Plusses 'Haal E Dil' may have opened at the bottom of the charts but it has all the trappings to reach the Top-3 in a few weeks from now. Anand Raaj Anand, Pritam, Vishal Bhardwaj and Raghav Sachar have worked together wonderfully to churn some of the best romantic tunes in the current season.
Minuses The film primarily stars newcomers which would mean that the music of 'Haal E Dil' would take time to make it's presence felt in a big way
Plusses Highest gainer of the week gone by, 'Haal E Dil' has jumped by 3 spots and in the process has made short the competition from the likes of 'Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic' and new release 'Love Story 2050'. In addition to all the composers who have done a fantastic job in the album, Pritam's 'Fashion' has done the trick and become instant chartbuster.
Minuses The film primarily stars newcomers which would mean that the music of 'Haal E Dil' would take time to make it's presence felt in a big way
Once upon a time there was a man called Ismail Darbar who stormed into the Bollywood music scene with Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. He followed it up with another Bhansali flick Devdas and it seemed that Darbar would be heard a lot more in years to come. Unfortunately, that was not the case to be as films like Shakti - The Power, Deewangee and Baaz followed with none of them making much of a mark musically. Yes, there was a one off Kisna too but Darbar had to share credits with Rahman there.
Now years after being heard last as a composer and mainly seen as a talent show judge, Darbar returns with an album - Mehbooba. Well, even this too is not a comeback in true terms since Mehbooba is a film which has been a decade long in the making and is finally seeing the light of the day. An interesting factor though are the lyrics by Late Anand Bakshi saab, which makes Mehbooba as perhaps lyricist's last work. Well, Bakshi saab would have been happy if the album would have released when he was alive since Ismail Darbar doesn't let him down.
Write your own music review of Mehbooba Ok, let's have a disclaimer here right at the beginning. We know that the music was composed ages back and hence the sensibilities have to belong to the time gone by. Late 90s was the time when a particular style of melody ruled (remember the compositions by Nadeem Shravan, Jatin Lalit, Anu Malik and the likes) and Mehbooba is expected to be no different.
Same is the case with the title song 'Tu Meri Mehbooba Maine Tera' which actually turns out to be a mix of what Nadeem Shravan and Anu Malik would have composed if brought together. Surprisingly, there isn't much of Ismail Darbar in this song of love and seduction but overall turns out to be a cliched yet decent Udit Narayan solo.
There is certain grandeur in the way 'Khwabo Ki Rani Hai' begins. Well, the opulent feel dies stay on but a surprise is in store as one finds within first two minutes of the song that it is a straight rip off of Laxmikant Pyarelal's 'Aane Se Uske Aaye Bahar' from the film 'Jeene Ki Raah'. In case of 'Khwabo Ki Rani Hai' it is just a little slower but the overall 'mukhda' portion remains just the same with even the punch words 'Meri Mehbooba' staying intact. Anyways, since it is an evergreen melody on which Darbar bases his song, overall it turns out to be a pleasant song rendered by Udit Narayan.
A kind of fast paced rhythm based love song which held prominence in the 90s, 'Dilruba Teri Aankhe Palkhe' fits in well with the era gone by. Third Udit Narayan number in a row, 'Dilruba' is yet another song with a Laxmikant-Pyaarelal stamp to it. Overall the song turns out to be a decent hear though strictly for the purpose of being played as a part of the narrative. Don't expect the youth of today to play it on in their car stereos and have it on full volume while on a drive.
For the first time ever a female voice is heard in Mehbooba, courtesy 'Yaar Tera Shukriya Pyar Tera Shukriya', which has Alka Yagnik teaming up with Udit Narayan. By this time you know that producer-director Afzal Khan and composer Ismail Darbar certainly had Laxmikant-Pyarelal as the reference point while closing on the final list of songs for Mehbooba.
Let's give it to the song here - 'Yaar Tera Shukriya' is indeed the best of the enterprise so far and if only the album would have released in the time when it was made, this track would have gone down well with the masses. Not a bad song at all considering the mood and flavor of a movie which started it's shoot in the late 90s, 'Yaar Tera Shukriya' is for those looking for Udit-Alka nostalgia from the past!
Den Komponisten Ismail Darbar kennen wir vor allem von der Musik zu HDDCS, SHAKTI und KISNA. Sie ist auf jeden Fall im typischen Stil der 1990er-Jahre verfasst. Das mag man, oder auch nicht. Es folgt die Beschreibung der einzelnen Songs ... Zum Schluss heißt es: Was am Soundtrack von MEHBOOBA am meisten beeindruckt, sind die üppigen Arrangements und die Orchestrierung, die für die große Leinwand einiges versprechen. Die Songs mögen nicht den Clubsound mit den modernes Beats haben, die heute die Lieder dominieren, aber sie bergen eine Menge Nostalgiepotential, die uns Laxmikant-Pyaarelal wieder näher bringen. MEHBOOBA ist zweifellos etwas Besonderes. Zweifellos wäre der Soundtrack vor 8 bis 10 Jahren ein Hit gewesen.
Kommentar der Übersetzerin: Da muss ich dem Reviewer beipflichten - ich finde den Soundtrack wirklich gut.
Plusses Staying on at the same position where it was in the week gone by, 'Haal E Dil' doesn't budge from it's #7 spot. Though there isn't much escalation expected this week as well, one looks forward to how the album progresses once the film hits the screen this Friday. After all it is still doing the best business when compared to other movies which are releasing on the same day i.e. 'De Taali' and 'Khushboo'.
Minuses The film primarily stars newcomers which would mean that the music of 'Haal E Dil' would take time to make it's presence felt in a big way
Plusses Showing slight improvement over last week, 'Haal E Dil' moves up a spot. 'Oye Hoye' which has been picturised on Ajay-Kajol has also been revealed and now all the cards from the album are out in open.
Minuses The film has failed to make an impression and since it seems destined to go down, it is bound to adversely affect this good soundtrack as well.
Das Album ist nach dem Rummel um Oye Hoye auf Platz 6 gestiegen, nachdem aber der Film nicht gut läuft, erwartet man, dass auch die CD-Verkäufe bald zurückgehen.