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By Joginder Tuteja, May 11, 2002 - 17:42 IST
The swords are drawn.
The battle has begun.
In the clash of the biggies Raj Kumar Santoshi and
Sunny Deol, Round one begins with the music release of
the former's version of the life story of the great
freedom fighter BHAGAT SINGH in the form of 'The
Legend of Bhagat Singh'. Ajay Devgan enacts the role
of Bhagat Singh who is having one of the best innings
of his careers by getting rave reviews for Company
from both classes and masses. Also in the pipeline are
diverse roles in movies like Chori Chori and Hum Kisi
Se Kum Nahin. Much hype has surrounded the music of
TLOBS directed by A.R.Rehman. How much of it is
justified, let's analyze that now.
Eight of the ten numbers (with the exception of
'Mahive Mahive' and 'Jogiya Jogiya') walk the same
path - PATRIOTISM. Sameer writes the lyrics. 'Mera
Rang De Basanti Chola' and 'Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna' are
the ones that we have been hearing since time
immortal. Mera Rang De Basanti Chola by Sonu Nigam and
Manmohan Waris has a Rahman touch inspite of it being
set in the northern flavor. The song is soft and has a
smooth flow. Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna features in the two
versions - intense and a slow version. Sonu Nigam
features in both whereas Hariharan joins in the slow
version. The slow version is classical based and
Hariharan excels in that but it is the fast version
that stands a better chance. Though a very short
track, 'Shora So Pahchaniye' is the most intense in
the entire album and makes a good impression. One has
to listen very carefully to follow the rendering of
Karthik, Raquib and Sukhwinder Singh in this number
that concludes with cheers of Inquilab Zindabaad.
'Pagdi Sambhal Jatta' should be popular, at least
among the North India audience because of its bhangra
beats and Sukhwinder Singh's singing. It is a pacy
number, though aiming at only one thing - Patriotism.
And one can't really blame the director Raj Kumar
Santoshi or A.R. Rehman for the lack of variety in
TLOBS as the scope of the movie just doesn't allow
that. There are two romantic duets 'Mahive Mahive' and
'Jogiya Jogiya', but they too seem to have been
included in the album just to follow market dictats.
It seems unlikely that both the numbers wll feature in
their completeness in the movie. Both the duets are by
Alka Yagnik and Udit Narayan. 'Mahive Mahive' is set
in the mode of 'Dheeme Dheeme' from Zubeidaa and may
look good in the movie. But 'Jogiya Jogiya' is a
downer and doesn't impress at all.
'Desh Mere Desh' too comes in three versions though
the inlay card mentions that as three seperate tracks
- one as 'Desh Mere Desh' itself, second as 'Dil Se
Niklegi' and the third as 'Kasam Tumko Watan'.
A.R.Rehman reserves one of the best numbers
(lyrically) for him and sings 'Desh Mere Desh' in
company with Sukhwinder Singh (who sings in all the
three tracks). Well, other than the Rehman version
there isn't anything much to write about as they are
all situational tracks that may go fine with the mood
of the movie. Not the kinds that one may be playing on
the stereo systems now and then.
The album is full of patriotic and traditional numbers
and will appeal to only select audience. But for a
routine audience, such numbers may be hard to digest.
Even a few numbers of Lagaan were classical based but
they could still appeal to wider audience as they were
love songs. Don't expect another period score like
Lagaan from A. R. Rehman. The sales figures may
reflect in the three phases - the initial phase when
there will be tremendous sale due to A.R Rehman's name
and the hype surrounding the album, the second phase
when there may be a lull because of the album content
spreading through word-of-mouth and the third phase
when the sales 'MAY' pick up after movie's release -
probably due to the songs gelling well with the
situations.
Chances are bleak that the music of TLOBS
will really set the cash counters ringing.
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