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Friday, 14th December 09:00 PM IST Aabhar Dadhich DABANGG 2 Fits The Bill But Offers Nothing New
Dabangg 2
Producer: Arbaaz Khan
Director: Arbaaz Khan
Cast: Salman Khan, Sonaksi Sinha, Prakash Raj, Arbaaz Khan Music: Sajid-Wajid
Lyrics: Sameer, Jalees Sherwani, Ashraf Ali, Sajid Wajid, Irfan Kamal
Rating Of Tracks:
Album Rating: 2.5/5 Details: “Dabangg 2” is a template album based entirely on the tracks of the first part of this franchise– "Dabangg". So, ‘Tere Mast Mast’ is replaced by ‘Dagabaaz Re’, ‘Humka Peeni Hai’ by ‘Pandeyjee Seeti’, ‘Munni’ by ‘Fevicol Se’, ‘Chori Kiya Re Jiya’ by ‘Saanson Ne’ and ‘Hud Hud Dabangg’ by ‘Dabangg Reloaded’. Needless to say, there is no innovation, severe lack of hummable melodies and most unfortunately even the energy of the previous album is missing! The album begins with Raahat’s rendition of “Dagabaaz Re”.Based on a standard tabla and harmonium arrangement, this song instantly reminds you of countless Raahat songs from the last couple of years. The melody is soft and pleasing and the vocals are good but that’s about it as far as plusses are concerned. The tune is very formulaic and the antara (paragraph of the song) seems like a confused attempt to connect the dots and give it the shape of a song. The next one is called “Pandeyjee Seeti” and will most likely bring out the seetis in single screen theaters. It is played out on a brass band arrangement (recall “Emosanal Attyachaar” from “Dev D”) and has an infectious energy going around. The vocals from Wajid are effervescent and manage to lift the tune a bit. The song has references to music pieces from‘Munni Badnaam’ and an Avadhi folk song from UP called ‘Chalat Musafir Moh Liya’ and may even remind you of the song ‘Taali’ from Sajid Wajid’s Veer..Overall, an energy-filled number that fails to create an identity of it’s own.
The next song – “Fevicol Se” - is Sajid-Wajid’s attempt to re-create the crazy rage of Lalit Pandit’s ‘Munni’ from the movie "Dabangg". This one is the saving grace of the entire album. The tune is catchy (though chorus is inspired from a popular Rajasthani folk song by the name of ‘Holiya mein ude re gulaal’) and is well supported by zany lyrics by Sajid-Wajid and Ashraf Ali. It can be safely guessed that this number will find favour with most night-clubs much like Munni did previously. The vocals by Mamta Sharma are befitting and the arrangements are functional for a desi and rustic number like this. The love song “Saanson Ne” is a romantic duet that forcibly brings you back to the stale melodies of Nadeem Shravan from the 90s.The arrangements are modern and more refined but one cannot help but notice the similarities in tune and feel with several Sonu Nigam songs from the independent albums "Deewana", "Jaan" etc (also composed by Sajid Wajid). This one too has an internal reference to ‘Tere Mast Mast” but is a helplessly uninteresting tune overall. Sonu Nigam does save it to an extent but not enough to engage you for long. “Dabangg Reloaded” is the title track as the name suggests but itis neither "Dabangg" enough nor Reloaded in the true sense. Even the original "Dabangg" title track was a rip-off of the more impactful and original Vishal Bhardwaj song “Omkara” from the film of the same name and this one is a re-skinned version of that. It begins well with Sukhwinder’s vocals but soon gets muddled trying to maintain a rustic feel alongside rock arrangements. If this was not enough, Sajid Wajid induct a retro influenced spy-tune at the end to complete the musical bhel-puri. The three remixes are strictly functional – “Pandeyjee Seeti” gets a Venga boys lift to qualify as a new song and add to the numbers, “Fevicol Se” gets a bass boost and faster tempo and “Dabangg Reloaded” gets reloaded again with enough noise to further drown the vocals of Sukhwinder Singh. Verdict: Musically speaking, the album is mediocre and fails to provide even a single memorable track with “Fevicol Se” and “Pandeyjee Seeti” being the only redeeming features. Sajid Wajid churn out musical pieces that fail to linger on even for a small while. However, there is little doubt in my mind that these songs will fit-in easily and unknowingly into the overall landscape of the grand film that this one is set to be. An interview stated Sajid-Wajid as saying that the music for “Dabangg2” was conceived in a matter of 2 hours. Looks like they weren’t joking after all.
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