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Bubblegum music

Bhagam Bhag
(T-Series)

Govinda dons greasepaint once again after a long time. Small wonder that the music of his comeback film is also of the same variety for which his earlier films were famous. There is little substance but a lot of oomph value, take it or leave it.

Many of the songs like Tere bin kahin lagta he nahin dil are of the type that they seem to be a remix. To cap it all, these are there in remix versions also. Tere bin is unique in the sense that it has not one but two remix versions. It is another matter that one of them is called "re-prised". If you know what is the difference, tell me.

Two of the versions are sung by Sunidhi Chauhan and Kunal Ganjawala, while in the third Sunidhi Chauhan has been replaced by Shreya Ghoshal.

There is a similar hat-trick in the title song also which has been sung solo by Neeraj Shridhar.

Signal`85 by Remo Fernandes and Suzanne has only two avatars, thank God.

In all these crazy capers, two songs stand out. One is Aa khushi se khudkahi kar le`85 by Sunidhi Chauhan and Chal ud chale by Jojo and Suhail Kaul.

Sameer’s lyrics have been set to music by Pritam.

Music composers usually sing one or two songs in their films but in this Yash Chopra film written and directed by Kabir Khan, Raghav Sachar has almost completely monopolised male playback. He not only does Kabul fiza `85 in three versions (one of them instrumental), he has also lent his voice to Keh raha mera dil`85 and Yeh main aaya kahaan hoon`85. Had this one-man show some good music, it would have been an impressive feat but he Sachar failed to leave his mark in the basic calling.

The Kabul Express theme (instrumental) is credited to Julius Packian.

One recurring song is Banjar, which has been done variously by Shubha Mudgal, Sunidhi Chauhan and KK. Its lyrics are by Swartmika Mishra, Aditya Dhar and Vijay Kumar. The rest of the songs have been penned by Aditya Dhar.

It is good that new artistes are being given a chance but, unfortunately, they have failed to leave a worthwhile impact. Perhaps the music will catch up once the film hits the screen. — ASC

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