Ghajini 6

Delhi 6. This may be the first time that every song in Rahman's album is being compared to some other song that he had previously composed. This doesn't make it any less enjoyable, or indicate redundancy even. If anything, it is indicative of his brilliance. But, don't take my word for it, I am huge fan of remixes, and the idea of creating variations of the same song even (Chaiyya Chaiyya vs. Thayya Thayya, for instance). Rahman has done it for years and every time i recognize an element from some other song in a new one, repurposed so ingeniously, I have a thrilling AHA moment! Then again, if one relates one song to another, it is not always because htey are exact replicas. They may both bring out the same emotion, and may have the same characteristics of form and style, but this can only mean that they fall under the same genre, but are not necessarily alike. People who agree with me will also agree that not all Beatles songs sound the same, even though you may sit in a car and listen to a Beatles song for the first time and recognize it as theirs by the style! The Arziyan song in Delhi 6 is therefore not the same as the Khwaaja song in Jodhaa Akbar.

So here is one recent AHA moment. The songs are Delhi 6 from Delhi 6 and Aye Bachchu fro Ghajini. (In this case the similarity is quite obvious, so it wasn't AHA as much as AAA)