|
By Tushar Joshi Š2002 Bollyvista.com |
 |
|
|
|
|
| Music: |
Himesh Reshammiya & Anand Raj Anand |
| Lyrics: |
Sudhakar Sharma & Dev Kohli |
| Vocals: |
Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan, Shaan, Sukhvinder Singh & Pankaj Udhas |
| Label: |
Universal |
|
A director in desperate need of a hit ! A star whose popularity seems to be receding along with his hairline !! Will the music director come to the rescue? Will Himesh Reshammiya & Anand Raj Anand infuse Jalwa in their dark and gloomy careers and guarantee hit music? Read on as the suspense is unveiled...
You know it is a David Dhawan movie the moment you read the song titles, 'Carbon copy', 'London mein India', 'Chudi Khankayi re'. Himesh Reshammiya & Anand Raj Anand have been roped in to give music for this Salman Khan, Amisha Patel and Rishi Kapoor starrer. The music offers enough scope for Salman to strut his stuff and do his usual antics. The music however re-affirms our faith in David Dhawan's ability to give the same beats and over the top music in all his films.
Kumar Sanu and Alka Yagnik open the album crooning the title track 'Jalwa', which does start on to a good beat but loses everything it had to offer by the time it reaches it's and our patience's end! It seems as though Reshammiya who is famous for giving Salman hit songs, tried his level best to make this song a chartbuster. . The tune of the chorus, 'Yeh hai jalwa' is used in the lead outs of most of the other tracks in the album, leaving no space to guess that this seems to be the only noteworthy track in offering.
The second offering, 'Dhire Dhire' does stand a chance to get popular with the masses, mostly due to its peppy techno fused tune, and the fact that Alka Yagnik and Udit Narayan do full justice in making this song music for your ears. It is commendable to see how Dhawan makes it a point to have his trademark stamp on each song, infusing jhatka- matkas even in would be smooth romantic mellow numbers.
'Aankhen Pyar Hai' tries to sound like the latest happening romantic duet to hit tinsel town, but succeeds only half way. Going by the past year's musical records, it is seen that romantic duets where the order of the day. Be it the absolutely brilliant, 'Suraj hua madham', or the folksy 'O re chori', and now the 'Kuch kasme' from Aankhen, these numbers have definitely found a place not only with the classes but masses as well. Dhawan understand that and tries to make 'Aankehn Pyar hai' in that group, but fails in entirety, leaving the song like a half-baked cake.
Salman seems to have become synonymous with chudi, kangan, dupatta, payal and all the female accessories possible. Maybe he can quit acting and start a ladies boutique! 'Chudi Khankayi re' is a total waste in any effort to sound catchy, melodious or infectious. Infact it sounds hammy, boring and has nothing new to offer in terms of words or sound. Alka and Udit do their usual bit as they stand no chance in rising above a below average score.
'Jalwa' resurfaces again, reminding you that this is the only song, which has made you buy the album. Repetition of the song just goes to show that the music director has really worked hard to see to it that the album doesn't have more than one popular song in the film.
'Carbon copy' has part 1, 2 and 3. Shaan and Kumar Sanu sing along disastrous lyrics like 'Nahi fax, nahi xerox, na yeh telex ya computer ki copy..'. Trying to be funny, the lyricist seems to have lost his sense of humor home leaving the listeners crying and tearing their hair out in agony. The song is supposed to be picturised on a father and son relationship, in reel life played by Rishi Kapoor and Salman Khan. David Dhawan left me scratching my wits as I tried to comprehend how Salman would claim to be Rishi Kapoor's carbon copy, not a mere xerox or fax!
Then we have Anand Raj Anand, wish he would be true to his name and bring some moments of happiness in this gloomy album. He tries to arouse our patriotic feelings by blending the voices of ghazal maestro Pankaj Udhas and still 'Chaiyya Chaiyya' fame Suhkwindara Singh. Both of them join in to go full throttle at singing praises for our motherland, 'London mein India ka bol bala ho gaya..'. The song seems to rely more on its situational advantage than its tune or melody.
It was always fun to hear David Dhawan's albums. Be it 'Judwa' or any of his no.1 series movies, his music has always been popular even if the movie fails to make its mark. The music of 'Dulhan hum le jayenge' was very popular and had a place in all the music countdowns inspite of its average box office score. The same cannot be said about 'Yeh hai Jalwa', which will have to struggle and find its place in a market that is becoming increasingly competitive, thanks to the falling prices of music albums, and a growing demand from the listeners to get something new and substantial. Except for the title track, 'Yeh hai Jalwa' lacks any jalwa whatsoever, and is just a case of smoke without any fire. |
SEARCH
