Lakeer Music Review

 

  
 
 After numerous instances of 'actors-turned-directors' and 'writers-turned-directors', 2004 is going to be year that will see at least 2 high profile choreographers turn into directors. (Ahmed Khan in Lakeer and Farah Khan in Main Hoon Na).
Coming back to Ahmed Khan, he brings together macho men Sunny Deol and Sunil Shetty together (after 'Khel' once again in 'Lakeer') along with John Abraham and Sohail Khan. Nauheed Cyrusi plays the sole heroine who is the love interest of both John and Sohail. Produced by Vivek Kumar, 'Lakeer' has lyrics by Mehboob and music by A. R. Rehman who gave super-dud 'Tehzeeb', last year.

 'Nachley' is an addition to the bhangra pop genre. Daler Mehndi and Kunal Ganjawala make an honest attempt to make the number full of life but somehow the overall result is not as inspiring as one expects from a Rehman number. Output is just about average and the routine choreography doesn't help the cause much either. Surprising, because at the helm of affair is the director Ahmed Khan who has many well-choreographed songs to his credit. Chances are not very high that 'Nachley' would really make millions 'naach' to it's tunes.

'Shehzade' by Kumal Ganjawala seems to begin where 'Nachley' ends in terms of overall setup and mood. Like former, even this track is an attempt at being a fun-filled song full of youthfulness. Sadly, this track also doesn't rise from being mediocre and is clearly a repetition of several other Rehman youth numbers in the past.

Follows next is a sober love song 'Paighaam' by Shaan and Kavita Krishnamurthy. Nope! Even this track is least exciting and just seems to drag on. Mehboob's lyrics are poetic but certainly not meant for a man on street to sing around. Music too belongs to one of those 'heard-before' Rehman songs and Shaan's vocals are so subdued that you have to actually stress yourself to hear what he is singing.

As in case of most of the recently released albums, Asha ji comes to the rescue with 'Offho Jalta Hai' where she sings a duet with Sonu Nigam, who thoroughly seems to be enjoying himself in this track. A sensuous track, it has good rhythm and should pick up on the popularity chart.

'Rozana' is a youthful campus song by pop group 'Viva'. A song that has western touch throughout, it may be popular among the college going crowds. At some points the number does become a bit loud and the vocals shrieky but probably that was the intent in order to give the song a young look.

'Sadiyaan' is another love song after 'Paighaam' that has indeed some different music. The song has variations after every line and has a classic feel about it mainly due to Mehboob's lyrics. A soft track, Hariharan, Udit Narayan and Mahalaxmi sing it well.

Music of 'Lakeer' is mainly targeted at the college going crowd in the age group of 18-25 that may want to dance on to the beats of Rehman. Though the musical team does get successful to some extent, overall the result is not as satisfying and fulfilling as one expects when a master musician works with a high-profile choreographer!