The album begins with the one love song (Koyal Se Mili) of the album (ONE love song? I can just hear some producers pulling their hair out!). Though the instrumentals are in keeping with the nature/love theme and are quite pleasant, I couldn´t help but get the feeling from the parts of the song´s tune that I am listening to a dubbed South Indian song in the sense that many words are jumbled together very quickly in the chorus of the song (this is a conventional southern trademark, no?). Sure - if you listen to the words, you will realize that this is Javed Akhtar and not P. K. Mishra you are dealing with. Shankar Mahadevan and Sujatha are good here; very good - but they add to the Southern familiarity of the song. The saving grace of the song are the instrumentals - especially the bass guitar/piano/xylophone rift that continues throughout the song. The second number - "Zingoria" - is infectious. For those that have lived in a hole of late this is Manisha Koirala´s famous dance number. I happen to be a sucker for "The Lion King" and African tribal music already - but on its own it´s a very innovative song. The pleasant Alisha Chinai-like Nandini proves adept at adding to the lively yet somewhat sensual ambience of the song but the chorus singers are the highlight of this one. "Hasde Hasde" is a comic number about what else but laughter. It´s basically a series of jokes that probably needs to be seen on screen to appreciate, but I must say that from a technical standpoint I liked the Shankar Mahadevan computerized "hahahahahaha" that appears in the background of the singing. Some of the jokes are tasteful, some are tasteless, some are stupid - but that seems to be the intent and the song will probably be funny on screen. "Dekho Abhay", the theme number, proves how versatile the composers are as musicians. With instruments ranging from tablas to drums to electric guitars and dramatic vocals by Shankar Mahadevan, the song creates just the right dramatic effect. "Kaltak Mujhko Gaurav Tha" seems to be a confrontation scene of sorts and demonstrates Kamal Haasan´s dramatic abilities more than anybody´s musical talent. And the last track - "Hey! Who are you?" is a sensual encounter enacted by Kamal Haasan and Manisha Koirala. This is a difficult album to write a Hindi film music review for on its own. It isn´t exactly the kind of stuff that you will want to immediately pop into the car cd-player as you cruise down the road; for the album really only has two songs of the "conventional" nature, one situational comedy number, one theme song, and a two dialogue numbers. It supports the film and is a soundtrack akin to western cinema. Is it innovative and intelligent? Yes. Is it ear friendly? Yes. Is it addictive? Not yet. Maybe when the film releases...
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Shankar...Ehsaan...Loy - three names that have established the strongest foothold in Hindi film music in recent times. Are they original? Yes. Are they creative? Yes. Are they geniuses? Well, arguably yes. They compose for the film. One cannot see the three creating a music bank for a producer to select a composition from, because it has become apparent through soundtracks like
"Dus", "Dillagi",
"Shool", "Mission
Kashmir", and the more recent hit "Dil Chahta
Hai" that this is a composing team that sets each song to suit the particular situation and flavor of the film. In keeping with this tradition, they bring us their latest offering - Kamal Haasan´s magnum opus
"Abhay".