Retaining the right portions from the original, and adding their own signature elements,
Midival Punditz and
Karsh Kale create a groovy remix of Pancham da’s ahead-of-the-times classic. And in
Anoushka Manchanda they find the perfect voice to deliver it. Enter lead composer
Pritam Chakraborthy. And the man starts off with a melody arranged in his definitive breezy style,
Te Amo. Sung by a strangely Neeraj Shridhar-ish
Ash King and
Sunidhi Chauhan, the song is a passable listen, the repetitiveness telling slightly on the enjoyability. But Pritam ups the ante considerably in the next two variants of the song. First, a Coldplay-reminiscent
female solo version delivered finely by
Sunidhi Chauhan. And the next, an unplugged
Reprise version, which has
Mohit Chauhan crooning to an acoustic guitar’s backing. Going into an overkill mode, the composer presents a fourth version(!!) of the song as well, a
remix of the original duet and is a pretty middling job with its predictable Miles-ish synth additions et al. The pick of the soundtrack comes next, Pritam getting Assamese singer
Papon to debut in Bollywood with a brilliantly arranged rock track
Jiyein Kyun. Papon sounds quite a bit like Suraj Jagan in places, with an equally powerful voice.
Zubeen Garg’s
Jaana Hai fails due to a jaded tune and a rather unimaginative arrangement. The man has been having a bad run of late, his previous song in
Aashayein also turning out a dud.
AB Jr is not having a great success ratio on the acting front, and rapping is something he should consider seriously. His work in
Bluffmaster was quite impressive, and the man sings another one in
Dum Maaro Dum called
Thayn Thayn, with
Ayush Phukan and
Earl, to equally good effect. And Pritam provides an intriguing arrangement to the song marked by a wonderful chorus, to close the soundtrack on a positive note.
A fairly entertaining package from Pritam for Dum Maaro Dum, which surprisingly is a big comeback for the man whose other two scores so far this year came for United Six and Thank You! And Midival Punditz and Karsh Kale continue to impress with their Bollywood forays, one song at a time. Which reminds me, Karsh Kale’s new fusion album
Cinema featuring
Midival Punditz, Salim Merchant, Shruti Pathak, Monica Dogra and others, is out! You can view the promo of the album
here and get the songs
here.
Rating –
7.5/10
Recommended Tracks –
Jiyein Kyun, Te Amo (Female), Thayn Thayn
Courtesy :
Music Aloud
