Jannat Music Review

Jannat - An interesting album
rating:3.5/5

Pritam returns to the Bhatt camp after some great hits be it Gangster, Woh Lamhe or Awarapan. Mukesh Bhatt and Mahesh Bhatt known for the subject’s explored and great music offered by their films, this time explore the world of cricket.

The Bhatt camp have their good luck charm-Emraan Hashmi taking the lead yet another time and there’s a lot riding on Jannat after the disastrous Awaarapan. Also, When you have a good lyricist such as Sayeed Quadri , you surely can expect quite a bit.

The album opens with the romantically zealous voice ok KK crooning to ‘Zara Se’ a soft rock number with a tint of Indonesian flavor. The track amplifies love and is surely going to be a favourite amongst those who have discovered love lately. The track starts off in a soft and smooth manner with well penned lines such as ‘Zara si dil mein de jagha tu’ and gradually the punch comes in the form of ‘OO OH OO’ lyrically sounding similar to the ‘Kyu Aaj Kal Neend Kam’ track from Woh Lamhe but musically completely different.

The ‘Power Ballad’ version of the track too does well and it isn’t just another remix or so. In fact, it’s an unplugged version of the track that sounds really good.

'Lambi Judai - Chaar Dinon Ka Pyaar O Rabba', the age old number synonymous with Subash Ghai’s ‘Hero’ , gets a complete face lift with Kamran Ahmed’s rendition of these lines. ‘Judai’ comes in as an original composition credited to the lead vocalist of the ’82Rockers’ band. The track highlighting the separation factor between loved ones has Richa Sharma’s voice in the background and is a sure hit number. Kamran impresses with his coarse voice and the lounge version of the track titled ‘Kilogram Mix’ too is sure to make its way to all the bollywood themed parties and clubs.

‘Judai’ also comes in as a female version with Richa Sharma doing the needful of expressing the separation of love bit. But, no doubt Kamran’s freshness of voice is what makes the male version stick to you that Richa’s rendition of the track doesn’t sound all that great.

‘Haan Tu Hain’ begins very much the cliché filmy manner but eventually drifts into the Qawali terrain. KK renders to this track and unlike the previous numbers the track isn’t a driving force for the film .The track is plainly average and the future of it depends on its picturisation and promotional element.

‘Door Na Jaa’ comes in as the king of separation numbers. The hard-rock synthesized instrumented track has been rendered by Rana Mazumdar of the ‘I’m coming home’ fame from Hatrick.The track starts off on a low note and within a minute takes a whole new route in a much higher pitch. The track draws similarity to ‘Alvida’ from Metro but is indeed more melancholic and is simply superb. The lyrics blend well with Rana’s voice to provide another rock song that talks about the alvida(goodbye) factor.

‘Jannat Jahan’ brings in yet another lead vocalist of a band. Rupam Islam of the Bengali rock band Fossils croons to this pulsating track. The lyrics have been penned by Neelesh Mishra and the track exalts greed and the power of money. The electrifying guitar and drums bring in that entire bang but the track still remains more of a background score. It’s not all that hard hitting unlike a couple of other tracks of the album. The track surely blends with the theme of the film.

With tracks like ‘Zara se’ and ‘Judai’ which are already hit numbers weeks prior to the release of the film, tracks like ‘Door Na Jaa’ which is set to become a cult in its category will surely assure that the audiences are at least drawn by the music at the box office.Pritam and Sayeed Quadri combine to provide yet another interesting piece of work which is sure to please the new buyers of the film-Percept Picture Company as well as the masses.