Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota
Amongst all the biggies Fanaa, KANK and Reshammiya wave Ahista
Ahista, PHP, CCK arrives the music of 'Yun Hota To Kya Hota'. USP of the film is
Naseeruddin Shah making his directorial debut while the film is episodic in
nature with a character/situation driven plot.
A Shabbir Boxwala production, the
film has been ready for quite some time and should now eventually see a July
release. A multistarrer with Paresh Rawal leading the pack followed by Jimmy
Shergill, Irrfan Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma, Ayesha Takia, Ratna Pathak, Saroj
Khan, Boman Irani, Suhasini Mulay, Ranveer Shourey, Makrand Deshpande along with
newcomers Ankur Khanna, Shahana Goswami, Sameer Sheikh, Meghna Malik, Uttkarsh
Majumdar, Imaad Shah and Trishla Patel, the film has music by Viju Shah and
lyrics by Sameer. With a subject like YHTKH, there is not much expectation from
the music front and only four tracks in the film reaffirm the perception that it
is certainly not a musical.
Title song 'Yun Hota To Kya Hota' has an element of cool breeze but still
doesn't go an extra distance to be remembered for days to come. Kunal Ganjawala
and Sunidhi Chauhan do well with the soft musical arrangements, while lyrics
have a slight poetic feel to them as well but overall what remains with you is a
sense of déjà vu! Mush and romance are alright but still there is lack of any
hammer strong impact that could make you feel for the characters while they
continue to fall deeper in love. An okay number at the beginning of the album
when one expected something much better.
'Ek Baar Jaana America' could well be termed as the theme song of the film 'Yun
Hota To Kya Hota' since it deals with the journey of numerous individuals to the
country of their dreams for AMERICA. Set as a 'dandia-mix' number, it has the
singers Madhushree, Javed Ali, Kirti Sagatia and Devchand Gadhvi narrating the
aspirations of the protagonists in the movie who want to earn name, fame and
money in the country of riches and luxuries. Well, the music could have appealed
to the Marathi/Gujarati belt audience who jive to the beats of Viju Shah when he
performs his orchestra in the Navratri festival but for a Hindi movie/music
buff, it is hardly exciting, especially in the context of the film. Simply
boring!
Enter Paresh Rawal and Joi Barua, exit Madhushree and Javed Ali for the second
version of 'Ek Baar Jaana America' that is a promotional number shot on Paresh
Rawal himself. Well, there is nothing flattering about Paresh Rawal's singing
while the video too is hardly striking! Appearing to be nothing more than a
gimmick, it doesn't really add on much to the album inspite of the tune being
heard twice in the album.
Seductive sound of a saxophone raises one's hopes to come across a romantic
outing. That indeed holds true in the instrumental 'Dance Music' that has a
Spanish feel to it and boasts of class. With the pace swinging between low to
high to mid-range alternatively, this short-n-sweet musical outing ensures that
it gives exactly what the situation demanded.
To compensate for lack of numerous songs in the film, the album is filled with
other tracks like Pyar Hai Sowmya Raoh, Tu Mumbai Matinee, Odhni Odhae DJ SUKETU
Remix, Yaadon Mein Paisa Vasool and Man Ke Darpan Mein Om but sadly one has just
lost interest in the film's music by this time.
In the name of a soundtrack, there are just two songs in the album along with an
added version and a dance instrument, which makes it one of the most light
weight Bollywood albums ever. Even these two tracks are nothing great shakes
hence making YHTKH one of the most disappointing albums of 2006.
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