Bhattacharya-‘ati fantastic’ sounds delightful. Jonita Gandhi brings in shades of a Shamshad Begum oldie and Singh delivers it like a happy 1990s’ song.Ĭutiepie is the perfect example of having a potentially good song in hand and botching it up. The song is equally contrasting for the techno-pop arrangement. The idea is a cheerful, melodious dance song celebrating a break-up and the composer-lyricist smartly mixes the old-fashioned and the trendy-‘saiyyaji’ is paired with ‘break-up’, ‘jeevit’ with ‘cupid’, for instance. It is instantly catchy and where Pritam and Bhattacharya rekindle their penchant for nonsensical fun (Badtameez Dil). Bhattacharya writes great, simple lines-“Accha chalta hoon duaon mein yaad rakhna… Dil ki Sandooko mein mere achhe kaam rakhna.'īut for all its Sufi angst and unrequited love, the most enjoyable song of Ae Dil Hai Mushkil is the playful Break Up Song. The album only further improves from here.Ĭhanna Mereya accentuates the sadness in the happy, a dichotomy Arijit Singh is particularly effective with. Even in a song packed with Sufi cliches like ‘bulleya’, ‘murshid’ and ‘haafiz’, Bhattacharya balances it out with unusual words like ‘phadphadaye’ and ‘pagdandi’. But we have Amitabh Bhattacharya to thank for bringing in his trademark light touches.

But one that packs in punch at the right moments, such as the charged-up catch line and the perfect electric guitars riffs. It is generic Sufi-rock stuff, better versions of which we have possibly heard in Coke Studio, Pakistan. But after a number of listens of the subsequent songs that gradually softened my views on the album, Bulleya turned out to be pretty good. Its fashionable Sufi design all too apparent and accompanied by visuals of angsty, stubbled Ranbir Kapoor singing on the streets, it was hovering close to a wannabe Imtiaz Ali zone. Bulleya, the second song, at first, felt like it will follow suit.

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