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By Joginder Tuteja, January 23, 2002 - 12:15 IST
There is something interesting about the starcast of
Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam (HTHS). All the three stars
have given hits with each other. Salman Khan and
Madhuri Dixit delivered the biggest HIT of all time in
Hum Aapke Hain Kaun!! Then there has been Rakesh
Roshan's blockbuster Karan Arjun starring Shahrukh
Khan and Salman Khan that also finds a place in one of
the ALL TIME BIGGEST HITS. And who can forget the
romance and fragrance of Yash Chopra's Dil To Pagal
Hai starring Shahrukh and Madhuri. This completes the
circle of all the stars who now form three sides of
the Love Triangle HTHS produced by K.C.Bokadia who had
given fresh lease of life to Mithun Chakraborty in
Pyar Jhukta Nahi and Amitabh Bachchan in Aaj Ka Arjun.
HTHS is presented by Bharat Shah and T.P.Agarwal and
is written and directed by K.S.Adhiyaman.
There is something interesting about the music of HTHS
as well. Can you guess the number of music directors
for total 11 songs composed? SEVEN. They are Nikhil - Vinay, Bappi Lahiri, Bali Brahmabhatt, Sajid-Wajid and
Daboo Malik. And it could be even more as the album
cover doesn't mention the composers for two songs.
There are five lyricsts as well - Sameer, Maya Govind,
Karthik Awasthi, Praveen Bhardwaj and Jalees Rashid.
HTHS seems to be yet another product of the MUSIC BANK
of T-Series. The numbers that stand out are the Title
song, 'Sab Kuchh Bhoola Diya', 'Taaron Ka Chamakta
Gehna' and 'Khoye Khoye Din Hai'.
Nikhil-Vinay mainly work on the title song with one
main version, one sad version and then the
instrumental of the same. A Yash Chopra or a Aditya
Chopra or a Karan Johar would be more than pleased to
have such a quality romantic number in their movie.
The number is soothing and very soft to the ears.
Anuradha Paudwal and Udit Narayan are good as ever.
Sameer writes the lyrics. The sad version is
impressive as well and the instrumental is
mesmerizing. The title song is one number that has a
very good repeat listening quality. Good work Nikhil-Vinay. This is another excellent number from them
after a great show in 'Tum Bin' which is still going
strong.
Charpai, Takiya, Rajaai, Khatmal, Batti and Chumma -
Even if a kid hears these words then he can make out
what would be the context of the overall song. Well,
'Gale Mein Lal Taai' has them in ample and there is
indeed no need to mention that the song is plain
SINGLE MEANING - let aside DOUBLE MEANING. The song
points to just one thing and scores in that.
Lyrics are by Maya Govind. Music King of the 80's -
Bappi Lahiri composes this number which is so much
similar to the kind of numbers churned out in
Jeetendra-Sridevi flicks coming from the Southern
banners. Remember the suff like 'Ma-ma-mia...bang
bang' , 'Ta ka tiki' kind of songs. When you can enjoy
those numbers then you can enjoy this as well. Kumar
Sanu and Bela Sulakhe (successfully) imitate Kishore
Da and S. Jaanki. K.C. Bokadia and Bappi Lahiri manage
to win the hearts of the front benchers and one can
expect a long queue in front of cinema halls in
interiors of India for this one number itself. But
just one question !! What is an actress of Madhuri's
calibre doing in this song?
Karthik Awasthi's lyrics exude the anguish and pain in
'Sab Kuch Bhoola Diya' to which the vocals of Sonu
Nigam and Sapna Awasthi do full justice in both the
solo and the duet versions. No doubt that on first
hearing the song doesn't promise much and seems to be
a drag - more so because the song is very
uncharacteristic of a Shahrukh-Salman-Madhuri movie.
But as one listens to the number repeatedly, it starts
growing and one just gets hooked. A good touching
number composed by Bali Brahmabhatt.
There are three stage/item numbers in HTHS - 'Aa Gaya
Aa Gaya' (Lyrics Sameer), 'Na Na Nana' (Lyrics Praveen
Bhardwaj, Music Daboo-Malik)and 'Dil Tod Aaya' (Lyrics
Jalees Rashid, Music Sajid-Wajid) where 'Dil Tod Aaya'
is the most impressive. Both 'Aa Gaya Aa Gaya' and
'Na Na Nana' seem to be a cry of a HAPPY GO LUCKY guy
and are youth oriented. If the results aren't good
then they are not washouts either. Overall the two
numbers by Udit Narayan and Sonu Nigam respectively
are just of Time Pass category and meant to be FILL IN
THE BLANK kinds. 'Dil Tod Aaya' is the most peppy of
all (though it too is a predictable composition!!)
The arrangements are good and an effective
choreography and picturization will certainly elevate
it's chances to be a potential hit.
'Khoye Khoye Din Hain' faintly resembles 'Choti Choti
Raatein' from 'Tum Bin' but is nevertheless a very
melodious number. Daboo Malik shows promise yet again
with this track that is penned by Praveen Bhardwaj.
'Taaron Ka Chamakta' too is FEEL GOOD kind, which is
in appreciation of a girl who is about to get married.
Udit Narayan sings this number in which Bali
Brahmabhatt makes a brief appearance as the girl's
brother. Sameer is the lyricist for this number in
which the credit for the composer isn't mentioned.
T-Series is sure to go all out in marketing this
prestigious product. Now it's up to the music lovers
to lap up HTHS, which has a fair share of good numbers.
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