By
Dj Aaqib, Updates
on December 18, 2007
 Associating
great music with films coming from the house of Bhatts is
hardly something that qualifies as breaking news. Repertoire
of Vishesh Films over the years has been a standing witness
of a golden run that majority of albums coming from the
production house have enjoyed at the music stands. Ok, so
there has been an odd Dhokha which didn’t really have
set the charts afire but Awarapan more than
compensated for it.
This is why one expects Showbiz to entertain music
lovers before the year closes, especially so since the film
itself deals with the glamorous world of 'showbiz', media
and paparazzi! With Sayeed Quadri being roped in as a
lyricist and Lalit Pandit picking strings together after a
split with Jatin, Showbiz appears to be an
interesting soundtrack waiting to be explored. Sadly,
reality turns out to be different from what one had expected
as the album doesn't quite succeed in making a mark.
The first thing
that excites a listener is the presence of names like KK,
Shaan and Shreya Ghoshal, the trio who share the songs
within them. Singers who truly belong to current times,
their presence in the album guarantees some soulful melodies
in the offering. This is what one witnesses in the opening
track of the album 'Tu Mujhse Jab Se Mila Hai'.
A soft rock track, 'Tu Mujhse' is a KK solo which is
set in a concert and creates a platform for newcomer Tushar
Jalota to establish his rock star character.
As always Quadri's lyrics stick to the basics and remain
simple while conveying a message of thanks to the lady which
the protagonist loves! The version which follows next just
changes the texture of the song a little with rearrangements
of beats and a touch of rap-n-reggae rather than coming
across as a conventional remix track.
Yet another rock track follows, this time with an added
passion, in the form of 'Meri Palak Ka Tu Hi Sitara'.
Set in a mode similar to that of 'Tu Hi Meri Shab Hai'
[Gangster], 'Meri Palak...' has K.K. at the
helm yet again. As always, he is reliable though it is the
portion around the lines 'Meri Palak Ka Tu Sitara....'
which brings in the maximum intensity due to the way the
song is orchestrated. Apart from this portion, the song
doesn't quite bind you to the proceedings and one starts
wondering if Lalit had a task in hand to mould his style as
per the kind of music which Bhatt brothers expect for the
soundtrack of their films!
In comparison the 'unplugged' version of the song which
comes later manages to create a better impression. KK sounds
truly in his elements in this version that has minimal music
in the background for back up as the singer is required to
hold center stage. This one deserves to be played in a
repeat mode on a lonely night with the lights off!
For the first time in the album a female voice is heard when
the song 'Kash Ek Din Aisa Bhi Aaye' arrives.
Shreya Ghoshal pairs up with Shaan for this romantic track
that merely passes muster. Neither the 'mukhda' nor the 'antara'
is anything different from being conventional and even after
repeated listening, 'Kash Ek Din..' doesn't quite hit
the mark, let aside coming anywhere close to the chartbuster
status that songs from Vishesh Films achieve. In fact, at an
instance or two, the song also resembles the kind of music
which MM Kreem has created in the past but in totality, 'Kash
Ek Din..' drags even as it comes in the shorter 90
second version 'Meri Ibtada' and makes you look
search for something better in the last track of the album.
Okay, so this one is a true disappointment! How else could
one explain Lalit Pandit actually picking up 'Deewana
Deewana Ho Jaaye' composed by Sanjeev-Darshan from Indra
Kumar's Rishtey [Anil Kapoor, Karisma Kapoor, Shilpa
Shetty] and sell it as 'Duniya Ne Dil Toda'.
Even 'Deewana Deewana' wasn't a great song to begin
with and an even surprising part is to see 'Duniya Ne...'
coming across as a sad track and failing to cut the ice in
spite of KK's presence. Not happening!
In totality, Showbiz doesn't quite qualify as one of
the better soundtracks of Vishesh Films. In spite, of their
great lineup, every year there is at least one such
soundtrack from the production house which doesn't quite go
an extra distance and live up to the expectations. In 2005
it was Nazar, in 2006 it was The Killer and in
2007 it has been a double bill with Dhokha followed
by Showbiz.
 
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