Lahore – Music Review
Music Director: M M Kreem
Lyricist: Junaid Wasi with Panchhi Jalonvi and Piyush Mishra
Singers: Daler Mehndi, Shankar Mahadevan, Shilpa Rao, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
Lahore is a recent release that has earned critical and commercial success on the box office. The album is an interesting mix of theme track, situational songs and inspirational tracks. M M Kreem has come back after a hiatus and has done no harm to his reputation here. Piyush Mishra and Panchhi Jalonvi are the guest lyricists in the movie.
The album begins with the anthem track 'Ab Ye Kaafila' which is about the bunch of sportspersons progressing ahead in their quest of success. The track has a smooth flow and the best part about it is that it’s not at all overly predictable and patriotic. It comes easy on ears and will make you pay attention to it. The next track is ‘Musafir' rendered by Daler Mehnndi. It’s a soft situational track. The song has a pensive feel to it and has been repeated in the voice of M M Kreen himself.
The next track is 'Rang De' sung by Shankar Mahadevan and Shilpa Rao. It’s a foot-tapping number and has got Punjabi flavour to it. ‘Saaware’ has been crooned by M M Kreem. It’s a nice, sad song and the singer has given his very best to it. Up comes the longest track of the album, 'O Re Bande' that has a length of 8 minute. The track has Sufi feel to it and it has been sung by talented duo of Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and Shilpa Rao.
The album ends with 'Lahore - Theme' that has an international appeal to it. It’s a classy music and has been composed by Wayne Sharpe. Overall, Lahore is a decent album that could have found more takers had enough promotion had been done of the album.
Housefull : Music Review
Houseful is the upcoming venture of Sajid Khan of ‘Heyy Baby’ fame. Movie stars Akshay Kumar and Ritiesh Deshmukh. The music has been composed by Shankar Mahadevan-Ehsaan Noorani-Loy Mendonsa and lyricists are Sameer and Amitabh Bhattacharya. An array of talented singers like Loy, Tarun Sagar, Alyssa Mendonsa, Neeraj Shridhar, Amitabh Bhattacharya, Ritu Pathak, Mika Singh, Sunidhi Chauhan, Shankar Mahadevan, Sajid Khan, Arun Ingle, Shabbir Kumar and Vivinenne Pocha etc have rendered their voices for the movie.
Composer trio of Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy have done very well in recent times. In this album, there are five originals tracks and three remixes. The album also has the flavour of 1980s with the inclusion of an old song of Amitabh Bachchan, "Apni toh jaise taise" and popular singer of the same era, Shabbir Kumar.
The album begins with "Oh girl you are mine" rendered by Loy Mendonsa and his daughter Alyssa along with Tarun Sagar. A romantic song in nature, it has soothing harmonica sounds and soft percussions. As is the wont of S-E-L, the number has an urban and hip touch to it. There is a remixed version of the same song that is quite suitable for the dance parties. The next number is "Papa jag jayega" crooned by Ritu Pathak, Neeraj Sridhar and Alyssa. This is a situational number with dash of fun and humour. Not exactly a great song, this can still be heard once.
The next number is "Aapka kya hoga (dhanno)" sung by Mika Singh, Sunidhi Chauhan and Sajid Khan. The song is a makeover of Amitabh Bachchan's popular track "Apni to jaise taise" from the 1981 film "Lawaaris". The song has got good potential of being a hit.
"I don't know what to do" marks the comeback of famous singer Shabbir Kumar after so many years. The track is quite entertaining and Sunidhi Chauhan has provided good support to the lead singer. The album ends with a song called "Loser" with Vivinenne Pocha and Amitabh Bhattacharya behind the mike. All in all, the album has got good potential to make cash register ringing.
Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge- Music Review
Athithi Tum Kab Jaoge was one of the first movies of 2010 to do decent business on the box office. The movie stars ever so reliable Ajay Devgn, super talented Konkona Sen and versatile actor Paresh Rawal. The movie belonged to comedy and drama genre and along with commercial success, it also tasted critical acclaim. Interestingly, most of the recent movies of Ajay Devgan were in comedy genre and they all have done good business. Remember, Golmaal series and All The Best? This movie has been directed by Ashwani Dhir and the music department has been handled by troika of Pritam, Amit Mishra and Vishal Bhardwaj. Irshad Kamil has penned down the lyrics.
The album begins with ‘Aaja Aaja’ sung by Raghubir Yadav, Ajay Jhingran and Rajneesh. This one is the title song and the singers have managed to maintain the balance throughout the song. The song also has some interesting comic instances and dialogues that make it even more effective. The second song is the remixed version of same song ‘Aaja Aaja’. A complete dance number this one is.
The next number is ‘Athithi Tum Kab Jaoge’ sung by Amit Mishra who is also the composer of the song. The number has desi tune and western beats. A humming number basically, it has been composed in an interesting way. ‘Dohay’ is the next track and it has a serious and sober tune. The lyrics are meaningful and the chorus is effective.
The next track is ‘Jyothi Jalaile’, sung by talented Sukhwinder Singh and composed by Vijay Bhardwaj. This one is more like a parody of ‘Beedi’ song from Omkara. You get the feeling that singer is singing it at a temple or a pooja gathering. No doubt, the song is very lively. The last number of the album is ‘Sukh Karta’ that is more like a prayer. All in all, an okay album that you can try once.