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| My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves |
| By Abid 2007 Bollyvista.com | | | | My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves | | Credits | | Producer/s: | Sahara One Motion Pictures | | Director: | E Niwas | | Music: | Pritam and guest composers, Himesh Reshammiya and Sachin & Jigar | | Lyrics: | Sameer and Irshaad Kamil | | Vocals: | Amit Kumar, K.K., Remo Fernandes, Shaan and Sunidhi Chauhan | | Label: | T-Series | | |
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| Way back in 1999, director E. Niwas, an assistant to Ramgopal Varma, made many sit up with his hard-hitting, 'Shool'. "Dilwalon Ke Dil Ka Qarar Lootne" from 'Shool' still remains as one of the highlight item numbers of Shilpa Shetty's career. He then shifted gears and switched to a totally different genre, comedy, with his next offering 'Love Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega' (2001), and who can forget the lovable tapori number, "Aslam Bhai" from that movie.
Unfortunately, both the movies failed to do much at the box-office. But E. Niwas need not worry, as this time he has the lucky composer, Pritam, who enjoys an almost hundred percent success ratio at the ticket window. Be it the superhit 'Bhool Bhilaiyaa' and 'Jab we Met', or even movies like 'Dhol' and 'Goal' turned out to be above average fares. And apart from Pritam, E.Niwas has India's first true rockstar in the form of Himesh to lend a helping hand, in the music department. So lets see what the latest offering, 'My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves', which is a product of the prestigious Red Chilli Banner, (now procured by Sahara One Motion Pictures) has in store for us music lovers.
Guest composer, Himesh Reshammiya starts proceedings with "Tum Mile", a breezy and youthful love song. Himesh's fans were disappointed with his last work in WELCOME as both his compositions, "Kola Laka Vellary" and "Insha Allah" failed to lift their spirits. But they need not worry, as Himesh has not lost any of his magical touch. This is proved once again, as "Tum Mile" is vinatage Himesh. The Himesh we loved and adored in 'Tere Naam' and 'Kyunki'. This song may not rank amongst the above mentioned numbers, but is definitely a very classy piece of work. Sunidhi and K.K. fit in perfectly with the mood of the song with their amazing voice modulations. The background chorus and very light musical arrangements, consisting of a touch of plates, nice guitaring etc. serve to enhance the romantic feel of the song.
Dispersed vocals, lovely synthesized music announces the start of "Tum Mile-Remix". Amit Das needs to be commended for the deft handling of the remix and not traversing down the beaten path. As a result the original flavour remains intact and new musical addendum adds to the charm.
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| After Himesh's romantic number, its Pritam's turn to wield the baton and he comes up with a nice, peppy number, "Tere Bina". Picturised on Amrita Rao, this song is about the dreams of a young girl in love and her feelings and emotions. The tune is reminiscent of the songs by late Naziya Hasan, the Pakistani pop sensation who floored the Indian music lovers with her unique singing style in her hit album, 'Disco Deewane' and "Aap Jaisa Koi" ('Qurbani'). Sunidhi's singing too seems to be inspired by Naziya's style of singing, may be it's just a coincidence.
After Amrita Rao, its Hrishita Bhatt's turn to spice up things with "Ya Baba", which can be classified as an item number, as far as the picturisation of the song is concerned. But Pritam fails to turn it into a true dancing track, as the essential element, the rocking rhythm, (which has played an important part in numerable Pritam's hit scores), is missing here. Sunidhi's husky vocals convey passion and Shaan's silken vocals glide through the song, but despite some good singing, the composition remains on the mediocre side, especially since its composed by Pritam, who has a knack for churning out chartbusters.
"Ya Baba-Remix" is once again done by Amit Das, who had shown his prowess with the earlier remix. He has done a good job, though this time, it's more routine stuff here, with enhanced pace, added synthesized rhythm and the usual rap, which makes it more hip-hop.
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| Amit Kumar, Kishore Da's son, who had sung a few songs for megastar, Amitabh Bachchan, in the 80's, has specially been roped in to sing the next number, "Jaane Maula Jaane Khuda". It's definitely a lovely take off, a deliberate one, on one of Amitabh's most loved numbers, "Jaane Jigar Duniya Mein Tu Sabse Haseen Hai", from 'Pukar', composed by R.D. Burman. All credit to Amit Kumar for a superb rendition. And thanks Pritam for giving us a taste of nostalgia, with the superb take off on our favourite star's song.
This is double delight, as we have the indomitable, Remo Fernandes with his very own version of "Jaane Maula Jaane Khuda". Well, Pritam once again shows his intelligence and his knowledge of music by picking up Remo out of the blue, and then giving him full freedom to sing in his own well loved style, apart from spicing up things, Goan Ishtyle! A style that has endeared Remo to his countless fans and has made him deliver a number of hits like, 'Jalwa' and 'Aflatoon'.
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| "Aansoon ka koi rang nahin, Dard ki koi jaat nahin, Dil toote to hans de bande, Rone waali baat nahin", with this sound advice commences the last song of the album, "Allah Beli". Well, well, Himesh is not the only guest composer, as listed here are Sachin and Jigar, who have also been entrusted with the responsibility. This song is more of a 'sufi'- pop combination, with a blend of some sublime lyrics by Irshaad Kamil. The composers sure know their music as the violin piece and even the lovely guitaring depicts the sad ambience quite well. But its K.K.'s diction which doesn't seem to improve as he mispronounces simple Urdu words, like, 'begaana' and 'khwaab'. But we give full marks to his rendition as he is simply brilliant, infusing feelings and putting zest into what could have otherwise turned into a slow, morose number.
To sum up, the audio of 'My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves' is a nice assortment of a variety of numbers, depicting multiple moods, but is certainly not an outstanding album. It will not have a long shelf life, though Himesh's romantic number has the potential to climb up the charts. However, given Pritam's success graph, which has shown only an upward growth in recent times, we simply cannot write this album off. And the fact that this is a T-Series offering and the kind of publicity that one is witnessing (with King Khan himself present at the launch of its music album), this one should surely make its presence felt.
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