Don Soundtrack : Care for Jhankaar Beats?
Don: The chase begins Again.: Music Review by Sumeet Borwankar
Isn’t that one of the most awaited movies of this year? OK now, this statement “The Most Awaited Movie of the year†sounds so clichéd especially this year what with so many HUGE movies releasing left right and centre.
Before the release of a movie the other most anticipated release is the movies music. Don is no exception in this category! So, Wassup with the music of Don. Does it live up to the huge expectation? Does the music hold you by the collar and order you to bloody sit at one place and listen to ME? Does it repulse you? What does it do? How does it fair?
Now even before I start reviewing the Music I want to make one thing clear. I am not going to compare it to the original by Kalyanji-Anandji. Sorry, it would be not fair to either parties (K-A or SEL).
The first track as one expected is Main Hoon Don. Opens up to some very catchy background score. It surely holds you by your collar for the first 30 seconds, then 10 seconds in between and then 20 seconds at the end. So, just a total of one minute? Nope!! The song is not for just one minute, it is a 5 min 30 sec one. Yes that is all it did to me, and I am not on Acid. The song reminds one of a lot of other songs. It sounds like a medley of many songs I had heard somewhere, and I am not talking of the classic K-A stuff. Listen to the line “Dushman Jo…†I would stop jerking off if anyone tells me that line doesn’t remind you of a song in Musafir. All said and done you cannot brush of this song. Makes me day-dream of the stuff Farhan might have done to this to give us a visual beauty. I will not guarantee the same about the Messiah of Loser’s (in reel life) A.K.A Shah Rukh Khan. One more last thing about the song before I move on is… Sounds to me like a narcissist number. Sounds like SRK is trying real hard to grab attention of the viewers a la 1990’s numbers of his.
The second one is the classic Helen number. Yeh Mera Dil.
The song starts with the music that you have heard in the 1980’s and goes on to become the one’s you been hearing in the late 90’s and early 2000’s. Slap me and ask how the hell you define Late 90’s and early 2000’s. Me going to grab your balls and tell you MO Fo it’s the era where every galli ka kutta came up with a re-mix with catchy names like… Blazing Bollywood remix, Big B remix and Tumhe chutya bana raha hoon re-mix. Sunidhi chauhan does an amazing vocal performance. SEL you had talent in your hands, then why the hell come up with a Cheesy, Corny and another C (which was religiously used in Omkara) re-mix which would make my Mom say. Band karo.
The most awaited number of the album comes third. Yes Bhaiyya’s and Bhabhi’s it is Khaike Paan Banaraswala. Singer: Udit Narayan/SRK.
I feel bad for Udit. He might have sung better than Kishore da (I know it’s blasphemous) but still people are going to rip him apart. The starting lines are changed a bit and he is talking about eating Halwa and eating Pan. Good until Udit tries to sound like….. Hold your breath… the greatest singer of all time… yes my dear Readers it is BALI BRAHMBHATT. Chalo jaane do, you come to accept it but then SEL doesn’t want to forget that the movie is a Re-Make. So, the Songs have to be Re-Mixed and that too to all the three C categories mentioned above. The Re-mix stops and you hear a strange sound of kikikiki…kiran SRK. Not a bad Job SRK I am impressed. But that “BIT†for some reason reminds me of the song from Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (Man Mohini)… Listen to the lines and tell me it doesn’t remind you of Zara Lachak Lachak Zara Thumak Thumak. The accompanying music is bad … sorry I take it back.. very bad but Udit and SRK have done a good job here.
Now is the time for the new age DON. I mean some new songs. SEL gave us some really good original music, and have been doing this for sometime now. They don’t disappoint you with Maurya re. This song doesn’t grow on you. It instantly attacks your head, mind and legs and you start playing that music in your head while peeing, while going in the elevator and even when you are watching Baywatch. A very well sung, composed song. Now most of the Morya songs sound the same. But, this one has more than a striking resemblance to the ganapati song in Vastav. I am not taking away anything from this song. It’s a chart topper.
Now I guess we are in Mauritius. Phoren mulak and in a phoren mulak we need to have some beats. So, what if the beats are inspired by Bappi Lahiri. Enter Aaj Ki Raat.
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I have the same problem with SEL all through the album. You are fucking kidding me by giving all that re-mix. Whatever happened to Dil Chahta hain. Trance music is one thing and stupid mixing of synthesizers is another. My complaint is that all the songs sound good, the Dhun is very fine, but why that repelling music behind it. Now, every song reminds me… or should I say takes me back to some old songs, and Aaj ki raat is not different. This has a late 80’s govinda’ish sound to it. Ohh did I forget to tell you that for the first 20 sec’s before the song starts I thought I was listening to Billy Jean by Michael Jackson
How about a re-mix of a re-mix… What the fuck am I talking? Well there is a Main Hoon Don re-mix. The sound playing behind makes wonder if this is the background score for the movie. All the suspense shots. All the fight sequences and all the heroism of SRK.
Don Revisited is an okay lounge or a club mix. I can accept that. It has all the famous Dialogues of Don Like..
Don ko pakadna Mushkil hi nahi na Mumkin Hain.
Don ke Dushmanon ki sabse badi galti yehi hain key who Don ke dushman hain
Don the theme starts with the famous dialogue between Zeenat’s brother and the Don
Kaun?
DON
This got me pumped up. This Theme is one helluva trip. Again I am not talking of Acid. Moms please don’t beat your kids if they start acting like Don when they hear this Theme. Well, I got my butt kicked during my childhood for doing the same. Theme of Don will make you feel Powerful… just listening to it. That is the charisma of Don and that is exactly what SEL has done to this piece of theme.
You get 100/100 in Math paper and fail in English. Whats the bottom Line …. You fail.
PS: This was my first reaction to the songs. There might be some songs which have a “Grow On you†effect. But I still would feel….. YAAR I HAVE DEFINITELY HEARD THIS KABHI YA KAHIN… LEKIN YAAD NAHI KAHAN.
I guess that’s why they christened the word Déjà vu and SEL Understood it the most!
Credits:
• Main Hoon Don By Shaan
• Ye Mera Dil By Sunidhi Chauhan
• Maurya Re By Shankar Mahadevan
• Khaike Paan Banaraswala By Udit Narayan & Shahrukh Khan
• Aaj Ki Raat By Alisha Chinoy, Mahalaxmi & Sonu Nigam
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August 28th, 2006 at 5:28 pm
Sumeet:
SEL you had talent in your hands, then why the hell come up with a Cheesy, Corny and another C (which was religiously used in Omkara) re-mix which would make my Mom say. Band karo
If the tracks are not that very good (I haven’t listened to them yet), it is unfair to blame S-E-L!
IMHO, the final say regarding the songs does not lie with the composer(s). It’s the director (and sometimes the producer(s) ) who decide if a particular tune is going to be used or not. If we don’t like a track, at least half the blame to go to Farhan too, because he approved it. However if the tracks are stupendously good, then SEL get most, if not all the credit. Sad, but true and logical too. It’s how the business is.
August 28th, 2006 at 5:29 pm
- Sumeet, Since we are having this test run of our radio show tonight at 7pm PST, lets talk about your review of Don.
Hopefully the bugs have been sorted out by BTR and we’ll be able to archive the test show.
- Anantha, Very true indeed. Farhaan takes a major share of the blame if the music isn’t upto the mark.
August 28th, 2006 at 8:04 pm
Anantha…. yes i will have to agree with you that half the blame should go to farhan as well. For some reason i feel that he neglected the music portion and paid a lot more attention to the making of the movie(which we will come to know soon). Dude Don’s music sucks big time and you decide whom to blame. i will say all!!!
August 28th, 2006 at 11:52 pm
WHAT THE F**K IS WRONG WITH FARHAAN AKHTAR ?????? Why does the soundtrack of DON sound like another ‘Dance masti’ album ????
Aaj ki raat is vintage bappi da - usha uthup numbers- yaar bina chain kahaan rey or more like the pyaar karney waaley track from shaan. 80’s music …WTF …. a big letdown after alisha chinoi sang kajra re
Don revisitied ….the DJing that my dear friend from college used to do (3 years ago !!!!) all synthesiser and techno sounds …lounge/club mix …correct sumeet. By the way, why is SRK sounding romantic here ?????? No power in the voice !!!
khaike - initial up bhayya lyrics are good …but then why does it end up like a bhojpuri remix ??????????? the original is 10 times better what a terrible remix this is !!! There is no energy in the song !!! where is the foot tapping stuff fast paced beat/rhythm which had people dance subconsciously to in the original ???? AND no !!! SRK is sounding so overacting/hamming in the khaike UP interludes. i can just imagine what his expressions in the song wld be like….
main hoo Don - ok …just about ok ….. nothing much to write home about ….the lyrics (what are u doing jaaved sahib) Why is don bragging about his ‘khatarnak’ and ‘chalaak’ self. I thought a powerful character like don never needed to blow his own trumpet. Don is sounding so much a ‘wannabe’ WHAT A FUCKING BIG LETDOWN IT IS !!!!!! This what we guys call KLPD - Khade L**** Pey Dhoka
the remix is faster - groovier - funkier. thank god for that !!!!
moriya rey - ok- acceptable …..but the vaastav track (the one where dedh futiya is encountered) is much faster and better
theme song is nostalgic ……thats all i’ll say …my lips are sealed !!!
yeh mera dil - sounds good …due to the beats …… pretty decent … although it is a C remix ….. at least its better than others in the soundtrack
What a big letdown it is !!!!!!!
Sumeet lets go ahead and listen to the original Bappida/RD Burman soundtrack for a few days !!! The word is KLPD …..thats all ~X(
August 28th, 2006 at 11:54 pm
correction - kalyanji anandji …watever maan …im too dissappointed to talk
August 29th, 2006 at 7:09 pm
Karthik… I have agree with you.. it is a total KLPD. You will have fun while watching the songs though. Observe very carefully how SRK dances to it, lifting his one-leg.. As if someone ahs given him right up his ass.
August 29th, 2006 at 9:59 pm
Karthik…. A correction.. In Vastav the song where dedh futiya is encountered is not the Ganesh song.. it is some other Aarti.. what i was talking about was the song in the first half of the movie. It was either a ganesh song or a Matki phodu song.. Both of them far better. And yes SRK sounds as if he is giving Naseehat(advice) ke.. Yun tho 11 seheron ki Police Don ke peeche hain…Lekin Don ko Pakad na Mushkil hi Nahi Namumkin….. Theek hain Masterjee.. Abhi hogi daantho ki banawat.. rajoo Tumharei Daant tho motiyon jaise chamak rahe hain(Ok the last sentence was me remembering an old Ad.) But SRK sounds so damn same Masterjee
August 29th, 2006 at 11:36 pm
I know the matki phodey song. Even that is better. I was actually reffering to the fast paced multi vocal Aarti song in vaastav.
Anyways i was hope the morya would have faster beats. At least thats what the marathi dance/songs of ganpati have here in mumbai. (with due respect, in local lingo, i think they are reffered to as ghaati music)
daanton ki banwat ….. flashback to doordarshan days …. :))
Raaju tumharey daant to motiyon ki tarah chamak rahe hain !!!! :))
u crazy guy !!!! =))
August 30th, 2006 at 4:14 pm
sumeet
me too disappointed with the soundtrack.i guess my problem is not being able to get over the mental block. Amitabh and the role itself being so macho and larger than life ..choice of Shaan and Udit…not able to imagine them singing for amitabh(though in this case its SRK)….
Also the remixes are getting on to ur nerve…
my pick is Yeh mera dil….maybe because it doesnt involve AB…
Hope the picturization is better…
August 30th, 2006 at 6:18 pm
Nahiiinnnnn!!!!!!
I just heard the crap thats been packaged as DON: the chase begins again, or SRK: age catches up again!
Khaike paan banaraswala: i dont even want to hear the shit being dished out. Man it sucks big time!!!! so does, main hoon don…maybe they could have kept ot to 2- 2.5 mins
But, what stays with me is the theme music…man..this is the only decent piece inthe whole album. and yes, i would like to play it as I drive….its kickass.
but on the whole, i think its repetitive and you feel like u r listening to mixes and pieces and these dont fit…
September 4th, 2006 at 1:00 pm
@ shashi There is no way one can imagine anyone playing AB. May be you should try to get over your mental block and try to accept what is dished out… But wait a minute… even if you do so, nothing’s gonna help.. As pont blank as i can get the music is full of shit.. on secong thought.. dont try to overcome the mental block
@sophocles In every second of your deprresion mode on listening to Don.. Hum Saath Saath Hain \:d/
September 5th, 2006 at 8:42 am
fuck i didnt understand ur stupid review
did u like it or not??
September 5th, 2006 at 8:53 am
@Jatin Buddy i guess you read some other review on someother site and then commenting on my review. Obviously you did not read this line
“You get 100/100 in Math paper and fail in English. Whats the bottom Line …. You fail.”
There are many other indications in the review which speak my mind. But if you are looking to just see the rating stars or the A , B, C category.. then that’s not me buddy!!!!
September 7th, 2006 at 11:22 pm
guys …check out the first pic of SRK-khaikey paan
Shit SRK is looking so gay !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://in.rediff.com/movies/2006/sep/07look.htm
September 9th, 2006 at 3:19 am
If you have seen SRK’s Don trailer then you would have noticed that he is wearing tie inside (like a dog strap - for slow thinkers) - so should not the movie be called Dog?
Anyway, music is crap, i only like mauriya.
September 10th, 2006 at 4:39 am
i think it isnot a thrilling film ……
September 10th, 2007 at 12:28 pm
Dude you liked “Maurya re” .. chart topper ???? :o