Dhoom 2

Article Updated 10 November, 2006 12:17:52 AM IST

Dhoom 2

For the countless music lovers who simply freaked out on the 'Dhoom' musical score, it is once again time for joy and ecstasy as the music album of its sequel 'Dhoom:2' has already hit the stores. Much anticipation and high expectations abound from the same team of the music director Pritam, fresh from the success of 'Gangster' and 'Woh Lamhe', lyricist Sameer and last but not least, the Yash Raj banner, who have given us memorable music time and again.

Funky Arabian-cum-Western rhythm along with a few opening lines "Sexy lady on the fore, He will be coming back for more", kickstarts the album's first number 'Crazy Kiya Re', picturized on a really hot looking Aishwarya Rai. Sunidhi's zestful singing along with some cool rap 'n' reggae makes it a good hear while it lasts; it's like instant Maggie noodles, enjoyable, but fails to leave a lasting impression.

'Crazy Remix' by Bunty Rajput has the essential ingredients, like faster rhythm, better musical arrangements, etc., to name a few, and so easily scores over the original.

Some very scintillating musical arrangements commences 'Touch Me', a fast paced dance number, with a high dose of Salsa, that is dance inducing. KK does a fine job with his high-pitched singing (something he excels in). Alisha is at her sensuous best, the only problem is her diction. It's a groovy dance mix that will find favour with the youth in clubs and discos.

Uday Chopra won hearts with his 'Dilbara' in 'Dhoom', and Pritam has given him another cutie this time - 'My Name is Ali', which is sure to win many more. This time around, he has the sexy-siren Bipasha Basu (in a double role), who not only gives him company but also lends her voice for a few lines, as Ali (Uday) tries to woo her, in his by now familiar and endearing style. It is a very sweet, situational, leisurely paced, yet quite rhythmic track (complete with Latino beats) with Sonu Nigam in full mood as he croons "Excuse me to please". Sameer's lyrics are situational and identifiable and should please the masses.

The 'Crazy Kiya Re' rhythm starts 'Dil Laga Na', which has a pretty impressive ensemble, namely the Punjabi Pop sensation Sukhbir, the talented Mahalaxmi Iyer, the evergreen Jolly Mukherjee (wonderful to see him come out of oblivion), Suzanne and Soham. One expected a blistering paced dance number here, but nevertheless, the rhythm is infectious. The 'Dhoom' signature tune is present and it is used to good effect. The combination of the Bhangra music with Western and Latino beats is excellent. This track should turn out to be the highlight song of the movie. All the artists have done full justice to the track and Sukhbir deserves special mention as he is simply superb, his soft sweet vocals combining well with Jolly's high pitched, deep-throated ones (as he does a good take off of R.D. Burman).

The album concludes with 'Dhoom Again', as Pritam revisits the composition that made him a name to reckon with in the Hindi film music scene. It almost became the national anthem (such was its popularity), and of course was the most sought after ringtone of the year. The previous (in 'Dhoom') English version was rendered by pop queen Tata Young and was used as a promotional music video. This one has been sung by Vishal Dadlani (of 'Vishal-Shekhar' fame) and Dominique Crejo and will most probably be used once again for promotion of the movie. Coming back to this version, yet again this composition blows the listeners off their feet. The funky, groovy 'Dhoom Machale' rhythm just engulfs and has the same mesmerizing effect as the previous number had. Vishal and Dominique are brilliant and yes, the irony is that 'Dhoom Again' turns out to be the best track of the album. In a way, this proved that Pritam fails to rise above 'Dhoom'.

We have had sequels, and successful ones too, like 'Phir Hera Pheri' and 'Krrish' not to forget the next edition of 'Munnabhai MBBS', 'Lage Raho Munna Bhai', where the music directors have not tried to capitalize on the hit music of the original. But here we have too many throwbacks to the original. The makers have gone out of their way to make this album a success on the basis of their previous chartbuster. Two of the five songs have been designed to do exactly that, but the music of 'Dhoom:2' still fails to match the 'Dhoom' fervour, let alone rise above it. And since Yash Raj knew the potential of this album, they have gone ahead and have also included some of their (mostly recent) hit tracks from their previous movies, as an added incentive (in the CD, MP3 and also the cassette).

So the important question is, does the public lap it up like the original? Doesn't seem so, going by the response to the album thus far. The initial sales have been quite good but not blistering like 'Dhoom'. Plus the 'Dhoom:2' audio does not look like it's having the shelf life of the first part.

Rating : 7.5/10

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