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By Joginder Tuteja, February 26, 2003 - 15:31 IST
Yeah !!! Subhash Ghai does it again. Don't get surprised !! Ek Aur Ek Gyarah certainly doesn't stand a chance to be among one of the best of Ghai. The fact is that it carries on the tradition of some below average music in all the movies that have been produced/presented by Ghai but directed by an outside director. Remember Trimurti (Mukul S Anand), Rahul (Prakash Jha) and Badhai Ho Badhai (Satheesh Kaushik). How many songs do you remember of any of these flicks that have captured your hearts? Now on the flip side, take an example of Taal, Pardes, Khalnayak, Ram Lakhan (and so many more !!) for which Ghai has been at the driving seat. They all had Super hit music all the way !! Sad, but same can not be said about EAEG that has music by Shankar Ehsaan Loy (S-E-L), who have been having a pretty decent record so far. Probably they were trapped between Subhash Ghai's taste of music and David Dhawan's style of story telling.
EAEG comes in the wake of non-performances of all the main players. Subhash Ghai's Rahul, Yaadein and Badhai Ho Badhai were nothing to boast about; David Dhawan's Chor Machaye Shor, Yeh Hai Jalwa and Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin made an un-auspicious entry in the list of Top Flops of year 2002; Govinda has once again hit rock bottom of his career with successive failures in Pyaar Deewana Hota Hai, Chalo Ishq Ladayen, Ankhiyon Se Goli Maare, Waah Tera Kya Kehna etc.. Out of starcast only Sanjay Dutt leads some credibility with Kaante fetching him some appreciation. But if we look at the track records. All doesn't seem to be lost (if we do not count the music) as the track record of the David Dhawan-Sanjay Dutt-Govinda suggests that they may be on road to their fourth consecutive hit after Taaqatwar, Haseena Maan Jaayegi and Jodi No. 1. Jackie Shroff, Amrita Arora and new find Nandini Singh complete rest of the starcast.
The album begins in a worst possible way with one of the most tasteless title song - Ek Aur Ek Gyarah sung in a flaccid fashion by Sonu Nigam and Shankar Mahadevan. A possible backround number played during the escapades of the lead protagonists Sanjay Dutt and Govinda, Sameer's lyrics too are uninspiring and one goes for the Forward button. But BEWARE, check on the duration of Forward because the same number repeats twice after 2-3 tracks. Believe it or not, even a sad version of this 'supposedly' rock number also makes an appearance that has vocals by Udit Narayan and Shankar Mahadevan. A real sad number (no pun intended !!). To continue the agony, immediately the 'rocking' track is repeated in its faster version (for God knows what reason !!)
Thankfully, the trio of S-E-L show glimpses of form in 'Beimaan Mohabbat'. No issues even if the lyrics are from the stable of some innovative lyrics like 'Ishq Kameena', 'Kambakth Ishq', 'Hai Ishq Khata', 'Nikamma' and most recently 'Spicy Mohabbat' a.k.a. 'Mohabbat Hai Mirchi'. After all this, the 'mohabbat' was certainly going to turn 'beimaan', as says Mr. Sameer. Not to take credit from the composers though, the song does manages to be afloat somehow due to some 'dumdaar' rendering by KK, Shankar Mahadevan and Gayatri.
'Thoda Sone Ka Rang' is a melodious number that has a stamp of S.E.L over it. In the genre of 'Kaisi Hai Ye Rut' from Dil Chahta Hai, it would be interesting to see whether it fits in the scheme of things of David Dhawan and sustains itself in the final copy of the movie. Udit Narayan is good in the number whereas newcomer Sneha Pant impresses. 'Yeh Mann Mera' is a situational song which, in all probability, may be picturised on Sanju baba and Govinda to narrate a funny situation. The song doesn't make for a great hearing but carries potential to make an impression on the screen if presented well. Abhijeet and Babul Supriyo do their job well, though getting screetchy at times !!
Bangalore girl Sowmya Raoh and Sonu Nigam rock in the best song of the album - 'O Dushmana'. A very catchy number, it is a David Dhawan song all the way and reminds of the Govinda-Karisma Kapoor songs and dances of the yesteryears. At least this number is good as a timepass. A weak attempt on recreating 'Ramta Jogi' from Taal, 'Main Jogiya' by Udit Narayan, Sneha Pant and Shankar Mahadevan ends up being yet another romantic track of the 80's when Bappi Lahiri ruled the roost. Nothing original about the song, even the lyrics are as simple and primitive as they go like - 'Main Jogiya, Jogiya...Maine Dil Tujhko De Diya'. Great !! We didn't know this !!
End Result of EAEG is a plain mediocre stuff which is a complete failure of a team that boasts of so many individual achievers. Probably the team knew that no one would really be interested in listening to the songs. This may be the reason why the lyrics scroll at the bottom of the screen once the song is aired on the Idiot Box.
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