Well that's what wikipedia ensures us. This would be Tollywood heartthrob Siddhart Narayan's second Bollywood film (after Rang De Basanti) and his first as the sole hero! For those of you who don't know, Tollywood is the collective name that defines the Telugu Film Industry. The film also marks Southie Beauty Padmapriya's entry into the Bollywood dome. Though not the perfect entry, yet the film looks promising and fresh off the takes used by AAMIR (2008). Let's now talk about the music of the film.
Ummm.....Lets go song by song.....one by one.....
- Cham Cham - The opening track of the album is rendered by Sonu Nigam to the tunes of Shailendra Bhavre. The music is kind of repitive, ever since Sufi became a household magma, hats off to efforts by our Bollywood Music directors! The lyrics are pretty much straight forward and gullible. You will love it, if you like soft romantic ballads. Kinda haunting, and coz I loved it, I give it 9.5/10
- Haq Se - Hmmm...the peppy one! marks the singing debut of two new talents from the South Indian Film Industry - A). Siddhart himself (yea he sings too....you can check it out for yourself) and B). YUVAN SHANKAR RAJA. yuvan who? k, guys, don't be startled, for those of you who are aliens to Tamil music, let me tell you that he is one of the most successful Tamil music directors. He is the son of Music Maestro ILAYARAJA (he gave the music of PAA and CHEENI KUM) and Yuvan is perhaps the third best music director in Contemprory Tamil Cinema (the top two being AR REHMAN and HARRIS JAYARAJ :P). Yuvan's voice is easily recognizable- yes! The better one of the two, the raw, sexy whistling voice....yea! that's him alright....LOVE HIS VOICE! especially he when muses - ZAMAANA YE KHAZAANA HAI.............A must listen and I rate it - 9/10
- Bombay Bombay - Siddhart scores again! And yea he recently commented in a daily newspaper that he is ready to face aligations by AAMCHI MUMBAI's ace politicio! Track starts with a dialogue compilation and is a nice R n B/Rap number! I rate it 7.5/10, though I'm sure Hip-hop crazers wud lov it more!
- Maula - Swanand Kirkire, hmm lemme introduce, he is the same guy who penned down AAL IZZ WELL...;)..and rendered his vocals too for the track! The song is more like a qawaali! Quite soothing and so are the lyrics. Kinda slides into Khayaali genre of Hindustani Music but drags your mind off with Guitar notes during the swap-overs! A track for the Hopefuls! 8/10
- Yun Hua - Vishal Bhardwaj is back after Kaminey to swing his vocal cords again. Yea, a very romantic track, and the beginning actually reminds of that sleepy track from Kaminey (Pehli Baar , remember?), that is until the haunting voice of Vishal creeps in. A melodious romantic ballad. How much? 8.2/10
- Pia Saanwara - Shreya didi's (:P) song! Actually this is the only track in the entire album where you can hear a female's voice. In this MALE DOMINATED album, the track doesn't stand much awe, for the romantic numbers were already taken by Vishal and Sonu and by the time Shreya's Saanwara comes to play, you'd probably be asleep! Naah! Its an average track that might look good on the movie, coz its very situational. 7/10
- Aim Lagaa - The P-Diddy stuff is here, all ya Bad Boyz! The music is typical Hip-Hop, with a swinging flavour of Raggaeton! Blaaze does his magic again. The Tamilian rapper who shot to fame with his BLUE rap frm BLUE (:P) and UNAIPOL ORUVAN from Unaipol Oruvan. A Hip track for the youth of India that likes to swing all the way with their Gangsta lifestyle! 8/10.....The remix version by DJ AKHTAR is slightly faster than the original and sucks!....might sound good only on a dance floor! I give it 5.5/10
So, to wrap up, I'd say go for this album only if you like offbeat albums. You know, like the OST of DEV -D. Striker has tracks that would appeal to different kind of people. From Sufi to Qawwali to Soft Rock to Romantic Ballad to raggae to Hiphop! Hmm...to be frank its a complete package!
Go for it Guyz! You will love atleast one track from the album...That toh I guarantee....and my favourite was CHAMM CHAMM!
ALBUM RATING - 8/10
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