Pal Bhar (Chaahunga reprise) features extended lyrics from the original song. The sadness is strong in this song but love is a rather stronger feeling here. As the song seems to end, it starts again with an equally good vocal by Tirupati. Singh’s voice itself is fabulous with a deeply moving rendition to it that has some amazing control on each word he delivers. The arrangement is the best part of the music that Mithoon delivers like a master making it a very memorable song. Simplicity with a hero piano & acoustic guitar are supported by a lovely flute and Santoor performance. The gorgeous melody and flow of the song is done to perfection and is super easy to listen to. There is amazing amount of depth and pain of love in the song that comes through every word. Manoj Muntashir has beautifully penned Phir Bhi Tumko Chaahunga with some amazing words that anyone would fall in love with this song on the first listen. The powerful combination of Mithoon and Arijit Singh is back with a song that has the potential to become as big a hit as Tum Hi Ho. Musically the use of electric guitars with dholki is a good combination that works well on the chorus but the music lacks variety thanks to the nature of the song and its composition thus turning into a rather monotonous melody making it an overall depressing song to listen to. He doesn’t have the depth to go with it but it is a good vocal nonetheless. Mishra’s vocals have that pain of being far from their love but doesn’t cross into a heartbreak and thus is well controlled. Thus the song has a dark side of lonliness to it too in its lyrics by Laado Suwalka. Another romantic song but with a slightly more aggressive macho stance that also has the desperation and the addition of love that one doesn’t want to let go… or finding it hard to let go with separation. Rahul Mishra composes and sings Tu Hi Hai next. A very classic romantic song that should find it easy to climb the music charts. The thought behind the words are very charming to the simple thought of separation and holding on for another moment. Saeed sounds really good too in a soft & deeply romantic male vocal to some very powerful lyrics by Asad Chauhan. This is one of her best songs in recent times where she clearly shines on a very melodic song. Saeed keeps the music simple and pure allowing Ghoshal to take the lead and deliver a very sweet and classy vocal. The combination of Sarangi and guitars gives a nice endearing flavour to the song in a very acoustic style. The song has the cross-border musical touch to it with its strong Punjabi influence and folk touch. It’s good to hear the leading man of Pakistani rock band – Jal back on the mic making a big Bollywood song that should be an easy hit. Thodi Der features the music and voice of Farhan Saeed along with Shreya Ghoshal on the female lead. The poetic flow of the words and their romantic connotations are a pleasure to listen to with a catchy flow making this the romantic song of the monsoon season in India. Lyrics are the combined work of Bagchi and Arafat Mehmood. Shashaa Tirupati has a small part with backing vocals only to her credit. The gravel sounds of his voice complement the water music quite well as a metaphor to the sounds of a flowing stream in the quite of a wilderness.
King’s voice itself is a gorgeous instrument and his delivery is exquisite to listen to.
The urban beat is set with a delicate texture to it to balance the calm and deep ambience of the song. A strong romantic song set to the ambient sounds of following waters and representative water-sound instruments Santoor and Violins set the landscape of the song very well in this composition by Tanishk Bagchi.
The melodic gravel-y voice of UK box Ash King opens the album with Baarish. A range of music directors and lyricists have come together for this album putting a big 10 song album together with a strong UK influence to the album. Mohit Suri has always managed to deliver a very high standard of commercial romantic music in his films setting big expectations from the soundtrack of ‘Half Girlfriend’. Starring Arjun and Shraddha Kapoor the film has an exciting look as seen in the trailers with a good bit of chemistry between the leading pair spread across multiple cities and locations. Directing Chetan Bhagat’s novel adapted for film, ‘Half Girlfriend’ should be exactly that… romance in the modern day in a coming of age Indian society. Talk about contemporary Bollywood romance and Mohit Suri is the man for that.