Ankahee
"Ankahee" - Something that is unsaid! But Vikram Bhatt chooses
to do otherwise and opts to tell a story that is close to his heart. With a
strong buzz about the germ of the film's idea being derived from Vikram's own
relationship in the past with Sushmita Sen, 'Ankahee' is a PNC production. When
a film comes from the house of Pritish Nandy, it is rest assured that the film
would boast of good production values and a rich look.
The same holds true for
this Aftab Shivdasani, Esha Deol, Amisha Patel starrer that has music by Pritam
and lyrics by Sameer, Amitabh Verma and Subrat Sinha. Pritam has recently scored
some points for his music in 'Gangster' though there are some "inspirations"
from across the border and it would be interesting to see how does his score in
'Ankahee' fare!
When you want to hear the song again from the beginning when you are just half
way through, it is sure that there is something about its lyrics that have
managed to do the trick as you want to catch the nuances of every word. The same
holds good for 'Ek Pal Ke Liye' that is a sensitively written song and one of
the best tracks to have arrived this year. Melodious in nature and boasting of
some honest rendition by KK, 'Ek Pal Ke Liye' is about 'being' with your loved
one and spending as much time as possible in that "single moment".
Shreya Ghoshal too gets a piece of the cake as she arrives to another version of
'Ek Pal' with her solo. Nevertheless, one would still prefer a far more spirited
version by KK that came earlier on. Things only continue to get further more
entertaining as Sonu Nigam too gets an opportunity to sing his solo version and
the results are excellent, just as it is expected from a singer like him. An
excellently worded song by Amitabh Verma, 'Ek Pal' is a beautiful 'candle-light'
song to which you want to sway with your partner in dim lights.
When there are only guitars in the name of musical instruments, you know that it
is going to be yet another melodious outing. This time around it is Kunal
Ganjawala to find his place in the album with 'Tumse Yu Milenge' and he
continues to do the good work done by his seniors in the album so far. Yet
another well worded song, this time by Subrat Sinha, it is about a man who is
happy to be back with the person with whom he was close once upon a time. Babul
Supriyo is the singer who appears towards the fag end of the album and croons
Sameer written 'Lamha', a different version of 'Tumse Yu Milenge' where the tune
remains same but the lyrics change completely. The mood of the song stays in the
same vein as created by 'Ek Pal Ke Liye', both in terms of music and lyrics,
hence making you enjoy every moment in the album so far.
At this point of time, one starts wondering why the album is not being promoted
as aggressively as it truly deserves. In the times of on-your-face publicity of
the likes of 'Tom Dick and Harry', 'Gangster' and 'Shaadi Se Pehle', 'Ankahee'
faces the risk of getting lost if its promotion continues at the same pace!
After KK, Sonu Nigam, Babul Supriyo and Kunal Ganjawala, it's the time for Shaan
to croon a number in 'Ankahee', hence making the album a complete packaged
affair! He sings the title song 'Ankahee', which has some really meaningful
lyrics by Sameer who writes something tangentially different from his usual
'masala' songs. 'Ankahee' is a situational track that again has its base set in
melody and has a distinct RD Burman feel to it. There is love, pain, sadness and
some questions, all blend into one in 'Ankahee' that is also sung by Kunal
Ganjawala in its second version. It is much more haunting and slower in pace
with minimal musical instruments in the background. A track that deserves to be
given a closer hearing, it involves you and should be appearing as a part of the
film's background score.
'Aa Paas Aa' comes at the very end and is a solo, just like all the other songs
in the album. It is about a woman asking her lover to be with her. In
continuation to the mood of the entire album, this one too has a haunting feel
to it with melody as a base, though in comparison with songs like 'Ek Pal' and
'Tumse Yu Milenge', it's a little behind. It should work well as a part of the
narrative though!
There are number of things that work for 'Ankahee' but what stands out in the
end are not just Pritam's tunes or rendition by the singers but most importantly
the lyrics by Sameer, Amitabh Verma and Subrat Sinha that make you hear the
songs multiple number of times. 'Ankahee' is one of the rare albums where each
of the songs seem to be telling a story than just being there as a prop. There
is that distinct quality about the words in each of the songs that one almost
starts believing that Vikram Bhatt truly has a sensitive story close to its
heart that he is about to unveil on screen!
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