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Cast:
Anil Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Akshay Kumar, |
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Kareena Kapoor |
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Banner:
Yash Raj Films |
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Story:
Vijay Krishna Acharya |
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Year:
2008 |
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Music:
Vishal-Shekhar
Lyrics:
Piyush Mishra |
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Editor:
Ritesh Soni |
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Presenter:
Yash Chopra |
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Executive
Producer:
Aashish Singh, Sanjay Shivalkar |
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Producer:
Aditya Chopra |
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Director:
Vijay Krishna Acharya |
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Tashan is
truly the biggest and most awaited project of the season.
And the reasons are aplenty.
a) This is
the first YRF project in 2008 and comes straight after
double-bill disappointments in the form of Aaja Nachle and
Laaga Chunari Mein Daag.
b) Vishal
and Shekhar have a music release more than six months after
2007's biggest success (both film-wise as well as musically)
- Om Shanti Om
c) The
film stars four top-line actors who have been having a great
box office run - Akshay Kumar (5 successful films in a row),
Saif Ali Khan (Race), Anil Kapoor (Race, Welcome) and
Kareena Kapoor (Jab We Met)
d) Last
but definitely not the least - absolutely nothing is known
about the film's plot. No wonder, curiosity is simply
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Taking these factors into consideration (especially
the last one), as a listener, you have absolutely no
idea about what to expect from the soundtrack.
Is
it going to be a full-on rock album?
Is it going to have 'bhangra' beats holding
prominence since the word 'tashan' originates from
North India? |
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Is
it going to be full on 'dhinchaak' since Tashan has
Vishal-Shekhar composing for a hardcore commercial
project? Well, hold on to all the anticipation and
expectation since the five songs which follow belong
to the kind which give an altogether different
dimension to a movie soundtrack.
Track 1 -
Dil Haara is a unique composition all the way
as one struggles to even describe the flow of the
song from beginning till the end. It has Sukhwinder
Singh giving a folkish beginning to it, is followed
by the sound of rock and has a sufi flavor to it as
the 'mukhda' reaches it's peak. The arrangements
which follow have an amalgamation of rock and folk
sound which makes you sit up and wait to be
surprised. Written by Piyush Mishra, expectedly, 'Dil
Haara' has lyrics which are truly different from
what one normally expects from a Bollywood love song
and have a certain ethnic/philosophical touch to
them. Picturised on Saif Ali Khan, the song is a
huge chartbuster on its way.
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Track 2, 4, 6, 8 -
Kareena Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Akshay Kumar and Anil
Kapoor get a couplet each for them as they talk
about what 'tashan' means to them through 'Pooja
Ka Tashan', 'Jimmy Ka Tashan', 'Bachchan
Pande Ka Tashan' and 'Bhaiyyaji Ka Tashan'
respectively. Wish this was longer though as the
combined duration of each of these four tracks is
barely 70 seconds! |
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Track 3
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Chhaliya Piyush Mishra gets behind the mike
for a couple of lines (and repeats them towards the
middle of the song) before Sunidhi Chauhan takes
over the proceedings in 'Chhaliya'. Chhaliya too
isn't linear in it's format as it has a melodic
beginning to it which changes course pretty quick
with a Western sound imbibed into the proceedings. A
number with a trademark Vishal-Shekhar stamp to it,
Chhaliya is written by Anvita Dutt Guptan and has
it's rhythm coming |
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the line - 'Na Lada Na Lada, Tu Ankh Na Lada' - which forms
the major part of the song. A high on beats number which
goes perfectly well with the perky on-screen image of
Kareena Kapoor!
Track 5 - Dil Dance Maare Sure shot massy
entertainer of the album comes in the form of Dil Dance
Maare which would definitely have been the riskiest and the
most complex song to be created. Reason? When presented with
lyrics like 'White White Face Dekhe, Dilwa Beating Fast,
Sasura Chance Maare Re, O Very Happy In My Heart, Dil Dance
Maare Re, it doesn't make a composer's job easy. And when
the lyricist is Vishal Dadlani himself, there is no one else
to blame too! |
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Vishal and Shekhar get into a full on 'dhamaal' mode here
and go truly mad in giving a kind of sound which no song so
far in a 21st century Bollywood song has carried! Getting
inspired from Laxmikant-Pyaarelal school of music when songs
belonging to this mood and style were in vogue during late
70s/early 80s, 'Dil Dance Maare' (picturised on Akshay and
Kareena) has a rooted appeal to it and turns out to be one
of the most innovative works of Vishal-Shekhar. While
Sukhwinder Singh and Sunidhi Chauhan are in great form, it
is refreshing to hear Udit Narayan have a major song to his
credit after long. The man certainly seems to be having fun
and the rest aren't far behind, especially with Vishal going
truly ballistic with lyrics like - 'Tohre Dil Ke Theater
Maan, Dil Deewana Booking Advance Maare Re'! Are 'bhojpuri'
film makers listening? |
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Track 7 -
Falak Tak The composer duo get into
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy territory with 'Falak Tak' which
reminds of 'Chup Chup Ke' [Bunty Aur Babli] and 'Bol
Na Halke Halke' [Jhoom Barabar Jhoom] when it comes
to the romantic genre being explored. A duet by Udit
Narayan & Mahalaxmi Iyer, 'Falak Tak' completely
turns around the mood of the album. From a 'masti'
and 'dhamaal' time that a listener was having all
this while, proceedings turn truly romantic with 'Falak
Tak' which |
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boasts of
some innovative poetic lyrics by Kausar Munir.
A soothing number which is made special by its singers,
especially Udit Narayan, 'Falak Tak' is the only number in
Tashan where you get some breather as a listener. |
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Track 7 -
Tashan Mein Very soon arrives the title track 'Tashan
Mein' which is based on the kind of music which one
associates with Quentin Tarantino. Heard of background music
from films like Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction or Kill Bill
series? 'Tashan Mein has a guitar creating a similar sound
which forms the initial base of the song. While Vishal and
Saleem go about adding on to the haunting appeal of the
song, it is only after around a minute that the song catches
up pace with the sound of 'Tashan Mein, Tashan Mein'. The
song turns truly rock here as Piyush Mishra and Vishal weave
lyrics which give the 'style' element to the film's
characters! A track that should be as a background score. |
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Songs in Tashan excite, get on to you quickly and
make you put them on a repeat mode. There is not a
single dull moment in this entire album which has
its tallest highpoints in 'Dil Dance Maare', 'Dil
Haara' and 'Falak Tak'. YRF, Vishal and Shekhar can
uncork a champagne bottle since Tashan is all set to
record music sales which would be at par with the
combined music sales of all of Yash Raj Films
projects in 2007 (Ta Ra Rum Pum, Jhoom Barabar Jhoom,
Chak De India
etc) |
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