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By Joginder Tuteja, May 28, 2003 - 16:10 IST
Hungama - With a title like this you expect a fun-filled rollicking album with lots of dhoom, masti and maza. But once you
listen to it, it is just the other way around where the focus is entirely on melody rather than anything else. Directed by
Priyadarsan, this Venus production stars Akshaye Khanna, Aftab Shivdasani, Paresh Rawal and new find Rimi Sen. Supposed
to be yet another breezy comedy, Hungama has been made as a quickie and is expected to hit the theatres in a couple of
months.
Album begins on a somewhat average tone with 'Pari'. A romantic number, this Babul Supriyo number has the guy comparing
his girl with a 'pari'. Nothing new about this Nadeem Shravan number, it just fails to rise and finishes off the same way it
started. In sum, a very flat number. Proceedings somewhat pick up with 'Tera Dil' by Udit Narayan and Alka Yagnik. As the
entire album has a romantic feel about it, this one too carries on the similar feel and somewhat succeeds in doing so. A good
number, it may not be remembered for months to come but somehow manages to stay afloat.
'Ishq' is a beautiful ghazal sung as solos by both Richa Sharma and Kumar Sanu. Somehow this version by Richa Sharma
reminds of Salma Aagha (Nikaah). A track about how it is a beautiful world when two hearts meet but very sad when the love
is only one-sided, it is a fusion of Nadeem Shravan's melody with the ghazal rendering. Kumar Sanu too does full justice to
his version and the song remains etched for a long time.
After three romantic track appears the title track and as the word itself suggests, it is an attempt at being 'full-of-life'. Just an
attempt because this number by Shaan doesn't leave much of an impression due to some ordinary lyrics by Sameer and
some very unoriginal/conventional music. A track that may appear here and there in the background score of Hungama, it is
not at all in the league of similar title track like that of 'Mast'.
'Hum Nahin Tere Dushmano Mein' seems to be a very conventional party song by Abhijeet, Alka Yagnik and Sonu Nigam,
what with the situation of two guys wooing the same girl. Just an OK song, it looks like here the lyrics and vocals have just
been incorporated over a tune that has been used repeatedly for many a Nadeem Shravan's melodies now.
'Chain' is again somewhat above average lovey-dovey track by Shaan and Sadhana Sargam. Based on the old fashioned style
of melody like it used to be associated with Shammi Kapoor / Jolly Mujherjee / Biswajeet songs, this too is easy to ears. But
this too has the same effect like 'Pari' i.e. the same feel throughout the number - no variations what-so-ever !!!
In sum, the music of Hungama is such that you do not hate it due to it's simplistic approach but neither do you run around the
town publicizing it to your near and dear ones !!
STRICTLY AVERAGE !!
  
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