Dil Kehta Hai starts the album with a refreshing, tailored for Abhishek song (imagine Abhishek in the stage version of Tera Jadoo Chal Gaya). Well-sung by Sonu Nigam, the music is upbeat and fast, the song, fun. The song depiction in the movie is really good, and I am mentioning this because the funky beats interlude is actually depicted by Abhishek and his friends on this high fence suspended in air, actually hitting different metals and such and swinging at certain times to create this beat. I know I didnīt make much sense, but for those who have seen the song, itīs pretty interesting. Nice! Ek Ladki Mujhe switches gears to a light-hearted love song. Sonu Nigam is joined by Alka Yagnik in this fairly mediocre but mildly pleasant duet. Pleasant Kuch Tum Kaho, a solo by Sonu Nigam, makes a nice listen. Unfortunately, it also sounds lifted from an American song, though I canīt recall which one(s). The song itself, though, has nice lyrics and soft music, and is a song that will grow on you (it is growing on me as I listen). Nice Mehki Hawaon Mein picks up the pace drastically with an upbeat, almost Amitabh-70īs-like song, though the singing isnīt quite pleasant as the image. Someone should have told Sonu Nigam and K.K to calm down, because K.K. doesnīt exactly stand for Kishore Kumar. Babul Supriyo does a much better job (so far) for doing justice to Abhishek (itīs a little more convincing). Nevertheless, itīs a song that may pick up more after the movieīs release (I suspect the picturization will up the songīs appeal). Itīs a fun song, though, maybe not hit material, but still a nice listen. Amitabh-70īs? Yeh Main Kahan is picked up by Sonu Nigam, Hariharan and Anupama Deshpande, and from the tune and singing, I suspect this song is depicted somewhere around the 50īs car that was built for Abhishek especially for this movie. This song will have more appeal in the movie rather than just on the album, hence, thus far, on just an album listen, I am not very impressed since it is veering on "fast-forward!" Okay Mastana Albela is sung by a variety of people: Hariharan, Arvinder Singh, Saud Khan, Mahitosh, Upendra Sharma, Sarfaraz Khan, Sanjeevni Bhelende, Shraddha Pandit, Sneha Pant and Wajid Khan. Now this is definitely one situational song, hence I wonīt comment much, just that this wouldnīt be the first (or second or third or fourth) song I would listen to on this album. Situational Na Kisi Ki Aankh Ka ends the album with a soulful and moving song by Talat Aziz. With lyrics by Bahadur Shah Zafar, the music is slow and soothing (much to your shock, I am sure, seeing who the singer is), the lyrics, beautiful (the shock is overwhelming), and the song, wonderful. Beautiful The album ends with a instrumental version of Dil Kehta Hai (not much to mention, just think hard and imagine the first version of Dil Kehta Hai , just, well, without the singing. Tough, huh.) This album, overall, isnīt exactly worth a CD just yet. It takes getting used to, and with the release of the movie, the songs will pick up appeal (and make more sense, in some cases), and then the CD may be an investment to consider. Some songs are worth having on CD, and others, uhmmm.... |
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Shararat,
directed by Abhishekīs long-time friend,
Gurudev Bhalla, has taken five years to write. Starring Abhishek Bachchan (obviously) and Hrishita Bhatt, a new girl (one of the very
many), as well as the old lot of Amrish Puri and
Helen, among others, Shararat has an
interesting story (and after five years, well, it canīt be anything but) and a mixed bag
in terms of music. Frankly put, it is nothing compared to the music of Abhishekīs first
two releases,