Jurm Music : An Inane Fare

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Music: Anu Malik and Anand Raaj Anand

Lyrics: Dev Kohli and Rahat Indori

Vikram Bhatt, Anu Malik and Lara Datta team up again, after Elaan, to give us another thriller. ‘Once upon a crime’ says the films byline. Bobby and Lara have acted together previously in Bardaasht, which did not do well at the Box Office. Lara Datta, in spite of appearing in half a dozen films, has not given the industry a single hit, and she must be optimistic on Jurm. Unlike music albums today, Jurm thankfully doesn’t employ the ploy of re-mixing and using instrumental versions of the same numbers in the same album. Only one song gets repeated as a sad version. All the songs have one thing in common—they are all preceded and they all end with about a minute or two of background music.

The album kicks off with an Adnan Sami number titled ‘Nazreen Teri Nazreen’. Set to music by Anand Raaj Anand, and written by Dev Kohli, the beginning of this song instantly reminds you of the title track of Subash Ghai’s ‘Yadeein’. The song has a longish introduction on the keyboard, violin and piano. It’s a medium paced song, in which the singer confesses his love for his beloved, to his friends. There is an uncredited female voice singing in the background. Music is fairly standard. Adnan sings well, as he always does, and he seems to be making some foray into Bollywood, with some good songs in Aitraaz and Page 3. Unfortunately, as of today, Adnan’s voice does not suit any hero, and hence many of his songs are background ones.

The second song, titled ‘Meri Chahatoon Ka Samunder Toh Dekho’ is sung by Abhijit and Alka Yagnik. This song is picturised on Bobby and Lara, on the seashore and on a speedboat. The locales, as seen in the promos are lovely. This is a breezy love duet, and is a song that grows on you and is quite likeable. Over the years, Abhijit has sung few songs but they are all very good songs. Accompaniments are on the violin and keyboard, while in between the harmonica and the guitar are also put to good use. This song is composed by Anu Malik and written by Rahat Indori. The voices of the singers also seem to match very well with those of the actors. The song occasionally reminds you of the hit song from the film The Train—Gulabi Aankhen Jo Teri Dekhe’.

Kunan Ganjawala, another singer who is doing the rounds in most of the albums nowadays, sings the next number, which is ‘ Aksar Yeh Hota Hai Pyar Mein’. The song is composed by Anand Raj Anand and written by Dev Kohli. The song starts off with some foot tapping forceful music but soon settles down into traditional tune. It’s a song of betrayal and deceit, and the singer cries out about the dangers of love. This is perhaps filmed as a group dance, as the background chorus goes ‘Shava Shava’. The song has a Middle Eastern flavor, and reminds you of ‘Mehbooba Mehbooba’ from Sholay. Kunal is excellent as always on the vocals, and there is a nice interlude where classical dance steps are fused with modern Western music. But throughout the song, one keeps wondering ‘haven’t I heard this before”?

The fourth song is a slow version, in Abhijit’s voice, of the ‘Meri Chahaton Ka Sumandar’ song. Titled ‘Main Yahan Tu Kahan’ this song has an opening like a choir and some good soft keyboard notes. Abhijit sings with sincerity and dedication and the song has slow deliberate keyboard notes towards the end.

Udit Narayan and Pamela Jain come together, to sing the next duet which is called ‘O Sanam O Sanam’. Dev Kohli writes this song, the music of which is given by Anand. This is a sad song, and maybe a background song or a song picturised separately on the lead pair. The singers wish that the other had kept up his or her promises, and carried on being in love. ‘ Kaash Hum Ko Bana Lete Tum Hamsafar, Tum Saath Hote Agar’ are some of the good lines in the song. Pamela Jain has a good voice and sings quite effortlessly, and one wonders why she is heard so less.

‘Rabba Rabba’ is the next on the list, sung by KK and Gayatri Iyer. A couple of years ago, we had ‘Habba Habba’ in Jogger’s Park, and now it’s Rabba Rabba. A fast racy song, the opening notes are like an opera, and reminds you of ‘Pyaar Mein Sau Uljhane hai, Pyaar Mat Karna’ from Kyon Ho Gaya Na. The music director has done some good work on the guitar in this song, which sounds like a dance number. The song is quite catchy and will probably be an item number. One normally associates KK with slow, sad low-pitched songs, like Aawarapan Banjarapan (Jism) and recently Main Ne Dil Se Kaha (Rog), and hence it’s a pleasant surprise to hear him doing a dance song. Good beats and Gayatri’s sensuous high-pitched voice make this song fairly listen able.

'Dil Dil', the last song in the album is labeled a bonus track. If that means it will not be featured in the film, it’s sad, for this is definitely one of the better songs in the album. Sung by Udit Narayan and Shreya Ghosal, this song again starts with a long introductory piece, on violins and on the piano. A slow number, it is a love duet, which is very soft and soothing. A very romantic song, it does not employ any seductive or erotic sounds, but sends home the message of passion. Some of the lyrics, written by Rahat Indori are also beautiful with words like ‘Tu Hai Tan Mein, Tu Hai Man Mein, Tu Hi Tu har taraf’.

The music of Jurm is quite inane, and nothing to write home about. Meri Chahaton Ka Samandar and Dil Dil are good, while the rest are average.

Rating: * * and a half.

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