Music Director – Raghav Sachar
Director – Ashwani Dhir
Comedy films in Bollywood do not demand a very strong soundtrack, but when the music of a comedy film is composed by a talented musician like Raghav Sachar, the importance of strong music makes itself felt. The absence of good lyrics have hampered Sachar’s efforts however, and the One Two Three album just refuses to take off.
The first track is titled Gup Chup, and is sung by Mahalakshmi Iyer and Raghav Sachar himself. The song starts off at a good, steady pace but slows down towards the end. the vocals are seductive, but the entire feel of the song is very un-Indian. The remix version of this song is sung by Shilpa Rao and Raghav Sachar, an effort that’s slightly more appealing than the original track. The weakest link in this track are the lyrics by Aditya Dhar.
The next track is a romantic song sung by Sunidhi Chauhan, titled I Wanna Guy. This is a very peppy song, and carries Sunidhi’s distinctive style. The music no doubt is a masterpiece, but the tone of the song has a deja vu touch to it. This is one song that stands out in the entire composition and is no doubt, the pathbreaker track of the album. (Fortunately, this does not have a remix version!)
Ninad Kamat stands out in the next song, Laxmi Narayan. Don’t go by the title of this track, because it’s not a devotional track but a comedy song!
It is a situational, film-oriented song, which is based on the names of the characters in the film and is a theme track. The song has been peppered with some good-humoured dialogues, which makes it sound more like a trailer than a song meant to be on the album. Nevertheless, a good effort by Raghav.
And now comes the title track, which is composed in four different forms.
The original track titled One Two Three is sung by Kunal Ganjawala contributing the male vocals and Raghav Sachar singing in a female voice!
The second version of the title track is called One Two Three (Amalgamation) sung by Kunal Gajawala, Kailash Kher, Kaptan Laadi and Raghav Sachar. The third is the ballad version and fourth is the club version of the title track by Raghav Sachar, and Kunal Ganjawala and Raghav Sachar respectively.
The original title track starts brilliantly with a flute and includes rap segments too. Kunal Ganjawala’s vocals are beaten by Raghav Sachar singing in a female voice. It’s hard to believe that Raghav Sachar is the female voice in the song. Absolutely brilliant; the vocals fall flawlessly all through the song. The use of instruments and the classy composing for this song makes it a track worth listening to.
Following the original is the amalgamation version of the title track. The eight-minute long song has a good mix of various genres like Punjabi, the Rajasthani Dhol beats, and a Qawalli perfectly blending with some western beats. Through this track, Raghav unplugs his talent as a composer to the hilt and takes this track to an altogether different level of enjoyment.
Kunal Gajawala, Kailash Kher, Kaptan Laadi and Raghav Sachar have done brilliantly as vocalists. A little narration and shayari here and there in the song marks a good point for blending music. This is a song that can have a greater fan following after the release of the film.
The ballad version sounds a little sentimental, with Raghav contributing as a male vocalist, whereas the Club Mix is a very fast paced track loaded with heavy beats.
The last track of the album is Rock Mahi by Raghav Sachar and Sunidhi Chauhan. The first attention seeker in the whole song is the age-old way of using the words. The lyrics could have been way better and would have definitely added to the song’s popularity as well. Apart from that, this is yet another dance-dance track with Raghav sounding like a typical Bollywood playback singer geared up with Sunidhi Chauhan to make the song work!
Since One Two Three is a comedy film, not much emphasis seems to be given to the lyrics. No wonder, Raghav’s efforts as a music composer didn’t really shine through this album. The album is disappointing to all Raghav Sachar fans because he definitely has the potential to do better than this!
