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 The first thing that greets you in this lackluster soundtrack is "Vaada Hai Yeh". The aim is obviously to make an emotional melody but, instead, the composition is jarring. Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik and Udit Narayan actually give good renditions but the song does not serve them well. Much more thought should have gone into a tune like this but it meanders along aimlessly making listeners want to switch off or go to sleep.
Minimizing the music actually improves "Vaada Hai Yeh (Part 2)", the shorter version of the first track. Emotion is Kumar Sanu´s forte and it is a treat to listen to him. Having less instrumentation and only one singer has greatly enhanced the tune. I would rather listen to this one than the fuddled main version. There is also another short version with Sanu and Sangeeta, which is pretty much the same.
Now, here is where the so-far middling soundtrack dips drastically into the dreadful category. Shaan and Anuradha Sririam abuse us with the inane "Teri Kurti Sexy". It´s one of those contrived songs designed to be a "chartbuster". Both the singers deserve much better than this rubbish. Greed is most likely the motivator behind this trashy creation. The producers probably needed a hit song and Himesh Reshammiya must have lazily conjured up this one out of his "so-called compositions that I must only use when I´m desperate" bank. Would I listen to this one again? Quite frankly, I´d rather jump into a shark-infested sea.
If anything positive could be said about "Ud Ud Ud Jaaye" (Kailash Kher, Sunidhi Chauhan) then it is that it wakes you up a bit. Kailash Kher sounds like his mouth is running away from him when he is doing all the "ud ud uds". This is more of a showpiece for Kher´s impressive singing. Although I don´t like the song much, I do admire the zest and fervor in Kher´s voice. Sunidhi Chauhan is wasted and she pops up now and then for a few lines. "Main Deewana" sounds so familiar. You can recognize traces of other tunes by Reshammiya. Alka Yagnik and Udit Narayan gave their vocals to a similar tune in "Ishq Hai Tumse" (hint hint: "Dil Dil Dil") and repeat themselves in "Main Deewana". This track is strictly okay and sounds like another one that has been pulled out of Reshammiya´s bank of "use-only-when-desperate" tunes. "Maula" and "Teri Kurti Sexy" are repeated on the B-side. Argh! What have we done to deserve such a wonderful treat?
You might argue that with "Tere Naam" there was an unusual love story that must have inspired Himesh Reshammiya to come up with some of his best songs. It´s not as if "Vaada" is lacking in the story department. The story of a blind man being deceived by his friend and beloved had so much potential for melodious tunes with rich and insightful lyrics. Instead, the music director and the lyricist have taken the easy way out and come up with mostly forgettable songs. What a shame.
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I can´t help but think about the soundtrack of "Vaada" with a twinge of disappointment. Is this album really from the same team that offered us those listenable songs in "
You hope things will get better with "Main Ishq Uska" but it all goes downhill from here. Sameer´s lyrics are just uninspiring. What on earth is "Main ishq uska, woh aashiqui hai meri, Woh ladki nahin, zindagi hai meri!” Woh ladki nahin? Tauba tauba! Babul Supriyo sings this one with the hmm aa lala done by Alka Yagnik. Supriyo once again does his worst nasal impression of Kumar Sanu. God knows why... past songs have shown that Supriyo is capable of much more. Having both the singers on the same album makes no sense. You either have one or the other. If you already have Sanu singing one number then why approach another artist to sound like him?