AR Rahman composing for a Yash Chopra project starring Shahrukh Khan with lyrics by the legendary Gulzar – that is enough to make you expect the creation of a magical, romantic soundtrack. And so you play the first song of Jab Tak Hai Jaan – Challa. . Ishq Shava is an old school AR Rahman dance numbe Dil To Pagal Hai(which too has a nice ring), just about every title of a Yash Chopra creation articulates its gist in very little.
And so when the mysteriously long wait for the name of his latest(and perhaps last) came to an end with Jab Tak Hai Jaan, the response ranged from’dated’ to’dramatic.’ It wasn’t a selection I had hoped for but I reasoned if we could get used to Jab We Met, we’ll probably get used to this too.