This leads to two problems in this song: Arijit finds himself lacking while dragging the song home and because the lyrics never quite mesh with the beat they are hard to keep on top of. These two singers take full control over the rhythm and melody while the beat continues under them undeterred by them. The music based on violins, synth and keyboard is gradual but builds and in doing so Aahista comes alive with the powerful voices of Arijit Singh and Jonitha Gandhi. Their first song comes in slowly, slowly. In 2018, Laila Majnu’s soundtrack has 10 songs written in conjunction by Sunidhi Chauhan, Joi Barua and Niladri Kumar. Thus, the producers have taken a risk by introducing new music directors but knowing that each is a well-known and respected artist in themselves, it brings both seasoned knowledge of the audience and a fresh perspective on this 900+ year old tale. Unlike a lot of stories where the music either breaks up the writing or becomes an accompaniment, the music of any Laila and Majnu film is critical to the telling of this story. Whether it be Rishi Kapoor’s 1976 version, the brilliant nautanki in Madhuri Dixit’s Aaja Nachle or the recently released 2018 film Laila Majnu, the original great tale of Layla and Majnun, tells of the ill-fated lovers, brought together by love, divided by their families and driven mad by Majnun’s undying devotion for his Layla.
In Hollywood, countless movies seem to be made or inspired by Romeo and Juliet and of course how could Bollywood miss out on the chance to bring this to audiences with the story of Layla and Majnu.
In India, we have an older version of this tale in Layla and Majnun first written down by Nizami Ganjavi in 1188. The tragic tale of love, pining forever, but never finding their happy ever after, is something that has inspired writers ever since Shakespeare with his tale of Romeo and Juliet.
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