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Blackmail Music Review
On numerous occasions, there are films that come without a whimper due to a
non-existent starcast or unknown banner - a recent example being ' Yehi Hai
Zindagi '. But it is very rare to see a movie with a big starcast suddenly
arriving on the scene and making one repeat the question - "Now where does this
movie come from?" This time the movie in question is 'Blackmail'! Starring Ajay
Devgan, Sunil Shetty, Priyanka Chopra and Dia Mirza, it was a big surprise to
watch the promos on the small screen as people were hardly aware about the movie
while it was being shot. In the days of intense publicity when a movie is always
in news from the time of finalizing the starcast till the day it's last print is
out of the theatres, a film like 'Blackmail' being ready for release does come
up as a surprise. Directed by Anil Devgan (who last came up with ' Raju Chacha
'), 'Blackmail' is a Shyam Bajaj-Narendra Bajaj production that has music by
Himesh Reshammiya and lyrics by Sameer.
From a movie like ' Blackmail ' that belongs to a thriller genre and has two
action heroes, there is nothing great that can be expected in terms of music.
But Himesh Reshammiya's name on the credits does promise at least a couple of
hummable tunes. The faith affirms when one hears the first song of the album '
Jaana Nahi Tha ' ,it does sound good. Sung by Sonu Nigam and Alka Yagnik, it is
a melodious romantic track that does entertain for a while. It belongs to the
typical 'Himesh school of music' - if we may call it so - and follows a typical
path that works. T-Series follows a 'typical path' as well and presents an '
Instrumental ' of the same. This makes one ask the oft-repeated question again -
"Who is really interested inlistening to instrumentals or different versions of
the same song named part I and part II, slight changes dont change the song"
The opening music of ' Tune Ki Bekarari ' is similar to Reshammiya's ' Bhool Na
Jaana ' from ' Humraaz '. And from thereon, there are slight traces of ' Har
Kisiko Nahi Milta ' from ' Jaanbaaz '. Overall this second love song in a
succession is quite ordinary towards its end in spite of some good rendering by
Shaan and Alka Yagnik with Jayesh, (as usual), providing the background vocals
at places. With this number, things go achingly overboard as there is not one,
not two but THREE more versions of the same song. And these three additional
versions as ' Part I, II and III ' are sung multiple times by Shaan and Jayesh!
phew!
' Akhiyan Lada Jaa ' is a sweet-n-innocent number by Alka Yagnik and Udit
Narayan and one feels sad that such song has been wasted in an action flick when
it could easily have been a strong point for a romantic musical.The various
little sweet nothings in the number sound interesting as the song flows. This is
the best song of the album and for a change, one doesn't really mind the
repetition of the number where it comes in the 'Rhythm' version.
So far it was all melody and nothing else. So where is the place for a
hot-n-sizzling item number? Well the wait is over and this time it is, hold your
breath, an ' Imli ' that is there to do the trick! While Jayesh starts the
number with his background vocal and a bunch of girls providing the sensual
overtones, Hema Sardesai starts off with her details about the ' khaati and
meethi imli '. Thank goodness for technology because you can actually click on
'NEXT' and move on.Consequent to the best track - ' Akhiyan Lada Jaa ', comes up
the saddest part of the album.
Traditional Laxmikant Pyarelal brand of music comes in the form of ' Kaun Kehta
Hai ' in the end of the album. Udit Narayan and Shreya Ghoshal go through the
motions primarily while Sameer's lyrics are a just a repetition. A song that
could have been designed for Anuradha Paudwal instead, it may not even be found
in the actual run of the movie.
' Blackmail ' has a couple of decent tunes that do entertain while the rest of
tracks are not bad either (with the exception of the horrendous ' Imli ' that is
simply unacceptable). Just like the music of ' Elaan ' that was released a few
days back, ' Blackmail ' too has some passable music for an actioner and is in
fact even a little better when it comes to melody. A number like ' Akhiyan Ladae
Jaa ' or ' Jaana Nahi Tha ' could have fit in even in a feel good romantic movie
and hence work for 'Blackmail' to give it chance of some average musical sales.
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