Murder is not always a crime, that’s what the film’s sub line is. Quite interesting if you ask me. Yet Vadh, a supposedly well made thriller which is to bring Nana Patekar back in the reckoning has had absolutely zero promotions since it’s trailers have released and one would wish that these distributors at least promote their projects a little more so that they can obtain some type of success at the box office. If lack of funds is an issue, that issue should be taken care of with promotions in mind. I mean you have a film with no big names how high could the actors charge? Keeping that in mind two names minimally stand out with Patekar’s, they are Puru Raajkumar and Meghna Kothari, the actress who debuted with Fardeen Khan in Prem Aggan re-titled Pain Again. On to the soundtrack there are no surprises here, except for Jagjit Singh’s opener. In fact, Jagjit Singh is all over the cassette, but ah, we’ll speak about that later. “Bahut Khoobsurat” is quite reminiscent of “Kiska Chehraa” from Tarkieb but nonetheless sweet and soft musical entertainment. Clearly the only song that Vishal Shekhar put any thought and effort into and the outcome is pretty good. Nida Fazli however seems within the ‘normal’ range for lyrics nothing extremely meaningful but the fact that "your eyes are so beautiful". Vishal composes and writes (whoa! Let’s try one at a time!) Hath Pirade and Aankh Milale, two inane cabaret numbers. Sunidhi sounds absolutely horrible in these “Nahin Milega Is Ghangra” (Vaastav) rip-offs. You can’t help hear the resemblance in the two songs, listen to it (if you’re dieing to) and you will see what I mean. To top it all of the music seems like your typical music composer’s music bank’s contents. “Aayega koi aayega” sounds like your run of the mill temple on top of the hill dhun. Sapna Awasthi sounds quite nasal, Sunidhi sounds average and ironically, Shankar Mahadevan sounds pretty well. The chorus sounds better than all of them combined though. The title track sounds quite swift and not bad. It sounds tailor made for the credits at the opening of the movie. Once again Sunidhi goes to the extreme heights of her vocals but the background resonates with her in a mediocre manner. Ending it all off (for now) is Tere Bina. This one is a slow rip-off of many American tunes, and “Mujhko Neend Aa Rahi Hai” from Ajnabee. Still it is the only other tolerable song on the entire soundtrack. The song sounds like a seduction number and has Sunidhi (couldn’t get any other singer huh Vishal?) pulling one of her poor Mariah Carey/Whitney Houston tricks. Ok since the company quite well knew that this soundtrack wasn’t going to sell on its own they included some classic Jagjit Singh ghazals from movies and a private album. Chances are people are going to pick this one up for them and not the soundtrack. Anyway, while on it, the songs are absolutely awesome for Jagjit Singh fans and while “classics” if you don’t have them already, here is your chance. “Honton Se Chhoo Lo Tum” from “Prem Geet” is a classic song that I am sure most people have already heard at least once. Radio stations have used this tune multiple times but no one could use it better than Jagjit Singh himself who composes to Indivar’s lyrics here. One thing that you may notice is the rather different tone and age in Singh’s vocal from the opener in Vadh with this. Quite understandable considering the time difference. Lyrical abilities from Sudarshan Fakir stand out in “Na Mohabbat Na Dosti” another excellent Jagjit Singh song from the movie “Phir Aayee Barsat.” Any Jagjit Singh fan is quite aware of the musical candy that comes when he is paired up with Chitra Singh. “Baad Muddat Unhen” from “Main Aur Meri Tanhai” is just that. Musical candy especially when the two singers come together in this duet. Finally the last ‘bonus track’ “Hum To Yun Zindagi Se” is slow, emphatic and quite meaningful once again. The music from Jagjit and Chitra Singh flows sweet fully with Fakir’s lyrics again. It was quite nice reviewing the Jagjit Singh tunes (where 1.5 of the rating came from). Sadly the actual soundtrack barring the Jagjit Singh number was worth nothing (especially not the audio cassette that I bought). One would have hoped they put some effort into it. After all, no promotions, no star power and a poor soundtrack what exactly do they intend to make this movie survive at the box office with, let alone become a hit?!
Even still, you should pick up this CD/Cassette but only for the Jagjit Singh numbers. Quite an insult to the composer if you ask me. The film’s last lines are “You Have Been Eliminated…" It’s sad that the same will be said about the soundtrack and soon! |
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