The Killer

Article Updated 21 June, 2006 11:44:05 PM IST

The Killer

Any musical offering from the house of the Bhatts' is always welcomed with open arms by music lovers, as time and again they have delivered super hit albums. If the star in question is music's lucky mascot Emraan Hashmi, then expectations soar higher than usual. What we should not forget is that the music directors here are Sajid-Wajid, who were instrumental (to some extent) in Emraan's only disappointment in recent times, 'Jawani Diwani'. So lets check out whether they redeem themselves with 'Killer'.

The album opens with the track 'Teri Yaadon Mein' with Kay Kay singing in a trademark Emraan Hashmi style, which is (slightly) reminiscent of 'Woh Lamhey' ('Zeher'). It's a deep, intense and passionate number, keeping in mind Emraan's image. The melody is haunting and Kay Kay is fantastic as he infuses life to this number with his rendition. Jalees Sherwani's lyrics are apt - "Phirta rahoon darbadar, Milta nahin tera nishan, Hoke juda kab main jiya..." An excellent composition.

The remixed version has been very well done by Sajid-Wajid. They have decorated the vocals with some good musical arrangements, thereby making the song peppier.

The next track 'O Sanam' starts with a Spanish/Italian piece. It's a breezy love song, which seems to be a slower version of the Hrithik-Esha number from 'Aap Mujhe Achche Lagne Lage'. The song being 'Dil Leke' may be unintentionally. Kay Kay shows his class once again with Shreya Ghoshal excelling and showing why she has replaced Alka Yagnik as the queen of romantic numbers. The lyrics by Jalees Sherwani are flowery and classy - "Dil ko churaya tune sanam, Pagal banaya tune sanam, Awargi ki rahber meri, Jeena sikhaya tune sanam."

The second version of 'O Sanam' is a solo by Kay Kay, which is similar to the first version except lyrically, to an extent.

As we move on we come across Sajid-Wajid's version of Pakistani singer, Malika Pukhraj's evergreen classic 'Abhi To Main Jawan Hoon'. It is sort of a remix of the original. While the former was class beyond compare, this one unfortunately (due to Alisha's raunchy singing) becomes more of an item or a song 'n' dance number. Maybe it's situational, but nevertheless it is in bad taste. Such classics should not be tampered with.

One dance number follows another and it is titled 'Yaar Piya'. This time the Bhatts' didn't go for their customary Pakistani/ Bangladeshi singer, so Sajid-Wajid obliged them by lifting Pakistani Pop artist of yesteryears Hasan Jahangir's (whose album 'Hawa Hawa' was a rage in the 1990's) number 'Hum Raqs Karein' especially in the mukhda. It's a typical Mumbai Beer Bar dance composition, complete with bottle opener clicking sounds, maybe be due to the fact that the female lead (Nisha Kothari) is a bar dancer.

Sajid-Wajid's Arabic influenced number 'Dil Deewana' (in 'Jawani Diwani') didn't scorch the charts, yet they have attempted another one here - 'Hibbaki'. Their effort is pedestrian, to say the least with a (much) 'heard before' tune. Hamza sings the Arabic part with ease and Earl raps well but the surprise element is Suzanne who shows her fluency in Hindi singing.

The remix has again been well done. One thing is for sure, Sajid-Wajid are good with remixes. After hearing the whole album our advice to them is that they should get down to serious remixing rather than composing. Is Akbar Sami listening?

In a nutshell, barring the first two good compositions, 'The Killer' is a poor effort by Sajid-Wajid, certainly not befitting of the composers who gave us the still quite popular 'Mujhse Shaadi Karogi'.

Coming to the Bhatts' banner, it is their weakest musical offering (barring 'Nazar') of recent times and it will be surprising even if their lucky mascot Emraan can lift it.

Rating: 6.5/10

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