Chori Chori was the first of three soundtracks Sajid-Wajid had released consecutively, the soundtrack is not a horror story but in the same sense nothing much to talk about. Milan Luthria had described Chori Chori as a musical and would go on to imply that music will be an asset to the film. However, it seems he and many other producers are quite insistent on picking up these fresh composers and accepting musical scores which have that been there done that feel. Sajid-Wajid are one of those composers, while their outcomes aren’t as horrific and lackluster as many washout compositions are, their music is too familiar to hit the repeat button. Some of these tunes are quite reminiscent of the Middle Eastern influenced Kachche Dhaage, that score hit the spot, this one will probably nudge it and pass by. Mehndi Mehndi, Aatee Aatee and Amma Mere are such numbers that aren’t poorly composed but quite familiar in the musical area. The vocalists are competent in their job which make the songs listen able. The title track has the typical eighties feel to it and that withstanding you have probably heard millions of Indian songs with this use of the drums and background instruments. Tu Mere Samne, whose lyric seems oddly lifted from Darr, is probably the least concocting number especially with Anand Bakshi’s incessant use of the word Rabba. The musical compositions are not bad, but are not fresh either, hence while you can listen to it, it won’t create an etch in your memory. The qawaali is one of the attractions of the soundtrack. Despite having typical instruments for a qawaali it unites the Sabri brothers and the hit singer Adnan Sami Khan. It’s the singing, not the music and surely not the lyrics that make this one a winner. Sunidhi Chauhan’s cute ditty Main Ek Ladki seems too situational to listen to with run of the mill compositions and typical youthful lyrics. Kehna Hai is a straight copy of R.D. Burman’s music without an inch of inspiration. It’s nice however to see one composer aside from Nadeem Shravan utilize Kumar Sanu. The singing on the overall album is lackluster but not a wash out. The lyrics range from decent to simply fine, yet, Anand Bakshi has begun to show signs of redundancy as of late. Chori Chori is nothing spectacular in terms of content and most likely not worth your money but is not a bad move for Sajid-Wajid. Their popularity (and most probably their cheap remuneration for their work, especially when popular composers like Anu Malik, Jatin-Lalit and Nadeem-Shravan have started asking for more) isn’t at all ruined by these soundtracks. All they need to do is change their mainstream music into something a bit more spicy and unique. Hopefully soon they will surprise us with an original, all out hit soundtrack.
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