Producer: Aamir Khan
Director: Aamir Khan
Cast: Aamir Khan, Tanay Chheda, Darsheel Safary, Tisca Chopra, Sachet Engineer, Vipin Sharma,
Music: Shankar Ehsaan Loy, Shailendra Barve
Singers: Shankar Mahadevan, Bugs Bhargava, Vivinenne Pocha, Raman Mahadevan, Shaan, Aamir Khan, Vishal Dadlani, Adnan Sami
Auriel Cordo, Ananya Wadkar, Shankar Sachdev, Raaj Gopal Iyer, Ravi Khanwilkar, Loy Mendonca, Amole Gupte, Kiran Rao
Ram Madhvani

The music of Aamir Khan’s directorial debut ‘Taare Zameen Par’ tiptoed silently into our hearts sans any hype and hoopla. Usually in Bollywood, music launches are a much talked about affair. But it seems that, Aamir, true to his ways, has bent the rules this time also by going in for a modest launch for his album.

The music of ‘Taare Zameen Par’ in one word celebrates the grandeur and spontaneity of the wonder years of childhood. The gifted troika of Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa has put the tunes to track. Prasoon Joshi of RDB fame has scripted down some poignant and enthusing lyrics here.

‘Taare Zameen Par’, the title track to begin with, is a nice, heart-warming melody doled out by Shankar Mahadevan largely with vocal boosts from Bugs Bhargava, Dominique Cerejo and Vivinenne Pocha. This lilting piece of melody is washed with a raw sentimental feel that takes life in the form of Shankar’s brilliant rendition. Prasoon Joshi’s sweet-sounding similes only add to make the song all the more delectable. A great beginning to a really wonderful album!

‘Kholo Kholo’ is nothing but a melodious treat for the ears. Poured out by Raman Mahadevan with all soul and spirit, this is the kind of track that will urge you to spread your wings and take a flight. This soft- rock is aptly aided by some nice haunting guitar strums that only add to accentuate the feel good factor of the song. Another enthusiastic delivery to tune on to!

‘Bum Bum Bole’ is a quintessential kids number mouthed by Aamir Khan with strong support from Shaan. This blithe number gets high on rhythm as Aamir chooses to mingle and have some fun out with the kids. Perky, zesty and full of life, love and humor is what aptly describes this number.

‘Jame Raho’ bursts open with an alarm buzz and at once takes us on a high-speed ride across this genus called children. This merry number voiced out by Vishal Dadlani who seems to have almost become a regular with S-E-L discusses every sort of child from the obedient to the dreamers to the naughty to the ambitious ones at length. This one is again a situational limerick but nevertheless, an imaginative one.

‘Bheja Kum’ lines up at least 10 singers behind the mike counting Shankar Mahadevan, Bugs Bhargava, Shankar Sachdev, Raaj Gopal Iyer, Ravi Khanwilker, Loy Mendonsa, Amole Gupte, Kiran Rao, Aamir Khan and Ram Madhvani to dole out this holler with right emotions. With words like ‘idiot’, ‘duffer’, ‘lazy’ and ‘crazy’ to its long list of curses, this track takes us on a roller-coaster ride across the aching heart of a gullible mind. A spoof on the kind of scolding that children get on scoring less mark in exams, this track couldn’t give us a better sneak into the wide array of a child’s thoughts.

Simple yet effective is what best describes ‘Maa’. A poignant solo meted out by Shankar Mahadevan, this one paints the insecurities, fears and concerns of a child when sent away from his home and mother. With some strikingly simple librettos to its credit, this one surely leaves an undying impression behind.

‘Mera Jahan’ is another hotshot to aim for. Superb crooning by Auriel Cordo and Ananya Wadkar with some elusive rendition by Adnan Sami, this is the kind of track to arrest your attention in a single earshot.  Guest composed by Shailendra Barve, ‘Mera Jahan’ gives us a musical peek into the child protagonist’s naive and innocent universe.

The soundtrack concludes with ‘Ishaan’s Theme’ a four minute long musical piece that unfailingly tracks down a kid’s emotional graph. Tuned by Amole Gupte, the creative head of TZP, this musical piece starts out on an apparently soothing note, but becomes chaotic and intricate as it swings upward, only to calm down to a happy melody again. Rich in melody and feel, this one tugs the album to its glorious end.

The soundtrack of TZP is different in the sense that is not overly done with some raucous tunes nor is it kept low. Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy has done a commendable job with the tracks and deserves to be lauded for coming up with such a nice platter of good music. True to its genre and mood, the music of TZP is something that the listeners will forever dig into.