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The professional relationship between superstar Salman Khan and music directors Sajid-Wajid has come a long way. Movie after movie, the director duo has composed tunes for the hunk and honestly speaking they have been quite inconsistent (to say the least) in delivering quality songs over the years. This is why you don’t exactly know what to expect from this fresh outing of this combination when you start listening to the soundtrack of “Dabangg”.
Especially their two recent most albums make the things even more complicated in fixing a certain expectation from this album. Whereas you fear a musical torture in store for you thanks to ridiculous music of “Wanted”, on the other hand you maintain your optimism for quality hearing after the melodious “Veer”.
Lets dissect the album and find out. I have listed the songs with the best song coming first…
1. Tere Mast Mast Do Nain {both versions} (Lyrics: Faiz Anwar, Singers: Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and Shreya Goshal): Honestly speaking, I was not at all excited about this song after watching in the promo; it sounded dull and lackluster. But my word, does the song grow on you or what? The simplicity of the tune coupled with excellent rendition by Rahat Fateh Ali invokes a certain addiction in the song and you keep on getting glued to it more and more after every hearing. Lyrics are nothing unconventional but gel well with the simple tune. Shreya Goshal is equally efficient in the duet version. A sure-shot winner all the way. Sajid-Wajid deserve a pat on their shoulders for this composition.
2. Chori Kiya Re Jiya (Lyrics: Jalees Sherwani, Singers: Sonu Nigma & Shreya Goshal): High on melody and innocent in rendition, this love song is another winner in offering. Sonu Nigam and Shreya Goshal take the listener on waves of calm romance with their velvety vocals. This is the second consecutive catchy composition in the album.
3. Munni Badnaam (Composer & Lyricist: Lalit Pandit, Singers: Mamta Sharma & Aishwarya): “Wicked” is the first thing that comes to your mind when the spicy lyrics start unveiling and you can instantly imagine the loud whistles in the cinema hall while screening of this songs. This mildly raunchy track is embedded with catchy beats and suitable chorus. It might not be termed as a classy composition, but it was never meant to be one. Designed specifically for the masses, the song perfectly complements the crudeness of the masala packed movie.
4. Udd Udd Dabangg (Lyrics: Jalees Sherwani, Singers: Sukhwinder, Wajid): If this track had released 4 or 5 years ago, it would’ve definitely come among the top rated songs of the album. But the problem with this song is that it is sinfully similar to the title track of “Omkara”. The fact that both songs have been sung by Sukhwinder Singh further hampers the individuality of this song. In its individual capacity, it is quite a decent composition, but an unwilling annoyance runs through when one is listening to it thanks to its resemblance to the Omkara track. Anyways the song might turn out to be quite efficient as the background piece throughout the movie.
5. Dabangg Theme (Voice: Salman Khan): Now this is something new. I don’t think there has ever been an incident where the theme song of a movie is a 100% replica of the promo of the movie. This is actually as if the movie’s promo is running on your tv when you are not looking at it. With all the dialogues of the promo present in Salman’s own voice, this might turn out to be a treat for die-hard Salman Khan fans. But as an individual track, I don’t find this to be a very good idea.
6. Humka Peeni Hai (Lyrics:Jalees Sherwani, Singers: Wajid, Master Saleem Shadaab Sabri): Undoubtedly the weakest link in the album. The team is clearly inspired by “Tali maar” of their previous outing “Veer”. The setting is almost same, but the Veer track was actually a wonderful composition with a lot of creativity working for it. But this time around, the idea doesn’t work much and the end-result is way too unattractive.
Overall: In the end, you do feel quite relaxed with the soundtrack, mainly due to the first two tracks (“Mast Mast Do Nain” and “Chori Kiya re”) and the upbeat “Munni Badnaam”. I seriously believe the overall feel of the album would be much better if there was more originality in it. On the whole, I would rank this Sajid-Wajid album two notches lower than “Veer”, one notch above “Main aur Mrs. Khanna” and multiple notches above the rest of their work.