Music Review - DASVIDANIYA
By Parampreet Singh Sandhu • Nov 5th, 2008 • Category: EntertainmentMusic: Kailash Kher, Naresh, Paresh
Lyrics: Kailash Kher
Chances are most people will not bother purchasing this album regardless of whether its good or bad. There are only three original compositions…three? Five total tracks one of them is a remix and the other is an instrumental, so by utilizing the math skills learned from ‘Dora The Explorer’, that leaves us with three.
Kailash Kher along with Naresh and Paresh provide the music while Kailash himself inks in the lyrics. After making a massive splash in the music industry with ‘Allah Ke Bandhe’, Kailash has not seen much success from films. Instead he’s released two highly appreciated albums KAILASA and JHOOMO RE. His unique voice along with tender arrangements and effective use of the guitar have put him in a class all by himself. Despite only having ‘Allah Ke Bandhe’, ‘Yun Hi Chala Chal Rahi’ and ‘Ya Rabba’ as major hits in movie soundtracks, his non-film songs ‘Teri Deewani’, ‘Dilruba’, ‘Tere Naina’ and ‘Saiyyan’ have received acclaim from young and old (also those of the moronic variety seem to like Kailash’s work as well).
In keeping with the consistency of almost all his other songs, Kailash starts the list with ‘Alvida’. Initially you can detect traces of ‘Teri Deewani’ but as soon as the haunting guitar chords make their entry, ‘Alvida’ takes a life of its own. The lyrics embody the subject of the film perfectly, a man letting go of his meaningless drone like life, and embracing a spontaneous and eventful existence. Though the writing remains simple, the message keeps allows the song to sustain its meaning and heartfelt attempt. The composition remains simple and pleasant, while the lyrics and his singing only enhance the experience.
As cheesy as this may sound but where are the songs to appreciate ones mother? Where has all the innocence gone (I think Pritam stole it)? Kailash again comes with an elegant piece, ‘Mumma’. The most interesting thing about this track, there are all three instruments used for the entire song! A guitar, which was played throughout in the background, some type of congo drums and maracas. Nothing fancy, no synthesizers, no random power chords spat into the mix and most importantly no random Hinglish. Unlike ‘Alvida’ Kailash controls his voice in only a few notes, instead of his trademark style where he manages to take notes to higher octaves.
Sonu Nigam decides to make his mark on the album in ‘Muskura’ (guess he was getting really bored in America, after a while those ‘Friends’ reruns get boring…we get it they were on a break). This nostalgic piece takes you back to the 50s and 60s when Kishore was running around doing his crazy shenanigans and Guru Dutt was busy becoming the first “Emo”. During the initial stages of his career Sonu Nigam sang older Mohammad Rafi songs because of the similarity in his voice. However, ‘Muskara’ hints at no indication that Sonu is attempting to turn this into a Rafi song. Charcoal up the sound quality, and this will sound as if it were recorded in 1957. Again simple arrangements, simple lyrics and somber singing. No one could have given justice to this number other than Sonu Nigam.
Hopefully the director can find a use for the remix version of ‘Alvida’ and in some weird way it can be justified to be on the soundtrack. It certainly has no place at all here. No reason to bother with this, just listen to the original. The other buffer track is the instrumental version of ‘Muskara’, the question is why listen to the instrumental when Sonu Nigam does such a splendid job?
Overall the three original tracks are very refreshing. In the day and age of club boppers it’s a treat listening to such pleasant and simple tunes. Dish out the few dollars and get this album.
Rating 3 out of 5 stars
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