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By Joginder Tuteja, December 17, 2002 - 11:47 IST
This one is third in the row for Vivek Oberoi. No, not
a third consecutive hit but third movie with an
assistant turned director.
After Rajat Mukherjee's (Assistant of RGV) Road, then
Saathiya for Mani ratnam's Assistant Shaad Ali and now
Dum for E
Niwas who has assisted RGV in many a flicks now !!!
Dum is produced by Morani and Soorma who have earlier
given super
hits like Arjun, Vardi, Damini, Raja Hindutaani
amongst others. Dum is another social-action-darama
produced by them which
surprisingly has a VERY GOOD score for an actioner (as
has been Kaante in recent months !!) Whiz kid Sandeep
Chowta hits
the bull's eye for Dum that has lyrics by Abbas
Tyrewala, Nitin Raikwar and Sameer. E niwas has had
suiccess so far in his
medium budgeted Shool that gave him critical acclaim
and Love Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega - a moderately
successful comic
caper. Let's see what heights does young Niwas reach
with this big budgeted Dum whcih has Diya Mirza and
two times
National award winner Atul Kulkarni (Hey Ram and
Chandni Bar).
An example of Dum being lavish is the way producers
have spent money on the title song itself. The budget
allotted for this
number itself may be well sufficient for an entire
small budget movie. Agreed that most part of the
number relies on the person
sitting behind a computer machine - the graphics
designer, but still full marks to Ganesh Hegde who has
conceptualized the
number. And to add to the excellent visuals is the
techno-rock music by Sandeep who also sings for this.
Now this man is
really versatile as he can sing a 'Ganda Hai'
(Company) with as much elan as the zippy 'Dum' !!
Abbas Tyrewala's lyrics are
good as they contribute well to the theme of the
movie. Sonu Nigam also gets to sing the same number
but it is Sandeep who
scores here.
Wrrrroooming track that follows the title
song is 'Jeena' by Sonu Nigam and 'Sowmya Roah'. A
love song, it is
'thankfully' different as it is again fast paced and
doesn't seem top be the one that may be choreographed
in Swiss Alps. Nitin
Raikwar for a change writes 100% romantic words
without going into his trademark 'tapori' mood !!
'Someday' is another number written by him which is
sung by popstar Leslie Lewis (of Colonial Cousins fame
) and Anuradha
Sriram, who has mainly sung naughty and sensual songs
for Anu Malik in past few years. A good track again,
it is poppish in
nature.
'Dil Hi Dil Mein' is the only truly Bollywood
mushy number where Sandeep seems to have succumbed to
the sense and
sensibilites of 'mumbaiya' film circuit. A
'roothna-manana' track written by Abbas Tyrewala, it
is sweet and saves itself from
falling into 'just passable' category. 'Sunta Ja'
(Keep listening !!) by Sukhwinder Singh, Jolly
Mukherjee, Parthiv and Sowmya
Roah is a situational track designed as an inspiration
for the hero to fight against all odds and carry on
with his mission to
reach his target !! Though even this track could
easily have been a preaching kind, it should be
attributed to Sandeep for
attempting it differently.
Yup, so let's talk about the most yuppy number od Dum
- 'Babuji Zara Dheere Chalo'. An obviously ITEM track,
it is new find
Sonu Kakkar who makes an instant impression with her
rugged vocals. Her amateurish singing and style prove
to be her
strengths (or was it designed this way ??) and reminds
of the early days of Sunidhi Chauhan. Sameer writes
for this fun track
which has Sukhwinder Singh giving company to Sonu.
Innovatively titled 'Bijli Mix' of the same track is
also featured as a remix
but it somehow doesn't sound to be too different from
the original and the output is more or less the same.
In completeness, music of Dum does carry enough punch
and 'dum-shum' to be a HIT. Let's see what punch does
the movie
as a whole carry which is one of the most eagerly
awaited flick of 2003. Looking forward to this one !!!
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