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Subsequently there was wide protests from Muslim Ulemas which eventually lead to the withdrawal of the movie from theatres after a week of its release. However, the soundtrack of the movie got high appreciations from the critics. Rahman composed some of his career best songs for this movie.

Overview

Going by initial lines of Chinnamma Chilakamma, anybody gets duped that the song would be a typical South Indian peppy number but as
M. F. Hussain wrote in The Hindu
about this song, "There is a qawwali written by me and sung by classical musicians Ustad Ghulam Mustafa and his son for which Rahman has tuned unusual music. The film opens with this qawwali, the picturisation of which is a major highlight...The qawwali is exultant about the presence of the light and what a light it is! It is a Sufi thought, a thought that keep us going even when there is pitch darkness."
Cyclist's Rythm and Potter’s Village were instrumentals composed by A. R. Rahman with percussions by Sivamani and flute by Navin Kumar in the former and percussions by Hossam Ramzy and strings by John Themis in the latter.

Tracklisting

Track # Song Singer(s) Lyrics Length Notes

1 Yeh Rishta Reena Bhardwaj Rahat Indori 4:40
Strings by John Themis
Reused in Sakkarakatti
as Njan Epodhu

2 Chinnamma Chilakkamma Sukhwinder Singh Sukhwinder Singh 5:45 Reused in Sakkarakatti as Chinnamma Chilakkamma

3 Do Kadam Sonu Nigam Rahat Indori 5:58
Strings by Rashid Ali
Flute
by Navin Kumar

4 Dhuan Dhuan Asha Bhosle Rahat Indori 5:42 Additional Vocals by Kunal

Percussions by Sivamani
Additional Grooves by James Asher

5 Rang Hai Alka Yagnik Rahat Indori 5:21 Additional Vocals by Dallinda

Percussions by Hossam Ramzy

6 Noor-Un-Ala-Noor Murtaza Khan, Qadir Khan M. F. Husain 6:55

7 Cyclist's Rhythm Instrumental - 3:01
Percussions by Sivamani
Flute
by Navin Kumar

8 Potter’s Village Instrumental - 2:28
Strings
by John Themis

Background score

The background score for the film was also composed by
Hyderabad, Jaisalmer and Prague
. Rahman emerges as a clear winner in giving life to all these 3 cities with his background score. Rahman goes completely into Qawwali rhythms for Hyderabad, a rustic ,earthy, Arabic rhythms for Jaisalmer and a rich lavish strings for Prague and brings out the essence and cultures of all the 3 cities through his enticing scores.

Reception

The soundtrack for the movie has received positive reviews from critics and fans. Since the film bombed at the box office due to controversies created, the soundtrack too remained unnoticed. But the tracks such as Yeh Rishta and Chinnamma Chillakkamma became chartbusters when they were reused in
2008 Tamil movie Sakkarakatti. Do Kadam is highly regarded as A. R. Rahman's and Sonu Nigam
's one of the best works.

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 ==Overview==
-Going by initial lines of ''Chinnamma Chilakamma'', anybody gets duped that the song would be a typical South Indian peppy number but as [[Sukhwinder Singh]] picks up his lines, one gets the [[Hyderabad|Hyderabadi]] accent in its full flesh. The beautifully penned lyrics is also by [[Sukhwinder Singh]]. ''Rang Hai'' is like a rustic mysterious cry of a woman. [[Alka Yagnik]] is the main vocalist whilst [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] singer Dallinda provide additional vocals. ''Dhuan Dhuan'' is a sultry and seductive number sung by the famous Indian singer [[Asha Bhonsle]]. Additional vocals is by Kunal and percussions by Rahman's usual assosciate [[Sivamani]]. ''Yeh Rishta'' is a typical melody by Rahman and sung by debut singer [[Reena Bhardwaj]]. This is the only song of the album that was well promoted. It was later reused by Rahman in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] movie [[Sakkarakatti]] as ''Naan Epodhu'' with the same singer which then became a chartbuster. ''Do Kadam'' is highly regarded as one of Rahman's best compositions. This song is beautifully sung by [[Sonu Nigam]] with lyrics provided by Rahat Indori. The controversial song ''Noor-Un-Ala-Noor'' is a [[Sufi music|Sufi style]] song sung by Murtaza Khan and Qadir Khan, together called Khan brothers. Lyrics for the song was by [[M. F. Hussain]] which slightly adapted the [[Koran|Koranic]] verses honourung [[Allah]] to honour the lead character Meenaxi..<ref>[http://ibnlive.in.com/news/does-mf-husain-love-controversy/9569-8.html].</ref>.<ref>[http://www.mumbai-central.com/nukkad/apr2004/msg00244.html].</ref>
+Going by initial lines of ''Chinnamma Chilakamma'', anybody gets duped that the song would be a typical South Indian peppy number but as [[Sukhwinder Singh]] picks up his lines, one gets the [[Hyderabad|Hyderabadi]] accent in its full flesh. The beautifully penned lyrics is also by [[Sukhwinder Singh]]. ''Rang Hai'' is like a rustic mysterious cry of a woman. [[Alka Yagnik]] is the main vocalist whilst [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] singer Dallinda provide additional vocals. ''Dhuan Dhuan'' is a sultry and seductive number sung by the famous Indian singer [[Asha Bhonsle]]. Additional vocals is by Kunal and percussions by Rahman's usual assosciate [[Sivamani]]. [[A. R. Rahman]] said about recording of this song at the filmfare: "For one song, we started with no tune and no lyrics either. One afternoon I bumped into Lataji and Ashaji in London. I asked Ashaji if she'd do a song with me the next day. She had to go to Scotland the next day. But she returned in a few days and we finished the track ''Dhuan Dhuan'' in four hours in London." ''Yeh Rishta'' is a typical melody by Rahman and sung by young singer [[Reena Bhardwaj]] who had already worked with Rahman in a chartbuster song for the [[Tamil language|Tamil]] movie [[Baba (film)|Baba]]. This is the only song of the album that was well promoted. It was later reused by Rahman in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] movie [[Sakkarakatti]] as ''Naan Epodhu'' with the same singer which then became a chartbuster. It was picturised as Tabu's solo entrance piece in the film. ''Do Kadam'' is highly regarded as one of Rahman's best compositions. This song is beautifully sung by [[Sonu Nigam]] with lyrics provided by Rahat Indori. ''Planetbollywood'' referred to this song as the best from [[Sonu Nigam]].<ref>[http://www.planetbollywood.com/displayReview.php?id=042806113230]</ref> The controversial song ''Noor-Un-Ala-Noor'' is a [[Sufi music|Sufi style]] song sung by Murtaza Khan and Qadir Khan, together called Khan brothers. Lyrics for the song was by [[M. F. Hussain]] which slightly adapted the [[Koran|Koranic]] verses honourung [[Allah]] to honour the lead character Meenaxi.<ref>[http://ibnlive.in.com/news/does-mf-husain-love-controversy/9569-8.html].</ref>.<ref>[http://www.mumbai-central.com/nukkad/apr2004/msg00244.html]</ref>[[M. F. Hussain]] wrote in [[The Hindu]] about this song, "There is a qawwali written by me and sung by classical musicians Ustad Ghulam Mustafa and his son for which Rahman has tuned unusual music. The film opens with this qawwali, the picturisation of which is a major highlight...The qawwali is exultant about the presence of the light and what a light it is! It is a Sufi thought, a thought that keep us going even when there is pitch darkness."
 ''Cyclist's Rythm'' and ''Potter’s Village'' were [[instrumental]]s composed by [[A. R. Rahman]] with percussions by [[Sivamani]] and flute by Navin Kumar in the former and percussions by [[Hossam Ramzy]] and strings by John Themis in the latter.