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By Abid ©2008 Bollyvista.com |
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Golmaal Returns |
Four lyricists, Sameer (Hindi) and Indie, Neeraj Shridhar and Ashish Pandit (for English) join hands in the peculiar sounding 'Meow'. Not only its title is strange but even the arrangements are a bit bizarre. Two sensual sounding female singers Monali (her 'Zara Zara' from Race is still a rage) and Suzy Q come behind the microphone for a situational, girlie power combining with some hottie attitude number that has the 'Race' signature' blended in to provide the thrilling touch. In fact, the song was supposed to be passion filled but it turns out to be hilarious, what with all the sounds of 'meow' and screeching. May be it is the demand of the situation. The song is trademark Pritam, if you have heard one ('Sonia' from Kidnap), you have heard them all!
'Meow-English' version is the better of the two, though the only difference is in the lyrics which is solely English by the singer Suzy Q and Indie.
'Meow-Remix' by DJ Nikhil and Naved gets all the more bizarre with club beats and added pace and even more peculiar sounding electronic beats but it will appeal to the Gen X who will find it more to their liking.
In addition to the above, the audio boasts of bonus tracks from 'Golmaal – Fun Unlimited' like 'Golmaal' and 'Rehja Re' and their remixes. (Check out our Golmaal music review - http://www.bollyvista.com/article/a/31/6837)
To sum up, 'Golmaal Returns' is certainly not in the league of its prequel, 'Golmaal- Fun Unlimited'. Pritam is turning out to be another Himesh Reshammiya and getting repetitive by way of rehashing his own hit compositions and making hay while the sun shines. Looks like over work is getting to Pritam. In fact, the best tracks are 'Tha Karke' by guest composer Ashish Pandit and 'Vacancy', which sounds good more because of Vishal-Shekhar's deadly incorporations (from the prequel audio). The album is alright in a stand alone mode but is not a patch on V-S compositions from 'Golmaal- Fun Unlimited', as we have already said.
Rating : 6.5/10 |
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