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Cast:
Abhishek Bachchan, John Abraham, |
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Priyanka Chopra |
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Special Appearence:
Shilpa Shetty |
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Year:
2008 |
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Music:
Vishal-Shekhar |
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Lyrics:
Vishal Dadlani, Anvita Dutt Guptan, Kumaar |
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Banner:
Dharma Productions |
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Costumes:
Karan Johar, Aki Narula |
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Producer:
Hiroo Johar, Karan Johar |
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Direction:
Tarun Mansukhani |
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Its been
a long time since last film of Dharma Production has
released and music from them is always great , no matter how
the movie is . Their last film , KANK , though didn't do
well but still its music is one thing that shows one quality
of Dharma Productions, that they have a great taste and
knowledge of music and even if the movie is below
expectations sometimes ,music is always at par . So they
are back with Dostana which will hit the theatres soon .
This time though its Karan's assistant Tarun Mansukhani in
the director's chair . If we consider that Karan didn't
interfere in the Direction then as a producer he at least
would have definitely sat in Music seatings for the film .
The music this time though has been given by Vishal Shekhar
instead of SEL and Lyrics are by Anvita Dutt Guptan and
Kumar . The film as we all know by now is based on story of
three friends with hopefully some pleasant twist.
Lets talk of the
music now. The album consists of Six Original tracks and no
Remixes. |
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The first song on the album "Jaane Kyun" though is
not the title track but very well puts up the entire
theme of the film . The song very well portrays the
feeling of friendship and has a very nice tune
attached to it . The song has been sung by Vishal
Dadlani himself and has lyrics by Anvita . Anvita
does a good job and has put up a nice blend of Hindi
and English Lyrics . Vishal also does a nice job in
singing and the duo have also composed it quite well
. The tune basically is pretty much western and so
is the entire feel of the song . No Indian tunes or
pieces in it . Vishal has also sung it in a
different fashion . Overall , the song is a nice
blend of music and lyrics and backed by good singing
. This song would get most popular from the entire
album and hence is my Pick of the album. |
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Desi Girl - Sunidhi Chauhan, Shankhar Mahadevan,
Kumaar
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second track on the album is "Desi Girl" which is a
trademark Vishal-Shekhar track which has Desi-Videsi
Cocktail . I am personally not a fan of such tracks
and we already got a taste of such tracks in Tashan
and Bachna Ae Hasino soundtracks . Such tracks are
not meant to be listened , you can just dance on
them without listening them Still, the tune is
not one of those that can make anyone and everyone
sway to it . The lyrics by Kumaar are an average
affair and quite commercial. Shankar and Sunidhi do
their usual in Singing dept. I don't know how this
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feature in Miami where the whole film is set-up . I
hope they don't have a situation where every Firangi
is doing a Bhangra with our leads . |
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Maa Da Ladla - Saleem |
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Next comes
a Punjabi Track (one of the Four Pillars of a
Bollywood Soundtrack) , "Maa Da Ladla " . This
Punjabi track has some modern Bass Beats of a Disco
and no Dhol in it . A modern Punjabi track with
average piece of Lyrics . The lyrics in-fact have
nothing to offer and neither they are that catchy .
But you never know , if "Bhootni Ke" of Singh is Kinngh can work so can
"Ma Da Ladla" of Dostana .
Saleem who sings the song has a nice Punjabi voice
and sings it well . Overall , a track that I would
prefer to listen in the movie itself . Nice pacy
tune for dance lovers .
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04.
Shut Up and Bounce
- Sunidhi Chauhan, Vishal Dadlani |
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The fourth song on the soundtrack is "Shut Up and
Bounce " . If you have seen the first trailer of the
movie then you would probably remember the groovy
music it had . Well , that was from this song . I
must say that when I heard the music in the trailer
I was pleasantly surprised but I was quite
disappointed when I heard the song on the CD . The
whole music is really good but the lyrics have
nothing good to offer . I can say that a very good
tune probably wasted due to improper lyrics by Anvita . One more thing to notice is that apart from
the piece that was in the trailer the whole song has
very average music and some basic beats only . In
any case , the song is good only to an extent and
probably would be liked by people at large due to
the bass in it . Another disco track and has some
nice singing by Sunidhi Chauhan . Overall , the
track is good but could have been much better . |
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Khabar Nahi - Amanat Ali, Vishal Dadlani, Shreya Ghoshal |
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The next track on the album " Khabar Nahin " is a
little on the slower side and also on the romantic
side . The song has very nice guitaring through out
by Sanjay Divecha but apart from his guitaring the
tune is pretty much basic and nothing so great about
it . The lyrics by Anvita are good and Vishal again
does a good job singing . He has been very well
supported by Shreya and Amanat Ali . The song in all
is a nice one and has some nice guitaring in it .
The guitar lovers would like the guitaring in it . |
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Kuch Kum - Shaan |
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The last rack on the album is again a slow soulful
track "Kuch Kam" . It stars off with very less music
on Piano and then later slowly some basic music
beats are put in it . This one again is a Romantic
track which gives a hint that the movie would start
off with all the fun and masti and would finally end
on a Romantic Note . This song has been composed
well by Vishal-Shekhar and they have kept it pretty
basic . Shaan sings quite well as usual and his fans
would love this track . |
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If you have noticed , I've repeatedly used word "Basic" in the entire review . I don't know , the
tunes and lyrics made me use that word . I found the
entire album pretty much basic stuff and nothing
extraordinary was there in the entire album . Only
the first song "Jaane Kyun" is a winner all
throughout . The two slow songs in the end are good
but not extra-ordinary . The other songs are good
for parties etc. I was expecting a lot since it is
an album from a Dharma Productions film . Well ,
those of you who don't know , there is a special
appearance of Shilpa Shetty in some song probably .
I couldn't figure out which song it would be . But
one thing I couldn't understand , what is Abhishek ,
the flabby , doing in between all these hot people (Piggy,John
and Shilpa) ? No offence Abhishek , I like your
acting but dude try to look like your contemporaries
. Even your seniors (Shilpa) look much younger than
you.
Overall , its a nice album and can be listened to .
Jaane Kyun and Khabar Nahi are the pick from the
entire album . Good part is that the album won't
damage the film and would give it some boost only . |
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