| 'TELL ME
O KKHUDA' MUSIC REVIEW |
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Music :
Pritam
Chakraborty, Sajid, Wajid |
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Lyrics :
Mayur Puri, Jalees Sherwani |
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Direction :
Hema Malini, Mayur Puri |
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Producer :
Hema
Malini |
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Star Cast :
Esha Deol, Vinod Khanna, Rishi Kapoor, Arjan Bajwa, Chandan
Roy Sanyal, |
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Sudhanshu Pandey, Dharmendra, Farooq Sheikh, Hema Malini |
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EXPECTATIONS
It was a surprise when I eventually caught hold of
the music CD of Tell Me O Kkhuda. Reason being that
for a film which has been in the making for two
years and now has been eventually released, the
music hit the stands almost around the same time.
Though one would have expected some good promotion
around the film's music, especially since Salman
Khan has done a guest appearance in one of the
songs, none of that really happened despite Pritam
on board with a few other composers contributing as
well. Mayur Puri, who was the original director of
the film, writes the lyrics. |
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MUSIC
Abhijeet Hegde Patil is the guest composer for 'Someone
Somebody' which is the opening track of
the album and pretty much establishes the theme of
the film which is about a girl searching for her
father. Having said that the song is well
camouflaged as a romantic number where Sunidhi
Chauhan could well have been singing for her lover
in some unknown part |
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of the world. A good tune which actually comes quite
close to Pritam's style of composition (and hence
makes one wonder how did Abhijeet come into
picture), it also has a 'remix version' to boast of
which has Anushka Manchanda coming behind the mike.
Though it is this version which has been promoted
all this while as the Salman Khan track, one would
like to go back to the original number any time due
to the inherent innocence and simplicity it comes
with.
It is time for some Rajasthani folk with 'Mera
Man Jabse Racha Hai Sawariya' coming
next. Thankfully it doesn't get into 'Kesariya Balam'
mode, something that most Bollywood tracks are
culprit of venturing into the moment protagonists
step into the desert land. In case of 'Mera Man'
though Pritam sets the mood with a folkish setting,
only to allow Shweta Pandit to do her job behind the
mike and let her take forward the proceedings. An
out and out Indian track that yet again sounds quite
pleasant on ear and adds on to the situational
appeal, 'Mera Man' is pleasant enough to make one
wonder why was the album not promoted at all. |
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George Theofanous is the guest composer for 'Mile
Na Tu' which brings back Sunidhi Chauhan
behind the mike. A song set in a Western mode that
has a child-like mood to it and yet again carries a
strong Pritam stamp, 'Mile Na Tu' with Anupam Amod
as the co-singer is urban and contemporary with the
kind of sound that the composer is known for. Though
it isn't quite the kind that has chartbuster written
all over it, 'Mile Na' still has good enough pace
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the music of Tell Me O Kkhuda to engage you to a
fair degree at the least.
The next song though has Pritam's name on the credits with
Shreya Ghoshal as the singer. A soft love song which is
pretty much in synch with what one has heard of the album so
far, 'Nagma Koi Gungunane Ka'
makes for a decent hear. Easy on ears and belonging to the
kind of sensibilities that Pritam comes with when given a
free hand to compose a love song, 'Nagma... ' adds on to the
rest of the album and helps one connect to the protagonist
further. |
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Aditi Banerjee and Anupam Amod come together for
Pritam composed 'Love You
Dad' which is an out and out situational
track where a young woman is missing her dad and
hoping that she would be able to see him one day. On
the other hand even the father here is regretting
the fact that he could never be with his daughter
and hence feels sorry about the situation.
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Last to arrive is a Sajid-Wajid guest composition
'Tell Me O Kkhuda' which is written by Jalees Sherwani.
Surprisingly though despite its racy mood, the song was
relegated to just the theatrical promos and didn't see any
other form of promotion whatsoever. Sunidhi Chauhan gets the
right spunk for this rhythmic track which has gone entirely
unnoticed, now that the film has released and is finding its
way out of theatres.
OVERALL
Music of Tell Me O Kkhuda isn't really bad and certainly
deserved some promotion for it at the least. For the launch
(or re-launch in this case) of any actor, music does play an
integral role and in case of Esha Deol and Tell Me O Kkhuda,
there were some fairly decent tunes that Pritam had
composed. However with no buzz being created whatsoever, it
is inevitable that the music here will go totally unnoticed. |
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Rating: 1.5/5 |
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