Music - A.R. Rahman
Lyrics - Prasoon Joshi
Genda phool is actually a flower without which Hindu rituals are kind of incomplete..It's also called the French Marigold (Tagetes patula) and belongs to the daisy family of flowers.
In context to Delhi 6, Genda phool seems like a pre-wedding song where the girl has the jitters of dealing with her mother-in-law, brother-in-law and all the others who could be what we call 'evil in-laws' as shown in older hindi films and also television serials..
The concept of the song reminds me of the song from Yash Chopra's Chandni called 'Main sasural nahi jaoongi' where the to be bride's cousin is mimicking members of the groom's family at one of the wedding functions :)
Genda phool has some unusually interesting nakhras in the song like the oye hoye oye, Rekha Bhardwaj's nasal vocals.. the nice beats (like the sound of ghunghroos), some that have a hip-hop feel to it and the sounds like a whistle and foot tapping beat!
Great mix of various components and I think brilliantly executed.. A.R. Rahman after all!
If you like unusual music, you'll like Genda phool for sure.. and if you're not, you'll listen to this song after watching it in the movie :)
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