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Wednesday, 12th February 11:30 AM IST by Aabhar Dadhich GUNDAY Is Sparkling But Not All The Way! Gunday
Producer(s): Yash Raj Films
Director: Ali Abbas Zafar
Cast: Ranveer Singh, Arjun Kapoor Priyanka Chopra Music: Sohail Sen
Lyrics: Irshad Kamil, Ali Abbas Zafar, Bappi Lahiri, Gautam Susmit
Rating Of Tracks:
Album Rating: 3.5/5 Details: 'Gunday' is an upcoming movie from YRF– the hit machine of Bollywood since forever. It has a rather unique pairing of Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor with Priyanka Chopra and the music has already set the audience’s pulses racing with a couple of tracks becoming their instant favourites. As a whole, here is what the music sounds like.
'Jash-e-Ishqa' is a high on energy song sung spiritedly by the dependable Javed Ali along with Shadab Faridi. The tune has a fiery nature and the melody is instantly likeable. The chorus adds to the overall effect and delivers a much enjoyable throttle to the already sparkling song. Arrangements are top notch although they may remind you of a few other songs in the same genre.
'Tune Maari Entriyaan' is the current hot favourite of the masses and it is futile to even judge it on a qualitative basis for the music loving audiences have already voted in unison. If it were to be judged or critiqued, however, it is still a very refreshing take on the whole ‘wooing’ genre of songs in Bollywood. The spunky melody is lifted all the more high by KK and Vishal – two of Bollywood’s most high energy voices. Neeti Mohan sounds equally beautiful with her naughty expressions and sultry voice texture. Having an ‘Arijit Singh’ song in the album is very much the current fad with Bollywood composers. I’m happy to announce that 'Jiya' is not just an exercise to fall-in with the same trend. The melody is very evocative and Arijit’s vocal texture shores up the tune to newer romantic levels. It will take time getting used to, but will be worth the wait.
'Assalaam-e-Ishqum' is a routinely arranged and equally mundanely composed cabaret number that fails to evoke any remarkable reaction. Neha Bhasin is vibrant in her vocals but not distinctive enough to rescue this melody from its imminent fate.
It is as if the average songs have been stacked up together. 'Saaiyaan' is a run of the mill ballad of separation in love and sounds exactly like any other cousin of the same space. Shahid Mallya sounds effective but the tune is too confused in deciding its mood that yours is lost in the meanwhile.
'Mann Kunto Maula' is a soulful rock ballad dedicated to the almighty. The arrangements are beautiful in their indie-rock originality combined with the Bollywood dholak routine. The vocals by Altamash and Shadab Faridi are beautifully restrained in places and equally uninhibited in others. The melody, however, is not the stuff of legends and falls short in hummability.
Arranged on a continuous guitar riff and interspersed with thumping rap, 'Gunday' is sung by Sohail Sen who does a good job. Sadly, the chorus and the overall melody is too amateurish and unnecessarily gung-ho in its attempt to summarise the ‘Gunday’ philosophy – it almost sounds as if they’re talking about national martyrs.
The remaining numbers are regurgitated from the originals and are decent in their own right. 'Mann KuntoMaula' (classical) and 'Tune Maari Entriyaan' (Bengali Version) stand out for their individual appeal as far as remixes/reprises are concerned. Verdict:
Sohail Sen does a good job of compiling thumping melodies with soulful ballads in this album. But a singularly impressive collection of Bollywood music this is not. 'Tune Maari Entriyaan' and 'Jiya' are the obvious favourites while 'Asslaam-e-Ishqum' and 'Saaiyan' stand out for the wrong reasons. Overall, you will enjoy it if you like your music glitzy and energetic. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||