Music Director: Monty Sharma
Label: T-Series
Lyrics: Sameer
Our Rating: 1/5
After giving remarkable music in Saawariya, Monty Sharma has set a benchmark for himself, a yardstick which is synonymous with soulful and melodic songs.
However, in Chamku, the songs fail to work the magic the way it did in Sharma’s debut film, and even veteran lyricist Sameer’s words don’t stand out, except in Kitthe Jawan.
It seems that the album was made only keeping in mind the market trends and demands, that’s probably one of the reasons why the songs don’t leave any impression. Since it’s an out-and-out ‘masala’ film, most of the songs are situational. However, I doubt if they will do justice to the ‘situations’ anyway.
The album opens with Aaja Milke – a lovey-dovey romantic song which
is good for a one time hear. This song in particular has an early nineties feel to it. Perhaps, Shreya Ghoshal and Shail are the only reason why you might want to give it an ear.
Next on track is Kitthe Jawan – a well arranged melancholic Punjabi number. The song starts with a Sarangi piece giving the whole song a deep, weighty and introspective feel throughout. Kitthe Jawan is flawlessly rendered by Richa Sharma. This song also has a remix version, Bin Daseyaa, which is one of the spoilers. Probably, Kitthe Jawan is the only song in the album with a repeat value.
Gola Gola is a Holi song sung by Abhijeet Bhattacharya and Vaishali Samant. The song seems to be experimental in nature, much like A R Rahman’s Ek Lo Ek Muft of Guru. With mediocre lyrics and absolutely non existing melody, you’ll search for the ‘next’ button.
A dance number, Trance is probably composed keeping the younger audience in mind, and will do moderately well in pubs and discos. Lyricist Sameer has experimented with ‘Hinglish’ lyrics, however, one cannot really hear the lyrics clearly as the song is cluttered with many electronic sounds. Badly mixed!
Sung by Bhojpori Singer Kalpana, Parthiv Goel and Shail, Dukh Ke Badri has a ‘folk’ish sound, the lyrics of the song are good, but the melody doesn’t really stand out. This one might simply urge you to hit the ‘next’ button, yet again.
To sum it up, except in Kitthe Jawan, Monty Sharma fails to click melodically with the remaining songs. With such an unusual film name, I am just happy that the film does not have any title track!
