Silsiila Music Review
First there was ' Mohabbat ', and then came ' Mohabbatein '. Going by the same
analogy, after Yash Chopra's ' Silsila ' comes Khalid Mohamed's ' Silsiilay '. A
script based on episodic format (just like 'Lajja', 'Dil Vil Pyaar Vyaar', 'Yuva'
), ' Silsiilay ' is a Vashu Bhagnani production. Led by Tabu, who finally makes
an appearance on the silver screen after a hiatus, ' Silsiilay ' stars a bunch
of talented artists – Bhumika Chawla, Celina Jaitley, Rahul Bose, Riya Sen,
Divya Dutta, Natassha, KK, Jimmy Shergill and Ashmit Patel. While earlier
ventures by Khalid - Fiza (Anu Malik, A.R.Rehman) and Tehzeeb (A.R.Rehman) – had
music different from the routine, ' Silsiilay ' is more mainstream with Himesh
Reshammiya and Sameer at the helm.
' Ban Jaiye ' is a duet by Kunal Ganjawala and Alka Yagnik that could have even
made Udit Narayan proud. A sugar coated melodious track, the highlight of the
track is undoubtedly Rahul Bose who gets to lip synch to his first-ever
mainstream 'running-around-the-trees-love-song'. It must have required some real
cajoling on Khalid Mohamed's part to inspire Bose to do this act. Never mind, as
he does a decent job with Bhumika in tow and the song turns out to be quite
pretty looking in the end. Add to it Reshammiya's trademark melody that makes
the song worth humming.
Sunidhi Chauhan, Suzan and Kailash Kher gang up for the club song ' Meri Chandi
Tu ' that inspite of a racy rhythm doesn't register with the listener and
settles down to be a gap filler. While Sunidhi Chauhan sings the entire song, it
is shocking to hear Kailash Kher just utter ' Mast Kalandar ' at regular
intervals. Now this is something that any individual from the chorus could have
been asked to do. Or even better, specialist Jayesh Gandhi could have done this!
Another surprise in store is to hear Sadhana Sargam sing the love song ' Meri
Jaan Ho Tum ' in a way as if it were a sad song. Also Kunal Ganjawala does the
same as Kailsah Kher earlier! He does a bit better with a few more words in the
only line ' Banwari Hui Tere Ishq Mein ' that he sings at regular intervals.
Towards the ends, the song becomes a bit too much and tends to drag. In nutshell
the song is just situational but nothing more.
First solo in the album comes in the shape of the title song ' Jab Jab Dil Mile
- Pyaar Ke Ho Gaye Silsiilay ' by Sonu Nigam. A groovy track revolving around
rhythm, you can dance to its tune on a quiet evening on sea beach. A track that
seems to be created as a part of background music during the movie's narration,
it too has a male voice in the background (Is it Jayesh?) singing a line
intermittently that is definitely not Hindi or English!
Jayesh Gandhi does make an appearance, this time while beginning ' Ahista Ahista
', a saga about ' dil mein aayiye-dil chu jaiye-dil ke dard ki dava de jaiye '
and stuff alike! A duet by Sonu Nigam and Shreya Ghoshal, it is a pleasant
sounding harmless song that comes and goes off after a few days.
Suzan and Jayesh Gandhi provide vocal support to Sunidhi Chauhan who does her
best to make Celina Jaitley sizzle in ' Belibaas '. The song works due to a
total effort by Reshammiya, Sameer, Sunidhi and of course Celina who
collectively ensure that ' Belibaas ' turns out to be an interesting outing for
a moviegoer.
' Tere Liye Mere Jazbaat ' is the last track in the album and is another club
song rendered by Alisha Chinoy, Jolly Mukherjee and Jayesh Gandhi. Not carrying
steam with it, it makes you loose your interest pretty quite early in its
duration and with it also goes away good expectations one had from the music of
a Vashu Bhagnani film.
Music of Vashu's last few releases have somehow not been able to recreate the
same magic as his earlier flicks. ‘ Mujhe Kuch Kehna Hai ' and ' Rehna Hai Terre
Dil Mein ' appears to be the last films by Vashu that had brilliant music score
but after that his films have ranged from above-average to just about average. '
Silsiilay ' too falls in the similar bracket but thankfully doesn't go below
average. Don't expect a bumper initial sales or an encouraging word of mouth! At
the maximum, it will have a stable stay on a lower side at the music stores. |
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