The question is not, Is this a period score?. It is rather, What is a period score?. Main vari vari obviously impresses, though Reena sounds better, younger. Javed Akhtar excels in the pulsating Takey Takey’s lyrics. The Holi song uses jaded rhythm loops but is better than most recent holi songs. And Aamir only utters. Kailash Kher in the 3 versions of Mangal Mangal is Nusrat’ish while the track is just situational. Raunchy Rasiya may make sense when watched. Same for Al Maddath Maula. MP is definitely notches below Lagaan and most of other better Rahman’s albums. Blame Ketan Mehta?