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By Joginder Tuteja, November 10, 2003 - 16:03 IST
The first question that comes to mind after been half way through 'Hazaron Khwaishein Aisi' is - "Who is the target audience for this album?" Is it the regular movie going junta or the elite or the international audience? By the time one is completely through the album, one thing is for the sure - "This one is not for the aam junta." Why? We will know soon.
Title of the movie is based on Mirza Ghalib's work. Produced by Pritish Nandi Communications who have been behind Kaante, Jhankaar Beats and Mumbai Matinee present this flick about 'Politics, Love and Ambition' that stars Kay Kay Menon (Chhal, unreleased Paanch), Saurabh Shukla, Arif Zakaria, Anupam Shyam and introduces Chitrangda Singh and Shiny Ahuja. Shantanu Moitra composes for this movie which is directed by Sudhir Mishra whose recently released 'Calcutta Mail' derailed and 'Chameli' is soon to woo the audience.
Traditional song 'Hazaron Khwaishen Aisi' is the work of Mirza Ghalib that has been sung by Shubha Mudgal. Another version of the same also appears with the poetry and recitation in English by Pritish Nandy. A treat for the Shubha Mudgal fans. But for the regular music listener? Not known!
'Bawra Mann' written by Swanand Kirkire appears thrice in the album - twice as solo by Shubha Mudgal and once as a solo by Swanand himself. As with the title song, here too, in one particular version, Pritish Nandy recites some poetry intermittently. There is also a thumri 'Naa Aaye Piya' by Shobha Joshi that has traditional lyrics.
'Mann Ye Bawra', a qawalli that is written and sung by Swanand Kirkire and Ajay Jhingran, is no different from any other qawalli that we hear in other movies. The only difference here is that it is sung by someone different from Sabri brothers.
'He Sajni Re' is a traditional number that is written by Bhikhari Thakur and also has some additional lyrics by Swanand Kirkire who also sings the track. There is strangely a club mix of the same track in addition to the one liner original version and none of them impress. Vocals are rustic for sure but not suitable for a typical Bollywood scenario.
Though the composer's hold over the Indian classical music is commendable and lyrics undoubtedly hold great value, the commercial success of the album is ruled out as such music may not really attract an average music listener. If released as a private album, this would have stood a better chance of but as a film music there is a very remote possibility of HKA to emerge a winner. Add to it the zero publicity, unknown star-cast and unconventional theme, which will make it a bumpy ride for HKA.
This 'khwaish' just goes unfulfilled!
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