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Lage Raho Munna Bhai Review
Lage Raho Munna
Bhai Album Review :
'Parineeta' duo fails in 'Lage Raho Munna
Bhai' score
By Zafri Mudasser Nofil, Indo-Asian News Service
Album: "Lage Raho Munna Bhai"; Music Director: Shantanu Moitra;
Lyrics: Swanand Kirkire; Music Label: T Series. Rating: **
Gone are the days when music used to be the USP of films. The
present scenario is different - mostly situational scores which
one can relate to only after watching the
movie. And "Lage Raho Munnabhai", the sequel to the hilarious "Munnabhai
M.B.B.S", is no different.
Portraying the exploits of Munnabhai (Sanjay Dutt) and his
sidekick Circuit (Arshad Warsi), the film has five numbers and
two of their remixed versions besides an
instrumental piece.
The composer-lyricist duo from the melodious "Parineeta" had a
tough job on hand and manages to come out with a
little-above-average effort.
The opening song "Lage raho Munnabhai" is a lively 'tapori'
number by Vinod Rathod that tells about the Munnabhai search for
a lady love.
The second song is another 'tapori' number "Samjho ho hi gaya"
by Rathod. In this song, Munnabhai tells Circuit how he was able
to find his woman. Sanjay and Arshad's
dialogues about the search (for Vidya Balan) also figure in the
number.
"Pal pal...har pal" is a melodious romantic piece by Sonu Nigam
and Shreya Ghoshal and a relief from the monotonous numbers.
Certainly, the best of the pack.
Karunya, the runner-up of Indian
Idol 2, lends his soft voice in "Aane char ane" though nothing
great can be said of the number. The filmmaker Vidhu Vinod
Chopra has given
lyrics to this song apart from Swanand Kirkire.
"Bande mein tha dum...Vande Mataram" is a patriotic number.
Inspired by and based on the famous song of yesteryears "Aao
bachcho tumhe dikhaye" from the film
"Jagriti", the number is sung by Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal and
Pranab Biswas.
There is also an instrumental version of this song with good
flute work by Ashwin Srinivasan.
The two remixes are - "Aane char ane" and "Lage raho Munnabhai"
but in the latter, Shaan lends his voice.
This album can be worth if the film does well in the box-office
and people relate the music with the movie. Composer Shantanu
Moitra really fails in this film and the man
whose classical and raga-based numbers in "Parineeta" captivated
everyone does not get the scope in "Lage Raho Munna Bhai".
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