There was a
time when Yash Raj Films used to release the music of their films the same day
as they used to release the promo of the movie.In fact,they used to go for
minimal promotion when it came to promoting the music of their films.But,after
the dismal failure of many of their films like Laaga Chunari Mein Daag,Aaja
Nachle and Tashan,they dropped their usual standoffish-ness and carried out a
massive promotional campaign for all their films starting from 'Bachna Ae
Haseeno'. These days, they release the music of most of their films after putting
in some days of heavy duty promotion. Same has been the case with 'Ishaqzaade',
the music of which has released around four weeks after the first promo had hit
the web.The composer of the film Amit Trivedi has more often than not made
music which has catered to the class audience mainly but with promos and
posters of 'Ishaqzaade' hinting it of being quite a 'masala' film in the
offing,one wonders as to what Amit would have done.Also,the lyricist Kausar
Munir,ijn his four year old Bollywood career, has only two songs(Falak
Tak-Tashan,Title track of Anjaana Anjaani) to his credit.So,without further
ado, let's check out, what this soundtrack by Amit Trivedi and Kausar Munir has
for us.
The first
song, 'Ishaqzaade Ishaqzaade',is one of the two title tracks(the other one
being Aafaton Ke Parinday').The song tries to mix western sound with Indian
melody with the end result being hardly exciting as one has heard many such
songs in the recent past composed by the likes of Pritam and Vishal Shekhar.The
song is far from being bad but disappoints as the opening track of a
soundtrack,which one had good expectations from.However,one has to make a
special mention of the honey soaked lyrics written by Kausar Munir.The
vocals,by Javed Ali and Shreya Ghoshal, do not disappoint either.
The second
track in the album is called 'Chokra Jawan',written by guest lyricist Habib
Faisal (who also happens to be the director of the film).As one can guess from
the title of the song, it is an 'item' number(not again!).But wait! this one is
very different from the many of those loud item numbers that are present in
almost every other film that is being made these days. There is subtleness to
this song, without any heavy beats. While Sunidhi Chauhan has sung hundreds of
item numbers in the past, it is refreshing to hear Vishal Dadlani's voice in
the song. The lyrics are interesting too. The problem lies in the fact that the
song takes some time to grow upon you and the kind of people who like listening
to a 'Munni Badnaam Hui' or 'Sheila Ki Jawani', may not warm up to it.
Finally
there comes an out and out winner in the form of the third track in the album
'Pareshan'.Sung by newcomer Shalmali Kholgade, the song has in it to become a
chart topper (in the big cities mainly),if promoted well. The song has Amit
Trivedi's stamp all over it and Kausar Munir does an excellent job with the
lyrics. The song constantly shifts between lounge and soft rock, lending a very
unique sound to it. Shalmali Kholgade’s voice is pleasant but then she joins
the likes of new vocalists like Aditi Singh Sharma, Hamsika Iyer, Anusha Mani, all
of whose voice sounds the more or less (no offence meant).Listen to the songs
rendered by these ladies and you will know what I mean. Would be hard to
distinguish as to who has sung which song. She does a great job nonetheless. The
song later appears in a remixed version which sounds great as well.
The next
track 'Jhallah Wallah',sung by Shreya Ghoshal, is a situational number, presumably
picturised on Parineeti Chopra.The song has a hint of naughtiness in it and is
basically Mujra meets Bollywood meets Techno.Kausar Munir must have tried to
hard write some quirky lines for this song and though, he succeeds in parts, one
dearly misses Amitabh Bhattacharya here. Amit does a decent job with this
number which is expected to go down well with the narrative. However, it's the
remixed version of this song, which is bound to cheer you up to a good extent, what
with the additional beats and backing vocals pumping some good amount of energy
into it.
Finally
arrives the last track on the album titled 'Aafaton Ke Parinday' .Actually, I
was a bit confused after listening to the entire track. The reason being that
there are two singers credited on the CD cover for this song, namely, Suraj
Jagan and Divya Kumar.While one could easily recognize Suraj Jagan's voice
singing the higher notes of the song(Haalalon Mein....Ishaqzaade Ishaqzaade),I
was not entirely convinced that the lower notes were sung by Jagan
himself.After a bit of research, I found out that the other voice was of Divya
Kumar(yes,Divya Kumar is a male voice and not a female one) Divya Kumar gives a
good account of himself as he gets to sing most of the song, while the more
experienced Suraj Jagan has been relegated to the backseat by having given the
task of singing only the higher notes.Divya Kumar,with his rustic vocals,sounds
a bit like Sukhwinder Singh but nevertheless has a very interesting voice that
one would like to hear more of in the future. Amit tries to combine his western
sensibilities with some India
Overall, Ishaqzaade
is an album that works in parts only, Even then, the songs that work would find
a patronage among the city audiences first and in the interiors later. The
soundtrack, like most of Trivedi's soundtracks, would take a good time to grow
upon listeners.
Rating-2.5/5
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