Blue (soundtrack)

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Blue is a 2009 bollywood film directed by Anthony D'Souza. Academy Award winner A. R. Rahman composed the music for the film with lyrics provided by Abbas Tyrewala, Mayur Puri, Ajit Arora, Raqeeb Alam and Sukhwinder Singh.

The much anticipated soundtrack was released on 8 September 2009. According to the music director,"This is my first film after the oscars. So expectations are Scary. Its Important to work with a great team to create great music and we've done that with Blue. What's special about Blue is that its an underwater adventure. So, it was very exciting to this score as a composer. Its important that you don't get typecast. Its also important to give the kind of music the film requires and have fun with it!"

The song Chiggy Wiggy was sung by famous pop singer Kylie Minogue.She also made a special appearance in the song.

Overview

The album kicks off with Chiggy Wiggy, a typical hip hop dance track. This was the most promoted song of the album. It features pop singer Kylie Minogue and almost towards the middle, the song totally turns on its head with Sonu Nigam's Punjabi entry. The next track is Aaj Dil Gustakh Hai, which begins with a sequence of Sukhwinder Singh’s humming, followed by an acoustic guitar loop. Shreya Ghoshal is handling a Westernised rendition in the song. Fiqrana features vocals by Vijay Prakash and Shreya Ghoshal and was picturised as solo performances of Akshay Kumar, Lara Dutta and Zayed Khan. Bhoola Tujhe is a romantic song sung by Rashid Ali, who has already sung similar style songs for Rahman. The theme song for Blue is different from typical songs of the composer as it is having hard rap and power-packed Bhangra-electronic elements. It is sung by Blaaze, with backing vocals by Raqeeb Alam, Sonu Kakkar, Jaspreet Singh, Neha Kakkar and Dilshad Khan. Rehnuma is an experimental track by the composer, which is sung by Shreya Ghoshal and Sonu Nigam. This track has recieved huge positive reviews among the fans and critics but was failed to be a massive success. Yaar Mila Tha is an unconventional sort of item number, which is sung by Udit Narayan and Madhushree. However, this track was not included in the film.

Reception

The soundtrack of the movie has received positive reviews, with most reviewers hailing the album as one of the best to a commercial movie. Planetbollywood.com reviewed the music saying "Blue is a good album and has all in it to make a good impression at the music stands. In a way, the album comes at just the right time when there is quite some variety in store this Diwali. Blue practically mixes up genres.".". Planetbollywood.com said "Blue does have some fun compositions such as the Blue Theme, Chiggy Wiggy and Yaar Milaa Thaa. And, composition-wise, the rest of the songs are also enjoyable to listen to…however, lyrics, for the most part, are a HUGE disappointment, and there isn’t consistency in terms of quality throughout the OST. While some songs grab your attention immediately, songs like Aaj Dil Gustaakh Hai will take a very long time to grow on you, and even then, it feels as if you’re forcing yourself to feel excited about some of the songs."

Tracklist

Track #	Song	Singer(s)	Lyrics	Length
1	Chiggy Wiggy	Kylie Minogue, Sonu Nigam, Suzanne D'Mello	Abbas Tyrewala	5:12
2	Aaj Dil	Sukhwinder Singh, Shreya Ghoshal	Mayur Puri	5:29
3	Fiqrana	Vijay Prakash, Shreya Ghoshal	Ajit Arora	5:25
4	Bhoola Tujhe	Rashid Ali	Abbas Tyrewala	5:26
5	Blue Theme	Blaaze, Raqeeb Alam, Sonu Kakkar, Jaspreet Singh, Neha Kakkar, Dilshad Khan	Raqeeb Alam, Punjabi lyrics by Sukhwinder Singh	3:55
6	Rehnuma	Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal	Abbas Tyrewala	4:24
7	Yaar Mila Tha	Udit Narayan, Madhushree	Abbas Tyrewala	4:29