Nazar Music Review

 

  
 
   'Eyes' are in the vogue this summer! With two movies around the subject of "seeing" something deadly, that could be "killing" (Urmila starrer Naina and the "now-ready-for-release-after-its-share-of-controversies" - Nazar ). Hyped as the first ever Indo-Pak movie collaboration, ' Nazar ', with a tagline of 'What You See.... Can Kill You' is a Mahesh Bhatt & Sevi Ali presentation that is produced by Mukesh Bhatt and marks the directorial debut of actress Soni Razdan. This closes the loop for Bhatt family with first daughter Pooja ( Paap ) and now Soni sitting holding the director's reins. With a 'much ado about nothing' kind of controversy, this small budget flick has gained enough publicity in recent times (what with a kiss making headlines on not just Page 3 but Page 1 and 2 as well) to make it a comfortable sailing at the box office. Also, knowing Bhatts' track record over the years, until and unless the movie is given a horrible treatment, this Ashmit Patel - Meera (from Pakistan - did we need to tell you this?) movie should be yet another profitable venture for its makers. Music by Anu Malik and lyrics by Saeed Quadri on the album cover give a positive feel around the movie's soundtrack.

Choreography ensures that passions run wild and seduction is in the air with the title song ' Nazar Nazar ' by K.K. Though the beginning of the number has ordinary lyrics, it is towards the latter stages that the words really start counting. The tune is nothing out of the ordinary, but it is the arrangements, singer K.K. and the chorus that lift the song to an extent. In the end, not one of the best title/prime songs heard from the makers of ' Jism', 'Murder', 'Paap', 'Rog ' and ' Zeher '. Blame it on the expectations!

Sensuality continues to ooze in with ' Pyar Asth ' that also features as an ' Instrumental '. Sunidhi Chauhan goes international with this number by doing playback for Meera! Lyrics are again ordinary (and that's surprising because the strength of Bhatts lie in the lyrics of their songs), but it's again the trio of musical arrangements, Sunidhi and the chorus girls that make the number worth a hear.

 Roop Kumar Rathod does a guest composition with Shakeel Azmi written ' Ali Ali '. Sung by Shubha Mudgal, it has a Sufi flavor and should be picked up right away by her fans. As like most of the songs of this genre, this one too is situational and is of the kinds that look good on screen while the movie's narration is on. But thinking of humming it while your are driving your car with your spouse? Nope, that's not a possibility!

Fast paced Arabian music forms the base of the ' Remix ' version of Nazar Nazar. Knowing the penchant of the Bhatts to gain inspiration from the middle East music, one wonders if this one is an original number with the earlier been a softer version of this, or is it the other way around. Anyways, the number still doesn't come across as the one that would be a rage across the nation like ' Kaho Na Kaho ' ( Murder ) and most recently ' Bheegi Bheegi Raatein ' ( Zeher ).

Current favororite with the Bhatts, Shreya Ghoshal, who brilliantly sang ' Agar Tum Mil Jao ' in ' Zeher ', sings the solo ' Mohabbat Zindagi Hai '. One interesting observation at this juncture is that there hasn't been a single duet so far in the entire album for a movie that has raised so much ruckus for alleged passion play! Typically Anu Malik – Mahesh Bhatt style of composition, its roots go back to the tracks from ' Phir Teri Kahaani Yaad Aayi ' - especially the violin part and the singing that resumes soon after! A soft number, it is one of the better compositions in the movie and can be heard in the darkness of the night! Ditto for the instrumental , that for a change is likeable (especially in recent times when every album has an annoyingly equal number of instrumentals as the original songs).

 After the word ' Ishq ' being used to death now, there seems to be a frightening indication of various versions of ' Dhoom Machale ' coming up soon. ' Shor Machale ' appears to be first step in that direction, that is nothing but painfully boring. Sunidhi Chauhan tries to do something for bettering the prospects of this number based on rhythm, but can't raise it from its mediocre status. In nutshell, a poor end to an album that just didn't rise to the occasion.

' Nazar ' comprises some dull tracks that negates the entire positive feel one had before listening to the album. Considering the track record of Bhatts over the years, the least one expected was 2-3 melodious soulful tunes that make a Bhatt film watchable, at least for songs. But sadly, the musical score by Anu Malik here has hardly anything for a second 'nazar'!