Director : Nagesh Kukunoor
Music : Salim Merchant and Sulaiman Merchant, Bohemia and Neeraj Shridhar
Lyrics : Irfan Siddiqui, Sameer and Bohemia
Starring : Akshay Kumar, Ayesha Takia, Sharmila Tagore, Benjamin Gilani, Anant Mahadevan and Javed Jaffery.
Nagesh Kukunoor, maverick director and actor, has always been known for making films which are away from the league. Though he had directed some successful and critically acclaimed films like HYDERABAD BLUES, ROCKFORD and 3 DEEWAREIN, he became a known name in the Hindi film industry through Subhash Ghai's Mukta Arts Production, IQBAL, which saw the debut of the versatile Shreyas Talpade. From the critically acclaimed 3 DEEWAREIN, the inspirational IQBAL, to his next, the heartwarming DOR, the rib tickler, BOMBAY TO BANGKOK and his upcoming films like AASHAYEIN and supernatural thriller, 8 X10 TASVEER, there is one common factor that binds all these completely diverse movies. And that is music by the new face of the music industry, the talented duo, Salim Merchant and Sulaiman Merchant. Nagesh needs to be applauded for spotting their talent so early on and sticking to them and the sole reason as per Nagesh himself, ''I wanted songs that stood out from the clutter and something that was different from the usual that is being heard today.'' Salim-Sulaiman has had a tremendous year with Madhur Bhandarkar's FASHION and the All Time Blockbuster, Shah Rukh Khan starrer, RAB NE BANA DI JODI which has definitely catapulted them to the top bracket. Their ''Mar Jaava'' and ''Haule Haule'' is still ruling the hearts and the charts. So, let's see if the duo repeats the magic and give us a score to remember.
Pulsating rocking and rolling beats and enticing chorals herald ''Nazaara Hai'' and one is stumped! Is it Vishal-Shekhar or A.R.Rahman, no its Salim-Sulaiman! The style is a majestic blend of V-S's rock style and A. R. Rahman's lavish musical orchestrations coupled with the maestro's haunting crescendo. But in all this milieu, Salim-Sulaiman chart out a distinct flavour, unheard before and the result is an awesome track that spices up senses and sends the adrenalin pumping. Vishal Dadlani in his rock avatar, a la Jim Morrison is spellbinding. What a choice of singer, one must add, the original rock master Vishal Dadlani of Vishal-Shekhar fame. True blue rock star! Irfan Siddiqui's lyrics are so apt and yet so dramatic that the impact is a heady one. All lovers of hard rock music will gorge; in fact binge on the song that has all the elements of hard rock, from superb orgasmic guitaring and heady percussions to mind-blowing singing by Vishal, a la Doors style composition. Indian rock is certainly coming of age and Vishal Shekhar and Salim Sulaiman are the two composer duo to look forward to. The song should be used as a background support in tense and edge of the seat moments or during the rolling credits or even at the fag end of the movie.
The remix version of ''Nazaara Hai'' is at first heard a normal routine remix, but what comes out as a pleasant change and surprise is the innovation by the lead singer. The singing is a bit slower in this fast tempo remix, a contrast to what we are used to, and picks up pace later on.
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Salim-Sulaiman gave us ''Mar Jaava'' last year, and with ''Haafiz Khuda'' they have another mind blowing love ballad, which slowly but surely has the capability to engulf the listeners, who have a slightly discerning taste when it comes to romantic songs. The composition has a tune that is slightly drawn out, a bit on the slower side and may not appeal to all, but two things stand out loud and clear in this minimal musical arrangement song. And they are the lead vocalists, both male and female and lyrics. First things first. The rendition by Mohit Chauhan and Tulsi Kumar is absolutely top class, especially Mohit who is slowly cementing his place at the top. Tulsi too is superb, she has used voice modulations to complement Mohit's base vocals and that really stands out. But she has to work on her Urdu diction, which is bad and jarring. And so it's Mohit who walks away with all the accolades with his characteristic well loved, inebriated style of singing and his base vocals, which convey that dreamy and heady feeling of romance. Lyrics by Irfan Siddiqui too complement the singing and simple Urdu/Hindi words add to the beauty and charm and they are easy on the lips too. Enchanting!!
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