Farah Khan teams up with Akshay Kumar, in a Shirish Kunder script with music by Vishal Shekhar (and Shirish Kunder). The curiosity level is sky-high! After two back to back big hits that both had chart-buster type music, Farah chose to branch out on her own and produce and direct a film for her own production house – and to do it without her regular star, Shahrukh Khan. Tees Maar Khan was written by Shirish and with Akshay Kumar in mind. We were told that Sheila ki Jawaani a blockbuster gift from Farah to Katrina Kaif and it will be the Mother of all Item songs, leaving Munni Badnaam Hui biting the dust in its wake.
So what does the music of Tees Maar Khan offer?
The title track has Sonu Niigaam singing in 54 different voices (including an Akshay Kumar impression) and accents (including a faux Chinese one!). This track is composed by Shirish Kunder. There is an opening musical interlude that reminds one of the track sung by Ashanti in Bride and Prejudice and this is no doubt the “hook” that will be the Tees Maar Khan theme.
So does it cut the mustard? I found the song somewhat noisy (that Tawaif ki lut ti izzat dialog was tacky), but I think this song will work in the film perhaps as it cuts in and out of the various situations that the hero will get into.
The second song in the album is the much touted Sheila ki Jawani:
Sung with gusto by Sunidhi Chauhan and Vishal Dadlani, this item song attempts to be a replacement for Darde Disco from Om Shanti Om, with a scantily clad Katrina being doused in buckets of water. The Hinglish lyrics detract from the song and the track lacks the punch that Munni carried. However, I expect the full promos to show Katrina Kaif drenched and scantily clad and get the song into the top of the charts.
The third number on the album is the much touted Qawwali that will have Salman in a guest appearance. Sung by Shekhar Rajivani, Shreya Ghoshal, Kamal Khan and Raja Hasan, this one is catchy enough as qawwalis go. The high point is Shreya’s bit, but the rest cannot rise above the ordinary. This one has big shoes to fill when it is compared to the qawwali from Farah previous Main Hoon Na. The qawwali there (Tumse Mil ke Dil ka hai jo haal) was superior and this will have to have really innovative filming to catch up to the predecessor.
Next up we have Badey Dilwala sung by Shreya Ghoshal and Sukhvinder Singh. And Sukhvinder tries his best to lift this one up to a higher plane. But the lyrics do not match up to the vocal prowess of either singer and the tune is repetitive and not unique in any way. We can try to compare this to songs like Ud Ud Dabangg (or the Omakar title track) to see how far short it falls in this genre of song. It makes no sense to have Hinglish lyrics in a song like this – that bit baffled me completely.
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The official music release is on a Train from VT to Lonavla and Akki and Farah will be on it. Hoping for some HiJinx!
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ReplyDeleteShirish Kunder’s stagey title song is interestingly gimmicky – with Sonu Nigam’s impressive Dasavatharam-style multi-voice singing topping the list, while Sheila ki jawani is a zingy, rabble-rousing scorcher that is mainly Sunidhi’s show! The only thing differentiating the energetic, well-sung techno qawali Wallah re wallah from Shankar Ehsaan Loy’s repertoire is Shankar’s missing vocals…thankfully! Badey dilwala is that kind of song that is perhaps meant to complement a montage on screen, while Happy Ending is the kind that possibly complements the film’s cast moving their hands left and right, in good-natured poses. Sheila and Wallah save this Khan from maar.