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By Abid Š2007 Bollyvista.com |
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Credits
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| Producer/s: |
Ram Gopal Varma |
| Director: |
Ram Gopal Varma |
| Music: |
Amar Mohile, Ganesh Hegde, Prasanna Shekhar and Nitin Raikwar |
| Lyrics: |
Shabbir Ahmed, Sajid-Farhad, Sharim-Momin and Nitin Raikwar |
| Vocals: |
Amitabh Bachchan, Farhad Bhiwandiwala, Ravindra Upadhyay, Sunidhi Chauhan, Sukhwinder Singh, Sudesh Bhosle, Shweta Pandit and Vinod Rathod |
| Label: |
T-Series |
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Ram Gopal Varma movies have never boasted of chartbusting music, apart from his only super hit 'Rangeela', which had some lovely compositions by the budding talent (at that point in time), A.R. Rahman. In fact, 'Rangeela' was the first "real" Hindi film album by Rahman. (his 'Bombay' and 'Roja', though hugely popular, were dubbed versions of his Southern work). After that, Ramu's films, barring a few songs (remember Gulzar's 'Sapne Mein Milti Hai' from 'Satya'), had little or no music at all. In fact, he did not really require music, as most of his films were not the same commercial stuff that Bollywood is made up of. But when his 'Sholay' remake was announced, Ramu made it clear that this time around a lot of care would be taken, as far as the music department was concerned. Of course, he had a huge legacy to follow, as all the songs from the original 'Sholay' have gone down in the history of the Hindi film industry, such was their popularity, and still is! So, let's check out what Ramu and his team of music directors and lyricists have in store for us music lovers.
The album kicks off with one of the most remixed tracks in the history of Bollywood, 'Mehbooba'. Yes, R.D. Burman's 'Mehbooba' sees yet another version, this time around with music by Ganesh Hegde (and we thought Ganesh was just an amazing choreographer!) and lyrics by Shabbir Ahmed. The most recent 'Mehbooba' remix was from Himesh Reshammiya's 'Aap Ka Surroor', featuring, Himesh and Mallika, which is still ruling the charts. But trust Ramu not to have gone down the beaten path, as his version is very different from the earlier cut and paste versions.
The song commences with some rap and then the basic infectious tune of the original takes over. Intermittently, we have Bachchan with his monologues, lending an air of dignity to the composition. This 'Mehbooba' is more slow paced, more in the league of Anand Raj Anand's item numbers from Sanjay Gupta's movies. Sunidhi Chauhan is in top form, as always. The confidence and ease with which she renders this number is amazing. Sukhwinder too must be lauded for his part. The promos, featuring the hot and sultry Urmila (who can also be called the "queen of item numbers", as she has been associated with some chartbusting numbers - 'Chamma Chamma', 'Aaiye Aa Jaaiye' to name a few), has raised the expectations from this 'Mehbooba' version, but the result is not very satisfactory. |
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