Arijit's Romantic Songs: Raag Ek Vayad Many

- A kind of shata is felt while listening to Arijit's love songs. It seems as if Arijit's voice has an innate twisted pain, which comes out spontaneously in the song.

- Jab Harry Met Sejal

A Gau Once we talked about how deep the raga must have gone in the mind of a composer who gives more than one song in a raga. Otherwise the songs sound monotonous. The same applies to the singer. A trained singer will immediately realize that the composer has tried this raga before. This point is also to be remembered while talking about Arijit's romantic songs. Raga Pahari has been increasingly used to express various feelings of love. Hundreds of hit songs based on this raga can be found in the last sixty-seventy years.

When talking about Arijit's romantic songs based on this raga, we don't care about chronology. Just talking about the songs. Remember the lyrics from his first hit song 'Aashiqui-To' - 'Hum tere bin ab nahi rahe sakte, tere bin kya wajood mera, tuz se juad gar ho jayenge, toh khud se hi ho jayenge juad, kyun ki ab tum hi ho ...' Both the lyrics and music were from Mithun. As this song became a superhit, understand that other contemporary musicians also got a kind of hint about what kind of romantic songs will play now. Then more than one musician tried the hill.

A.R. Rehman's word was taken. In the film 'Tamasha' starring Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone, Rahman gave a song that evokes a constant hum on this raga. This song had another feature. Alka Yagniak was a seasoned singer along with newcomer Arijit. In this song Rahman tried out nice overlapping and western chord system. Do you remember that song? 'Palbhar thahar jao, dil ye sambhal jaye, kaise tumhen toka karu, meri tharab ata hai har gum, fisal jaye akaman mein tum ko bharu, bin bole baatein tum se karu, agar tum saath ho...' What a soft sense of romance here. has been revealed.

Check out this romantic song from 'Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety'. 'Tu jo rutha to kaun hansega, tu jo chlea to kaun rahega, tu chup hai to ye dar lagta hai, apna muz ko ab kaun kahega, tu hi wajah, tere bina bewajah hoon main, tera yaar hoon main...' Rochak This song composed by Kohli is also in one raga and one rhythm. While listening, it feels as if a peacock feather is moving on the eardrum. Arijit has sung in a very emotional way.

Pritam gave a song that presents a completely different shade of love than these two songs. The song from 'Jab Harry Met Sejal' presents Raag Pahadi in a different way. The rhythm is the same. 'Tuz ko main rakhl lun wahaan, jahan kahin pe hain mera yakin, main jo tera na hua, kisi ka nahin, le jaen jaane kahan hawayen hawayen, le jae tuze kahan, hawayen hawayen...'

One feels a kind of shata while listening to this and other such love songs. It seems as if Arijit's voice has an innate pent-up pain that comes out spontaneously in the song. However, sometimes a song comes in between which, despite being sung in another raga, its overall effect grips the listener as if the listener has been hypnotized. This has happened in a song of 'Ay Dil Hai Mushkil'. Pritam has sung the title song of the film in Bhairavi Ragini. 'Tu Hai Safar Mera, Tu Hi Meri Manjil, Tere Bina Gujara, Ai Dil Hai Mushkil...' Let's enjoy a few more romantic songs and then move on.