Satish Kaushik's directorial
venture Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain is a
promising romance drama starring the forever young Anil
Kapoor, Kajol, and Mink Singh. The music by Anu Malik, however,
ranges from good to bad to just plain awful. Side A contains some fantastic tunes but Side
B isn't even fit enough to be road kill. Lyricist Sameer's inane lyrics do nothing to help
this already butchered musical score.
The first song on the album is very catchy and is probably the best song in the album.
"Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain" sung by Kumar
Sanu and Anuradha Paudwal is very good and very similar to
Kareeb's Chori Chori. The singing is just competent
however.
Song two is also very catchy and will have you singing along. "Zara
Aakhon Mein" is a love ballad with the same beat as A. R. Rahman's Strawberry
Aankhen from Sapnay. This song is also an instant winner
and has competent singing from Anuradha Paudwal and Kumar Sanu.
"Kasam Se Kasam Se" is also very similar to Chori
Chori and takes some getting used to. After a few listens however, I began to really
like the song. The love ballad has interesting lyrics by Sameer and the song is sung well
by, once again, Kumar Sanu and Anuradha Paudwal.
The last song on Side A, "Hai Hai Hai Jata Hai Kahan"
is very very catchy and sounds like something out of John Travolta's Grease. I liked the
song a lot. It reminded me of one of those numbers from a American 50s beach epic. A very
swing style to it. The singing is typical Hema Sardesai style, sweet and
sexy. Anu Malik sings quite competently also.
Perhaps the one remotely listenable song on the second side is Chup Gaya,
which is rendered very beautifully by Alka Yagnik and Udit Narayan.
The first song on Side B almost made me smash my tape deck to little bits. "Pappa
Main Pappa Ban Gaya" is perhaps one of the most irritating and annoying
songs I have ever heard. If I ever meet Shankar Mahadevan in public,
after I'm done with him, he'll be singing Hijra Main Hijra Ban Gaya. Sameer
should be punished for writing up such an annoying song. I can't explain to you how
annoying the song is. The rest of the tape goes just as badly.
After the great tracks Anu recorded on the first side, I expected this album to go
places. Unfortunately, after a great Side A, the album just got plain ugly. My advice? Buy
it for the good songs on Side A, tape over the second side. It'll save your sanity, I
swear!!! Hopefully, the movie will be a tad better than some of this garbage posing as
"songs". Yeesh!
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