Unwarranted faith in a music composer can be somewhat detrimental to the
wallet. Yeh Kaisi Mohabbat would prove just that to fans of
Sandeep Chowta.
One of Sandeep Chowta´s first soundtracks (if not the first) out of the Ram Gopal Varma camp and one can clearly see that direction is lacking in this project, something
we´re sure Varma doesn´t forget about. I had high aspirations for this
soundtrack with Sandeep Chowta and Nitin Raikwar
(Mast, Jungle, Pyaar Tune
Kya Kiya etc.), but the techno infused Chowta just dishes out everything
he´s given us before with only a minimal, but evident, amount of change. You have probably not even heard of this film. This is because there are no promotion campaigns, no trailers and no musical clips in circulation. Perhaps if there were, people like myself would have known before hand whether or not the soundtrack was worth it. Remember "Ruki Ruki" from Mast and “Pehli Baar” from Jungle? The title song "Yeh Kaisi Mohabbat" is minimally different from those tunes with Alka Yagnik and Kumar Sanu sounding just about average. The instrumentalism is fast paced just as in the previous songs with an American styled peppy interval. The drums and techno style that we’ve come to expect from Sandeep Chowta is here, in parts. There is a good amount of experimentalism there, but the verses, arguably the most important portion of the song, sound too familiar to distinguish it (oh how one wishes he hadn’t re-used the Mast/Jungle tune). Nothing good from Nitin Raikwar here. The song is a decent opener but indistinguishable. “Main Hoon Akela” is another ‘Kambakth Ishq’ styled song, which is probably one of the best songs, deprived of the title thanks to some odd chorus. Sukhwinder too sounds too normal but thankfully Sandeep implements his swift beats, which makes one want to get their feet tapping and fast. The mid song tunes are excellent as well. Were it not for the excellent music by Sandeep this would be yet another run of the mill hero songs, that is quite noticeable and kind of distracts one from appreciating completely for what it is actually worth. Nitin Raikwar doesn’t do much in the lyrics department. "Jhol Jhol" is one of the worst "aashiq" numbers we´ve heard in a while. It is quite pointless and definitely one of the discrediting songs to Sonu Nigam´s career. Nitin Raikwar and Sandeep Chowta fail to gain any momentum here. Typical use of the instruments and the same paced moments of the drums. This one too is reminiscent of “Poochcho Na Yaar Kya Hua” from Mast thanks to the occasional tapori style conversation that pops up in the middle. Interesting enough, the voices aren’t given any credit, yet, they sound ironically like Vinod Rathod and Nitin Raikwar. Either way the less said, and accredited to the song, the better! Alka’s solo “Mere Khuda Tu”, a sad song with normally sympathetic lyrics, and usual singing from Alka. The song is short with heavy orchestration to overplay normal singing. “Pyar Hai Tumse Pyar Hai” is the second tune of excellence where Sandeep extracts excellent vocals from his singers, Shaan and Chitra, two excellent singers themselves. The drums, and the flute, and everything make this arguably one of the best love songs we’ve heard (wish he’d stick this one in Company instead of here, it’s bound to go un-noticed). Again, Nitin Raikwar doesn’t do much here and relies on Sandeep to make up for it. Thankfully he has but you’d have to agree that if it were to others than Chitra or Shaan this would be one regular tune. “Akeli Hai Raat” is another well-composed song, which is finally matched up with melodramatic seductive singing by Alka Yagnik. In fact, Alka makes the song unique (though one could imagine what Alisha Chinoy could do to it). The song is slightly reminiscent of Rhounde, but in the same sense equally as enthralling and experimental. The interval is excellent! You’re drawn into it just as interestingly and the proceedings are equally as interesting in a normally penned song describing a woman attempting to seduce her mate. Sunidhi Chauhan attempts an Asha Bhonsle and fails in Din Jawani Ke Hai Chaar Chaar, which has Sandeep’s decent techno dance music detracted by Chauhan. The dance number is a decent listen but has little repeat value. Sandeep Chowta has excellent talent in terms of orchestration, he uses the right instruments, knows when to use them and which one will accentuate the mood and the singer’s vocals. This soundtrack shows that, but only partially. There are in fact, three very good tunes on the soundtrack but they are not comparable to the soundtrack on the whole and will not get enough exposure thanks to the non-promotion of the film and for the fact these stars seem as un-interested in the project as well. Perhaps what´s lacking is Asha Bhosle. Either way Yeh Kaisi Mohabbat is not exactly worth your money unless you are a hardcore Chowta fan, which I doubt there are many since he is still fresh in the game. |
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