MunnabhaiÂs Music Disappoints
- IndiaGlitz, [Thursday,July 27 2006]
Rajkumar HiraniÂs ÂLage Raho Munnabhai is one of the most eagerly awaited films of the year. A sequel to the super hit ÂMunnabhai MBBS the crackling chemistry between Sanjay Dutt and Arshad Warsi is one of the finest camaraderie-teams in Hindi cinema.
Abbas TyrewalaÂs witty dialogues were applauded for the ingenuous usage of the local idiom with a more poignant emotion. The music of ÂLRMÂ was released recently and its CD cover is more interesting than the music score. It has a Stamp with Sanju, Arshad and Vidya Balan perched atop a mo-bike while contours of Gandhi ji are dotted in the sky. ThereÂs a seal from Munnabhai proclaiming: Apun Ka Gaana No.1 written upside down.
While Anu MalikÂs situational music picked up after ÂMunnabhai MBBSÂ became a rage, Shantanu MoitraÂs music score will also be depending heavily on the visuals of the film.
ThereÂs nothing outstanding in any of the songs. And except for an innovative ÂSamjho Ho Hi Gaya (Where Sanju and Arshad take to the mike too), all the other songs are just about ok. In fact one of the numbers ÂPal PalÂ
.Pal Pal is a blatant copy of Cliff Richard classic ÂTheme For a DreamÂ. After the magnetic appeal of ÂParineeta and ÂYahaanÂ, the music of ÂLRM is a let down from Moitra whose strength lies in melody and not parody numbers.