Till about a few years back long titles were in a vogue and every second movie belonged to the romance genre. 'Hum Ko Tumse Pyaar Hai' belongs to the same category. Launched a few years back, its production came to a standstill due to the sudden demise of its director Bunty Soorma. Vikram Bhatt took over the reins of direction to complete the remaining portions for this Ali Morani, Bunty Soorma, Karim Morani production that is now ready for release and stars Bobby Deol, Arjun Rampal and Amisha Patel in lead roles. The musical 'jodi' of Anand Raaj Anand and Dev Kohli come together again for HTPH.

If you have loved the mushy romantic 'shuddh bhartiya' tracks in the 90s and the early 2000s then you would also love the title song 'Hum Ko Tumse Pyaar Hai' by Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik and Anand Raaj Anand. The song doesn't try to break any new grounds and sticks to the basics with melody holding center stage. Yes, you have heard such tunes at least 1000 times before, so why not make it 1001. After all, it works! And when there is love then there is sadness as well, especially when the title song itself belongs to the romantic genre. That's the reason why [as expected] a sad version too follows suit, this time without Kumar Sanu.

A song reminding of the Nadeem Shravan compositions from the early 90s, 'Chori Se Dil Ko' is the second romantic track in succession and makes for a decent hearing. It's Kumar Sanu again doing the honor and what strikes about the song is its smooth arrangements that maintain a good tempo without making too much noise. The song won't be lapped up by the 'cool' generation of the youngsters who have been living on Kaals and Salaam Namastes and Dhooms and Chocolates, but those who still like the old world romance would not mind giving it a hearing.

Third track in the album goes a few years further behind in terms of treatment and rhythm and from the first note itself is a bore. One of the rarest of rare songs to have Udit Narayan completely disinterested in the proceedings, the duet completely lacks fire and just doesn’t rise up the occasion. Inspite of Alka Yagnik joining for the duet, 'Kaise Tumhe' is about a guy trying to tell his lady love about his feelings for her. Well, this number is not exactly the best way to woo a girl!

Rajasthani music fused with Bollywood melody [that takes inputs from the song 'Kaise Tumhe'] forms the nucleus of the 'Music Part' that appears next and by the look of things should appear good on screen. Surprisingly when the base music of 'Kaise Tumhe' didn't sound too exciting in the vocals of Udit Narayan, it works well when it comes as a background chorus!
 

Udit Narayan and Alka Yagnik come together again for 'Bajne Lage Hain', an old fashioned love duet that is sure to make way for a popcorn break when it appears on the screen. OK, so Udit Narayan is better this time around but the tune and lyrics just do not have in them to keep a viewer seated on the screen while it is on. Nope, this is the second song in a succession that bores you out while threatening to make you loose interest in the remainder of the album as well! Skip this one!

The singing couple unites for the third time in a row for 'Ye Mehandi Ke Boote', that doesn't sound too encouraging at the inlay card level itself. Listening to the song brings the worst fears come true with the track belonging to a genre that has been forgotten long before. A situational track about a lady in a dilemma while deciding about her love, it just doesn't gel well with the current taste of the audience. Babul Supriyo too joins the fray with his rendition of 'radha-shyam', 'vrindaavan' and stuff alike but not to much avail.

When there are artistes like Sukhwinder Singh and Sapna Awasthi credited on the covers, one is sure that a folksy number would follow. Based on Rajasthani folk music, 'Dhola Aayo Re' is exactly what one expected and is a kind of number that does get popular in the interiors. The album ends with 'Tere Ishq Mein Pagal', a 100% conventional routine composition that brings the album to a jerky halt. Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik and Sapna Awasthi come together for this supposedly romantic track that fails to evoke any feeling of love whatsoever. Ignore it at your convenience!

In the start one could listen at least a couple of songs from 'Hum Ko Tumse Pyaar Hai' while enjoying the old world charm but the subsequent songs didn't have enough ammunition even while considering that they were composed years back. Not a great musical followup for Bobby Deol whose Barsaat's music has been selling well even today, HTPH is avoidable.