First of all, let me apologize for the blog's inactivity during the last couple of months. It was exam time and i couldn't squeeze time for the blog. Immediately after the exams, i left to kerala for a small vacation, and finally i'm back and settled, raring to go!
Fortunately, so fortunately for me, during 90% of the last 2 months, there was a deadlock in bollywood due to the producers-distributors issue and not a single film released till the 12th of june, with the exception of 99. So basically, we haven't missed much.
Coming to the point, wikipedia says Kambakkht ishq is a remake of Pammal K Sambandam. Now that's some news I didn't know! The music is by Anu Malik, who seems to be back after some good hibernation. The poor fellow had vanished after an excellent Main hoon na about 5 years back, resurfaced for Jaan-e-Mann, but unfortunately, the film vanished, despite having a good soundtrack. And finally, not even a single album of his that came out in the last 2 years is worth mentioning. Thus, the stage is set for a comeback. He couldn't have asked for a better opportunity to bounce back, as all eyes will be on Akshay Kumar, whose last 2 films were disasters.
1. Om mangalam : Anu malik makes the perfect start to this album with this very catchy unofficial title track that has Akki lamenting about the choice of his love. This song will most probably be among the most played songs on radio and tv for the next couple of months. The occasional english lyrics are quite stupid though.
2. Lakh lakh : During the last couple of years, whenever Neeraj Sridhar crooned a song picturized on Akki, the whole nation crooned with him, even if the songs weren't great. Unfortunately, that won't happen this time, as lakh lakh turns out to be an insipid offering that seems to be the grand concatenation of many typical bollywood dhol songs that we've heard over the years. Apart from that, the first 2 lines are glaringly similar to Sajna ji vari vari. Not surprising, considering the fact that Anu Malik was the Pritam of bollywood before Pritam came. Don't bother listening!
3. Bebo : The It's rocking combination of Alisha Chinai and Kareena Kapoor is back, this time for a song that's dedicated to Kareena. Probably the first of it's kind. A song dedicated to the heroine, ie. The song isn't bad at all and there's something about it that makes you press the 'play' button again. And I'm not referring to the video!, though it will have it's share in increasing the popularity of the song.
4. Kambakkht ishq : This song is quite different from the famous kambakkht ishq song picturized on fardeen khan that came out early in the decade (though just the starting line may sound similar; i guess that's intentional) and despite falling in the same category as lakh lakh, this one is much more tolerable and has a better chance of being lapped up by the masses. It's surprising to see KK being used for a loud song like this though.
5. Kyun : There are 2 versions of this song, and i jumped straight to the Shreya Ghoshal version and wasn't disappointed one bit. Kyun is a song that both she and Anu Malik will be proud of. It's probably the best melody so far this year. The other version has Shaan joining Shreya and is equally good.
6. Welcome to hollywood : This is a stylish, slow, short, slightly oru koodai type song that enlightens you about hollywood and probably will be used in the background when the movie begins.
Thus, Anu Malik orchestrates his comeback quite well and as i said, the album has enough firepower to sustain for the next couple of months at least. Unless the film vanishes, of course.
