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By Joginder Tuteja, October 18, 2003 - 12:51 IST
You look at the album cover and the first thought is - "What kind of movie is it?"
Is it a comedy? Reason - The kind of comic quotations printed across the inlay card..!!
Is it a thriller? Reason - Presence of a gangster and a police character on the cover..!!
Is it a satire? Reason - Arshad Warsi's comment in the inlay card - 'Dost Shooter, Biwi Policewali, Main Writer Kaise Bana'..!!
Is it a musical? Reason - Publicity of chartbusters - Allah Ke Bande and Sajna Aa Bhi Jaa..!!
Or is it a mix of everything? Reason - The catch-line of Waisa Bhi Hota Hai - 'A not-normal urban film' Which probably says it all...!!
Impact Films 'Waisa Bhi Hota Hai' directed by yet another debutante director this year - Shashanka Ghosh, the creative head of MTV, comes in the wake of a stream of crossover films released in the recent times - Joggers Park, Rules, Chupke Se and the most recent Mumbai Matinee. Starring Arshad Warsi, Prashant Narayanan (Chhal) and Sandhya Mridul (Rani Mukherjee's 'badi didi' in Saathiya, co-host during Cricket World Cup telecast), WBHH is a story of a writer Arshad whose wife, played by Sandhya, is a cop and whose best friend Narayanan is a gangster. Mahima Chaudhary plays a guest appearance.
There are three solos by pop singer Shibani Kashyap - 'Sajna', 'Prem Dunk' and 'Tum Bas Tum'. 'Sajna..Aa Bhi Jaa', which is currently on air, is an excellent fusion song written by Sadaquat Hussain and composed by Shibani. A well-done experiment that has variations made to the vocals with the help of musical instruments, it strikes a cord instantly. A lovely song about love and separation, it should be popular among the class audience.
'Prem Dunk', composed by Abhinay Dhar, Saibal Basu and Shibani Kashyap is written by newcomer Virag and is a definite item number. A track about love and seduction, it is a racy number that does seem good till it lasts but nothing beyond that. You do not really aspire for playing the track repeatedly to please yourself. An OK track!!
'Tum Bas Tum', with lyrics by Virag and Abhinav Dhar and composed by Abhinay Dhar and Saibal Basu, is a sensual song sung well by Shivani. Again a number that may not go on to become a chartbuster, but still does well in managing to stay afloat.
'Allah Ke Bandhe' is a one of the better songs to have arrived this year. It has that unique rustic feel about it which should attract the masses as well as class by the dozens. A number with the classical base, all honors should go to the team who have made such great composition - Kailash Kher, who sings this track and Vishal-Shekhar, the composers. Lyrics are by Vishal himself. A classy number!
'Jism' sung by Sunidhi Chauhan, composed by Vishal-Shekhar and written by Vishal is a sensual number (as the song title suggest) choreographed on Mahima. A track about 'Come touch my heart and not just the body'), it is surprising to see that the song is not as catchy as most of the Vishal Shekhar tracks generally are. Maybe the number picks up after some good amount of publicity, but for now it is 'just average'.
'My name is Gurdeepa' is another inclusion to the heavy influx of Bhangra pop tracks in Bollywood these days. Written by Abhinav Dhar who composed this number with Saibal Basu and sung by 'Amma Dekh' boy Bali Brahmabhatt, it is a number picturized in a discotheque on a group of Punjabis. Again a number, which is not amongst the best tracks of WBHH, it disappoints.
'Laundiya' composed by Abhinav Dhar (who also writes) and Saibal Basu, is sung by newcomer Rabbi Shergill. Though the number is sung fairly well, overall it fails to make any impact whatsoever due to its experimental nature (which fails!) and not-so-great lyrics.
After a great start to the album with 'Sajna' and 'Allah Ke Bandhe', one is disappointed to some extent because the album promises a lot in the beginning but just loses steam in the midst. Though the youngsters behind the music of WBHH should be lauded for their effort in being experimental, they need to be more consistent in their approach of composing the tracks for an entire album.
 
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