Music Review:BESHARAM Offers Right Music In Wrong Era

The album is above average as far as musical value is concerned but arrogant enough to dish out weary tunes from a bygone century and expect applause

BESHARAM Offers Right Music In Wrong Era

 
Film:

Besharam

Producer(s):

Reliance Entertainment

Director:

Abhinav Singh Kashyap

Cast:

Ranbir Kapoor, Pallavi Sharda, Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Kapoor, Javed Jaffrey

Music:

Lalit Pandit, Shree-Ishq

Lyrics:

Kumaar, Rajeev Barnwal, Nikhat Khan, Himanshu Kishan Mehra

Rating Of Tracks:

No.	Song	Artist	Rating
1	Besharam	Ishq Bector	3/5
2	Tere Mohalle	Mamta Sharma, Aishwarya Nigam	2.5/5
3	Love ki Ghanti	Sujeet Shetty, Amitosh Nagpal, Ranbir Kapoor	3/5
4	Dil ka Jo Haal	Abhijeet, Shreya Ghoshal	2.5/5
5	Tu Hai	Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal	3.5/5
6	Aa re Aa Re	Mika, Shreya Ghoshal	2.5/5
7	Chal Hand uthake Nachche	Daler Mehndi, Mika, Sunidhi Chauhan	1.5/5
8	Tu Hai - Unplugged	Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal	2.5/5
9	Besharam - Remix	Ishq Bector	2/5
10	Tere Mohalle - Remix	Mamta Sharma	2/5
11	Love ki Ghanti - Remix	Sujeet Shetty, Amitosh Nagpal, Ranbir Kapoor	2/5
12	Dil ka Jo Haal - Remix	Abhijeet, Shreya Ghoshal	2/5
13	Aa re Aa Re - Remix	Mika, Shreya Ghoshal	2/5

Album Rating:

2.5/5              

Details:

"Besharam" is the upcoming movie of Ranbir Kapoor that is directed by the pioneer of the ‘100-crore fever’ in Bollywood – Abhinav Singh Kashyap. Abhinav’s "Dabangg" not only gave a lease of life to the faltering career of Salman Khan but also marked the beginning of a relentless debate over the box-office performance of feature films in India.While his debut film "Dabangg" was a runaway musical hit too, here’s what the music of his second offering looks like.

"Besharam" – the only composition in this album by Shree D and Ishq Bector – is a hip-sounding dance number dedicated to the quintessence of Besharami. The track is vivacious for most part but becomes tremendously underwhelming in its verses leaving you with the hook line as the only redeeming attribute. Ishq Bector does an average job while singing but Shree-Ishq as composers do not disappoint in entirety by imparting a rustic coolth to this all-important title track.

Mamta Sharma is at the helm of affairs in this crazy mischief song called "Tere Mohalle". The melody is obvious but that’s not to say it isn’t appealing. However, don’t expect a ‘Munni Badnaam Huyi’ every time Mamta Sharma teams up with Lalit Pandit – it doesn’t work that way.

The vocals by Mamta Sharma and Aishwarya Nigam are spirited and pitch-perfect. Sadly, the arrangements and the overall feel of this track is so ‘90s’ that you fail to connect the song to the movie.Whether that is intentional or not is something we’ll never know

"Love ki Ghanti" is an adorable confession of love a la "Besharam". The tune, as already popularized by the media, is undoubtedly inspired by an Italian anti-Fascist song called Bella Ciao. The song is conversational and peppy in nature and benefits immensely from the Kishore Kumar-esque singing of Sujeet Shetty and Amitosh Nagpal. Ranbir Kapoor mouths a few dialogues during the verses and unduly makes it to the singing credits – a conscious PR stunt apparently.

"Dil ka Jo Haal hai" brings back Abhijeet Bhattacharya into the mainstream fray after a long long time. Don’t lift your brows if you feel this song generously borrows its guitar riff from ‘Jo Haal Dil Ka’ from "Sarfarosh" (incidentally from the now estranged jodi of Jatin-Lalit) and a part of the mukhda from Pakistani band Roxxen’s hit song that had already been officially recreated in Emraan Hashmi’s "Aawarapan" a few years back. The obvious inspirations aside, the melody is frothy and likeable but provides a sense of  Deja Vu that the current crop of audiences may not relate to or worse – may not care for. The song takes you back to the days of "Yes Boss" and "Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman" when Jatin-Lalit’s sweet compositions used to lift ordinary romantic situations. However, times have changed and Lalit Pandit has unortunately failed to.

"Tu Hai" is the only song from this album that actually benefits from the jaded arrangements. Strings and piano under line this sappy but wonderful love song that brings together Shreya Ghoshal and Sonu – why don’t we hear more from him – Nigam. There is an earnestness in the melody that draws you in, even though it obviously reminds you of an era gone by. Even though this is a traditional love song that has its heart in the right place, it definitely won’t leave you throbbing with romantic desire.

"Aa Re Aa Re" has the name ‘Jatin-Lalit’ stamped all over it. Right from the intro to the verse, you can’t help but feel a forceful retreat to the good old times of the legendary composer duo. That however, I repeat, is not a good thing for a film that wants to appease the audiences of 2013. I loved Jatin-Lalit all throughout my growing years and would still be willing to sit as a respecting patron but square blocks don’t fit into round holes and that’s that.

"Hand Uthake Nachche" brings together the collective potential of the Mehndi brothers and Sunidhi Chauhan and mashes it into a pulp of mediocrity. The melody is identifiable but so mundane that you feel sorry that even the arrangements cannot save this piece of old-school euphoria. The unintentionally hilarious hook line is beaten to death till much after the listener has stopped caring and moved on.

The remixes are perfunctory and their inclusion flummoxes me as this is an already long-drawn album with 8tracks. "Tu Hai" – unplugged is the best of these recycled products.

Verdict:

The album is above average as far as musical value is concerned but arrogant enough to dish out weary tunes from a bygone century and expect applause. It hasn’t helped the makers create any sort of buzz for the film and hence failed on that account. However, "Love ki Ghanti","Tu Hai" and "Besharam" stand out from the rest of the tracks and are most likely to appeal you the most.

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