What's Your Raashee? (soundtrack)

What's Your Raashee?
Soundtrack album by Sohail Sen
Released	9 September 2009
Recorded	2008 – 2009 Studio Nysa, YRF Studios, Saba Studio Mumbai, India
Genre	Feature film soundtrack, Indian conventional music, jazz, pop, R&B, hip-hop, electronic, soft rock, retro, Gujarati folk, Rajasthani folk, western classical music
Length	57:58
Label	Sony Music India
Producer	Sohail Sen, Rajeev Bhatt
Sohail Sen chronology
Sirf (2008) What's Your Raashee? (2009) Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey (2010)

What's Your Raashee? is the soundtrack album to the 2009 romantic comedy film of the same name. The soundtrack is composed by Sohail Sen and the lyrics are penned by Javed Akhtar. It was released by Sony Music India on 9 September 2009 and upon release, the soundtrack received positive reviews from music critics, who commended Sen's musicianship and vocal ability. ^[1]

Development

There was a speculation that the soundtrack of What's Your Raashee? will be composed by the Academy Award winner, A. R. Rahman, but soon afterwards, director Ashutosh Gowariker announced that he would be hiring newcomer, Sohail Sen to compose the soundtrack of the movie. The track listing for the soundtrack took more than one and a half years to be finalised. ^[2] The album consists of thirteen songs, which is made up of twelve songs for each zodiac sign representing the characters played by Priyanka Chopra, and one introductory song. ^[3] Sen has lent his voice for nine out of the thirteen songs in addition to composing the soundtrack. ^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length	Zodiac Song
1	"What's Your Raashee? - Pal Pal Dil Jisko Dhoonde"	Sohail Sen	03:58	Aries/Mesh (Anjali)
2	"Jao Na"	Sohail Sen, Tarannum Mallik	04:45	Aquarius/Kumbh (Sanjana)
3	"Aaja Lehraate"	Shaan, Bhavya Pandit	03:50	Gemini/Mithun (Kajal)
4	"Bikhri Bikhri"	Sohail Sen, Marianne D'Cruz	04:41	Cancer/Kark (Hansa)
5	"Maanunga Maanunga"	Ashutosh Gowarikar, Pamela Jain	03:51	Libra/Tula (Rajni)
6	"Sau Janam"	Udit Narayan, Madhushree, Sohail Sen	04:22	Pisces/Meen (Chandrika)
7	"Dhadkan Dhadkan"	Sohail Sen, Tarannum Mallik	05:03	Leo/Simha (Mallika)
8	"Aa Le Chal"	Aslesha Gowarikar, Harman Baweja	02:59	Scorpio/Vrishchik (Nandini)
9	"Pyaari Pyaari"	Alka Yagnik, Sohail Sen	04:47	Virgo/Kanya (Pooja)
10	"Su Chhe"	Sohail Sen, Bela Shende	04:23	Taurus/Vrishabh (Vishakha)
11	"Salone Kya"	Sohail Sen, Tarannum Mallik	03:48	Sagittarius/Dhanu (Bhavna)
12	"Koi Jaane Na"	Rajab Ali Bharti, Bela Shende	04:43	Capricorn/Makar (Jhankhna)
13	"What's Your Raashee? - Chehre Jo Dekhe Hain"	Sohail Sen	05:34	All the twelve girls and Yogesh

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Bollywood Hungama	[5]
Planet Bollywood	[6]

Although the response to the feature film itself was negative, the soundtrack has been able to gain mainly positive reviews. The Song "Jao Na" was a chartbuster, and was popular among the audiences. Bollywood Hungama praises Sohail Sen and Javed Akhtar for their work and quoted the album as "interestingly done" and "an experience not to be missed". The album received an overall rating of four out of five stars. ^[5] Ankit Ojha from Planet Bollywood called it "A Musical Extravaganza!". ^[6] BBC Music said "Sen shows he can successfully compete with the best in Bollywood". ^[7]

Album credits

Musicians Sunil Daas – sitar Bilshad Khan – sarangi Kishore Singh – ravan hattha Iqbal Warshi – taar shehnai P.M.K. Naveen Kumar, K.Srinivasan, Parasnath – flute Sumit Mitra – accordion Pawan Rasaily, Ankur Mukherjee, Chintoo Singh, Tushar Parte – guitar Rashid Khan – bulbul tarang Gino Banks, Ankeet Bham – drums Pratap Rath, Shadab Roshan – percussion Ritu Raj – tenor sax Joseph M. – trumpet Nirmal Mukherjee, Suresh Soni, Pradeep Lad, Ram Prakash K, Raju Sardar, Aziz Khan, Yusuf Moh’d, Aslam Dafrani, Iqbal Langa, Anoop Shankar, Hafeez Ahmed Khan, Roshan Ali, Sanjeev Vyas, Sharafat Khan – rhythm Pradeep Sen Gupta, Chandrakant L – mandolin Cine Musician Association, Mumbai – strings

Production Producer: Sohail Sen Recording Engineers: R. Muralidhar, Aditya Modi, Shantanu Hudlikar, Abhishek Khandelwal, Rafiq Sen Mixing: R. Muralidhar Mastering: Shadab Rayeen, Aditya Modi Additional Programming: Simaab Sen, Santosh Mulekar, Praful Keluskar, Shreeram Iyer Music co-ordination: Ramanand Shetty, Sheshappa T. Poojari Music Design & Production: Rajeev Bhatt Rhythm Conduction: Sanjeev Sen

Credits adapted from the liner notes of What's Your Raashee?. ^[8]

References

1. Indo-Asian news service (24 August 2009). "Sohail Sen's music impresses in 'What's Your Raashee?' (IANS Music Review)". Thaindian News. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
2. Indo-Asian news service (25 August 2009). "Comparing me to Rahman not fair: Sohail Sen". Thaindian.com. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
3. Indo-Asian News Service (17 June 2009). "Gowariker picks new composer over Rahman for '...Rashee?'". Thaindian.com. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
4. Vijayakar, Rajiv (4 September 2009). "'SIGNS' Language". Screen India. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
5. "What's Your Raashee? Music Review". Bollywood Hungama . Retrieved 18 August 2009.^{[ dead link ]}
6. "What's Your Raashee? : Music Review". Planet Bollywood. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
7. Mulji, Priya (16 September 2009). "Sohail Sen - What's Your Raashee?: Music Review". BBC Music . Retrieved 13 October 2011.
8. Sen, Sohail (2009). What's Your Raashee? (CD liner notes). Sohail Sen. Sony Music.