Yakeen

Article Updated 20 May, 2005 10:57:58 AM IST

Yakeen

'Shreya Creations' latest offering 'Yakeen', starring Arjun Rampal and Priyanka Chopra marks the directorial debut of Girish Dhamija, who has been associated with Bhatt's, but more on the creative side and to be exact, dialogue level.

While on 'Shreya Creations', a couple of years ago they gave us the absolutely enthralling and delightful music of M. M. Kreem in 'Jism'. This time however we have Himesh, who has now taken over from an out of form Anu Malik, as the best composer for a thriller, especially after 'Tarzan', 'Humraaz' and 'Aitraaz'. So let us delve deep into the music of 'Yakeen' and check out whether it is as beautiful and lovely as the shooting locales of film (Manali) are!

'Ek umr ka safar, Ek pal mein kat gaya, Zinda to hoon magar, Tukdon mein bat gaya' - the opening couplet gives a gist of the movie and is a sort of sneak peek into 'Yakeen' and Sameer has come up with mass addictive lyrics a la 'Tune saath jo mera choda' from 'Tere Naam'. The song will strike a chord with listener instantly and one can relate to the insecurity of the Arjun in the movie. Surprisingly, Alka is a pale shadow of herself and is at times squeaky. Udit on the other hand is excellent.

But what one must not forget to add here is that Himesh's fascination for Nadeem-Shravan's 'Hum yaar hain tumhare' carries on from 'Silsiilay' (please check out our review).

The Udit-Alka duo team up yet again to sing 'Meri aankhon mein hai tu, Meri sanson mein hai tu, Tu hi mera sapna hai' (shot in the picturesque Solang valley). It is a soft, mushy easily hummable, romantic track. Alka makes amends this time and has rendered this track as she does mostly - brilliantly. Udit is one of the best that we have and is excellent as usual.

The instrumental version of 'Meri Ankhon Mein' is light and soothing though nothing exceptional.

'Bhoolna Nahin' seems to be a very important situational song of 'Yakeen' as it appears thrice. Rendered twice by Shaan and once by Sunidhi. The song goes, 'Bhoolna nahin, Bhoolna nahin, Banake deewana, Bhoolna nahin'. At first, it appears to be a romantic number, but no, it is just not that. The music by Himesh has his trademark thriller element that was last heard and felt during his title track from Abbas-Mustan's 'Humraaz'. The song also has the typical Himesh's background chorus to add to the mystery.

However, one does miss Kumar Sanu here because Shaan misses a few steps here and there trying to match his voice with that of Arjun Rampal. It is quite a haunting and pulsating number though not in the same league as the 'Humraaz' composition. The lyrics are also situational and well written by Sameer.

The Sunidhi version of 'Bhoolna Nahin' is almost the same as that of Shaan but Sunidhi sings it quite well and yet again demonstrates her versatility.

'Chehra Tera' commences with some good mandolin music and 'Chehra tera jab main dekhoon, Pyar aaye tujh pe', rendered professionally by Sonu and Alka and talks of obsessive love. It's a romantic number that is as routine as they come.

The last track 'Tu Hi' initially has a short violin piece and gives the impression of a sad song but surprisingly it turns out to be a decent romantic track that is enhanced further by Shreya and Sonu's good singing.

On the whole, the music of 'Yakeen' is not the one that will scorch the charts, but dismissing it outright would be crazy. It is a decent album that will get middle level popularity and the songs will get up to 5 or 6 on the countdowns, especially after the well picturised promos are out. It is not a 'Bose', 'Kaal' or 'Paheli' but it's certainly better than Himesh's recent 'Silsiilay' and some of the other albums of 2005.

Rating: 7/10

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