Noor-E-Khuda!!!

This song is from the blockbuster movie " My name is Khan".
Star Cast : Shahrukh Khan And Kajol!
Director : Karan Johar
Music director : Shankar-Eshaan-Loy


This is our melody queen's first song of the year!!! What a way to start the year!!


This soulful, depth song has been sung by Shankar Mahadevan, Adnan Sami & ofcourse our soulful diva Shreya Ghoshal!!!


This song runs for approx - 6 mins and 37 seconds.


The instruments used are modern instruments as well the classical instruments like tabla to create the sufi mood


The genre is definitely a mixture of country,qawali, Sufi & Classical..


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This awesome rendition starts off with the breathless male singer Shankar Mahadevan singing " Noor -e-khuda" but playing with notes...Then we start to hear the notes of the guitar playing a country tune...


Through out the song Shankar Mahadevan and Adnan Sami shares parts n lines.


Remember how I said this song had a depthfull meaning??
It does, this song's about reaching god, finding god.


Let me now skip to the best part.. You guessed it :- Shreya's Part!!!


Our melodious diva comes in at approx 3:56..singing the aalap " aaaaaaaa" in her own unique,honey soaked voice but playing with the notes..Then she sings just a few sargam lines " Ga ma pa niiiiiiiiiiii......sa ga...." Its very hard to describe the way our princess has sung this song.. It just touches my heart instantly.


After the last few lines of the aalap the tabla comes in and she starts to belt out her soothing voice singing. " Ujde Se Lamhon Ko Aas Teri "... " Khali aankhien khudse sawal kare" asking different questions to god,expressing sorrow and sadness!!


Then she sings "  ruh jam si gai...Waqt tham sa gaya..Toote khwabon ke manzar pe..Tera jahan chal diya"


Here are Shreya's next few lines with chorus:-


Noor E Khuda Noor E Khuda - chorus




tu kahan chhupa hai humein yeh bata - Shreya adding her own soothing and classical touch to it, playing with the notes.


Noor E Khuda Noor E Khuda - Chorus


yun naa humse nazarein firaa. - Shankar and Shreya....singing amazingly high notes!!


Here is the review of the song from another site and I completely agree to them


Noor-E-Khuda wants to be gospel until Shreya Ghoshal segues into the track at four minutes of enduring both Shankar Mahadevan and Adnan Sami trying to reach out to God in their feeble pop-ish attempt. Must be something about Saraswati being in the ‘kanth’ of a woman; it’s only when Shreya pitches in that the track begins to take a prayer to the skies."


One of my fav and very close to my heart!!!..Hatts off to our diva and all the singers..WE hope to hear more Shreya Ghoshal and Shankar-Eshaan-Loy combo soon!!!