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By Joginder Tuteja, January 17, 2002 - 09:45 IST
There are a number of firsts in Gaurang Doshi's
Aankhen. First - the coming together of Triple A
force - a legend called Amitabh Bachchan, Khiladi No. 1
Akshay Kumar and the hunk Arjun Rampal. It also marks
the coming together of women of substance Sushmita Sen
and Bipasha Basu, who is billed to be the hottest queen
in Bollywood after a confident debut in Ajnabee.
Another first is the debut of Vipul Amrutlal Shah as a
director. Last year we had seen a whole bunch of music
directors composing for a single movie. But Aankhen
has not one, not two but four music directors for JUST
ONE SONG. Now isn't this a First ? But the FIRST that
takes the cake is this one. Have you ever seen a case
when the front of the album cover displays the name of
the composer who composes just three numbers whereas
the composer who does six numbers are not even
mentioned? Strange but true as in the case of Aankhen
where the former composer is Aadesh Shrivastava and
the ones missed out are not any newcomers to this
field but the established Jatin-Lalit.
But 'first' things first. One just can't take away the
credit from Aadesh Shrivastava who impresses the most
his in two numbers - The title song and Gustakhiyan.
The title song by Sonu Nigam and Remo is quite
impressive which is quite high on orchestra and is has
both the singers sing full throatedly. The song
creates an impact in the very first listening and
creates a mood for the numbers to follow. The album
begins in the best possible manner with 'Amitabh
Soliloqi' that has him rendering the philosophy about
TRUTH. The style is quite on the lines of 'Bhala Bura
' from AKS but more commercialized with a superb
background music and the haunting vocals of Remo
Fernandes. One can go for Aankhen for just this very
number. A wonderful composition conceived by Vipul
Amrutlal Shah and having lyrics by Aatish Kapadia.
'Nazron Ne Teri' is a foot tapping number composed by
Jatin-Lalit and written by upcoming Praveen Bhardwaj.
Though there have been countless romantic numbers like
this before, it is the beats and the overall effect
that make it good. 'Kuchh Kasme' is another romantic
number in this album which is otherwise high on theme
songs and music. This duet by Sonu Nigam and Alka
Yagnik is very melodious and should become popular (as
will the other songs of Aankhen). Jatin Lalit's music
is soft and Praveen Bhardwaj's lyrics are impressive
too.
In 60's came 'Aankhen' with Dharmendra and Mala Sinha,
which was a thriller, and then in 90's came David
Dhawan non-stop entertaining action-comedy 'Aankhen'
starring Govinda and Chunkey Pandey. Both the movies
were smash hits. Let's see if history repeats itslelf
again in the new millennium. Not many know that
'Aankhen' was earlier titled 'All The Best', but got
changed later. This is the reason why the theme song
and the number 'All The Best' has Remo rendering the
same words. He does a superb 'Ye Hai Jalwa' act yet
again which has nothing but the trademark Remo's voice
effects. Jatin Lalit and Praveen Bhardwaj team up once
again.
'Gustakhiyan' is an intense love song which has a
superb start. The entire number is quite westernized
with both Aadesh Srivastava and Vasundara(who sang
Shakalaka in Nayak and was the girl whose wedding
everyone attended in the recently released 'Monsoon
Wedding') in full JOSH. The number is a guaranteed HIT
and the presence of a solid starcast is another plus.
Prasun Joshi is the lyricist. A bar number about
'Sharaab' and 'Shabaab' makes it's appearance after a
long time with 'Chalka Chalka'. Though Alka Yagnik's
and Javed's rendering of the number is good, but still
this number by Jatin Lalit and Praveen Bhardwaj is
quite chalu and seems out of place in a A Grade
project like 'Aankhen'.
And now the 'FIRST OF ALL FIRSTS' which has four music
directors. Now isn't this creativity at its maximum
here ? The number in question is 'Phatela Jeb' which
is a tapori time pass song sung in the voices of Nitin
Raikar, Aadesh Shrivastava and Arun Bakshi - all of
them having raw voices that suit the proceedings. The
four music directors are Nitin Raikar , Aadesh
Srivastava themselves and Jatin Lalit. Nitin Raikar
writes the lyrics which only he can write (!!!) and
the end result is quite funny and entertaining. It is
a light number about a few young guys whose 'haalat'
is 'fateli' i.e. they are broke and are out to make
some quick money. They are optimistic that one fine
day their 'haalat' will improve and they too will get
the all the luxuries of the world.
The movie is a thriller about a bank robbery
masterminded by BIG B. The songs grow on you
instantaneously and is a good way to start the new
year with. BUY IT AND YOU WON'T REGRET IT. And as the
promos say - A DANGEROUS GAME IS ABOUT TO BEGIN.
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