Get out of this Jail
The music of Madhur Bhandarkar's latest will leave you feeling cheated.
Jail comes across as an album that lacks imagination, originality and effort. Moreover, there is hardly anything to listen to. A shame, considering Bhandarkar has often managed to get some great songs for his films.
First up, Jail officially marks the point when we should start complaining about an overdose and misuse of rock-guitar, albeit Bollywood style. This musical device first used effectively by Pritam [ Images ], has been spawning clones, and Jail is one such unhappy example.
Sharib-Toshi, the reality TV finds, have managed to give us crowd pleasing music earlier. But this time, with only two songs to score, they have shamefully fallen back on formulaic music-making, which borrows heavily from both Pritam and Himesh Reshammiya [ Images ].
, is a hackneyed composition with distortion guitars and unimaginative lyrics, sung Himesh style and arranged Pritam style, with some electronic loops thrown in for the dance floor.
It even has a and a version, which features Neil Nitin Mukesh [ Images ] (backing vocals), who obviously fancies his own singing. In all the versions, Saiyan Ve will fool you with a catchy intro and glossy Bollywood-rock polish, but that's it. There is absolutely nothing new or attractive in this song.
is more of the same, with loud guitar licks and a drummer who lets go on the kit as if there's no tomorrow.
Sharib-Toshi's story closes with the entry of Shamir Tandon, whose attempt at a raunchy desi dance number misses the mark completely with .
Sung by Sonu Kakkar, it is neither sexy nor stylish and ends by being an ear-sore and a later on.
If you are the spiritual sort, Lata Mangeshkar's [ Images ] prayer song may just work for you. Any sort of critique of Lataji's singing at this point would be audacious. But what leaves one flabbergasted is the "" of this slow, devotional song right at the end. What were they thinking?
So basically, you have two songs, which may work on the screen. One devotional number, one utterly forgettable track and plenty of mindless remixes. Still wondering if you should go for this?
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Music Review: 'Jail'
After the success of 'Fashion', Madhur Bhandarkar returns with 'Jail', which stars Neil Nitin Mukesh and Mugdha Godse. And the filmmaker has roped in composer brothers Sharib and Toshi Sabri along with Shamir Tandon to score the music.
The film has only four tracks, but the soundtrack boasts of melodious as well as pacy numbers.
"Bareli ke bazaar mein", which seems to be an item number, is crooned by Sonu Kakkar. It is a confluence of rustic influences with western electronic beats, which to a large extent makes it a song for the masses. It is a fast-paced and energetic number.
The song has a remixed version too, which includes English lyrics as well. This version is average.
Next in line is a devotional number "Daata sun le" by melody queen Lata Mangeshkar. The very fact that it is sung by the veteran singer, gives the song an edge. Apart from that, it is a soft track and has a soothing effect on the listener.
The song also has a contemporary version, which is not very different from the original - just a little more orchestration in parts.
Then there is "Milke yun laga", a love ballad that has Sharib behind the mike. It has a strong rock feel and creates an impact.
Finally there is a power-packed song "Sainya ve". The song by Toshi sure does start with a bang.
The song has two more versions - one a remix and the other rock.
There is nothing special about the remix version. It just packs in more beats. However, the rock version is promising. It has great musical backing that lifts the song completely.
In short, the album is an appealing mix of slow and fast numbers.
SOURCE:-- IANS
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