Uljhanein

Gautam Agrawal, a young musician has recently released a new song Uljhanein. It tells his experience in the last two months, as he mentioned in the video description. He also said that his music is just going to get better from now on and I wish the best to him. 

Now let’s talk about how I felt when I listened to this song. Talking firstly about the music, I felt it was engaging and mysterious. The background scores kept me occupied with the song and made me listen to it till the end. There is a similarity to the uber-hit called “ Tanha Dil” by Shaan released back in the 1990s. The song is loaded with synths and keyboard programming along with vocal harmonies in the background.

Next comes the video which starts with Gautam’s friends asking him "is he alright" and why he keeps listening to a particular song, in reply to which he answers that he feels connected to this song and it’s time to tell everyone his hearts desires or ‘dil ki baatein’. Even in the song, he mentions many times, that from now on he is going to say what his heart feels and also asks the people to not take it seriously by the line ‘dil pe mat lena inhe’. The video consists of snippets of Gautam alone. The places he is at are all empty. I think this resembles his heart. How he feels may be alone in his heart. The walk shows his efforts in trying to get out of this sadness and the window scene tells how he is feeling stuck.

Talking about the lyrics of the song and something that I pay most attention to. Lyrics always tell the story of a song. And the message that Gautam wanted to give through this song is clear. The song ‘Uljhanien’ tells about the problems that he is stuck in. He is trying to tell that he is in a dilemma but now he is deciding to do what he wants. The thing that confuses me is to who is he dedicating the song? My assumptions are that he is either talking to god, society or an ex-lover, through this song. But I can’t quite make which one it is. But maybe that is what he tried to do. That is what the song is - to make your own assumption and connect it the way the listener wants.

Another bonus point I would like to add is that I really liked the way he added small dialogues/ phrases between the song. The dialogue

‘Log kehte hai

Kuch bhi do baar soch ke bola karo

Kyun do baar soch ke bolu

Ek baar Kaafi nahi?’

is something I really liked. It shows his will, his power, and his decision to not listen to others anymore and say what his heart feels, do what his heart feels. And isn’t it right? Sometimes by waiting to think twice before speaking anything we lose the importance of the words and the situation. Isn’t it better to say what you feel, instead of keeping it inside and regretting later !!?

And then it continues as :

‘Log samajhte hai mujhe kuch aata nahi

Par ye waqt hai ki ab unhe batana hai

Ki mujhe Kya kuch nahi aata’

These lines are also very motivating. In the end, he has finally made a decision to stand up for himself and show others what he is capable of. This was my review on the song go give it a listen yourself.