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Sep 18 2014 : Mirror (Mumbai)

On a Song - Caught in the loop...

Charting the journey of a chartbuster, one note at a time till it strikes the right chord

The publicity campaign of the upcoming Hrithik Roshan-Katrina Kaif starrer, Bang Bang, kicked off, not with its title track which was unveiled yesterday, but the peppy dance track, Tu Meri. Composer duo, Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani, admit that it was the film's director, Siddharth Anand, who zeroed in on this number. "And he was bang on," asserts Shekhar.

He remembers that their brief was to compose a dance track with Hrithik in mind.And since he is one of the best dancers in B-town it was a "happy" challenge. "The song was composed in five minutes flat. Vishal and I were jamming on the loop and we came up with an interesting format," says Shekhar.

Picking up the thread of conversation Vishal adds, "The engineer, while extending the loop erred, and we got an updown-up-down tempo which intrigued us. It was a new sound and we played it back to Siddharth who loved it, so did Hrithik. That's how Tu Meri evolved."

Aisi kya, chali hawa, ki le gayi meri saanson ko mujhse door, Tere paas aur mujhe huaa ehsaas, tu tu tu, tu meri ri ri, main tera ra, hone laga... The lyrics, penned by Vishal, were part of the scratch-words to hum with the tune.

"Very simple words, with an easy connect and heart-felt. Everyone fell in love with them so they were retained," he beams. Vishal has also sung the song."He sang the scratch and both Siddharth and I loved it. He was the best voice for this song so there was no question of getting it dubbed by anyone else," Shekhar reasons.

He is all praise for the lead pair whose infectious energy combined with the power of Vishal's vocals, he says, has taken the song to another level. "Since he started out, Hrithik has done so many dance tracks. Yet he manages to bring something new to a song every time. He is constantly experimenting with technique and so much effort goes into every move," raves Shekhar, admitting that when he watched the visuals, he was completely bowled over by the choreography and the picturisation.

"This is our fifth film with Siddharth, after Salaam Namaste, Ta Ra Rum Pum, Bachna Ae Haseeno and Anjaana Anjaani. And in every film, he has taken our songs one step up with the picturisations. We love making music for his movies," Shekhar signs off

The upcoming film Bang Bang' comprises of lead actors Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif. The film also casts co-stars Danny Denzongpa and Jaaved Jaffery. The movie is directed by Siddharth Anand under the production house of Fox Stars Studios. The music directors of the film are Vishal and Shekhar in association with Zee Music Company.

The movie contains five songs in its album. The first name of the song is Tu Meri'. The song starts with the verse itself which is pretty soothing and serene. However, the chorus spoils the tranquility and gives a feeling of being strained to convert romantic sensation into a dance mix. The outro and the post -verse is much better than the chorus of the song. The outro of the song is somewhat fancied and furnishes a feel of contemporary electro music. The second song Meherbaan' of the movie is quite better than the first one with its feel and appeal. All the singers have done an excellent job in this song. Not to miss, the guitar work and the slow bass beats are very well composed and architected. As a whole, the song has been laid out and structured pretty well to be proficient enough to expose the right feel and the emotion through its music, vocals and composition. The third song is named as Uff', which certainly is a peppy number. Well, there is no denying that even this song is very good considering its music and also its overall composition but not excellent to hear it in a loop again and again.

The fourth song of the movie is the title song Bang Bang'. The song starts off with slow piano and is then pretty neatly pulled off with some foot-tapping beats laced with an excellent bass line. However, as the title Bang Bang' sets a notion in one's mind which has to be more powerful and energetic; likewise, the chorus should've been much more like it. Altogether, the song is nice and somewhat groovy as well. The last track is a reprise of the song Meherbaan' which is an acoustic version. Its tempo has been dropped further more, and the vocals are pretty fairly sung in this one as well. The acoustic version of the song Meherbaan' is much better than the original one. However, that's just a choice and it differs for everyone.

Putting it all together, the songs are really good and should certainly get a lot of praises from the listeners and all those Bollywood music lovers.