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Jhankar Beats Music Review
Sanjay Suri, Juhi Chawla, Rahul Bose, Rinke Khanna, Ria Sen,Shayan Munshi :
Fresh Star cast
Sujoy Ghosh : Debutant director from the Crossover league
Pritish Nandy Corporation : Production house for musical hits like Sur and
Kaante
Vishal & Shekhar - Music directors of Pyaar Mein Kabhie Kabhie, Champion and the
HIT 'Chodh Na Re - Kaante'
Vishal Dadlani - Front man of Indian rock band Pentagram, who turns a lyricist
and singer with Jhankaar Beats
Jhankaar Beats - Does that ring a bell? A concept of re-mixing the original film
songs with 'Super Jhankaar Beats' that was pioneered by T-Series, Venus and
other music companies for movies like Dil, Khiladi, Phool Aur Kaante, Aankhen
etc.in the early 90s. Writer director Sujoy Ghosh bills his first movie with
Jhankaar Beats as it's title !!! This comedy is about three young couples who
struggle to get their feet set in their professional and personal life
withstanding all the odds. This comedy is about three young men who work as
Marketing Executives of a firm owned by Vijayender Ghatage. We won't reveal what
exactly do they 'market' in the film as this may well be the 'surprise package'
of the movie !!
A movie about three couples and their married life - now doesn't that remind
something from the recent past? Just scratch your heads a bit and you will
recollect that just a few months back a movie with a similar plot came and
vanished - the name was 'Dil Vil Pyaar Vyaar' . Not many are aware that these
two movies have been a culmination of a common idea. DVPV was initially planned
to be directed by Sujoy Ghosh himself. But due to creative differences between
the producer Vivek Vaswani and the director, they parted ways and Jhankaar Beats
was born, although with a varied script and the movie genre itself. Whereas DVPV
carried on as a light romantic movie, Jhankaar Beats was re-christened and
turned into a comedy flick in the Crossover genre !!
The common factor between both the flicks is that in both DVPV and JB, due
homage has been paid to R D Barman saab !! Whereas DVPV had rearranged versions
of 14 songs composed by Pancham da, JB has a song itself composed in his
appreciation - 'Boss Kaun Hai' !! Will come to this later on !! All the 10
numbers are inspired by Burman school of music and the effort truly shows. The
album gets a kick start with rocking theme song - 'Jhankaar' !! A RD Burman song
all the way, what with Sudesh Bhonsle crooning a la Burman ishtyle i.e. a full
throated 'Mehbooba Mehbooba' like vocals from Sholay. From here on, you look
forward to what next is in the offering !! You are not disappointed as there is
a complete turnaround from Rock to Melody with Shaan's 'Suno Na'. Shaan sings in
the manner what one expects him to do every time a romantic melody is offered to
him and does complete justice to it. A melody that doesn't boast of any great
original lyrics, but the music and the vocals mo re than make up for it. A
COMPLETE WINNER !!
As you settle with this melody, there is more surprise in store with jazzy 'Boss
Kaun Hai' - a biographical song on RD Burman. sung by criminally neglected Amit
Kumar, Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravijani. The song truly illustrates pancham
da's prowess over the musical notes and narrates his excellence in the world of
music in song format. A situational song, it holds your attention !!
'Jo Gaya Vo Gaya' is a pop number by KK and Vishal Dadlani. A number messaging
about having a carefree attitude in life, it is good and fits the mood of the
movie well. KK is in his usual best. In fact 'Ruk Ruk' by Amit Kumar and Vishal
Dadlani is a similar song about walking ahead in life by ignoring all the
hassles that may come along. A philosophical song again, it is composed in a pop
mode and is quite fast paced. Amit Kumar's vocals are a highlight which raise
this oft-repeated question again - 'Why are producers not flocking this guy
anymore who stole a million hearts with his renderings in Kumar Gaurav's Love
Story two decades back. Bonus Track - 'Sahi Hai Re' is in the tradition of
earlier Vishal-Shekhar hit - 'Chodh Naa Re' from Kaante. A song about good old
'Mumbai', it is different from other 'Aamchi Mumbai' song in the way that it
refrains from falling into 'tapori' category of songs as the others tend to do.
Instead Udit Narayan and chorus turn it into a lovab le number that should be
liked by everyone alike.
From Pop, KK switches to melody with - 'Tu Aashiqui'. A beautiful composition,
it can be dedicated to your loved one this valentine. Look out for this touching
number. Ditto for Shaan's 'Tera Muskurana' which is again a melodious track.
Upcoming singer and AR Rehman's find Mahalaxmi Iyer gets to sing a soothing duet
'Jab Kabhi' with KK (again). Set in a Western mould, it gives strict competition
to 'Tu Aashiqui' in terms of flavor of love and makes for a repeat listening.
The grand finale` comes in the form of Burman da's yesteryear's hit 'Humein
Tumse Pyaar Kitna sung again by Amit Kumar and KK. Amit Kumar doesn't let his
dad Kishore Kumar down who sang the original and in the company of KK makes one
nostalgic. The song is interspersed with the remix version of 'Tu Aashiqui Hai'
and the combination does work well.
In-spite of not having one single 'CHARTBUSTER' kind of number or an 'ITEM'
song, Jhankaar Beats does strike a chord due to it's fresh approach, honest
effort and some well composed tracks. Jhankaar Beats is mainly aimed at the
youth and should work well in the cities at least. A good score with a typical
city flavour of Thodi Masti, Thodi Yaari, Thoda Pyaar !!
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