Jai Ho Music Review

Salman Khan, arguably the biggest superstar in the industry today with 5 back-to-back blockbusters (and 100 crore grossers), returns with Jai Ho directed by his brother Sohail Khan. While the music of the film released a couple of days ago, we have the exclusive music review of Jai Ho on Salman’s 48th birthday.

The film is going to be more than a special music album for the below mentioned reasons:

• Salman Khan returns to the silver screen after more than a year after his last film Dabangg 2, which released in theatres on December, 20 2012. The year that has gone by has been the only year when Salman did not have a release ever since he made his debut in 1988.
• Music directors Sajid-Wajid contributions to Salman’s chartbusters has been huge. They have composed music for hugely popular albums of films like ‘Mujhse Shaadi Karogi’, ‘Partner’, ‘Wanted’, ‘Dabangg’ and ‘Dabangg 2’ to name a few.
• ‘Jai Ho’ is different from regular Salman’s entertainers as it is based on a social theme with political corruption as the backdrop.

It’s needless to mention that the expectations from this album are humungous. Without much ado, here is the music review of the first biggie of 2014:

Baaki Sab First Class: The album kicks off with this highly energetic song sung by Wajid himself. Special mention for the meaningful satirical lyrics written by Sajid, Irfan Kamal and Danish Sabri; which depict the current corrupt and sad state of the country. The song goes with the theme of the movie. Musically, this Sajid-Wajid attempt is not too catchy but the song’s video makes it worth a watch. (3/5)

Tere Naina Maar Hi Daalenge: Easily the best song of the album, ‘Tere Naina’ has been magically sung by Shaan and Shreya Ghoshal with able support from Shabab Sabri. Sajid-Wajid fascination for the ‘Eyes’ continues after ‘Surili Akhiyo Wale’, ‘Tere Mast Mast Do Nain’ and ‘Dagabaaz Re’. Sameer’s lyrics are simple and add more charm to this classical love melody which boasts of an addictive tune. Chartbuster! (4/5)

Photocopy: A full on dance number which can rock the DJ charts in the days to come. Being Salman’s prodigy, it’s hard to believe that Himesh is singing for Salman for the first time. Kausar Munir has written quirky and funny Gujarati lyrics for this raunchy number which has the potential to create frenzy amongst Salman’s fans. Sajid-Wajid are in top form as they have managed to extract the best out of Himesh, Keerthi and Palak. (3.5/5)

Tumko To Aana Hi Tha: Now this is an unusual track for a Salman Khan album. Khan Brothers have always favoured Anu Malik’s brother Daboo Malik earlier in movies like ‘Tumko Na Bhool Payenge’, ‘Maine Dil Tujhko Diya’, ‘Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam’ etc. And now they have given this golden opportunity to his son Amal Malik who has composed a fresh and sweet love song in the vocals of his brother Armaan and Marianne D’Cruz. (3/5)

Last but in no way the least, we have the title song of the movie composed again by Amal Malik and written by Shhabir Ahmed. It’s a well intentioned track which is high on music. Lyrics are mix of Hindi and Sanskrit lines.Young blood Amal and Armaan have fused some freshness to the song. ‘Naacho Re’ is a dance music composed by Devi Sri Prasad. It’s a music mixture of various instruments and sounds like the introductory sequence of leading female actor Daisy Shah in the movie.

To complete the album we have the remixes of ‘Baaki Sab First Class Hai’, ‘Photocopy’ and ‘Tumko To Aana Hi Tha’. The first two are just the fast paced versions of the original tracks. But ‘Love You Till The End’ is a good remix to hear with English lyrics and fast beats.

Rating:

All the 4 main songs of the album are totally different from each other. While ‘Tere Naina’ is a classic romantic melody, Photocopy is a typical masala dance number. ‘Tumko To’ is a soothing fresh love song whereas ‘Baaki Sab First Class’ is a pot-shot at the current social and political conditions. The songs in Jai Ho have the potential to grow, as the film is expected to take a huge start and continue Salman’s ‘blockbuster’ run. Jai Ho!

Music review by Abhishek Sharma (tweets @abhu_sharma)