Aksar is a great song by KK
Music to be composed for an action
film is always a tricky business. Not many, except for
perhaps Sanjay Gupta, have perfected this art when it comes
to movies being made today. So, with expectations of a theme
track, a hot item number and a couple of melodious number,
one plays on Hijack which promises to show Shiney
Ahuja do a Bruce Willis a la 'Die Hard'. Hijack has
music by new finds Justin-Uday with Kumaar writing lyrics
for this debut directorial venture of Kunal Shivdasani.
One minute into the
song and you know that Justin and Uday have kick started
Hijack well with a romantic number 'Aksar'
which takes on truly from where 'Kya Mujhe Pyaar Hai
(Pritam composition from Woh Lamhe) left. Just the
same in sound, spirit and soul, 'Aksar' gives the
listener one more song to play on in a loop and be
entertained for hours at a stretch. A well orchestrated
number which has 'Mr. Reliable' K.K. coming up with an
impressive act yet again, 'Aksar' deserves to be
heard more often and aggressively promoted.
No wonder, the song is heard thrice. The 'Unplugged
version' is first to come and this time around it is
Shaan who goes solo for 'Aksar'. An extended guitar
piece plays on (while creating a romantic scene) before
Shaan is heard in this tad slower version. Even though the
lyrics remain the same, the change in singer and pace of the
song makes 'Aksar' a delightful composition all over.
The longest composition of all with close to 7 minute
duration, it is followed by a 'sad version' by Shaan which
lasts only a little more than a minute. In addition, there
is also a 'remix version' by KK and Joi which certainly has
in it to do well, if accompanied by a promotional music
video.
A quintessential number follows next and does hold promise
to engage the audiences while it is accompanied by some hot
visuals and aggressive choreography. With a mix of English
and Hindi lyrics, 'Dekh Dekh' has Sunidhi
Chauhan being largely responsible for the song with Suraj
Jagan and Joi chipping in a little as well. Mainly
orchestrated as a Western track with beats dominating the
proceedings, 'Dekh Dekh' is seemingly a pre-climax
track which solves its purpose of taking the narrative
forward but that's about it. Don't expect the number to
create a riot, though the faster paced 'club remix' version
may just do better at nightclubs and discotheques.
The name Shilpa Rao raises a lot of expectations. Very
recently she has delivered a chartbuster 'Khuda Jaane'
[Bachna Ae Haseeno] and now she is back with 'Koi
Na Jaane' which is kick started by K.K. A
situational number where the protagonist gets into a pensive
mood and is looking forward to The Almighty for a direction
to move ahead, 'Koi Na Jaane' is surprisingly
ordinary in feel. However, what really disappoints is that
Shilpa Rao is not heard in the song at all except for a
faint 'alaap' at the very beginning of the song. Come on,
she deserves a better outing!
One wonders if the song would play in entirety in the film's
narrative since an action-thriller like Hijack risks
slowing down in pace with a song like 'Koi Na Jaane'
in the background. The track by itself is not a bad hear;
it's just that it is core situational and doesn't make one
pick it up and play on a repeat mode.
An aircraft taking off is what begins 'Theme Of Hijack'
that promises to be an engaging hear, courtesy the thriller
genre that the film belongs to. However, instead of being
just a theme piece with only an orchestra taking charge of
the proceedings, 'Theme of Hijack' turns out to be a
'Hinglish' outing with Suraj Jagan and Uday coming behind
the mike. However, it isn't really an impressive tune to
boast of and yet again, all would depend upon the track's
placement in the film and the visuals that accompany it. And
yes, just like the song preceding it, this one too doesn't
make it to the wish-list of those looking at extending their
collection on the iPod!
Eventually, it all boils down to the number 'Aksar'
which is not just the best of the lot but in isolation too
quite a good composition. With 'Dekh Dekh' being the
only other number to really look forward to from the album,
one now waits for the film Hijack to arrive at
theaters.
Aksar is
a great song
 
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