Yeh Saali Zindagi (Music review), Hindi – Nishat Khan

Dil dar-ba-dar is a cornucopia of filmy sounds, including the lead hook’s sitar version by Nishat and a bizarre sounding Javed Ali – nothing quite fits. Javed sounds better in Ishq tere – with Shilpa Rao, this is a captivating Pritam’ish tune. Kaise kahen gets even better – a lavishly cinematic ghazal with fantastic violin phrases! Sararara is effervescent Punjabi pop; Sukhwinder’s version trumps Javed Ali’s, while the charming, rock’ish title song stands out for Swanand Kirkire’s effusive take on life and Sunidhi’s lead vocals. Abhishek Ray’s other version is jarring, however! Sitar exponent Nishat Khan’s debut is confidently commercial!

Keywords: Chitrangda Singh, Irrfan Khan, Sudhir Mishra, Nishat Khan, Chitrangada Singh, Yeh Saali Zindagi