hindi movie songs

If you are expecting music of ‘Aa Dekhen Zara’ to be in the same league as the superhit track Aa dekhen zara of ‘80s then you will meet sheer disappointment. The music of the movie is less than average and two tracks by Pritam don’t do any good to the movie’s soundtrack.

The album features eight tracks. Music is by Gaurav Dasgupta while Pritam stays on the margins. Lyrics of the songs are mainly by Irshad Kamli and bunch of other lyricists like Syed Gulrez, Prashant, Avishek and Ravi.

It’s no joke redoing an RD Burman track and Pritam himself gave up giving a modern garb to the everlasting Aa Dekhen Zara . Eventually, it’s the other composer who had to adapt the song to modern setting.

The yesteryears hit number Aa Dekhen Zara gets two new versions with a simple remix and a lounge mix. Vocalised by Neil Nitin Mukesh himself, the remix version, like its original track, is full on energy and beats. Neil gets to test his singing skills with this song and has done a nice job. Supporting him on mike is singer Sunaina. Whereas, the lounge mix is a slow number, rendered passionately by Dibyendu Mukherjee. Both the tracks are just average with no special modulations or experiment.

The track Gazab Bhayo Rama has Pritam as composer. The song crooned by the power-pack duo Shaan and Sunidhi tries to rekindle the charm of disco era of ‘70s, but the music is just normal. Even its club remix is nothing unusual. Both the tracks are not magnetic enough to lure DJs as well as party animals.

The only song which is a bit romantic and typical of Bollywood is Mohabbat Apse in voice of Aakriti Kakkar. Pritam must have created this song in casual mood as the track is not exceptionally good but what makes it worth listening is Aakriti’s voice, but mind it, not in repeat mode.

Tracks Power and Power club mix are situational background numbers. In the voice of Dibyendu Mukherjee again, both the songs act as mere fillers in the album. The song Rock the party has an impressive start but this song, like others in the album, also fails to impress. However, Sunidhi Chauhan does impress you with her vocals.

‘Aa Dekhen Zara’ is being promoted as fast-paced musical thriller. But the insipid tunes of the songs don’t auger well for the genre, particularly in the movie’s publicity prior to release.

Now the makers have to rely on the cast as Neil Nitin Mukesh and Bipasha’s pair is already scorching the screen, quite evident in the trailers.

Music is the main essence in all bollywood movies. The inclusion of song and dance sequences forms an integral part of every movie. Thus you get different types of songs which are either situational being part of the script or added as attractions. Nowadays apart from Hindi song or Indian song (here Indian song means a song that has a patriotic/Hindustani classical flavor) you have Pakistani song and Indian pop songs in bollywood movies. Ghazals and qawali too have their own hold in bollywood. In earlier years a bollywood movie was considered incomplete without a qawali. Similarly some of the movies towards the late 1980's included ghazals in their original soundtracks. With the popularity of remix song in recent years the demand for the earlier song formats has somewhat dwindled. Nevertheless you still get to hear ghazals and qawali in some of the new bollywood releases. However the same has been formatted keeping in mind the present taste of bollywood music buffs.

Pakistani song was not that famous in bollywood in the earlier years though there were some famous Pakistani singers who used to come to India to render songs for bollywood movies. These singers were popular because of their talent rather than their country. The Indo-Pak wars was still fresh in the minds of the people hence it was unpatriotic to patronize Pakistani song in India at that time. The advent of some famous Pakistani music directors and bands towards the early part of 1990 brought in a radical change in the bollywood music industry. Before this a brother-sister duo from Pakistan did become famous worldwide and was also hugely popular in India but they were basically based out of Pakistan. With the introduction of 'Sufi' music by Pakistani music directors and singers bollywood woke up to a new beginning in fusion music. This trend was successful in blending terms like Hindi song, Indian song, and Pakistani song into one common genre.

Though ghazals and qawali was mainly the trademark of Pakistani singers still it was well accepted by the bollywood music industry. The only difference is that now their demand has slightly dwindled due to the fact that new generation singers of this genre have not been able to live up to the expectations set so wonderfully by their talented predecessors. Still efforts are being made to create the same kind of magic again with a little help from technology. On the other hand ghazal and qawali fans still go for the masterpieces created in the earlier years though they sometimes experiment with the new stuff although a bit warily.

Indian pop songs made their entry into bollywood indirectly. A bevy of home-bred pop stars started crooning taking inspiration from their better off western counterparts. Surprisingly some of these made headlines and became a rage. A bandwagon followed and slowly singing sensations took birth overnight in every nook and corner of the country. One must admit here that some of the creations in the Indian pop songs category were indeed fabulous and have retained their appeal till date. The trend is still continuing except for the fact that competition has become more intense nowadays.

The remix song revolution in the country was started by a rooky Indian origin composer settled in a foreign country. He remixed one of the most popular and foot tapping songs of the 1970's and turned it into a sort of cult. It brought into existence a parallel music industry in bollywood specializing in remixes. The rest is history. Off late however remixes of popular numbers of yesteryears has seen a reduced fan following because of blatant remixes of classics leading to a lot of criticism among music lovers. Still this trend can be seen in its new avatar of remixing some of the popular songs of today.

The popularity of bollywood movie songs has reached a crescendo with the advent of music download facility through the internet. It has given a new dimension to music as a whole as latest music can be downloaded almost instantly into PC's, mobiles, i-pods etc.