Oct 29, 2004 10:19 AM
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(Updated Oct 30, 2004 08:04 AM)
Jatin-Lalit – the brothers are flying high these days. After the musical success of ‘Hum Tum’, they are now back with ‘Rok Sako To Rok Lo’. Can they be stopped this time? I guess yes because they have always been stopped in their career! It is one of their new releases which they have been talking a lot themselves. These guys are pretty low when it comes to marketing themselves but this time, they are talking more than needed. Maybe they know they have given their best.
The movie stars Sunny Deol in a special appearance and newcomers. A lot of comparison has been made to the soundtrack of ‘Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar’. However, an album like that can never be produced again. Comparisons are made but they are just gimmicks to sell the album. Fans of A.R Rahman and Shankar-Eshaan-Loy may not really appreciate this album because these songs are much like 90s songs and do not have the same sounds like the mentioned music directors use. The album is about melody, great singing, good lyrics and the youth.
Lyrics are by Prasoon Joshi. The album contains 6 songs and one sad version.
Better to start with the best song of the album which is ‘Nazron Ka Yaarana’. Shaan sounds like Abhijeet in this one. He seems very awake throughout the song and delivers a good performance. Sunidhi Chauhan does her usual best. The song is fast-paced with the words ‘O Rabba Hai O Rabba’ repeated a lot. Music is the normal Jatin-Lalit style but here they tried to use some different arrangements. The music is fresh with a lot of instruments, different sounds, beats and rock guitar rhythms. The song is a mix of ‘Koi Mil Gaya’ from ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hain’ and ‘Naam Hain Mera Fonseca’ from ‘Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar’.
Shaan comes up with ‘Jaane Kise’ along with Alka Yagnik. Jatin-Lalit gave her a song which is just suited for her. She sounds very fresh. Shaan is at par with Alka in singing and both of them show that they can sing beautiful duets. Music is very good with the appropriate interludes and good arrangements. The chorus is also nice and the simple guitar pieces do the trick. Since the song is simple and rich in melody, it makes it an enjoyable light song.
‘Rok Sako To Rok Lo’ – They did well to come up with a title song. There are a number of singers like Shaan, Shreya Ghosal, Babul Supriyo, Lalit and Ishaan in this one. But you can spot some resemblance to the song ‘Yahan Ke Hum Sikandar’ from ‘Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar’. But the song is far from the one in JJWS. It is good but too many voices spoil the song. It fails to catch the attention. Music is more noise and lyrics are somewhat good.
I felt I was in the 90s when I heard 'Tera Gham’. Suddenly, I kept picturizing this song on some 90s stars like Ajay Devgan and Juhi Chawla. This song is one the best romantic tracks of this year. Sonu Nigam and Alka Yagnik take it to a better level. Sonu Nigam's fans should not miss this one. The song starts like a South Indian song and arrangements are excellent. It’s good that J-L changed their usual style here. They came up with an above average score and lyrics are simply great ; Tera Gham Kaise Jiye... The song is quite short but pleasant.
‘Haan Mujhe Thaam Le’ is very much like an RD Burman type of song. The start is remarkable with the RD Burman sound of the 80s. The song is light, lively and joyful. Babul Supriyo and Alka Yagnik sing at ease. He is sounding too much like Kumar Sanu in this song. I guess they wanted a song in the same style as the title song of ‘Hum Tum’. Some of the interludes are original but not really that good. They were not that generous with their melody but overall an interesting song.
‘Yaaron Sun Lo’ starts well with their favourite Abhijeet. Once again there is too much of RD Burman hang-over here. The song also carries the words ‘Rok Soko To Rok Lo’ as well. The song in itself is a light song, very well sung and entertaining. Music is quite good as well. There is also a sad version of the same song sung by Abhijeet himself. The sad version is really sad!
Jatin-Lalit finally comes up with an album which can help them in their career. It’s true that some of the songs are the trademark J-L style but they also tried to incorporate too much of RD Burman music in this album. The mix of Jatin-Lalit and RD Burman is interesting. Melody is present only in the romantic tracks. After a long time, they came with an album where all the tracks are equally good. However, they did not try anything new but they have just improved a lot with their arrangements, song compositions and sounds. So they can be stopped! The album belongs to Alka Yagnik, with two potential hit songs given to her. Overall, it’s an album which contains songs which will be liked by everyone especially the young.
