Raja Bhaiya is one of the last few comedy capers left on Govinda´s palette, for the actor who defined comedy in the 90´s is turning a new leaf. He has decided to explore different cinema, other than comedy. Will the audiences enjoy one of Govinda´s last few attempts at comedy? That we´ll find out on August 29th when Raja Bhaiya releases, for now you´ll have to settle for the music by today´s top duo Nadeem-Shravan.

Nadeem-Shravan have returned to the top slot in Bollywood again with almost all of their film soundtracks being in the top 10 list for the last couple of years. Unfortunately Raja Bhaiya won´t do anything for their career. While they have worked with Govinda in the past, this time they miss the mark completely.

The album opens with Tu Jo Hans Hans Ke with Udit Narayan and Kavita Krishnamurthy. The track has a foot-tapping beat and carries the official N-S stamp of orchestration. It definitely will be one of the only songs used to promote the film as it is probably the best track for the film.

Next we have Govinda returning behind the mic singing Sunday Manao. While it is always interesting to hear Govinda sing a song as the talented actor has sung one or two hit numbers in the past (who could forget Meri Pant Bhi Sexy from Dulaara or I Love You Bol Dal from Haseena Maan Jayegi) this time he ends just being annoying. The song has Govinda singing with a Bengali accent under the musical baton of Surendar Sodhi. I highly doubt Nadeem-Shravan would ever compose such an item number so the makers went elsewhere. The lesser said about this number the better. Even last year´s "Money" number by Govinda in Waah..Tera Kya Kehna was a league ahead.

Following Sunday Manao is the situational Kehta Hai Mera Jiya with Udit Narayan and Sunidhi Chauhan. The song has the heroine chasing our "brahmachari" hero around for fun, let´s leave it at that. Sunidhi is her usual peppy self and Udit has sung many such numbers in the past so he carries the song with the required appeal.

Madhosh Teri Aankhen with Udit Narayan follows. A typical romantic number complimenting our heroine´s eyes. It is nice to hear Udit in a nice slow number like this. It reminds you of the some of N-S´s earlier works about 10 years ago when they first hit bigtime.

Udit Narayan and Alka Yagnik are next with Janam Janam Jo Saath. The track opens similar to "Kitni Bechain" from Kasoor. This is another N-S romantic number which is their forte. It is numbers like this and the previous track which have put N-S where they are today. The emphasis on melody and orchestration really is felt in such numbers as compared to other music directors songs. While this is no classic it is still better than some of the earlier tracks.

The album closes with a cabaret number, Don´t Touch. Sunidhi Chauhan and Arvinder Singh fulfill the standard singing for such a number. Surendar Sodhi returns in the soundtrack. Sodhi tries to ape N-S in some sense with the musical orchestration but falls short. This is perhaps one of the first if not only soundtracks in recent years with Nadeem-Shravan and another music director.

Raja Bhaiya´s music falls under the category of almost every Govinda film released in the last 5 years: one or 2 decent numbers but nothing of a hit nature. Since Govinda only has about four films left in his backlog perhaps his future films of a serious nature might be better musically. For now his fans will have to settle for Sunday Manao.