Wanted - Music Review

Cast :: Salman Khan, Ayesha Takia, Mahesh Manjrekar, Asseem Merchant, Sajid Nadiadwala, Vinod Khanna.

Composer duo Sajid-Wajid are well known for producing music that is high on beats. They have stuck to their signature style in there album of "Wanted" too, but the music is not much inspiring enough as it lacks some freshness.

Directed by southern dancing star Prabhu Deva and produced by Boney Kapoor, the film's album has seven originals songs and five remixes.

"Dil leke", The two talented and successful singer Shaan and Shreya Ghoshal have sung this song with pleasure. This is romantic number and both duo has done there best. The song doesn't entail too many electronic beats and the lyrics are average, but the track does have some potential.

The song also has a remixed version, but the original is much better.

"Ishq Vishq", which has western beats in abundance. Sung by Kamaal Khan, Sunidhi Chauhan and Suzanne D'Mello, it is a so-so track, the lyrics being mediocre.

This song too has a remix version.

"Jalwa", which has a long prelude with the 'dhol' taking precedence. The number raises expectations in the beginning but falls flat soon after. The quality of music and lyrics are disappointing. Even though there are touches of hip-hop, it is not fresh enough. The number is sung by composer Wajid along with Earl.

A remix version is thrown in for this track as well.

"Le le mazaa le" has an Arabic feel and brings back memories of the hit song "Mayya mayya" from the film "Guru", but it might not go on to become a chartbuster. "Le le mazaa" is sung by Suzanne D'Mello, Soumya Raoh, Hrishikesh Kamerkar and Nikita Nigam.

Wajid gets behind the mike yet again along with Amrita Kak for "Love me, love me". With monotonous lyrics and no innovation in music, the track isn't likely to hold the listener's interest for too long.

The remix version of the track is no good either.

"Most Wanted", which is sung by Salman Khan. More than a song, this is a narration and a collection of several dialogues from the film.

"Tose pyaar karte hain", a Bhojpuri styled fast-paced number. Wajid and Sunidhi Chauhan have given their vocals for the song. Like others, this number has nothing extraordinary to boast about.

On the whole, the album disappoints. One expected more from the otherwise talented Sajid-Wajid.

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01-Wanted-Love Me Love Me @review-of-movies.blogspot.com
02-Wanted-Ishq Vishq @review-of-movies.blogspot.com
03-Wanted-Dil Leke @review-of-movies.blogspot.com
04-Wanted-Le Le Mazaa Le @review-of-movies.blogspot.com
05-Wanted-Jalwa @review-of-movies.blogspot.com
06-Wanted-Tose Pyar Karte Hai @review-of-movies.blogspot.com
07-Wanted-Most Wanted Track @review-of-movies.blogspot.com
08-Wanted-Love Me Love Me(Mama Papa Mix) @review-of-movies.blogspot.com
09-Wanted-Ishq Vishq(Remix) @review-of-movies.blogspot.com
10-Wanted-Dil Leke(Remix) @review-of-movies.blogspot.com
11-Wanted-Jalwa On The House(Remix) @review-of-movies.blogspot.com
12-Wanted-Tose Pyar Karte Hai(Remix) @review-of-movies.blogspot.com


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Anjaana Anjaani - Music review

Cast :: Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra & Zayed Khan

The very first on Anjaana Anjaani. After IHLS I was somehow expecting pretty high from the album, but Vishal-Shekhar go beyond my expectations. It’s certainly worth a listen.

The album starts with Anjaana Anjaani ki Kahani which is already there on televisions for quite sometime. While the short promo of the song rocks, the song, sung by Monali and Nikhil D’Souza offers a bit more and you get something that is sure shot party material.

The second, Hairat, is a hairat for me. I mean, surprise. Not that I was expecting anything less with Lucky Ali there but the way he sings so lively at the age of 51 simply amazes me. And then, before I start on Lucky’s singing, another thing that amazed me in the album was Vishal Dadlani’s lyrics. He’s always been good with lyrics of kinda fun and rocking songs, but here he impresses with his poetry. As for Lucky’s singing and V-S composition, will it suffice to say that I find it difficult to move to the next song?

Anyway, I move to the next and I’m welcomed by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan’s Aas Paas Khuda is typical and good. Something that I’m repeating about Rahat songs a lot, but then I guess Rahat is being kinda stereotyped compared to his immense talent for whatsoever reasons. Still, like most of the times, Vishal-Shekhar add some bits here and there trying to make things more interesting, and I’d say it works. In short, a typical Rahat song of the times we live in.

I have always been a fan of Vishal and Shekhar’s voices, and so the next song Tumse hi Tumse is a treat for me. As the song starts with guitar, I think for a moment if something like Bin Tere unplugged was coming, but the moment passes quickly and the song turns into what I’d say a Lucky’ish mode as soon as Shekhar starts singing. Caralisa’s quite fast English (rap?) sounds interesting to say the least, but the hero of this one is Shekhar Ravjiani. He’s going to get more people saying, ‘This is for you Shekhar!’ Oh, btw, the end of the song has some nice effects on Caralisa’s voice. This simple but beautiful one is a must listen.

As far as I remember, while the world was (and is) standing in queue outside Mohit Chauhan’s home, Vishal-Shekhar were doing it pretty fine without the guy and now that they make him sing a composition of theirs, he gets more than what you can say a typical Mohit Chauhan song. This time Mohit comes with a sad song, Tujhe Bhula Diya. The best part of the song though, for me, was Shruti Pathak’s wonderful start where she sings with near-zero background music. From here on Mohit picks up and where he comes to a still, Shekhar comes with an entry somewhat like Jogi Mahi, with the difference that here things don’t get high like that. Anyway, the point is that the song sounds good from the very first time and the more you hear it, the more you like it.

The next song, I Feel Good, goes on the well-known rock abilities of Vishal and equally unknown rock abilities of Shilpa Rao. Vishal starts singing the song in his soft voice in a way that for once can sound like Shankar Mahadevan’s voice. And then Vishal and Shilpa both completely rock me with the song. The interesting thing is that while the song is something normal for Vishal, it’s strange how Shilpa Rao never (with an exception of Woh Ajnabee, to some extent I guess) sang such a song and was kept to soft numbers with (her) heavy voice. I hope to see her to get more rocking numbers now.

Even more interestingly, the next song, which is the title, Anjaana Anjaani, again has Vishal and Shilpa, this time in a bit different mood. It’s not exactly rock but falls somewhere nearby, something like Sadka Kiya. I never had doubts about Vishal’s abilities as singer but the way he goes singing such wonderful songs, I’m bound to say he’s more a complete musician rather than a composer.

The next track happens to be the remix of Tujhe bhula diya. The track doesn’t impress me, but strangely, it strengthens my belief in the original track. Never mind.

And after a noisy sounding remix, the end comes as a beautiful unplugged version of Aas Paas hai Khuda by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and Shruti Pathak. Strange to see an extra name in an unplugged version, but then, nobody questions a miracle. Though, for some reason unknown to me too, I didn’t find this one as great and superb and marvelous as Shekhar’s version of bin tere in IHLS. Maybe I’m too fascinated by his voice.

Overall, Anjaana Anjaani is a superb soundtrack. V-S align a bit towards rock, and on the negative side, there are a few things that sound repetitive from them (like one inside Tujhe Bhula Diya) but the overall end result is something that you can rock yourself on, dance to, or simply cherish in a relaxing mood, in short, a perfect soundtrack. As I said, more than I expected.

My favorites (as of now): Hairat, I feel good, Anjaana Anjaani (Vishal-Shilpa), Aas Paas Khuda unplugged, Tumse hi Tumse. And the best part, it’s not easy to decide.

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01 - Anjaana Anjaani Ki Kahani@review-of-movies.blogspot.com
02 - Hairat@review-of-movies.blogspot.com
03 - Aas Pass Khuda@review-of-movies.blogspot.com
04 - Tumse Hi Tumse@review-of-movies.blogspot.com
05 - Tujhe Bhula Diya@review-of-movies.blogspot.com
06 - I Feel Good@review-of-movies.blogspot.com
07 - Anjaana Anjaani@review-of-movies.blogspot.com
08 - Tujhe Bhula Diya (The Dance To Forget Mix) @review-of-movies.blogspot.com
09 - Aas Paas Khuda (Unplugged)@review-of-movies.blogspot.com

01 - Anjaana Anjaani Ki Kahani@review-of-movies.blogspot.com
02 - Hairat@review-of-movies.blogspot.com
03 - Aas Pass Khuda@review-of-movies.blogspot.com
04 - Tumse Hi Tumse@review-of-movies.blogspot.com
05 - Tujhe Bhula Diya@review-of-movies.blogspot.com
06 - I Feel Good@review-of-movies.blogspot.com
07 - Anjaana Anjaani@review-of-movies.blogspot.com
08 - Tujhe Bhula Diya (The Dance To Forget Mix) @review-of-movies.blogspot.com
09 - Aas Paas Khuda (Unplugged)@review-of-movies.blogspot.com

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