All eyes are set on this week's hottest release - the multi-starrer Dil Dhadakne Do. Though the movie releases in a couple of days, the makers behind this fun-romp are still not done in offering its fans more goodies to entice them to the theatres. Today, they have released the video of a song that's kind of different from the previous songs we have witnessed from the movie - It's more melancholic.
What's it about:
The song features Priyanka Chopra and Farhan Akhtar prominently, with Ranveer Singh, Anil Kapoor, Shefali Shah and Rahul Bose also appearing in the same. Anushka Sharma is surprisingly missing here. As mentioned before, unlike the earlier songs that we have seen and heard, Phir Bhi Yeh Zindagi is about pathos, separation and about hard choices made in life. Sung by Farhan Akhtar, Vishal Dadlani, Divya Kumar, Alyssa Mendonsa and Sapna Pathak, the song may be the penultimate ditty in the narrative, if the title song is played in the post-credit portions.
What's hot:
It's a refreshing change from the peppy songs that we have seen from the film till now, though I am not saying sad songs are always good. Another fresh perspective brought in here is that it focuses on the dilemma of Priyanka-Farhan-Rahul track, instead of the other love-birds of the tale, Ranveer-Anushka. I loved the idea of the song, that everyone is on the fun and frolic on the outside, yet no one is actually happy about what's going on in their lives. The singers do a good job in rendering the track, while the beautiful bare locales help in giving a distinct personality to the song. BTW, is it me or does Shefali Shah look really beautiful in here?
What's not:
Though the visuals of the song were captivating, the same cannot be said about the song as a composition. It has this heard-this-before vibe in it. Though the singers do a great work in here, the song in itself does not make us crave for repeated hearings. This is just another plain Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy melody, especially when you compare it to the much beautiful Pehli Baar from the same album.
What to do:
Though the song may not be strong enough as a composition, Phir Bhi Yeh Zindagi will certainly look better on screen when we see the film in theatres, with the beautiful locales, superb acting display and the picturisation.
