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Music Review Woh Lamhe
Woh Lamhe
"Woh Lamhe, Woh baatein, Koi na jaane" – taking a cue from these words, this time it is the turn of Mahesh Bhatt to tell a story close to his heart through the film 'Woh Lamhe'. Based on incidents from his relationship with late actress Parvin Babi, 'Woh Lamhe' stars Kangna Ranaut as a female lead with Shiney Ahuja playing the male protagonist. Though the last release from Vishesh Films, 'The Killer', was an aberration when one looks at its music, for all these years majority of their films have boasted of a superb score.
Their 'Gangster' is still selling in a big way and one has great expectations from the composer Pritam who returns with 'Woh Lamhe'. After hearing the music one can safely say that 'Woh Lamhe' is a comfortable addition to your repertoire of enjoyable soundtracks.
Pritam creates a great setting through his brilliant musical arrangements just before the man of all seasons, KK, starts crooning 'Kya Mujhe Pyar Hai'. The chorus effect at the very beginning is simply haunting and when KK gets into the groove with his rocking rendition; you know that you have one of the best rendered, written and composed song of the year in hands. Neelesh Misra's lyrics have freshness to it that make poetry sound so simple that it makes you wonder why is it such a rarity in today's times?
Now after this good news, a saddening piece of information. 'Kya Mujhe' is a straight lift from a song called 'Tak Bisakah' which has been composed and sung by one of Indonesia's most popular and successful pop groups, 'Peterpan'! Of course Pritam has made the Indian version much peppier and exciting but the 'inspiration' factor doesn't seem to be abandoning Bhatts and the composer.Just like Subhash Ghai has his stamp all over the songs in the films directed by him, even Mahesh Bhatt too always has a song or two that carry a Bhatt stamp.
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