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Music Review Shakalaka Boom Boom
Shakalaka Boom Boom
In majority of his films, film maker Suneel Darshan has worked with the composer duo of Nadeem Shravan who were undoubtedly the best in the business for most of the 90s and early 2000s. More often than not, the music turned out to be the talking point about his films, even long after they were off the theaters.
Hence when Himesh Reshammiya is roped in by Darshan to provide music for his upcoming film 'Shakalaka Boom Boom' along with lyricist Sameer, one looks forward to what's in store. There are three reasons for that:
a) One expects to hear a different sound altogether
b) One waits to hear if Reshammiya matches up to the brilliance of Nadeem Shravan
c) One wishes that Reshammiya would again give his fans a soundtrack that they would love to sing and dance with
After hearing the album, you realize that SLBB comes quite close, if not 100%, on all the three counts.
Now that has to termed as one rocker of a song! Title song 'Shakalaka Boom Boom' starts off with a rap by Earl who is soon joined by Himesh Reshammiya behind the mike. What may come as a surprise is the fact that Reshammiya voice does sound a little different than his trademark style as he settles to medium notes. One of the coolest songs to have arrived this year so far, it is a dance track that is bound to be a chartbuster.
Catchy, rhythmic and urban, 'Shakalaka Boom Boom' is a track that should be a highlight of the film. Akriti Kakkar is the female voice roped in for the song and though she has very sweet vocals, the pace of her part slows down the track that seems to be a little out of place in a thrilling song like this. If only if it was a Reshammiya solo or the female portions too were as vociferous as his, the song may well have been the 'Aashique Ye Meri' [36 China Town] of SLBB.
Remix version of the song arrives later and does quite well for itself again as a funky club track. Watch out for the faint flute sound that comes from a distance; it indeed sounds cool. It would be fun to see if the four lead protagonists - Bobby Deol, Celina Jaitley, Kangana and Upen Patel - appear in yet another music video of the song.
Lively mood continues with 'Thaare Vaaste' which is in the same foot tapping mode as Reshammiya songs from the early years of this century. Rendered by Shaan and Sunidhi Chauhan, it belongs to the simple feel-good entertaining variety rather than being intense-sufi, as have most of Reshammiya songs have been in the recent past.
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