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Music Review : Marigold
Marigold
When the music of a film like Marigold: an Adventure in India comes, expectations are not too clear. There are multiple reasons behind it:
a) Since it is Hollywood project featuring a mainstream Indian actor, one is not too sure about what would be the final offering
b) The movie has been in the making for long while the music was composed almost 3 years back. Of course, the trends have changed.
c) Even though the film revolves around a Bollywood choreographer with a foreigner woman as a leading lady, one cannot expect traditional 'naach-gaana' around the trees.
So, what would Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy along with Javed Akhtar saab bring for the audience? With uncertainty looming large, one plays on the music of Marigold. Sadly, there is disappointment in store when the eight track album comes to an end.
Along with the light strings of guitar, Shaan mesmerizes a listener right away with his crooning of 'Yeh Pyaar Kya Hai - Seven Stages of Love'. A love ballad that has class written all over it, 'Yeh Pyaar..." describes the even colors of love in the simplest of manners. In fact, as the song progresses, one realizes that the song is just made of guitar and a few other light instruments that hang around in the background without impacting the feel created by Shaan. This is a kind of love song that you would like to sing for your loved one while sitting next to a bonfire.
Director Willard Carroll himself adds on English lyrics for 'Yeh Pyaar Hai - That's Love' which mainly has Javed Akhtar at the helm of writing. Crooned by Shaan yet again, 'Yeh Pyaar Hai' is completely different from 'Yeh Pyaar Kya Hai' from theme, treatment and rendition perspective. While melody continues to be the mainstay of the song, the rhythm catches up though it doesn't create the desired impact. In fact, as one hears the song a couple of times, one tends to remember Jatin Lalit's 'O Jaana' which was composed for Jab Pyaar Kisi Se Hota Hai, again a Salman Khan starrer.
Vikas Bhalla, who has made a smashing debut with 'Dhuan Dhuan' around a decade back, only to fade away from the music scene soon, comes behind the mike again along with Alka Yagnik for 'Paagal Si Saari Leheren - Beach Blanket Bollywood'. A peppy number that tries to be feel good, it could as well have been composed for a situation in the film where a core Bollywood song is required be choreographed, 'Paagal Si...' is for those who swear by anything that is Bollywood. Overall the song is just about fine though arrival of the words 'Sun Lo Re' at multiple junctures only manage to irritate.
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