By Jugal Kishore Bajaj

Here are some reviews of the Raja song for the movie 99 Delhi Destiny by music critics:

1) ‘Delhi Destiny’ (Ashu) is folk rock with a nice cheerful drum beat assisting a laidback guitar tune. The singer, Raja Hassan, easily brings life to the carefree lyrics. He is especially good when he adds a comical touch, redolent of SRK’s Darr stammer, singing ‘Badi Nassebon Ka Shahar Hai Yeh’.
2) Some lovely guitar strums and superb classical alaaps along with Raja Hassan’s fresh crisp vocals heralding ‘Ba adab, Ba mulaeza’ commence ”Delhi Destiny”. Well, well, its not some number out to praise the Indian capital New Delhi, but one that is definitely heart warming. Ashu had already shown his potential as an innovative composer in DRONA and here he simply breaks all the rules as he goes in for a scintillating fusion, a classy mix of Western and Hindustani classical. The classical part in the background along with superb western rhythm is fantabulous. The fusion part is carried forward by the DRONA lyricist, Vaibhav Modi, as he stylishly fuses simple Hindi, English, Urdu and Persian into one hilariously punchy number. So, he deserves as much accolades as the composer for making the song interesting as well as highly entertaining. Note all the Persian and Urdu words like ‘Ba adab and Ba mulaeza’, (meaning stand with respect and attention) ‘Takhlia’ (leave) etc are taken from the evergreen classic MUGHAL-E-AZAM and movie buffs are quite acquainted with them. The song highlights the youth power, as it effectively brings to fore their over-confident, carefree attitude and their thinking along with the camaraderie shared by the friends. Both the singers have done a fabulous job and their vocals gel perfectly with each other highlighting the friendship between the lead protagonists played by Kunal Khemu and Cyrus Brocha. All in all a fantastic number first up. Rocking and rolling rhythm greets the ”Delhi Destiny Spice Mix” by DJ Whosane! and this is one remix that should be heard as it has been tastefully done without corrupting the original.
3) The first song of the film is “Delhi Destiny” sung by Saregamapa fame Raja Hasan and lyricist Ashu. This song has already grabbed lots of audience attention. This song even has spice-mix version.

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KingHasan Team