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Anu Malik strikes back with 'Zindaggi Rocks'(MUSIC REVIEW)
By Priyanka Bedi, Indo-Asian News Service

Film: "Zindaggi Rocks"; Music: Anu Malik; Singers: Javed Ali, Tulsi Kumar, Zubeen Garg, Sunidhi Chauhan, Anushka Manchandani; Lyricist: Mudassar Aziz & Sayed Quadri; Music Label: T Series; Ratings: **1/2

Anu Malik, touted as one of the best music directors in Bollywood, had to take a back seat after composer-singer Himesh Reshammiya burst on the scene with "Aashiq Banaya Aapne". But the interesting and thrilling tracks in the Sushmita Sen starrer "Zindaggi Rocks" should bring positive changes in his career.

The numbers sung by Sunidhi Chauhan and newcomers Zubeen Garg and Tulsi Kumar crackle with energy. And Mudassar Aziz and Syeed Qadri's lyrics are meaningful.

Javed Ali opens the album with "Meri dhoop hai tu" - not perfect but yes he is surely getting there.

Initially, the lyrics give the impression that it is an intellectual track but soon you will wonder what went wrong as Malik presents this love song in a rhythmic mode.

Tulsi Kumar, who sang the hit title song of "Humko Deewana Kar Gaye" for Malik, teams up with Ali for this item number.

The remix version maintains the same pace with the arrangements just becoming crisper and a little stylish.

Next up is "Rabbi" - a funky number sprinkled with rap-n-reggae and heavy duty beats. It could be an instant hit if promoted aggressively.

Anushka Manchandani, who was heard in the hit title track of "Golmaal", sings 'Zindaggi rocks' in her sensual and husky voice. This is the first song of the movie based on a live concert and it sounds just fine. The influence of western music makes it a success and gives it the right feel.

Then enters the soulful voice of Sunidhi, who lends her voice for "Ek din fursat". It has a deep feel to it. Followed by its remix version, the song thankfully maintains the essence of the track.

"Humko chhoone paas aayiye", a breathtaking rock ballad, sounds more like a non-filmi song. It can also be described as a soulful love song. Accompanied by guitar and excellent music arrangements by Malik, the song is awesome.

Lyrics, too, are extraordinary and Sunidhi is at her best.

Another live concert song, "Hadh ko adab ko", is a rock track and blends well with the genre of the film. Crooned by Sunidhi, the number takes you to Hollywood musicals. The song is fit for its situation and the remix version is enjoyable too.

In short "Zindaggi Rocks" is an album that certainly has a few melodious surprises from the composer, but he could have done better

Zindaggi Rocks review : "Zindaggi Rocks", a truly rocking film
By Subhash K. Jha,

Film: "Zindaggi Rocks"; Starring: Sushmita Sen, Shiney Ahuja, Moushumi Chatterjee; Director: Tanuja Chandra; Rating: ***

"Zindaggi Rocks" is a film that surely rocks! Tanuja Chandra's "Dushman" and to some extent "Sangharsh" and "Sur" were incredibly sensitive films. After a long hiatus, the director returns to form with a film that's heartbreakingly real.

Packed with a cluster of believable characters, "Zindaggi Rocks" showcases Sushmita Sen's awesome personality in the tailor-made role of the fabulous rockstar Kriya.

A stage performer and a single mother, the role acquires a tangy flavour and an abiding character that only Sushmita knows to create.

"But have no fear," her 13-year old utterly endearing son Dhruv (Julian Burkhadt) mischievously tells the doctor who's interested in her. The mom isn't married ... nor is she an unwed mother.

Kriya adopted Dhruv when he was all of two years. Dhruv's family comprises only of wacky women - mom Kriya, Kriya's mom (Moushumi Chatterjee) and her twin sister (Moushumi in a double role), a squeaky secretary (Kim Sharma) and an assistant (Ravi Gossain) who believes he's a cowboy.

Into this mad house comes the hesitant Suraj Rihan (Shiney Ahuja), a doctor.

The Sushmita-Shiney relationship grows in full of view of the hospital staff and the equally curious relatives of Kriya.

Tanuja Chandra portrays the warmth at work, at play and within the defined comforts of domesticity with a deftness that you'd come across in the finest works of Hrishikesh Mukherjee.

The director has constructed a film where the emotional control of the narrative is exceptional.

The support provided by dialogue writer Mudassar Aziz is beyond substantial. The words, especially those spoken by Shiny Ahuja convey deep home truths with a throwaway casualness.

You smile and you sob almost simultaneously as Kriya's life as a professional, a mother and a woman in love come together in a fluent and virile clasp.

The film's deeper thrusts on life and death emerge effortlessly from the rhythms of the routine.

The film has a charming ensemble of actors, instilling optimum conviction in the plot without losing their innate charm as stars of substantial longevity. As contrasting twin sisters, Moushumi Chatterjee comes into her own after ages.

Shiney essays the character whose his eyes are filled with the pain of a tragedy that paints his past and threatens to colour his future in fine and sharp strokes.

A special word for child actor Julian who plays Sushmita's son - the boy's winsome personality is so understated that you wonder if actors are made from their childhood.

But it's Sushmita who captivates you as a working woman struggling to remain motivated as life serves her a huge blow. If in her musical numbers, she whips up a vigour that breaks your heart, in key emotional scenes she rips the screen apart with emotions that come straight from her guts.

After "Chingari", Sushmita again pours a volcanic intensity into a role that would work with no other actor in the world.

As for Sunidhi Chauhan's vocals - If Sushmita provides the body and soul to her part of a fiercely protective mother, Sunidhi is the voice that caresses the actress's soul!

In a year that's cluttered with remarkable films, Tanuja Chandra has emerged with a work that lodges itself in your heart.

But I wonder if it would have worked so well without the amazing Sushmita Sen! .