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.