Kahin Pyar Na Ho Jaaye's Music review


The soundtrack to the latest Salman Khan / Rani Mukherjee starrer, Kahin Pyar Na Ho Jaye, has hit record shops across the globe with much fanfare. Produced by newcomer Himesh Reshammiya, will it succeed in catapulting the music director into the top league?

The album starts with the title track, sung by the popular duo Alka Yagnik and Kumar Sanu. It's a fantastic way to get things going! The song starts with the nice and soothing voice of Alka Yagnik, which is always a pleasure to listen to. The tempo of the song is neatly composed. Kumar Sanu supports Alka really well and the vocals are quite touching. He sounds much more like the Sanu of the old - from the golden days of Aashique and Saajan. Let's just hope he can keep it up. Good on you Sanu! This song is one that can be listened to again and again, and a song that will be played on many radio stations 5 years down the road.

Alka Yagnik, Kamaal Khan, and a few others sing 'Savarya'. Kamaal Khan is the guy who sang such hits as 'O O Jaane Jaane' and 'Suno To Diwana Dil'. The opening of the song is poor, as the vocals sound very dull. Kamaal Khan then comes forward trying to impersonate Sonu Nigam! He sounds much more like him - but at the same time is hanging himself up as a joke. What a shambles! What made a talented individual like Kamaal Khan sing this rubbish? Now we all know he is good friends with the film's star Salman Khan. But why?

'Aa Meri Life' starts of sounding something from a Michael Jackson song, but soon the pace is changed, as Kamaal Khan comes in with a bang. This Kamaal Khan is really something. He sounds completely different from his usual self. This song is something that you would hear Anu Malik sing. The song gets even better when Sunita Rao also starts shouting out - oh sorry - singing! It's very funky and up beat, something that can be played at full volume in your car. And I can definitely say this song will make Kamaal Khan's 'life'.

'O Priya O Priya' is a multi-singer sung song. Kamaal Khan sets the song in motion - he sings well. The background vocals help him sound much better. We hear the normal Kamaal Khan voice in this song. The guy sounds very much like the Late Mohammad Rafi. Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik, and Nitin Mukesh then all come into the front. They sing well together! Sanu tries to duplicate Kamaal Khan's soothing style of singing, but he is no match. Alka Yagnik is, as always, most pleasant to listen to. Nitin Mukesh is somewhere there, but not much. He should have been given a little extra to sing. Overall this is a very good melodramatic song.

Sonu Nigam and Alka Yagnik sing the 'Theme'. It starts of slow, and continues slow. Sonu sounds as though he is being pushed very hard to sing this one. He makes this song sound more like a bhajan. Alka doesn't do much good to the song also. I wonder what the point of this song is in the movie?

'Dhin Tara' is a solo number sung by Kumar Sanu. Is that feasible? I mean can this guy sustain singing a song on his own? Well the answer to that question is YES! This is a very good song. You can actually feel an attraction towards it. The chorus helps immensely. Sanu tries his very best and comes off really good. The guy can produce a hit when he wants to - lets just hope he can do it more frequent. Oh! By the way if you were waiting for the Salman Khan trademark 'Chunnarie', then you will here that word in this song. That will keep many people happy. The only drawback is the lyrics - why have the word 'lakh' when the word of the moment is 'crore'? It would have sounded much better - lets see - "Teri Chunnarie Banno Croron Kie…")

'Pardesi' is your normal Bollywood filmi song. Sonu Nigam and Alka Yagnik sing well together. This is a longer version of the 'Theme' track. This song actually grows on you. You will have to listen to it a few times.

'Kahin Pyar Na Ho Jaaye' is a replica of the first track. But this time Kumar Sanu starts it off. And I have to say he does a good job. The song has a slightly different instrumental beat that gives it a slight edge.

'Pardesi' is very much same as the 'Theme' track, with the only difference being Sonu Nigam singing it as a slow solo.

'Parody' is exactly a parody. Alka Yagnik and Sonu Nigam try and perform very well, singing some of the greatest tunes to come out of India. The special moment is Sonu trying to sing in a hard voice to emulate Daler Mehndi. The song being 'Ho Jayegi Balle Balle'. Alka sounds very much in tone for all her excerpts. She is good - I mean good! Kumar Sanu comes rushing in the middle with something on the lines of 'Ja Ja'. But I have to give Sonu Nigam another mention; the guy can sing really good Parody. In one song he is Rafi, Daler Mehndi, Mukesh, and Kishore Kumar. Now can Kumar Sanu do that? YES he can! He comes rushing in again with the Kishore Kumar number "Thodisi Jo Pee Li Hai". The response from Sonu Nigam is hilarious - "Amma Dekh". We then hear something special from Sonu as he sings 'Dost Dost Na Raha' - the never forgettable number from Mukesh. It all finishes with the guys (and the girl) singing "Hum Saath Saath Hain".

REVIEWED BY QAMAR ZAMAN / NADIA HAQ


Finally, after a series of parodic tributes to paciness, Himesh Reshammiya has come up with a halfway-decent soundtrack. The Salman Khan-Himesh Reshammiya team has become quite a chart-masala. A television product, Reshamiyya was first heard giving Salman reason to croon with a couple of over-spiced songs in Pyar Kiya To Darna Kiya.

The camera-friendly star pulls Reshammaiya out of the Kurukshetra rut for a romp in racy rhythms. Contrary to Reshammiya's rhythm idiom in the previous Salman starrer Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge, the songs in Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye sound… well, if not oven-fresh, then decidedly not half-baked. O Priya Priya with its sing-along chant has a key interlude taken from A R Rahman's Nahin paas hai tu in Taal. That apart, Reshammiya has been able to squeeze a semblance of sympathetic melody into O Priya as well as the fragrantly folksy Pardesi.

Both are well-rendered numbers. And speaking of crooning, Salman has made this album into quite a family affair, what with family friend Kamal Khan (the Oh oh jaane-e-jana dude from Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya) singing three major songs. Whatever Kamal lacks by the way of ranginess, Salman compensates for by putting a lot of shirtless verve into his songs.

Kamal's Sanvariya with Alka Yagnik is a pacy pleaser. True, in Aa meri life bana de with Suneeta Rao. Kamal's voice drowns in pseudo-rock strings. But he's neatly appealing in Sanvariya and O Priya. Kumar Sanu and Alka Yagnik's title song does the near impossible. It recreates an acceptable tune out of a mukhda of an evergreen melody. That's more than what Jatin-Lalit could do with Dilwale Dulhniya Le Jayenge.

The 10 tracks in Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye are sufficiently soaked in enthusiastic eclecticism to make us overlook the fragility of some key passages. What they describe as a "Parody" by Kumar Sanu, Sonu Nigam and Alka Yagnik is no more than an excuse for the three singers to sing the evergreens of the singing giants. While Alka Yagnik has a ball crooning the Nightingale Lata Mangeshkar's Jhooth bole kauva kaate and Sheesha ho ya dil ho, Sonu Nigam rips through Kishore Kumar's Ek chatur naar in a bade hoshiyaar manner.

Smart sassy and sometimes genuinely invigorating, Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye signals the actual career-start for Himesh Reshammiya. And hey, even the lyrics by Sudhakar Sharma and Rajesh Malik don't make us hang our heads in shame.

Subhash K Jha


After dishing out the 1998 runaway hit Bandhan, the Salman Khan-Shyam Bajaj-K Murali Mohan Rao team is back with yet another musical fiesta, Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye.

After the lukewarm success of Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya, Hello Brother, Bandhan and Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge, music director Himesh Reshammiya, who has been a regular in Salman's films, hits bullseye with this one.

Kahin Pyaar... is a worthy attempt since it has a bunch of above average songs. The title song is, arguably, the best of the lot. Its original tune, the pleasant vocals by Kumar Sanu and Alka Yagnik and an enjoyable picturisation make this one instantly likeable. This love duet is featured twice in the album.

Pardesi too has two versions -- the only notable difference is that one has a slightly slower tempo. Sung competently by Sonu Nigam and Alka Yagnik, the tune has faint traces of Barsaat Ki Ek Raat's Hai woh pardesi.

Savariya is likely to climb the charts. The folksy tune and peppy beat helps Kamal Khan reprise the O... o... jaane jaana magic, while the ever-melodious Alka Yagnik lends a helping hand.

And what happens when two pop singers join hands? Something like the breezy Aa meri life, rendered by Kamal Khan and Sunita Rao, happens. Currently in spotlight after the release of Ab Ke Baras, Rao is, unfortunately, the only jarring note in this otherwise hummable song.

After a spate of foot-tapping numbers comes the softer O Priya, O Priya, a fluffy track whose background has been clearly inspired by Santana's Maria Maria. Still, it's a fairly engaging number.

Kahin Pyaar's... theme, a mix of musical pieces taken from the title song and Pardesi, is good.

Kumar Sanu is in his element as he animatedly croons Dhin tara, a shaadi track with zestful orchestration and catchy music.

The last number is a parody of popular past and present hit numbers. One can actually imagine Kumar Sanu, Sonu Nigam and Alka Yagnik having a whale of a time in the recording room while singing this antakshri.

Composer Reshammiya's music seems to have matured considerably. Debutant lycrists Sudhakar Sharma and Rajesh Malik have penned some very credible numbers.

Our verdict? Kahin Pyaar... is undoubtedly your money's worth.


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