Last year, director Karan Razdan came up with the first Hindi commercial film about lesbians - ' Girlfriend '. During the same time Shrey Srivastava, director of immensely forgettable Insaaf (Sanjay Suri, Dino Morea) started working on 'Men Not allowed' based on a similar theme. Both accused each other of lifting their work with 'Girlfriend' ending up doing just about average business in 2004. Circa June 2005 and this should be yet another successive skin flick for Payal Rohatgi beginning with ' Mazaa Mazaa', 'Chetna' and ' Ek Se Mera Kya Hoga '. A Shri Vardan Pictures production, MNA has Monica Castelino playing the role of other lead heroine who, along with Payal, shuts down all doors on men! Composer Sanjeev Srivastava and lyricist Shaheen Iqbal handle the musical score.

Club dance number ' Madhoshiyon Mein Hain Doobi ' opens the album that is sung in high spirits by Sunidhi Chauhan and especially Shaan. With cries of 'Jhoom Jhoom Get On The Floor' throughout the track, it is a well-paced western track that effectively uses western instruments and makes you dance to the rhythm. In a biggie, great sets and grandeur choreography could have enabled the number to hit the charts. Overall an impressive start to the album!

Title song ' Men Not allowed ' is next to follow that is about the theme of 'men' not being 'allowed' in the lives of the lead protagonists. A 100% English western track, if it wasn't placed in this Hindi film album, it could have been a part of any western pop album. Suzanne D'mello, who does the first version of this song, is highly effective as a pop singer and amazes with her sharp singing skills. She sings with varied pitches and does well throughout the track. Second version of 'Men Not Allowed' is a Hindi version by Kalpana who does a good job as well. The requirement of the song is such that in both the versions, the singers have to sing at a high pitch and they do that well. A well shot promotional music video around the English version of this track should create some curiosity amongst the moviegoers!

' Ye Jo Saundhe Saundhe ' comes up as an absolute surprise after two fast paced songs. This number could have excited Asha Bhonsleji to go for it and this should say it all for the song. A superbly rendered 'ghazal' by remix queen Shashwati Phukan, who gets to sing one of the best songs in a mainstream movie score, proves a point that she is as good in singing soft songs as any other remix hits that she has delivered in last 3 years. She does bring around Ashaji style of singing as well and though a comparison of songs in 'Ijazat' may seem far too drawn, the song needs to be heard to be believed! Very well worded by Shaheen Iqbal, this track could well be the single most factor that makes MNA worth hearing. Such is the impact of Shashwati in both the versions of the song that one doesn't even notice Roop Kumar Rathod and Vijay Prakash respectively, inspite of both of them doing fine.

Last track in the album is ' Dil Ki Seedhi ' by Shreya Ghoshal and Sonu Kakkar that brings the album back to its racy mood. A track about the love between the two female protagonists, it is about their living life to the fullest without any inhibitions or worries whatsoever. A track based around western music yet again, it goes well with the theme of the movie and is worth a listen again. Special mention to the lyrics that are different at places and out of routine!

Just like the music of other lesser known flick ' Mashooka ' this week, the music of MNA too turns out to be reasonably enjoyable. In this case, the starcast (with an exception of Payal) is even lesser known while the composer Sanjeev Srivastava is new to Bollywood scene himself. Still none of the tracks drag or bore with ' Ye Jo Saundhe Saundhe ' being the one that brings certain quality to the album. You can hear MNA just for this very track!

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