Music: Chirantan Bhatt
1. Jaavedaan Hai ------------------------- 9/10
This track feels straight out of a Pritam album; specifically Jannat 2. Chirantan Bhatt uses KK's ability the best possible way, which is another factor why this song has a semblance to prior Emraan Hashmi movie songs. KK's style of starting out the song slow building up to a climactic finish is well composed. Great track, a tad too long.
2. Uska Hi Banana ------------------------ 9/10
Trademark Chirantan Bhatt melancholic song, beseeching the almighty for help. If you are a fan of sad romantic songs, then you will absolutely love this song. Rising playback singer Arijit Singh sings his heart out in the song.
3. Apnaa Mujhe Tu Lagaa ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6/10
Another typical Chirantan Bhatt track: romantic, with a dash of sadness. Sonu Nigam does justice to this melody with his masterful voice without going loud or soft. The track has a nice flow to it, with a soft rock-like guitar and drums instrumentals. The theme tune of the song is catchy. Overall, the song is adequate, but not bad. For Sonu Nigam fans.
Final verdict: Overall, gets a 6/10. Chirantan Bhatt has either worked in a niche or has found one. Yet another album composed for a horror/thriller Bollywood movie, with the theme of the songs tending towards melancholic love. Couple of decent songs in the album.
Music: Amit Trivedi
1. Dreamum Wakeupum -------------- 9/10
This song has to be dealt with the right sense of humor, otherwise you will only finding yourself shaking your head in disgusted disbelief. A great satirical song parodying the style of songs produced by Tollywood/Kollywood. It seems to get the beats, instrumentals, tempo and the loudness of lyrics perfectly to evoke hilarity. Let loose your inhibitions, and this track will be an enjoyable ride.
2. Sava Dollar (Lavni) -------------------- 9/10
Never has a lavni sounded so better. This lavni based song is energetic and the lyrics pack a punch. Sunidhi Chauhan brings her energetic voice into the foray making it zesty. Besides, she and the chorus superbly don the Marathi-accented Hindi making this lavni even more believable. Well done.
3. Mahek Bhi ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8/10
Lovely melody from the super sweet voiced Shreya Ghoshal. The track takes almost 2 minutes for the song to begin almost making us believe it is an instrumental. A superb song for peaceful romantic moments.
4. What To Do -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8/10
The most hilarious song of the album in terms of lyrics, composition and execution. And who better to perform than the queen of hilarity in Bollywood music: Sneha Khanwalkar. The lyrics are totally double-meaning and ridiculous, and thankfully, the playback singers go absolutely berserk with it. Love it, hate it, but don't take it too seriously, because you would miss out on a brilliantly composed funny song from Bollywood. The Lijjat papad jingle tune has been used to a great advantage (hopefully with the proper rights).
5. Aga Bai -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7/10
This is an interesting track, which remains relevant throughout it's length while still not fully not capturing our attention. The song has a definite energy to it, the beats are foot tapping and modern techno instrumentals blended with classical Indian musical tunes gives it a slightly surreal feel. Odd song, but enjoyable.
6. Wakda ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6/10
This one is a slightly difficult to describe. The tempo is upbeat and the song constantly meanders between Tamil musical style and Marathi style, with Amit Trivedi's own touch. Fun song, but nothing too striking about it.
Final verdict: Overall, gets a 8/10. All the songs keep you engaged in one way or the other. The album is certainly not meant for the entire demographic. Like Gangs Of Wasseypur I & II, this album requires a certain sense of humor from it's audience, without which it is just noise. Amit Trivedi has always been this borderline good musician who normally fails to break the good to great barrier, but I wonder if this is one of his best compositions to date. He has utilized Tamil tunes, Maharashtrian lavni, crazy lyrics, Marathi lyrics and on top of it a believable Marathi-accented Hindi from the playback singers. Wonder if he is highly proud of his own work here.
Music: Mohinderjit Singh, Naresh-Paresh, Aamir Ali
There are only 4 original songs in the album, so it looks like each one of the composers had a song to contribute to the album. The album is fairly bland, and there doesn't seem to be any effort to make it any more interesting that what it is. Not an inept piece of work, just lackluster.
Brownie point:
- Ankhiyan Nu Rehn De, Ankhiyan Nu Rehn - A better song of the album for the classical Punjabi music lovers. The song is soft and slow, and a bit introspective. The guitar has been put in good use, and the transition from soft music to a strong performance is well done. The song has two versions, one with Kamaal Khan and the other one with Aamir Ali. Aamir Ali (Ankhiyan Nu Rehn De) sounds better out of the two.
the movie is horror type,but not so scary as the old scripts used to be. the most important drawback is the western exorcism and the direction of the movie should be more sharp. The story needs to be more different than commonly known. The trend throughout the years have been so similar in horror movies. the scenes of background needs to be more scary and defined. In my view, the horror of INDIAN rituals which are displayed in smaller screens, are more horrifying than the horror in these films. may be it's time that a big banner production house introduces us the horror movies. these horror movies just need some extra oomph to horrify and entertain the viewers to the depth of soul. Wishing all the best to the film, "1920: THE EVIL RETURNS".
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