The main reason for Himesh Reshammiya’s being a frontline composer in the early 2000s was because of the Indian melody and Indian instruments present in his music. Music directors, who never forget the treasures of Indian music, have always been cherished generation after generation.
With Salman Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan in the leads in ‘Kyon Ki’ (2005), Himesh had to come up with some original stock tunes for Salman as the latter gave him his first break in ‘Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya’ (1998). Shreya Ghosal was taking a big leap in playback singing and Alka Yagnik’s voice was becoming so rare in 2005.
Interestingly, those days, it’s only Reshammiya and Nadeem-Shravan who were moulding Alka’s voice in the most mature way. And of course, Udit Narayan would have to lend his voice for such a project. That is how the album starts with “Kyon Ki Itna Pyar Tumko”. Starting on the same notes as in “Kaun Hain Woh” from ‘Hogi Pyaar Ki Jeet’ (1999) (Anand-Milind), it continued on a soft harmonica note accompanied by the piano in a slow version.
The voice of Udit Narayan took over and monopolised the whole song. The music arrangements are so rhythmic and somehow along the routine stuff surfaces back like an old black smelly shoe floating in a nice blue lagoon.
The next track “Dil Keh Raha Hai” is the harmonica trend in this album. Kunal Ganjawala does his usual style in this sensual track. Sticking my ears closely to the sound system, I am realising that the magic of Kunal is not present in this song. Himesh didn’t make proper musical use of this talent’s voice. Compared with similar singing like in “Pehle Se” in ‘Fareb’ (1996), it is surprising to find that the remix version is much better than this one.
Sameer comes again and dumps all these “dil” and “sanam” words in “Dil Ke Badle Sanam” song. When Alka Yagnik and Udit Narayan are in charge of a song, there needs to be a musical sense somewhere. The piece transforms into a routine Himesh must-have tracks in all his albums. Should I give a good credit for continuity, nice flute arrangements and a melodic pattern to this one?
Now with Kailash Kher, Udit Narayan starts “Jhatka Maare” with the ‘dupatta’ words. A fast track with heavy beats and noises all the way till Alka Yagnik comes. This one had worked on screen with all the chorus and choreography but average tune and stale lyrics will shun listeners. Udit Narayan and Alka Yagnik routinely sang the track without any enthusiasm. Music and lyrics are just average.
Overall, the stylistic range is limited. The album starts well with his old style true Indian melody but he loses track half-way.
Rating: 4/5
