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Credits
Producer/s:	Kumar Mangat
Director:	Ashwani Dhir
Music:	Raghav Sachar
Lyrics:	Munna Dhiman and Aditya Dhar
Vocals:	Aditya Dhar, Kaptan Laadi, Kailash Kher, Kshitij, Mahalaxmi Aiyer, Raghav Sachar, Shilpa Rao and Sunidhi Chauhan
Label:	Eros Music

Producer Kumar Mangat does have good taste in music as was evident in the recently released 'Sunday' and also 'U, Me Aur Hum'. The excellent, chilled out musical offering of 'Sunday' saw a host of talented music directors coming up with their own style. Standing tall among these veterans was a relatively young but extremely talented musician, Raghav Sachar, with his rocking composition, 'Manzar'. Raghav Sachar is a find, and the credit for introducing him to Bollywood goes to Aditya Chopra, who recognized his talent and gave him his big break in 'Kabul Express'.

'One, Two, Three' is Raghav's second major project where he shoulders the responsibility of composing music all by himself. With loads of talent behind him, we know that he will come up trumps, like he did with 'Kabul Express'.

The extremely funky and zany title number, 'One, Two, Three' greets the listeners as soon as the album opens and we are inundated with not one, two or three but four versions of the same track! But with Raghav at the helm of affairs, we know that we are in for a treat.

The simple version is probably the best, depending upon one's preferred type of musical arrangements. The composition commences with Raghav's favourite instrument, the flute, accompanied by Earl's peppy and meaningful rap' n' reggae. Ganjawala's mint fresh vocals dominate the proceedings and Raghav too joins in at a later stage, before going retro and reproducing the late Shamshad Begum's '50s style of singing, which can be termed as the highlight of the track. Raghav has successfully used this style of fusion of the past and present in his own private albums. The antara has prominent shades of his own 'Manzar' track from 'Sunday'. Aditya Dhar's lyrics are apt as well as humorous. "Sau sau mausum jhelene hain. Har pauda banne ko tree. One two three, One two three."

True to its title 'One, Two, Three-Club Mix' is basically dance oriented, and as a result, the pace and the rhythm has been heightened. Raghav skillfully manages to covert the zany, situational number into a dance track with his keen musical sense. Though he does not use too many instruments, the result is a nice, rhythmic composition that may well be patronized in clubs and discos.

The ballad version has the composer himself who holds the fort with some superb rendition. Being a ballad version, it is more on the slower side, with slackened pace and the philosophical aspects of life highlighted through the singing. Munna Dhiman who impressed all with his skills (U, Me Aur Hum) is impressive once again as he changes the whole complexion of the song with his lyrics.

And last but not the least is 'One, Two, Three-Amalgamation' and once again keeping true to the title, the composition is definitely an amalgamation of a host of talented artists like Punjabi pop singer Kaptan Laadi (who pitches in for the bhangra parts), the extremely talented Kailash Kher (for the qawwali part), the composer Raghav Sachar, the lyricist Aditya Dhar and Kshitij too join in the situational track that will have the audience in the cinema hall rolling with laughter. Munna Dhiman joins Aditya Dhar in conjuring up some rip roaring lyrics.

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