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By Joginder Tuteja, January 3, 2002 - 10:37 IST
2000 wasn't a great year for Ajay Devgan with Yeh Raaste Hai Pyaar Ke and Tera Mera Saath Rahe failing
at the box office. He begins the new year on a very
promising note with 'Chori Chori' and Ramgopal Verma
directed underworld saga 'Company'. 'Chori Chori' is
directed by Milan Lutharia who made Ajay Devgan - Saif
Ali Khan starrer 'Kachche Dhaage' a few years back.
'Kachche Dhaage' was an experimental movie exploring a
very alien genre of Hindi film making - A ROAD MOVIE.
Movie was a HIT and that brought Milan Lutharia in the
reckoning. He follows a safe 'road' with 'Chori Chori'
which is a light hearted love story having Rani
Mukherjee playing Ajay's love interest.
Sajid Wajid make an auspicious start to the New Year
with three back to back musical score releases -
'Tumko Naa Bhool Paayenge', 'Kya Yehi Pyaar Hai' and
'Chori Chori'. It couldn't have been better than this
for the composer duo and now it's upon music lovers to
judge upon their credentials. Veteran Anand Bakshi
saab writes for Chori Chori'.
'Mehndi Mehndi' is a feel good song about a young girl
who wishes to wait for some more before going to her
'Saajan Ke Ghar'. It is a sweet and a cute song - a
kind of a song that is seen in a Yash Chopra movie.
Alka Yagnik sings this opening track of 'Chori Chori'
and one can so easily visualize a Sri Devi or a Juhi
Chawla singing this one.
'Aate Aate' is a mix of the styles of Burman Da's
'Kuch Naa Kaho' from 1942- A Love Story and Jatin
Lait's 'Ek Din Aap Yu Hamse Mil Jaayenge' from 'Yes
Boss'. Alka Yagnik is routine but it is Babul Supriyo
who shows that he can deliver the goods when it comes
to the soft numbers. Babul Supriyo makes a very
sincere attempt in sounding very subdued and sings in
low pitch to give the number a very romantic feel. 'Tu
Mere Saamne' is again a love song. It is a typical love
duet by Udit Narayan and Alka Yagnik with some Arabian
music interspersed. The lyrics have a bit of Punjabi
thrown in and the number makes for an okey-dokey time
pass listening.
If it wasn't for the album cover that credits 'Main Ek
Ladki' to Sunidhi Chauhan, it would have been
difficult to guess that it's really her singing the
number. She sounds so very different than her normal
over the top Mariah Carrey's style of singing and
instead sings like a sweet little sixteen years old
girl. The song is to be heard to believe the
transition of her singing style. 'Main Ek Ladki' is
about a young girl feeling good about all the
attention she is getting from the guys around her.
'Kehna Hai' by Alka Yagnik and Kumar Sanu is the most
hummable track of the album. Nothing great about the
composition with ordinary lyrics but it follows the
tried and tested path of soft melodies. It has a very
light orchastra with a few instruments playing in the
background and hence is successful in creating the
right mood of romanticism.
There are at least four numbers that are from a girl's
point of view. If 'Main Ek Ladki' was about a teenager
raving about the attention she is getting and Mehndi
Mehndi' had a girl running away from marriage, then
the title song 'Chori Chori' by Alka Yagnik has her
making an about turn. Here she is looking forward to
marrying her 'Mr. RIGHT'. 'Amma Mere' by 'Afroz Bano'
and 'Fareeda Khan' is a song about a discussion
between a mother and her daughter who has just come
out of her 'bachpan' and is entering her youth. Amir
Khusro's' poetry makes a way into Bollywood music
score with 'Amma Mere'. Chances are bleak that people
will flock the music stores for just this very song.
'Ruthe Yaar Nu Manale' by Adnan Sami and Sabri
brothers is a Sufiana song with western influences
thrown in. Sabri Brothers write the lyrics for this
yet another situational song.
'Chori Chori' lacks a single chartbuster kind of a
sung that may lead to it's selling like hot cakes. To
the maximum, it can be categorized as just a 'COME
TODAY - GONE AFTER MOVIE'S RELEASE' kind of a musical
score.
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