When "Dosa" (South) meets "Samosa" (North)...something nicer and spicier is predictable to happen! Ironically speaking, in year 2011, the first three big box-office hits (BODYGUARD, READY and SINGHAM), were all official South-remakes that made cash register ringing all the way. EKK DEEWANA THA, an insightfully romantic flick about love relationships, falls in this cadre, as it is official remake of Tamil super-hit VINNAITHAANDI VARUVAAYA (meaning - Will you cross the skies and come), which was later remake in its Telugu version as YE MAAYA CHESAVA with a different cast and climax. On musical front, prolific director Gautham Menon maintains the sanctity of the subject and confers the musical department again to the maestro A.R Rahman. Like ROJA, HINDUSTANI, HUM SE HAIN MUQABALA etc, this album too has similar sounding composition from the original version with couple of added new songs in it. Past experiences and results clearly indicates a win-win situation for the album, but can this be one great album that will set audio sales soaring high with its quality displays. Can EKK DEEWANA THA be the perfect romantic album for youngsters in year 2012? Let's get straight into its musical facts...

To suit the mood and taste of Bollywood listeners, Rahman plays safe and tries to invigorate a sort of

quintessentially Bollywood 90's stylized romantic composition in the opening track "Kya Hai Mohabbat". It's genteel and soothing in textures and comes more like a narrative monologue from the lead protagonist, exuding out shades of "Mohabbat" (love). Rahman's caressing tones are expressive and connect descriptively with changing shades and moods of the track. It's a decent start (if not great) to the album where a listener is well-aware of the feel and gist of the flick.

Next to arrive is quizzically trendy sounding "Dost Hai (Girl I loved you)", a hysterically and compassionately crazy version of "Kannukul Kannai" (VINNAITHAANDI VARUVAAYA {Tamil}) by Naresh Iyer, with added shades and style of racy hip-hop emceeing and crazy sound antics, somewhat similar to "Liquid dance" (SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE). Jaspreet Jasz and Arya crazy emceeing are the resounding highlights, giving it a true uber-cool urbane feel and giving many thriving moments of excitement for big screen histrionics. It has typical Rahman's style of slick composing that are tailor made for situational needs, a perfect track for B-boying dancing on streets. In terms of performance and composition, it's different from original version as now Rahman experiments with loads of hip-hop emceeing rather than preferring on vocals, moreover a visual delight for new-age generation. Go for it!!!