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By Abid Š2007 Bollyvista.com |
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Saawariya |
One is hardly able to get over the hangover of the title track and its reprise, then the next composition, 'Jab Se Tere Naina' takes over. Another superb piece, in terms of classy musical arrangements, lovely poetry and of course, the flavour of the season, the youthful freshness of Shaan's simply irresistible vocals. The combination of the electric flute, the soft violin sounds and the light drumming is in perfect harmony. Though the background chorus appears a bit out of place in this composition and of course Sameer's lyrics could have been better.
Distant sounds of "Allah", more like the azaan (Muslim prayer call), commences 'Masha-Allah' and we gear up for a lovely Sufi-styled composition. But alas, the expectations take a u-turn and this number turns out to be a mere love song with Kunal Ganjawala singing again with his 'Bheege Honth Tere' ('Murder') hangover. The song in totality ends up to be too tame and refuses to take off at any given point in time. Shreya is just used as a support vehicle with her background crooning. In any other album, it could have classified as a nice love song, but since Monty has such a great legacy to follow, just a nice song won't do. He has to come up with something more special than this one.
Is this the starting piece from 'Dil Cheez Kya Hai', the classy mujra from Rekha's 'Umrao Jaan'? No, it's the much talked about composition 'Thode Badmaash Ho Tum', where SLB takes on the mantle of a composer. Though the start seems to suggest that this is a mujra, later on the song changes track and moves into a feather-light romantic ode to the beloved, made even better and more melodious by Shreya's sugar–sweet and petite vocals, and enhanced by the liberal use of santoor. Lyrically, it has some touches of a ched-chaad number. Nusrat Badr, who is a well known Urdu shaayer (poet), has penned down the lyrics (like for Bhansali's 'Devdas'), so naturally expectations were really high. But sadly, even a lyricist of the caliber of Badr disappoints (maybe it can make a Sameer proud!). Sample this - "Thode badmaash ho tum, Thode nadaan ho tum, haan magar yeh sach hai, hamari jaan ho tum." Another average composition, because this is a Bhansali composition, who has a penchant for good music and so we expected him to deliver something spectacular with his first outing as a composer.
From one ordinary romantic song let's get to another one 'Jaan-E-Jaan', which commences with a Shanker-Jaikishan like orchestration from Raj Kapoor's classic, 'Mera Naam Joker'. It relies more on the musical arrangements. Kunal's vocals sound strained as he is not in peak form. Not his fault, as this composition required a more accomplished performer like Sonu. Some good piano notes and Shreya's singing lifts this strictly average song to an extent. Once again, this is a very sedate number that has a monotonous tune. |
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