Teen Patti : Music Review
Director: Leena Yadav
Lyrics: Irfan Siddique, Asif Ali Beg and Ajinkya Iyer
Music: Salim Merchant and Sulaiman Merchant
‘Teen Patti’ has created some buzz in tinsel town because of its casting coup of bringing together two legends of cinema; Amitabh Bachchan and Sir Ben Kingsley. Teen Patti is a gambling 'n' grilling 'edge-of-the-seat' thrilling entertainer directed by Leena Yadav who had earlier showed her talent in ‘Shabd’. The music of the movie has been composed by talented duo of Salim and Suleiman. The musical scores definitely give clue about what to expect from this ‘dark noir feel’ movie. The background score is haunting and enticing.
The first track of the album ‘Neeyat Kharab Hai’ sets the album on fire. The number has jazzy tunes and appears deceptively alluring. Sunidhi Chauhan has proficiently handled this song that has volatile flows. Lyrics by Irshad Siddique lend adequate weight to the vocal prowess of Sunidhi.
Same song also has a remixed version of it and Abhijit Vaghani has done a great job here. Full of energy, remixed version of ‘Neeyat Kharab Hai’ has adequate glamour quotient.
'Intezar Mein Chupa Kahi' is more of a composition in rock-beat arrangement. Naresh Kamath has effectively made use of his booming baritones in this enthralling background score. Remixed version of this song will find takers among the rock lovers but definitely it is not the finest one in this genre.
The title track 'Teen Patti Ke Ghulam' is more of an average number sung by Salim himself. However the remixed version of the title track will definitely push up the tempo. The remix is more of disco-beat filler.
‘Life is a game’ is all about powerful voice of Big B. It has tangy English lyrics that have been made special by Amitabh Bachchan’s deep-throated baritones. This song has another version of it in the voice of Anoushka Manchanda and Sonia Saigal. The last offering of the album is 'Summertime' that looks more like a song designed to please international audiences.
All in all, the album loyally sticks to the theme of the movie. All the songs are in situational mould and will suit the mood of the viewers while watching the movie.
Some Hit Songs of Shreya Ghoshal
Bollywood is blessed with huge singing talents. Earlier, people were wondering what would happen after golden old generation retires? But, then art and entertainment has no dearth of upcoming talents. If we talk about playback singing, in last one decade, several new faces have emerged. Many of them have proved their talents again and again. One such playback singer is Shreya Ghoshal. She first came into limelight when she won Zee TV’s SAREGAMA and since then there has been no looking back. She has given several hits in her career starting with Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s super hit Devdas. She is also a recipient of Film fare awards and National awards. Let’s talk about some of her beautiful songs.
Bairi piya from the movie Devdas was her ticket to fame. All thanks to Mr. Bhansali’s talent spotting ability, this is a wonderful song. Once you listen to this song, it will hard to imagine that a newbie has lent her voice to this mesmerizing song. The same movie had another song, ‘Dola re Dola’ and once again, she proved that her talent is no flash in the pan. Songs of this movie quite well declared that, Shreya Ghoshal is here to stay. She gave her voice to some other popular songs of the same movie like ‘Chalak Chalak’ and ‘Silsila ye chahat ka’.
Bhatt banner is famous for producing hit songs. The movie ‘Zeher’ was no exception. The biggest hit song of the movie was ‘Agar tum mil jao toh Zamana Chhod denge Hum’ and no prizes for guessing, the melodious and ultra-romantic song was sung by Shreya. It was a runaway hit that further established the growing reputation of Shreya Ghoshal.
‘Jism’ was another movie from the Bhatt stable and it had mind-blowing songs. Song ‘Jadoo hai nasha hai’ is definitely one of the most sensuous and romantic songs of recent times. This song was a formal affirmation of Shreya’s talent at different genres of songs. Her unique talent was again at fore for ‘Chalo tumkar lekar chale’ from the same movie. The list of her wonderful songs is endless and every now and then we will keep talking about some other beautiful songs sung by her.