“Jaanabe Ali” is an attempt at making a mixture of Punjab and typical dance music. While the song has potential, especially for remixes somewhere down the line, the life of the number really depends on the picturization. The tune turns out to be certainly nothing special but not bad nonetheless. Both Shaan and Kunal Ganjawala are suitable in their presentations but the English interludes are quite annoying.
The highlight of the soundtrack is undoubtedly the catchy, “Silsile Mulaqaton Ke”, being featured in all of the promos. The song matches any of the songs in Tere Naam and is clearly a composition with a little effort. Though the basic foundation of the song lies in the jhankaar beats, the lyrics and particularly the singing of Udit Narayan and Alka Yagnik make it stand out. It has that typical filmi flavor but it is an excellent way to serve as an example at how regular songs can still really entertain a listener without going the extremely different kind of way. Udit and Alka are great, particularly Udit, and give the song a heyday note, but in the good way of course.
Only Sameer can fruitify a soundtrack with lyrics for a song title “Na Na Na Re”. Despite having that as a shortcoming and English lyrics of “I wan to love you, hold you and kiss you so”, and more, the song is efficient. Alisha Chinoy was a good choice for the extensive English lyrics and though Kunal is a little fresh on the ears as far as singing beyond the chorus, the song is passable.
Two versions of “Dil Mera Dil Na Maane” are included the soundtrack. The song holds an eerie resemblance to “Pardesi Pardesi” from Raja Hindustani. It is certainly not the most experimental song on the album barring its tabla intervals and nor is it any original for that matter. Udit Narayan and Alka Yagnik are able in their renditions. The lyrics are sufficed and hold a sad tone with them as expected. The song is entertaining a little more than passable, however is just another one of those "flashback to the eighties" kind of tunes.
A few of the songs begin with dialogues. Naturally, there’s not much to say about them but that a few of them are effective in arousing interesting, especially with the sultry Lara Dutta verbalizing them. One of the songs is “Aap Ki Khata Aap Ki Bewafayee”, a long semi-sentimental song sung by Shaan and Alka Yagnik. The song is somewhat of a title track. Though this song like a few of the others is an essential repetition of the jhankaar beats that plague us regular listeners of every Bollywood soundtrack, there is that one factor that allows it to stand out albeit minimally. Interestingly enough Shaan isn’t asked to stretch any of the words or say his “r” weird in this Himesh Reshammiya soundtrack.
Instrumentals of “Aap Ki Khata” and “Silsile Mulaqaton Ke” end off the soundtrack.
The music for Bardaasht is fair enough. It is not a power packed soundtrack like Humraaz, but it is decent enough to come close to Tere Naam, one of Himesh’s highlights. While that is still not to say he is one of the more superlative composers, decent music is always nice to listen to. Bardaasht highlights itself in doing what all the small T-Series soundtracks can’t. It gives us jhankaar but doesn’t beat us over the head with it. And if you’re looking for one song that you’re bound to be singing long after the soundtrack is over, look no further than the opener, “Silsile Mulaqaton Ke”. |
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Himesh Reshammiya has
been busy all year after his few hits and particular misses. It’s safe to say
that for him to compose something of particular significance in the long term
scheme of things, the effort would more than likely be a little more demanding
on more fronts than composing a regular soundtrack. Like E.
Niwas’s