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Music Review Sarhad Paar
Sarhad Paar
Dated subject. Dated film. Dated starcast [with an exception of Sanjay Dutt]. Dated music. Zilch promotion.
With all such factors combined together, there are absolutely no hopes for the audience, either from the film or the music. Either that there could be some credentials in the final product that may surprise one. But even that would be a surprise for Sarhad Paar that is finally releasing today after a rather low key music release.
Well, get ready for a surprise since what composer Anand Raaj Anand and lyricist Dev Kohli come up with is a pleasant sounding album that mostly comprises of above average to good numbers.
Having said that, Pritam does a very good job in coming up with a catchy track which is a shaadi-byaah number with a difference.With the marriage season on and Ram Milaye Jodi being unadulterated harmless fun, it is the sing-with-a-smile approach by the three singers - Sukhwinder Singh, Sunidhi Chauhan and Shaan - that mark an enjoyable beginning to the album.
Anand Raaj Anand doubles up as a singer for 'Teriyaan Mohabbatan', a kind of number that is a Himesh Reshammiya specialty. With a mix of Indian and Western arrangement, this sad love song comes across as a pleasant hearing with ARA doing quite well while wearing the hat of both the composer and singer. If you have liked songs like 'Yaar Mangiyasi' [Kaante], 'Rabba' [Musafir] and 'Dil De Diya Hai' [Masti] , then chances are good that you would want to lend an ear to 'Teriyaan Mohabbatan' too. Now that's Surprise No. 1!
Guest pair of composer duo Sameer-Kanchan and lyricist Sheershak Anand come together for 'Nit Khair Manga', a number that has a trademark Punjabi flavor to it. But no, it is not one of those quintessential 'bhangra' numbers. Instead it is an easy-to-ear love song that may sound like a 70s number with a distinct village/folk flavor to it but it a melodious outing nevertheless.
In fact closer one hears the song, more it sounds like 'Yaar Mangiyasi' [Kaante] , a number that was also the reference point for 'Teriyaan Mohabbatan'. Smriti Minocha, a new singer, renders the number and has a voice similar to Shreya Ghoshal which pretty much gives an idea about the final outcome of the song.
It's time for an item number with the arrival of 'Ae Zindagi'. Primarily a Sunidhi Chauhan number with Wadali Brothers chipping in a little, 'Ae Zindagi' is set in Middle East flavor. A number that doesn't really make you sit up and listen to it closely, it also appears in an additional version with just Wadali Brothers at the helm of affairs. Though the rendition is good in both the versions, it is the dated and heard-before feeling that comes in the way. This is a kind of situational track which belongs to the fast-forward variety in the album.
Ok, so now here comes a number that one has to hear with an unbiased approach. Agreed that the song belongs to a beaten-to-death melody, it sounds as if you have heard it a 100 times before and the lyrics too are oft repeated - but then the final outcome of 'Sona Chandi' is not a bad hear at all.
A typical love duet by Udit Narayan and Alka Yagnik, it is for the nostalgia as it makes you remember the tunes of Anand Milind from the late 80s and early 90s era.
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