Music and Movie Review : Anjaana Anjaani
Music Directors: Vishal Dadlani-Shekhar Ravjiani;
Lyricists: Neelesh Misra, Vishal Dadlani, Shekhar Ravjiani, Amitabh Bhattacharya, Anvita Dutt Guptan, Caralisa Monteiro, Kumaar, Irshad Kamil and Kausar Munir;
Singers: Nikhil D'Souza, Monali, Lucky Ali, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Shekhar Ravjiani, Caralisa Monteiro, Mohit Chauhan, Shruti Pathak, Vishal Dadlani and Shilpa Rao;
Anjaana Anjaani
For the first time Priyanka Chopra and Ranbir Kapoor have been paired together for a film which is titled 'Anjana Anjani' (spellings may be changed as per the oracles' advice to producers).
'Anjana Anjani' is produced by Sajid Nadiawala, who is known for producing Salman Khan films like Judwaa, Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega, Mujhse Shaadi Karogi and Jaan-E-mann. He has recently made two Akshay Kumar flicks Heyy Baby and the critically panned Kambakkht Ishq.
Director Siddharth Anand has been roped in to helm 'Anjaana Anjaani'. The film reunites Ranbir Kapoor and Anand, who earlier worked in last year's romantic comedy Bachna Ae Haseeno. 'Anjaana Anjaani' has already begun pre production and begins filming this November. The film will be shot in exotic, glossy locales such as Los Anegeles, New York and San Francisco.
It will be interesting to see how Ranbir Kapoor manages to shoot for 'Anjaana Anjaani' since he has four films up for release in four consecutive months beginning in October,
Anjaana Anjaani (Anjana Anjani) movie is a romantic comedy, where Priyanka is playing a character based in San Francisco, while Ranbir is essaying the role of a New York City boy. They meet in NYC and travel across cities.
Both are trying to find luck in their life after several failed attempts to be successful in their careers and in love.Fed up, they both decide to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge. However, both land up on the same bridge at the same time. Ranbir stops Priyanka from jumping and tells her to travel with him to Vegas to make it big.
Music composer duo Vishal-Shekhar hardly go wrong when it comes to judging the pulse of youth and creating music to suit their tastes. After the success of their last venture " I Hate Luv Storys ", they are back with this new album " Anjaana Anjaani " that has the potential to rule the charts.
Music Review : The film offers nine tracks.
It opens with the title track " Anjaana anjaani ki kahani ", the one that has already become a favourite at DJ consoles. Crooned by Nikhil DSouza and Monali Thakur, this upbeat and peppy song is entertaining and is a perfect dance number. It gets right for the album.
Next comes an instantly likeable song " Hairat ", sung by Lucky Ali. The rock song is full of punch and is highly appealing owing to its interesting composition and Ali's out-of-the-league voice. It will surely become chartbuster.
The album then takes a turn by introducing the soulful voice of Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, singing " Aas pass khuda ", a sufi-rock track. The moderately-paced song is pleasing to the ears and strikes a chord with the listener.
The song has a duet version where Shruti Pathak joins Khan. This unplugged version is equally enthralling with light orchestration and brilliant vocals by the singers.
Shekhar and Caralisa Monteiro then enter with the love song " Tumse hi tumse ". The happy-go-lucky song has nothing extraordinary, but the acoustic guitar strumming makes it a good hear.
Up next is another impressive song " Tujhe bhula diya ". The poignant number first starts with Shruti Pathak adding a touch of folk flavour to it and then Mohit Chauhan enters with his silken voice and takes over. Later Shekhar joins in too. The song is nice and has the potential of becoming a favourite since it grows on you with every hear.
The song also has a remixed version called "The dance to forget" mix .
Then there is " I feel good " with Vishal and Shilpa Rao behind the mike. It is average and entails both Hindi and English lyrics. This too has a slight rock feel to it.
Finally, the other title track of the album makes an appearance. Crooned by Vishal and Shilpa again, it has a heard before feeling, thus taking away the interest from the song.
On the whole the album is a robust mix of songs of different genres. It is entertaining and hummable and will appeal to the younger generation.
