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Yakeen Music
Review
Yet another Bollywood insider makes his debut as
a director. This time it's the turn of popular
dialogue writer from the Bhatt camp – Girish
Dhamija – who dons this hat for the dramatic
thriller around a troubled relationship between
a husband and wife – ' Yakeen '. Coming
back together is the ' Asambhav '
jodi of Arjun Rampal and Priyanka Chopra
who feature in this Shreya Creations flick
produced by Sujit Kumar Singh. Vikram Bhatt
handles the story and screenplay department
while Himesh Reshammiya and Sameer are in charge
of the music.
From this relatively unknown movie that was
relatively out of news and for which the
publicity has just about begun, one doesn't look
forward to a chartbuster score. An average to
above average score is what one anticipates and
plays on the album. ' Tune Mujhko
Deewana Kiya ' has a distinct
Nadeem Shravan stamp and one is surprised to see
Himesh Reshammiya coming up with such melody.
Lyrics by Sameer are as simple as they go but
then as always they work. Both Udit Narayan and
Alka Yagnik go through the motions effortlessly
as they have done in thousand such love songs.
The result – a fine romantic duet that does well
as an opening number and can be easily hummed
around.
' Meri Aankhon Mein '
is the second love duet by Udit Narayan and Alka
Yagnik in succession but this time on the
singers are let down by an average tune.
Predictable and heard before, even this number
too bears a Nadeem Shravan resemblance.
Thankfully the number isn't an absolute letdown
and is still easy to ears. But this pass-on
number that (as expected) appears in an '
Instrumental ' doesn't stand a
chance to be one of those popular tracks.
Beginning of ' Tu Hi '
establishes the theory that Girish Dhamija has
been heavily inspired by the Bhatt style of
music and that seems to have been rubbed onto
Himesh Reshammiya as well who gets a third
Nadeem Shravan sound-alike track. This time it
is the turn of Sonu Nigam and Shreya Ghoshal to
lend their vocals for this love duet that again
relies on melody and is given that extra zing
with an effective use of ' tabla '. Yet
another track that can be given an ear
comfortably but is not suited to be one of those
that you would highly recommend to friends as
'THE' song.
Guitar strings at the beginning of ' Bhoolna Nahi
' successfully adds in the mystery to
the plot of ' Yakeen '. But then just
as one expected this version by Shaan to be one
of his sugarcoated renditions, it surprisingly
turns out to be quite lackluster. Shaan, for
reasons that may suit the narrative of the
movie, sings in a quivering tone that fails to
create any appeal. This time the emphasis is on
rhythm rather than melody but then this
situational track (that also doubles up as the
title song) just doesn't rise up to the
occasion. The second version by
Sunidhi Chauhan is also on the same lines and
doesn't create any impact or excitement around
the movie. Surprisingly this weakest song of the
album appears third time in the album – this
time as yet another Shaan version where he
switches moods from being lovey dovey in the
first version to accusing his beloved of
breaking his heart!
' Chehra Tera Jab Jab Dekhoon
' by Sonu Nigam and Alka Yagnik is
another run of the mill number that makes one
wonder that for how many more years would be
continuing to listen such tracks. Same rhythm,
same beats, same tone, same rendition – it is
just surprising to see such tracks being
composed year after year!
As expected, the soundtrack of ' Yakeen
' is very average with just about a few tunes
that manage to make you at least listen through
the entire album. There is not a single track
that would reach the top of the charts. But
thankfully, on the flip side, none of the songs
jar or turn out to be absolute disappointment
hence turning out to be face saving for the
album.
Don't expect Dhamija's debut movie's musical
score to be the talk of the town this summer.
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