Pop-bhangra
albums are becoming hard to bear, especially when they're put in a movie
context and have therefore to adhere to a given situational context.
Rahul Rawail who earlier got some fabulous music out of R.D. Burman
in the Sunny Deol starrers "Betaab" and "Arjun" hits rock bottom with
this one.
Can't blame him when composer Anand Raj Anand seems determined to create
sound and fury signifying a sensation that suggests nullity.
Another extremely mediocre album with tired bhangra-pop numbers peeping
out with unappetising velocity. You really can't dare to wrench this
one out of its context.
And
even within that given context you've to be really sold on Punjabi beats
to bear three different versions of the title song, including a "Dhol
mix". Wish one could say there's never a dull moment in this album.
But sorry, in spite of the percussive power, the sounds just drift away
from sight and park themselves in some distant thundering arena of boisterous
sounds.
Most of the throaty voices from Sukhvinder Singh doing "Rab jaane"
(along with singer Kamaal Khan who plays a villain in the film) and
Sunidhi Chauhan (trying to infuse life into a very mediocre 'Raat kuch
aur tthi') to Jaspinder Nirula and Kamaal leave you thirsting for something
beyond the immediate sensation. But alas, no salvation.