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Bachna Ae Haseeno

YRF Music

Post-“Om Shanti Om”, it is natural to have high expectations from the composer duo Vishal-Shekhar. Having listened to their music in “Bluffmaster”, “Dus” and “Jhankaar Beats”, one knows their calibre, but the latest offering “Bachna Ae Haseeno” of Yashraj films sadly disappoints.

There is no song in the film which has the potential of becoming a huge hit. There surely are flashes of brilliance but the album doesn’t reach there. The first song “Khuda Jaane” is a soft romantic number. KK and Shilpa Rao are brilliant in this song but Shilpa’s voice doesn’t suit Deepika Padukone on whom the song has been picturised. The slow number takes time to get you hooked. It is hummable and it feels as if two people are having a conversation. Whenever KK comes back to “Khuda Jaane” singing with his heart and soul, it uplifts the spirit. Lyrics are okay but the impressive hook “Khuda Jaane” came from the director of the film Siddharth Anand who had forayed into direction with “Salaam Namaste” which boasted of chartbusters.

“Lucky Boy” starts off with the not-so-heard, but nice Punjabi verse “Nain preeto de, bai ja bai ja” which means “beautiful girl with mesmerising eyes”. These lines have been sung by Raja Hassan, one of the favourite contestants in SaReGaMa and Hard Kaur. The folk lines lend a rustic feel to the song. Overall, the song rendered by Sunidhi Chauhan is catchy and groovy and I can see youngsters rocking out with the song at pubs and discos. It falls into the category of “Lazy lamhe” of “Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic” and “Chalia” of “Tashan”.“Aahista Aahista” has a fresh feel. Hearing Lucky Ali after a long time is refreshing and Shreya Ghoshal as always is good. The song begins on a nice note with solo rendition of the flamenco guitar. It has a club disco type feel. Nice lyrics! Whenever it has Ali and Shreya singing together, it sounds awesome. “Jogi Mahi” is an energetic Punjabi number.

A major part has been sung by Shekhar of the Vishal-Shekhar duo, and he does sound good. Sukhvinder Singh is after all Sukhvinder Singh. Himani Kapoor of SaReGaMa is good too. Siddharth loves the sound of dhols and gets music directors to use the instrument wherever possible.

The song “Small town girl” doesn’t work at all. It’s below average. Wonder why a superb singer like Shankar Mahadevan even agreed to sing it? “Khuda Jaane Revisited” is the one and only remix track and without second thoughts, I will opt for the original. “Bachna Ae Haseeno”, the classic song has been given a little modern twist. It starts with Shekhar rapping and then goes to have Kishore Kumar’s youngest son Sumit singing a few lines and then comes the original mukhda with Kishoreda singing “Bachna Ae Haseeno”. The good thing is that the duo haven’t tampered with the classic. In totality, it stands at just being mere average. Wonder what’s wrong with Yashraj films who dished out such classics in the past.

SHAILAJA TRIPATHI TANEJA

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