Kaminey

Vishal Bhardwaj is an extremely talented guy who never fails to surprise us. Few know that he started off as a music director and only later ventured into direction, only to excel in that too. His last movie Omkara had good music (by him, of course), with beedi still being extremely popular.

Along with his movies, his music also earned critical acclaim all along, but his movies usually outshone his music. In Kaminey, however, the situation might change. For, what we get to hear is an excellent album that is more commercial than any of his previous albums yet is in perfect sync with the theme of the film.


1. Dhan te nan : The similarity of this song with Misirlou ( the Pulp fiction theme) and the beginning of the title song of Cash is noteworthy. Local examples that i can relate this song to are deepavali ( from sivakasi), engeyum eppodum etc. Of course, the culprit is ragam thodi! Despite the similarities, the song is a high energy track and is rendered aptly by Sukhwinder & Vishal Dadlani.

2. Pehli baar mohabbat : Mohit Chauhan, who has had a great year so far, continues his great run with this stunning mild rock track that talks about the first love of the protagonist, which also happens to be his last love. The lyrics penned by Gulzarji are different, nice & fresh and complement the song well.

3. Kaminey : The multifaceted director himself comes behind the mike this time. The result is a slow, okay-ish song with periodic, affectionate calls of "kaminey"! How times have changed! When was the last time you heard a hindi song in which the singer politely refers to somebody/something as "kaminey"?

4. Fatak : The only song that's not immediately impressive. Especially when you expected something great when you see Kailash Kher's and Sukhwinder's name mentioned. Fatak is meant to appeal to the masses like beedi, but i doubt if it would achieve the same popularity. But repeated hearing should do the trick.

5. Raat ke dhai baje : Thankfully, there's no disappointment this time as the combination of Sunidhi & Rekha Bhardwaj works big time. Again, this is a song about the first love and last love being the same, as told by the female protagonist. This would probably turn out to be the most popular song of the album in the long run.

6. Go charlie go : It's just the theme track but Vishal's made this one sound very interesting too with all that instuments! This will probably be used extensively in the background.

Kaminey joins the small list of very good albums that have come this year. It also brings the best out of Vishal Bhardwaj till date. Very Very Fexy indeed!