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By Joginder Tuteja, December 23, 2002 - 14:39 IST
'Kucch To Hai', a flick with a tantalizing title and supposedly a remake of
Hollywood Flick 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' is the second offing from
the house of Balaji Films Ltd. Their earlier venture Kyuki Main Jhuth Nahi
Bolta' starring Govinda was also a remake of 'Liar Liar' starring Jim Carrey
and was a colossal flop. But KTH looks far more promising and exciting
primarily due to the excellent promos aired on the television off-late. They
are crisp, scary and contain a lots of suspense.
Directed by debutante
Anil V
Kumar, it stars (obviously !!) Tusshar Kapoor, brother of Ekta Kapoor who
produces the movie along with mother Shobha Kapoor. He pairs up again with
Esha Deol after Kya Dil Ne Kaha. Newcomer Natasha makes her debut while
Yash
Tonk a.k.a. Kunal/Kuljeet in the popular soap 'Kahiin Kissi Roz' too arrives
on the silver screen as a campus villain. Sameer and Anu Malik are in-charge
of the music department.
There are two refreshingly melodious songs in the shape of 'Itni Pyaari Nahi
Lagi Aaj Tak - Hai Rey' and 'Kya Pyaar Karoge Mujhse'. The latter sung by
Sonu Nigam and Alka Yagnik is a very soothing number and the subtleties of
the tune and the lyrics are something to be appreciated. The background
music
that comes along with the visuals in the thriller promos of KTH is the
starting point of 'Kya Pyaar Karoge Mujhse'. The track is very slow but just
keeps sailing smooth without dragging (which is very common in today's
scenario where the songs tend to drag on the pretext of being smooth !!) The
number may not become popular among the yuppy crowd but will be loved by the
ones who appreciate soft music.
'Hai Rey' again comes in the same
'Soft-songs' category. Sung by Babul Supriyo and Sadhana Sargam, the effect
is just the same as 'Kya Pyaar...' Interesting factor is to see Sadhana
singing the opening song in a Hindi movie album after a long long time, and
she does full justice to this.
Two tracks that remind of the 50's and 60's era are 'Hone Laga' and 'Yeh
Mera
Dil' respectively. 'Hone Laga' is tailor made for Kavita Krishnamurthy
but is
in fact sung by newcomer Priya Bhattacharya and Sunidhi Chauhan. A number
composed in the style of a Geeta Bali track, it is fun to be heard due to
its
old fashioned approach. Both the singers too are efficient as they sing
about
their first love crush. But the house will surely go down with the track
'Yeh
Mera Dil' which is by Shaan and Sunidhi again. Sunidhi scores with pitching
her voice sensually and modulating it effectively. Anu Malik deserves
appreciation for the manner in which he has orchestrated the entire number.
And the credit must go to the song director and the dress designer to the
choreographer and the cameraman for recreating the 60's effect. Also look
out
for Esha's false eyelashes modeled on mom Hema Malini and Tushhar Kapoor's
checkered shirt. A riot !!
Incidentally solo 'Pyaar Pyaar Mein' by Sonu Nigam is the most 'kamzor-kadi'
of KTH. A fast love track, it is nothing new and plain predictable as Sonu
has sung such songs in millions by now. 'Ding Dong' is catchy and gets on
you
as soon as you hear it when you end up tapping your feet to it. A good
rhythmic track, Sunidhi surprises again with the varied pitch with KK coming
in his own. And yes, you can forget about the lyrics because you really
won't wish to follow the intricacies of something like 'Dil Ding-Dong-Ding
Bole' !!
'Aisa Kyon Hota Hai' - a campus number is sung again by KK and Sunidhi
Chauhan. Mainly comprising of some college pranks, some popular 'Door se
dekha....' series of jokes (and some really crass ones !!), it may be the
opening track of the movie to set the mood of the campus surroundings in the
movie. But since there are better tracks in the album, it is surprising to
see this one repeating twice !!
In one line, KTH is a "ready to cook-fast to serve-quick to eat" kinda
soundtrack. Have it, relish it, enjoy a satisfying burp go to sleep !!
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