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Bollywood Hungama
Music: Khamosh Shah Lyrics: Vijay Maurya, Swanand Kirkire, Azazul Haque & Khamosh Shah Music Label:…
<b>Music:</b> Khamosh Shah <br> <b>Lyrics: </b> Vijay Maurya, Swanand Kirkire, Azazul Haque & Khamosh Shah<br> <b>Music Label: </b> Zee Music<br><br> <b>Expectations: </b><br><br> There are none, really. <br><br> <b>Music: </b><br><br> There is a glut of so many new voices coming up of late that we wonder how to distinguish one from the other, as everyone's going the high-pitched ones and the ubiquitous vocal processing on machines does the rest - of the confusion, that is. <br><br> Khamosh Shah, the composer of this album, who also writes some of the lyrics, sings the sober <i><b>'Naina'</b></i> (written by Azazul Haque), and this is a case in point. The fairly pleasant though complex composition with some melodiously arranged orchestration has the singer sounding like Arijit Singh, Papon and others in different parts of the song. <br><br> The lyrics (Swanand Kirkire) of <i><b>'Bachpan'</b></i> (Amit Trivedi) sound like the typical Gulzar-ian brand of esoteric imagery. With an Amit-like compositional structure and orchestral tenor, the song emerges as a hybrid number that makes too much of an (unsuccessful) effort to sound poignant. <br><br> Nakash '<i>Saree ke fall sa</i>' Aziz treis his best in the fun track <i><b>'Na Heer na hoor'</b></i> but the dull composition and trite words (Azazul Haque) allow nothing but a forgettable ditty. <br><br> Anand Shinde and Vaishali Made sing the completely Marathi <i><b>'Ye na gade'</b></i> (penned by Vijay Maurya). Though we welcome another language as a change from the all-pervading and incomprehensible Punjabi that we hear in every second film, we hope that the situation strongly justifies the use of a non-Hindi song in a Hindi movie. Also, this is the only track in the film that is completely cacophonous, and Khamosh must know the difference between a rousing song and a raucous one. <br><br> Khamosh, as a composer, also seems to be either strongly influenced by past successful names or has a way of paying tributes that goes more towards imitation. His <i><b>'Dil lagaana'</b></i> (for which he also pens lyrics) is exactly like the (inferior) songs Altaf Raja would sing and compose in the '90s after he became a rage - and Altaf is singing here! <br><br> Similarly <i><b>'Hunterr 303'</b></i> is in the Bappi Lahiri canon, as Bappi is singing it as well. The lyrics (Vijay Maurya) are trite and suggestive, and Bappi is his usual self. <br><br> That leaves us with the album's moderate saving grace. <i><b>'Chori chori'</b></i> (sung nicely by Arijit Singh with Sona Mohapatra), Gentle and soothing, the song does not save the score, but becomes a passable oasis in this musical desert. <br><br> <b>Overall: </b><br><br> This is a mediocre album overall, though we welcome the lack of 'contemporary' cacophony on this soundtrack. The <i>Hunterr</i> misses the game completely! <br><br> <b>Our Pick: </b><br><br> <i>'Chori Chori'</i>
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