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Dhoom 2 |
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MUSIC |
PREVIEW |
MUSIC REVIEW |
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Dhoom Machale was the biggest chartbuster of
2004 and the track was the year’s largest selling ringtone as well.
Dhoom 2 – the sequel of the 2004 action adventure is arriving.
Undoubtedly the movie promises to be bigger and better! So does the
music. Two years back music director Pritam Chakravarthy gave his
first independent hit in the form of Dhoom and came in the top
league. Ever since then he has been riding high. Life comes a full
circle for Pritam with the sequel of Dhoom. Expectations are
inevitably rife. What’s interesting is that lyricist Sameer enters
the Yashraj camp with this film. What’s the result ?.... |
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Track 1 Crazy Kiya Re marks an apt
start to the album and is an instantly catchy number.
Opening with an English chorus, Sunidhi Chauhan quickly
takes over and is at her vivacious best. ‘Sexy lady on
the floor, keeps you coming back for more’ sings the
chorus and rightly so as the sensuous voice of Sunidhi
makes you come back to this track for more. Pritam’s
music is familiarly unsophisticated and yet amazingly
appealing. It won’t take you long to get on the dance
floor and groove your leg. There’s nothing exceptional
about Sameer’s lyrics with the usual ‘chori kiya, jhoome
jiya, crazy kiya’ rhymes but then who’s complaining.
Crazy Kiya Re isn’t a lyric based song but makes you
crazy with its zippy music and zany singing. You love it
in its entirety and think that it can’t get better until
you come across the remix. |
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Track 2 The Remix version doesn’t serve anything
new from the original apart from the regular disc
scratching breaks, added rapping and a faster pace. But
then Dhoom is all about pace and that essentially acts
as the USP of this track. Remixed by Bunty Rajput (who
was also the song programmer of Dhoom), what sets the
remix apart is the accelerator vroom reverberation just
before the end of every verse, thereby giving it a
speeding effect. |
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Track 3 Next Dhoom Again is the much awaited
title track of the Dhoom sequel. Pritam always quoted
that the pressure was immense on him to recreate the
magic of Dhoom. To maintain the trademark touch from the
original version and yet create a new identity for the
title track wasn’t an easy task. Moreover while the
original was a female track, he primarily hands over the
mike to a male singer this time. The choice of Vishal
Dadlani as the lead singer of ‘Dhoom Again’ comes as a
surprise. Not because Vishal is a composer himself but
because the husky and deep-base voice that he is known
for (‘Sholo Si’ in Shabd or ‘Mama Told Me’ in Ek Ajnabee)
isn’t used to that effect. Instead Pritam makes him sing
rather clear-throated. Dominique Cerejo gives him good
company as the female voice. Starting with a water
gushing sound and an extended percussion, the base tune
of ‘Dhoom Again’ is same as the original. However, while
in the prequel there were two separate versions of the
title track (in Hindi and English), this time there is
only one version and the entire song is composed with
English lyrics. Dhoom Machale are the only Hindi words
in the otherwise English song written by Asif Ali Beg.
Perhaps that’s intentional to give an international feel
to the music and the movie. The track is a little too
heavy on percussions but perhaps the effect might show
onscreen. But the major highlight of the song arrives in
the form of a whistling interlude (the one heard in the
opening note of the trailers) which in most probability
will be the theme piece played in the background score
at regular intervals. This interlude is repeated in the
song after each stanza with the whistling switching to
synthesizer notes. Undoubtedly this would be the most
popular whistle on everybody’s lips and the theme piece
promises to be a popular ringtone on mobile sets, once
the music is out. |
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Track 4
The theme piece that you loved in Dhoom Again opens ‘Dil Laga Na’
with new instrumentation. Designed as a climax song with all the
five lead players of the film coming together, this one is a
complete situational track. Sukhbir, Soham Chakrabarthy, Jolly
Mukherjee, Mahalaxmi Iyer and Suzanne form the voices of the five
characters. Sukhbir adds a bhangra flavour, Mahalaxmi Iyer brings in
the mushy lovey dovey touch, Jolly Mukherjee (the singer from late
80s who started with Chandni O Meri Chandni makes a comeback to the
Yashraj camp) sings to a hoarse effect and Suzzane adds fire playing
the sizzling seductress’ part. Soham Chakrabarthy is overshadowed in
the crowd. The Dhoom Machale theme from the prequel constantly plays
in the background. More than audible appeal this song would be
having visual appeal. |
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Track 5 Sonu Nigam in his saccharine sweet vocals takes charge of ‘My
Name is Ali’. The setting (NOT the tune) instantly reminds of
Dilbara with Uday Chopra trying to woo the lady even here. The song
could well have been titled ‘Excuse Me Too Please’ for that is the
line repeated for the maximum number of times in the track. But why
does Sonu pronounce ‘Excuse’ as ‘Esscuse’? Is it intentional with
respect to Uday’s tapoori characterization? Much has been talked
about Bipasha’s singing debut with this track but she just chips in
for two words in the song and not singing.
This track won’t get on you instantly as compared to the other
catchy tracks of the film but with a couple of listening the menthol
cool effect of the song will seep in your senses. In fact this
menthol-cool feel and Sonu’s honey-soaked singing reminds one of
Kishore Kumar’s melodious rendition of ‘O Hansini’ from Zahreela
Insaan. Again the feel is similar, not the tune! |
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Track 6 String instrumentation opens the final track ‘Touch Me’.
This peppy and racy track with a carnival feel sets you to the
foot-tapping mode. Alisha gives her patented sensual fluctuations to
her voice while KK adds his trademark touch. Their singing chemistry
is flawless. Pritam synthesizes the flute to a pleasing effect. Like
the previous track, this one too grows on you with multiple
listening.
Despite being distinctly different from each other, there is a
certain common vibe amongst all the tracks of Dhoom 2 by which you
can identify them amongst a lot. Now the big question – does it
surpass the original? We would rather say that Dhoom 2 leaves a mark
of its own |
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