There is nothing but the hype surrounding Rajinikanth’s upcoming film, 2.0. Every tiny bit of information about the film is being greeted with extreme passion by fans. There’s no doubt then that the ostentatious music launch of the film – which took place in Dubai and involved live performances by AR Rahman and Sivamani – is being met with so much ardour.
Surprisingly, 2.0 will feature just three songs, and only two of them have been released in the album. The film’s original language is Tamil, but we’ll be looking at the Hindi album for this review. The two songs Endhira Logathu Sundariye and Raajali are named Mechanical Sundariye and Rakshassi, respectively in Hindi.
The album starts off with Mechanical Sundariye which is sounds like the song that will most probably have 66 year-old Rajinikanth shaking a leg with 24 year-old Amy Jackson. Rahman starts off this number with Shashaa Tirupati’s vocals and sets up the beats before Armaan Malik’s voice chimes in.
Keeping in mind the sci-fi genre of the film, Rahman has relied heavily on electronic sounds. The beats may be slow at first, but they catch speed soon, making it evident that it’s a dance number. The song has a particular liveliness to it that’s hard to shake off.
However, what will most interest you about Mechanical Sundariye is the poetry. Lyrics like “Chhu loon teresiliconicgaalkabhi. Firewall jaise roke in baal kabhi” and “Tere RAM se CPU dhadke. Aa login kar le, tera password de” are sure to give you a chuckle, but they’re not far from what you’d expect from a sequel to Robot.
Same goes for the second song Rakshassi which starts off with the words, “Isaac Asimov kapota, bas dikthahoon main chota,” giving a nod to the great sci-fi author. This one’s definitely the theme song for Akshay Kumar’s character.
It has vocals from Blaaze, KailashKher and Nakash Aziz, who have succeeded in making this an exciting song. Rakshassi is the faster one among the two songs. It benefits from a grander musical arrangement, and is more drum-heavy in nature.
The third song from 2.0 is still a mystery, and we’ll perhaps only get to hear it when the film’s out. The music that’s out now sounds good but is nothing out of the ordinary. Rahman seems to have played safe this time around.
