Ehsaas’ soundtrack is even a little disappointing in that it brings together three music directors, Anand Raj Anand’s being the only name that stands out, and five lyricists. Sadly, none of them score on any attempts in making this a purchasable CD. Finally, Sunil Shetty may be giving himself a name in the industry once again with this film, yet with the disaster of Ittefaq, which starred an equally unknown actress as this one does (Neha’s popularity marginally decreased with the flop of Rahul) the outcome of this film seems heavily burdened. Realistically, the poor music will just add to that. The highlights of the soundtrack are the two title tracks, which are the best the soundtrack offers in terms of lyrics and musical composition. “Yeh Kaise Ehsaas Hai” sung by Sunidhi Chauhan and Sonu Nigam is a slow number, which is reminiscent of many of this duo’s tunes from Mast. “Tumse Milkar Hua Hai Ehsaas” is another slow number, which is nice. The vocales ala K.K. are unique in that once again his almost always loud and screechy singing is toned down to soft and romantic which is nice. Bela Shende’s feeble vocales entertain mildly. These two songs are decent, and are the most this CD can offer, together they still don’t make this one worthy of your money. Every child oriented film must have kids singing, at least that’s the trend that Manjrekar would like to continue with “Yeh Din Bachpan Ke”, which has Udit Narayan’s son- Aditya Narayan once annoying vocales in it. I say once, because they have matured somewhat and the “brat”-ish tone is harder to detect now. The father son duet, both singer wise and character wise, “Kuch Kehna Hai” is also something slow and dull. The annoying “Juhi Ne Dil Manga” is truly such a turn off for a musical composition. Perhaps better handled on screen, one can only hope that they make something out of this ludicrous song. The truly foreign singers don’t make much of it either. The dull pace is picked up a little with “Ek Baar Pyar” sung by Sunidhi and Sonu again. Nothing at all to talk about. Ending of the album is Shankar Mahadevan in another slow, dull, and lackluster song, “Zindagi Ek Daud Hai.” The lyrical quality rises up a notch, but it can’t save this unappealing track. There you have it. Another disappointment known as a “musical soundtrack.” This is probably the worst Manjrekar has ever offered aside from the plain and boring Vaastav. Never the less, we still anxiously await the film which is said to be an autobiography of Manjrekar’s own life story. For now, don’t even bother picking this one up. With such a large group of music composers and an equally large group of lyricists, it’s surprising that the outcome is such an uninspired and dreary soundtrack. The only ehsaas one gets out of this one is that of regret for even purchasing such a soundtrack. Take my advice, don’t! |
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While this film promises to be another sensitively handled “realistic” drama
dealing with the expectations in a father and son relationship, the soundtrack for this
film is truly insipid. It thus goes to prove that while director Mahesh Manjrekar is
rather talented in the film making area, he does not have an ear for music.