Plan Music Review

 

  
 
   Sanjay Dutt dons the hat of an underworld guy once again in Plan after uncountable masala flicks where he has been on the wrong side of the law. This time, to give him company are some young faces Dino Morea, Sanjay Suri, Bikram Saluja and Rohit Roy. Produced by 'macho specialist' Sanjay Gupta and directed by his assistant Hriday Shetty, the film also stars Priyanka Chopra, Sameera Reddy, Payal Rohatgi and Riya Sen. Music is by Anand Raj Anand, arrangements by Ranjit Barot and lyrics by Dev Kohli.

 'Pyaar Aaya Pyaar Aaya' is a rip-wroom-roaring number sung by Alisha Chinoy and ARA. Arrangements by Ranjit Barot and the overall look, feel, situation and Sanju baba's antics remind of only one thing - 'Ishq Samandar' from Kaante. Though there is a clear inspiration, still the number holds on good and it is strange that in spite of having a number of positives going with it (with Priyanka Chopra as a definite addition to the assets), the number is not being promoted as aggressively as it should have been. And why just the single number, the entire publicity of the movie is not half as 'on-the-face-publicity' as Kaante boasted of !! Nevertheless the number has all the ingredients to be popular!

The second track that follows is a romantic track composed in not so regular fashion. And why? Because it is composed by Jhankaar Beats whizkids - Vishal Shekhar. Living up to their name, they compose a love song in such an impressive style that you just can't stop crooning 'Hota Hai Hota Hai Pyaar' with Kumar Sanu and Alka Yagnik. This number, written by Kumaar, makes it two out of two in Plan so far.

Praveen Bhardwaj says - 'Mera Dil Kuch Kehna Chahta Hai Aap Se - Kal Raat Se, Kal Raat Se'. Ask a 3 years old kid what it could be and you won't be patting his back for giving a correct answer. Do we appreciate Praveen for writing so simple lyrics that can be followed even by a kid or shall we ask for an explanation? ARA's music and vocals by Kumar Sanu and Shreya Goshal help the number cross the average mark and give it some standing.

 'Aane Wala Pal' is a track picturized on four young characters in the flick - Dino, Sanjay, Rohit and Bikram. A number about looking forward to life, being optimistic and exploring the world, it is a situational track that is sung in a typical fashion by Udit Narayan, ARA, Zubin, Abhijeet and Babul Supriyo. The track is repeated in a much shorter version by the same set of singers.

'Aem Kaim' is composed with a very obvious hangover of Kaante's 'Chod Na Chod Na Re'. Sung by Sanjay Dutt, ARA, Abhijeet and Shaan, it is again a typical number that suits Sanjay Dutt's on-screen personality to the T. A track where Sanjay Dutt with his horde of accomplices sing about how they rule the world and how they have a name and fame in the world outside. The number may go well with the gallery if promoted well, though the predictability and the repetition factor may just hold it a bit.

'Mehboob Mere' is the second number by Alisha Chinoy in Plan after 'Pyaar Aaya'. Though the music is routine and lyrics by Dev Kohli are nothing new, it is the arrangements by Ranjit Barot that are impressive and make the number much crisper by adding to it that much needed zing. A sensual number that can be good even for the dance floors !!

'Kaise Kaise' by Adnan Sami and Sunidhi Chauhan proves one point - the craze of hearing to Adnan is not as much as it was till about a year back. A plain number that could have been sung by just about anyone else, it doesn't hold that 'something special' which one normally used to expect from an Adnan number. Just an OK romantic number!

It would be unfair to expect the music of every Sanjay Gupta movie to be as good as that of Kaante. Yes, the plan for 'Plan' has been to get somewhat similar music as Kaante and this succeeds to some extent as well. But that overall zippy effect that was expected is somehow missing in totality. The music is good in parts and does entertain, but as mentioned in the start, the publicity leaves much to be desired. For a Sanjay Dutt's movie that has a hit team of Kaante behind it, you need to just splash the city with promos all around!