Ey Hairathe Aashiqui

Ey Hairathe Aashiqui – how did I miss this song? I love the breeziness, the unexpected musical elements that pop up all over the composition, the olde-world accordian sound, the gently echoing sounds, Hariharan’s sweet voice coupled with Alka Yagnik’s high notes, flawless and smooth – all to the backdrop of ‘dam dara dam dara, chashm chashme naam, sun mere hum dum, hameshaa ishq mein hi jeenaa’. And I can hear Rahman’s child-like high-pitched voice among the various others.

The beauty of this song (and the others in Guru) is that there are so many instruments and sound elements that it gives an idea of so much happening alongside – life, music, dance, creation – everything. Almost like a giant panorama unfolding to the tune of the song – inside, outside and all around. Time moves on relentlessly, notes are high/low, people age, generations come forth, yet the music flows on… without an ebb, without losing even a single breath.