Vaada Music
Review
In Bollywood, if there is a man who
must be craving for looking out for a hit, it
has to be Vashu Bhagnani. Any person with six
flops behind him would have been disheartened -
but not Vashu Bhagnani, who continues to make
big projects. His latest is Satish Kaushik
directed ' Vaada ' where he reunites
with his super-hit ' Mujhe Kuch Kehna Hai
' director. Starring Arjun Rampal, Amisha
Patel and Zayed Khan, the music release of 'Vaada'
too has been done in style (just like ' Out
Of Control '). One hopes the music too is
as good and impressive as the music release.
This seems to have been in safe hands with
Himesh Reshammiya and Sameer handling the
department.
One expects a lot from the music of a movie that
has reputed names associated with it. Sadly, the
first two songs on air have hardly managed to
create a ripple. Title song ' Vaada
Hai Ye ' by the ace pairing of
Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan and Alka Yagnik is
lackluster and old fashioned. With a 'T-Series'
stamp strongly behind the music and lyrics of
the number, it is unimpressive and the
continuous promos on the small screen do not
excite much either. There is a slow
(and not sad!) version of the number
that makes an appearance after a break, but it
too is not more than a gap filler that would
appear as a background piece. The same solo
version with piano in the background is done by
newcomer Sangeeta that takes a turn towards a
sad theme with Kumar Sanu joining in soon.
' Main Ishq Uska ' is so much like ' Woh
Ladki Bahaut Yaad Aaati Hai ' from '
Qayamat ' in terms of rendition, feel and
melody that you wonder whether you want to hear
the song full way. The song is not bad at all
but the redundancy factor pulls it down. Babul
Supriyo is so much like Kumar Sanu in the number
that you can hardly differentiate one from the
other.
Shaan and Anuradha Sriram come together in the
Himesh Reshammiya branded track '
Teri Kurti Sexy Lagdi Ve ' that is
punch less again. Two lines into the songs, and
you know that the rhythm is nothing but a rehash
of ' Tere Sang Ek Simple Si Coffee '
from ' Zameen '!! Singing is ordinary
as well, and the makers' dream of projecting the
song as a potential crowd puller number seems to
go kaput. This song doesn't have a chance to run
beyond the movie's stay at the theatres.
Newcomer Kavita Seth sings ' Maula
' that is neither a love song nor
a dance number. A probable item song aimed for
the 'lounge music' fans, it starts sounding good
after a few times and then starts haunting you.
One can already imagine a dark and haunting
video being made around the song. If presented
well, it has a potential to be popular amongst
the age group of 20-30 as this is the only
number that is different from the routine and
has a chance of being popular. That's the reason
why one doesn't mind when the song is repeated
after a couple of songs.
Sunidhi Chauhan (she makes a belated appearance) and Kailash Kher come
together in ' Ud Ud Ud Ud Jaaye
' and that's one song that gets you all
excited. With a sufi flavor behind the number,
it is foot tapping, pacy and assisted by very
good vocals of the lead singers. Decent
choreography should take the number some
distance. After first few numbers that followed
the routine path, ' Maula ' and '
Ud Ud ' are redeeming and get some value
for money.
Sadly, the album ends at an extremely poor note
with ' Main Deewana '
that just doesn't sound Himesh Reshammiya. A
typical T-Series song that talks about '
deewaana, deewani, choodi, bindiya, kangana
etc. etc.', there is no scope at all for
anything novel or interesting about the song. A
big time reject!
'Vaada' is no great shakes and the massive
release plans will just ensure that the album
takes a decent initial in the market. But beyond
that it's all on merits and by the kind of songs
in totality, it will have to settle down with
average sales.
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