The theme track is another regular instrumental track, which makes the similarity in Aa Ab Laut Chalen quite more evident.įor a film with as big a star cast as last year’s Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, Anu Maliik shows why his aspirations for working with directors like Yash Chopra and Sanjay Leela Bhansali are far-fetched. Hema Sardesai is enough reason not to listen to the song. €œ Shaadi†is another bad song, sung by Hema Sardesai and Shaan.
The song starts off a little reminiscent of some of his tunes from Aks, with some experimentation that fails to carry the song off because of the loud chorus. The song turns out way too normal and definitely exhibits that been there heard that stamp.Īnd, just when you thought reaching high notes were finished with, in comes the tormented Kay Kay for “ Jeena Kya†a disturbing song. €œ Pyar Ka Matlab†tries to rise above the normal tune but the fact that Udit and Alka sound like they are crying or trying to reach high notes fallibly ruins the attempt. Stolen saxophone back drops don’t help the too slow beat.
Alka tries to save this one with her sensuous singing but is not that the same song we’ve heard in Kuch Tum Kaho Kuch Hum Kahein (and a whole bunch of other Sameer soundtracks). The instant “ Chori Chori†begins one wants to make it stop playing! One should be happy that we have that option. Of course, we’re sure Sameer didn’t think twice before agreeing to take the lines from other sources. Abhijeet, Hariharan, Kay Kay, Alka Yagnik & Chorus try to help the song as much as they can. The most salvageable tunes of the soundtrack and what happens? Anu Maliik lifts the tune from Aa Ab Laut Chalen (in the line ‘ Tera Aasre’) and the original Aarti “ Om Jai Jagadish Hareâ€, which was featured in Purab Aur Paschim. Were it the case that the protagonists were abroad singing the song, with some type of need to sing in English to show that they have lost any type of culture they may have had like most NRI’s do once they cross that border (oh cliché!), (one can’t blame us for feeling this way), then perhaps we would be able to forgive it (but wait, this isĪnupam Kher’s depiction of Indian culture).Īnd just when you felt it couldn’t get more dare I say, ‘whack’, or un-original, here comes the two versions of the title track. One is confused as to why Sameer has chosen to pen such crazily idiotic English songs. Sadly, they have been wasted in such cases before. Happy Days, Sonu Nigam, Alka and Udit are insulted. It’s even worst that he has used two of Bollywood’s most prolific singers, Abhijeet and Shaan to support her in this stupid song. How one wishes she sung with the ecstasy that is exhibited in Ismail Darbar’s Devdas. Of the voices that stand out as wasted there is Kavita Subramanium. For now they are just plan and simple bad. Were the singers in “ Happy Days are here again†and “ This is our love story†less interested in singing, the songs would have been quite intolerable. With songs like “ Happy Days are here again†and “ This is our Love Storyâ€, Om Jai Jagadish takes the prize for this year’s worst soundtrack for a big film by all accounts, leading its competitors by miles!
On all accounts, Om Jai Jagadish takes bad music to a new low. The excellently reputed output of a music director and hit producer is also anticipated. The first collaborative work between a fresh director and talented (used loosely in this situation) music director is somewhat anticipated. Public Rating Average: 5.11 / 10 (rated by 410 listeners)
Let us know what you think about this review Movie Review Reviewed by: Rakesh Budhu - Rating: 3.0 / 10 Singers: Udit Narayan, Sonu Nigam, Shaan, K.K., Abhijeet, Alka Yagnik, Kavita Subramanium, Hema Sardesai
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