Music: Pritam
1. Raabta (Kehta Hai Khuda Ne) ----- 9/10
2. Raabta (Siyaah Raatein) ------------- 9/10
3. Raabta (Night In Motel) ------------- 9/10
4. Raabta --------------------------------------- 7/10
Yet another nice and pleasing romantic track from Pritam. Very Te Amo from Dum Maaro Dum like, just a little silent in comparison. The female part is pleasant as is the variety the male counterpart brings to the song. The song does sound a lot like something we have heard many times before; despite this, it does manage to engage us in all the four versions of the song.
The first two versions are almost identical duets and they are better than the next two. Raabta is a male solo, while Night In Motel version is another duet.
5. Pungi ----------------------------------------- 9/10
6. Pungi (Remix) ---------------------------- 9/10
If you are into goofy foot tapping songs, this one is tailor made for you. The beats, catchy tune and hilarious lyrics are it's strengths and you have to listen to it appreciate it. Or hate it. A perfect track for this year's Ganpati festival. Wikipedia tells us that this one is disappointingly a rip off of Soosan Khanoom by Iranian pop band Barobax.
The Remix is as good as the original. Given the nature of the song, there is not much room left to add spice to the song by remixing it. So this is as good, or bad, as the original.
7. Dil Mera Muft Ka ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9/10
8. Dil Mera Muft Ka (Remix) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9/10
Kudos to Pritam for resurrecting the mujra theme in an interesting fashion. Great lyrics and nice beats. This is a change from the typical 70's purely classical themes. The best part is the very mujra-esque voices of Nandini Srikar and Muazzam. Good casting call there.
The Remix is also intelligently done. It is fast paced while not sacrificing the theme of the music by using out of context musical instruments.
9. Agent Vinod (Theme) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4/10
Bollywood movie producers need to get one thing straight about theme music for their movies. Unless they create an engaging franchise out of their plots or characters, the theme will always be restricted to that one movie, and hence fade out of memory just as the movie is pulled down from theaters. Commenting on this theme in particular, it is a pretty standard swashbucklingly Bollywood. It is lengthy and the worst part is it feels like the same tune duplicated to make the length of it twice than what it should have been.
10. I Will Do The Talking Tonight ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5/10
Pritam's copy acts are on display here. Although compared to some of the blatant copies he has done in the past, this one is well veiled in other tunes. Ever heard Rasputin? Google it to listen to the similarity. A decent hip hop track with Neeraj Shridhar singing to his highest pitch ever.
Final verdict: Overall, gets 8/10. Some of the songs will take time to grow on you, however, besides resorting to plagiarism, Pritam manages to concoct another entertaining album. There are a ton of remixes and other versions of the same song within the album, but since even the remixes have been well done, the overall album stays truly entertaining.
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Music: Jay Ji
Just three songs, which are outdated in terms of tune. The songs are not cacophonous, but they nevertheless are very flat and boring. Sorry Jay Ji (Is that your official name?)
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