About 4 years ago, when the series 'Bandish Bandit' came on Amazon Prime, its music was discussed the most. Then great music directors like Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy composed a total of 12 songs for its album. Now its season 2 has arrived and this time it has 17 songs. But this time what wonders the new musicians have created by mixing classical music, pop, rock and light music, let us understand…
One thing that is most noticeable in the music of Bandish Bandit Season 1 and Season 2 is that in the first season, the music gradually rises to its peak, whereas in Season 2, the music drops from top to bottom. Takes. This can be understood that in Season 1, you first get a chance to come face to face with Javed Ali's Thumri and when the last episode of the series comes, it ends with Malhar Raga and Raindrops. Is.
Whereas in Season 2 the story is opposite. Radhe (Ritvik Bhowmik's character) starts with a rock version of Jugalbandi like Garaj-Garaj and the last episode of the season ends with the song 'Arj Mori', which is completely based on 'Yaman Kalyan'.
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If you leave aside the English and pure pop and rock songs in the 17 songs of this season, then music directors like Ana Rehman, Akashdeep Sengupta, Digvi and Savera have created classical fusion using many unique ragas. Like the most important song of the season 'Ghar Aaja Mahi' has 'Raag Bhim Plassey'. So, the song 'Nirmohiya' sung by Radhe's mother Mohini (Sheeba Chaddha's character) to help her son is a mixture of 'Ragas Yaman Kalyan, Bilawal and Bihaag'.
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While the song 'Yahi Rahiyo Sa' is composed in 'Des Raag', the song 'Sakhi Mori', chosen for the first stage performance of Radhe's father Rajendra Rathod (Rajesh Telang's character), is completely immersed in 'Raag Durga'. It has happened.
Mohini Rathod has a comeback song in the series, 'Saavan Mohe Tarsae'. Shivam Kapoor, an expert in classical music, calls it a unique composition. In this, songs have been sung on two different scales in 'Jasrangi' by combining the common elements of 'Raag Jog' and 'Raag Sarang', which is an amazing classical fusion in itself. The only song sung by Shankar Mahadevan 'Sur Hi Parmatma' has been preserved from 'Raag Peelu'.
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If the album of Season 1 is compared with the songs of Season 2, then one thing becomes clear that the music of the first season was quite fresh and had more elements of classical music and light music. The reason for this was the story of the series, where Pandit Radhemohan Rathod (Naseeruddin Shah's character) was the music emperor and a strong pillar of a classical music family. Therefore the album was more inclined towards classical music.
The story of Season 2 is scattered and hence its music is also scattered. Radhe's family remains busy in saving the family's ground throughout the season and an attempt is seen to wrap up the story in the climax. This time a band competition is the main theme of the story, hence the music of the album seems to be largely inclined towards rock and pop. For this, many new characters have also been launched in the story.
But one thing is missing the most. The characters of Divya Dutta and Arjun Rampal have not got a chance to 'shine'. There is no musical track for either, which might have added a new element to the series. The entry of 'Nandini' (Divya Dutta's character) in the series has a touch of 'Opera' in it. In such a situation, if there was a song in that tune, then perhaps it would have been a very refreshing element for the series and for them, like 'Virah' and 'Garaj-Garaj Jugalbandi' were in the first season. By the way, if you want to listen to a Hindi song in a good composition of 'Opera', then you can currently listen to 'O Ri Chori' from 'Lagaan'.
