Some wonders never cease. Every film maker claims to be aiming for the good of the industry, trying soulfully to prevent films from flopping left and right by making their own far above par. At the end of the week they are dazzled at how their ´complete and entertaining´ film failed to wow audiences. Blame it on the pirates, the fast DVD release or religious holidays, but the truth is it is their fault. What else must one presume when they see films like Maseeha headed for the big screen with star Sunil Shetty and music by the illustrious Anand Raj Anand composing the mandatory (much more obstructive) love songs?

Vinod Rathod is his usual self in the intolerable "Aaya Maza Na Yaar". The song may contain a certain variety of sounds while at the same time quite typical but as the lyrics indicate, what is the point of it? It may perhaps be strictly situational but film makers need to learn that songs can and should be taken out of the situation.

Kavita Krishnamurthy is inevitably brought down whilst singing at inaudible high altos for the Punjabi number "Gala Suno Sardarji", Anand Raj Anand, however is better in his rendition while the song itself is quite pointless with only a marginal possibility of appeasing those who like the genre of music.

"Jeena Teri Bahon Mein" is awkwardly reminiscent of yester year hit "Aap Jaisa Koi" because Kavita Krishnamurthy has been densely synthesized. That aside the song takes its inspiration from endless sources, Ishq, Gupt, etc. The music though containing some variety is all but not familiar to the ear as are the lyrics.

Poor Abhijeet and Alka Yagnik are degraded to singing a boring tune like the eighties flashback tune "Laila Laila". Dev Kohli is much uninspired for this film and the stupid lyrics in this track prove it. A quick and simple recommendation: don´t listen to it.

"Masoom Si Ek Ladki" is the mandatory solo hero lover adornment song. The much heard Kumar Sanu does his usual bit with little to no effort in the song. Neither is there any from Anand or Kohli. Music is dull and at time unbelievable at the lack of anything new is so audible.

"Panga Na Le" is repeated twice on the soundtrack, purely as a filler. Shankar Mahadevan lacks his usual punch and the song like the rest is very unappealing.

"Subah Savere" is possibly the only redeemable track lyrically by Dev Kohli. Unfortunately Anand Raj Anand could not take himself out of the pits, not even with this track even though it is probably the most tolerable on the entire album. A typical love song, Kumar Sanu and Sadhna Sargam are all right in the musically listenable song though Sadhna sounds suspiciously like Anuradha Paudwal.

The overall attempt here is a sore to the ears. The effort is not there and the whole feel reciprocated is of pure audacity. Given the opportunity, the soundtrack deserves no rating - but earns one simply because it has music. The real question is, should it have?

Maseeha is a major question mark, or rather; it brings up such a big question. T-Series is known for releasing its typical soundtracks which use the same chords, same music and at times the same musical pattern. Many composers are themselves, but it is evident that there is some type of work done to make the music tolerable, let alone listenable and even ear friendly. For a film that features an already lack luster star cast, no draw, a theme beaten to death this year alone, Times Music which have made their grand ´return´ into producing audios should have thought twice about the music they were re-launching themselves with. We can hear the post-flop interviews already. "Our next soundtrack will be much better, appealing to the new sound of music." And so on and so on...