Subhash Ghai is one guy who knows how important music is for a Bollywood movie. He makes a good effort to ensure quality to the last bit. His soundtracks sell better than his films sometimes. Remember Taal? A.R Rahman’s music topped the charts for a really long time and the film blew up at the box office. Subhash Ghai is back with another flick titled Yuvvraaj. The film stars Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Anil Kapoor and Zayed Khan in lead roles. The music has been composed by A.R Rahman and the lyrics have been penned down by Gulzar. A typical Subhash Ghai menu. Yuvvraaj is slated for a November release. The music is finally out so let’s check it out!

Main Hoon Yuvvraaj	Media Player - 128 Kbps
Tu Meri Dost Hai	Media Player - 128 Kbps
Shano Shano	Media Player - 128 Kbps
Tu Muskura	Media Player - 128 Kbps
Mastam Mastam	Media Player - 128 Kbps
Zindagi	Media Player - 128 Kbps
Dil Ka Rishta	Media Player - 128 Kbps
Manmohini Morey	Media Player - 128 Kbps
Shano - Remix	Media Player - 128 Kbps

The opening track Main Hoon Yuvraj basically works as a prologue to the following track and is designed as a dialogue monologue in Salman Khan’s trademark anglicized accent.

After group performances in Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na and Golmaal Returns ,Benny Dayal gets his first lead playback song with Tu Meri Dost Hai . The song opens with an eloquent alaap which forms the base tune of the track. Expect it to catch up as a ringtone soon and win major mobile downloads.

Tu Muskura relies strongly on Alka Yagnik’s soulful singing and has minimal musical arrangements with an unadorned yet effective tune. Shano Shano is an instantly infectious disco dance number where you identify Sonu Nigam’s vocals amongst the horde of six other wide-range singers.

Gulzar is at his usual best with his choice of unusual words and their phonetic tweaking in Mastam Mastam. Sonu Nigam does an immaculate attempt at mouthing the tongue-twisters and Alka Yagnik, too, is decent enough.

Dil Ka Rishta is seemingly conceived as a climax opera act comprising the three leads Anil Kapoor, Salman Khan and Zayed Khan who play brothers in the film. Heavy on orchestration, the song has Sonu Nigam taking the lead with able support by Roopkumar Rathod. A R Rahman chips in for the more demanding classical rendition.

Manmohini Morey has chaste classical singing on a contemporary backdrop by Vijay Prakash, in the likes of maestros akin to Ustad Sultaan Khan. This small piece is a gem for connoisseurs of classical music. Zindagi is a sad number about looking life in retrospect but doesn’t get outright depressing. Srinivas goes mellow on singing this comparatively conventional number from the album.