What can be a dream romantic Bollywood project? Just Imagine!! Okay… It has to be the iconic and trendsetter Yash Chopra directing the King of Romance Shah Rukh Khan paired opposite today’s topmost leading lady Katrina Kaif. What if the music is composed by the Oscar-winning maestro Allah Rakha Rahman with lyrics from the most gifted writer Gulzar Saab? Well… The dream has come true!!
The association of all these legends has given Yash Chopra’s last souvenir to Bollywood ‘Jab Tak Hai Jaan’, a multi-dimensional feel. Can the stage get any bigger? The obvious answer to that question will be given on November 13, when this epic saga of undying romance will hit the screens, globally. For now it’s time to check out the much anticipated music album. So without much ado, let’s press the play button on the remote.
Challa: Be it DDLJ, Veer Zaara or RNBDJ, SRK-Yashraj combo has always created magic by exploring the Punjabi flavor and this time it’s no different. ‘Challa’ video is already out and it has created a lot of frenzy all around. Rabbi’s voice is refreshing as it bears uncanny resemblance to his chartbuster ‘Bulla ki Jaana’. Gulzar’s words give a Punjabi folk touch to the song. Its commendable how comfortably Rahman shuffles across different languages and still delivers sheer quality. Chartbuster! (Rating 4/5)
Saans: ‘Saans’ is a soft romantic composition driven by sensuously poetical lyrics. It’s one of the best tracks in the album. The huskier tone of Shreya Ghoshal’s voice oozes up the erotica feel of the song. Mohit Chauhan is average. (4/5)
Ishq Shava: It’s time for a zany dance number now. Rahman provides variety with the use of some interesting musical instruments. Gulzar’s lyrics are in synch with the mood of the song. Shilpa Rao’s vocals are catchy. But the real masterstroke and icing on the cake is to get Raghav Mathur (“Can’t Get Enough” fame) sing this song. The USP of the song is some killer vocals by this Canadian singer. (3.5/5)
Heer: Punjabi feel in the album returns with brilliant Sufi composition ’Heer’ sung by none other than Sufi ki Sultana Harshdeep Kaur. Kaur, fresh from the success of Jugni from Cocktail, takes this huge opportunity with her both hands and she is mesmerizing. The words by Gulzar are equally dreamy. (3.5/5)
Jiya Re: Neeti Mohan, who is a regular now in Rahman’s live shows, gets a chance to sing this groovy number. The melody is catchy, livelier and foot-tapping. Words from Gulzar glorify the feeling of a free bird. (3/5)
Jab Tak Hai Jaan: The title track of the movie is a hauntingly poetic melody by Rahman with some bewitchingly romantic lyrics penned by Gulzar. The song starts off slowly but picks up great pace as it goes on. Another Rahman regular Javed Ali strikes gold with his earthy and highly energetic vocals. He is ably assisted by talented Chennai crooner ShakthiSree Gopalan. (3.5/5)
Saans (Reprise), Ishq Dance and Poem: Saans(Reprise) a much slower and highly situational version of Saans sung again by Shreya. Ishq Dance is an instrumental piece. Jab Tak Hai Jaan poem has been seen and heard in the promo and it has been included in the music album as well in the voice of King Khan.
Overall Verdict – Rating: 
From the pioneers of Romance, we expected at least one romantic evergreen number which will capture the listener’s heart from the word go and stay in his mind for years like Humko Hum hi se churalo, Tujhe Dekha to ye jaana, Tu Hai meri Kiran, Dil To Pagal Hai or Tere Liye Hum bhi Jiye. That is missing.
The album, no doubt, is highly refreshing as is evident from the fact that we see irregular names like Rabbi, Raghav, Harshdeep and Neeti in a mainstream Hindi music album. Visuals will be out of the world to say the least. Songs take time to grow on you and the success of the music will be directly proportional to the film’s success at the ticket window which should not be a tough ask given SRK’s foolproof record with Yashraj Banner.
Get ready for a rocking musical Diwali!!!
Tell us your reviews of JTHJ’s music in the comments section below.
Review by Abhishek Sharma
Time will say
Music is Music which people love to hear it should be melodies is there a single song which compare to Bodyguard TERI MERI? don’t say this remake and that remake music should be melodies to hear is there any song compare to Rockstar? Just we should like because the star is SRK? GROW UP
challa 4.5/5
jab tak hai jan(poem) 5/5
rest all 3/5
damn!!!! some people are saying SOS title track is better than this album… I am from punjab and would you please tell me having what type of mood you will listen to songs like son of sardaar, aa gya hai bodyguard, lolzzz
I cant believe the one who are telling sos songs are better than jthj.There is not a single song which you can hear twice on earphone of sos,rather you will change the song in midway only i am sure.
One of d best album of d year.
Challa,
saans,
ishq shava,
title track.these songs r just fantastic,a.r.rahman rockss……
I havn’t heared the music because its not released yet officialy.
But by obesving the reactions who heared it,looks its very poor.
At a place i read that,’Looking like Rehman just sleep walked through Album’.
Poor Title,
Average Trailer,
Poor Music…
Whats left next…?
In last film of career Yash Chopra going to critisize badly.
HERE ARE SOME FACTS IF HATERS WANT TO UNDERSTAND….
SRK’S LAST 2 MOVIES ARE NOT CONSIDERED AS HIS BEST PERFORMANCES BUT THEY STILL MANAGED TO CROSS 200 CRS WORLDWIDE AND 100 CRS IN INDIA. WHERE AS AJAY DEVGAN’S BEST PERFORMANCES LIKE SINGHAM, GOLMAL, BOL BACHHAN, ARE BEHIND SRK’S RECENT FILMS.
I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT DDLJ, VEER ZARA, KKHH, ETC.
IF ITS THE WORST CASE SCENARIO SRK WOULD EASILY BEAT AJAY’S SON OF SARDAAR.
AND WE ALL KNOW WITH YASH JI, SRK IT CANT BE A BAD MOVIE AT ALL.
SO HUGE PROBLEMS FOR SOS.
great ablum, all songs are in different style, love the challa song, ofcourse a romantic song like tujhe dekha to, is missing. Bt overall album is good deserve 3.5
@iamvashisht
Then what its relation with music review?
Its a music review of Jab Tak Hai Jaan.
From where haters,Sos,Box office came?
Indicine given 3&half star to it means its above average & not such outstanding like Rockstar & Bodyguard thats it.
Number of sites giving it 3 to 3&half so please bro dont get angree.
awesome music yar….
jo log music ke bare galat bol rahe hai wo ab A. R. Rahman sab ko judge karenge kya unko music ke bare me kuch ata hai kya… A. R. rahman bas nam hi kafi hai…
any way who are we to judge ar rahman’s music??? HATTS OF FOR HIS WORK :)
GOOD NEWS!!!!!
Jab tak hai jaan album reached number one on the Top 10 World Albums chart on iTunes(World’s biggest online music download store) in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany and Australia………….
so haters can’t change this reality so let them bark..
@swanil no he not to take leave..but they have the time to negative comment here..see i also not liked that much in first time but after listening in earphones so many times i am liking all songs now…
only poems is fantastic rest are not up to the names of creators bakwaas songs
Album is ok….not upto the mark. I was expecting much better as Yash Chopra have done it in past. It is not at all best album of the year. Even it is not best from Yash chopra and A.R. Rahman. SOTY, Rowdy rathore, Barfi etc. are better than this. Only two songs CHALLA and SAANS is good. rest of the songs are OK. I was expecting like Dil to pagal hai or Veer zaara but it is not equal to those albums. Yash chopra’s movies are known for its music more than their movies or stories and i was so enthusistic but after listening this album expectations are low. Its Yash chopra’s last movie. Hope it will be good.
Saans is nice(need 3-4 times listen),
Ishq Dance rememberise the Drum from Dil to Pagal hai.
Others are ok but not fit to standard of AR & yrf.
somebody said its reached to the no.1 number in some countries……bro A.R. rehman got oscar for JAI HO kind of bakwas song which was the part of a hollywood movie. Do you consider it as the best song of his lifetime?? He is definetly a maestro but doesnt mean whatever he’ll do that will be best. Its reached to the top mark because people think it is rehman and yash chopra song so it will be good, so for first and second time they’ll listen but that doesnt mean they like it.
AND IF SOMEONE THINKS THAT WE DONT LIKE ALBUM SO WE ARE BARKING…..WELL SAME GOES FOR YOU TOO…
EVERYBODY HAVE THEIR OWN LIKES AND DISLIKES YOU CANT COMMENT ON THEM…..
@akhil, i know everyone has their likes and dislikes but i am saying to those who are disliking the album ONLY FOR NEGATIVITY thats it….
and how can u ever compare this album to rowdy rathore, soty etc?? every song is so instrument generated not the digital ones like SOTY, rowdy rathore etc.. u can never ever compare this album with them, JTHJ album is really different and each song is unique…
@shahid bro if someone is disliking that means they doesnt like it and that means there must be something wrong with that thing not with the person…why the hell someone will dislike it just for the sake of negativity??? SRK, YASH ji and A.R. rehman are not our enemies they are celebrities and if they do good people will like it….nobody will criticize someone on personal ground….As u people likes it u poeple have ur own comments so same goes for haters too i think you should not be so much hyper with that….
Besides that SOTY also has each song unique with brillient score by Vishal shekhar, it is not digitalized, it is original even A. R. rehman used much digitalized instruments rather than other music directors. Go and check first.
Other than that I am Yash chopra’s and A. R. rehman’s big fan but even i m disappointed because it is not upto their level. they have done better than this and I am not alone who thinks like this……
@shahid Sorry but i dont like someone blindly…..if they are good, i like them if they dont so i dont like them…..
Just because a song doesn’t have big bangs and the words Desi baby rockin in it doesn’t mean its going to be a flop!!! Shut up you haters!!!!!! The songs are lovely and divine, their not like any other movie songs. What the reviewer and all you haters seem to to forget is that no two AR Rehman songs or Yash Raj Films are the same! Every songs of his is different so you cannot cannot compare songs at all!! Same goes with the movies. Gulzaar’s lyrics are amazing. Hindi/Urdhu is not my first language yet I can appreciate the songs meaning!! Rehman saab’s compositions are amazing. He uses many instruments and composes them well. He isn’t like Pritam and Himesh who opt for electric music over actual instruments.
My only thing is I expected at least 8 songs. But I’m happy with what I have to listen to.
@akhil, may be ur new here or don’t read the comments regularly, thats why u don’t know the reality of haters in this website…
well if u are giving your opinion not for negativity its okay.. but there few guys i know, who makes fake accounts to spread negativity….
@shuayb sorry but nobody said here that they were expecting big bang and desi baby in these songs but they were expecting good music and comparisons are happening because they were brillient in the past always, they were never failed but this time it was not at all brillient, atleast music…..
yes i am agree with you that Gulzar sahab’s lyrics is awesome, it is one of the best lyrics i have ever listen in my life and ofcourse videos are awesome too but music is not up to expectations.
after all it is Yash chopra’s movie which is known for its brillient music not for content or story…..
@shahid no need to take them seriously…its not gonna change my or your mind…if u like it u like it and if i dont like it much then i dont like thts not gonna make any difference….they cant change anybody’s mind….if movie will be good then it will create all the new records even i want that it must break salman’s and amir’s movie records….i am huge yash chopra’s fan…i love his movies more than anyother movie in this world……
yes i am new here…… well c u soon bye…..
kya bakwass album hai very dissapointed frm a.r.rehman nd guljar. 1 out of 10.
My dear fans, just heard the songs of JTHJ.. brilliant.. arre i made a mistake by agreeing to appear in a song for Kale Raja and Kali Rani in Son of SarDard :(
Srk fans tryin to turn crap into gold. .
JTHJ Album becomes No. 1
Album worldwide on iTunes in
less than 1 day & haters are still
busy in writing mixed report
about Album on blogs.
Dedicated to cheap salman fans……iTS tOO Funny…
It is Jab Tak Hai Jaan Poem’s Salman Version…..
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Teri Mendak(frog) Jaisi aankho ki mastiyaan..
Teri bakwas acting ki beparwah gustakiyaan…
Tere *VEER* ke nakli baalo ki angdayiyaan..
nahi bhoolunga mai,
JAB TAK HAI JAAN,
JAB TAK HAI JAAN,
.
Aishwarya, katrina par tera haat utana,
Gribo ko teri car se kuchalna,
Unhe palatkar operation ke liye paise na dena,
nahi maaf karunga mai.
JAB TAK HAI JAAN,
JAB TAK HAI JAAN.
.
eK tHA tIger me tere coat se train ko rokna,
Baat baat pe apne shirt ke buttons kholna,
har film me same expressions denase
mohabbat karunga mai,
JAB TAK HAI JAAN,
JAB TAK HAI JAAN,
.
Tere baat baat par south ki remakes banane se,
tere No.1 hone ke sapne dekhne se,
Teri bereham driving se footpath ke logo ko maarnse,
nafrat karunga mai,
JAB TAK HAI JAAN,
JAB TAK HAI JAAN —
.
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