Music Review
'Phir Milenge' is a critic-pleasing
album and will wet their appetites.
The first track, 'Jeene Ke Ishaare', sung by Shankar Mahadevan, is a soft
soothing track with excellent lyrics. The music is also very apt and should go
down well with the class audience. Shankar-Ehsan-Loy are in top form once again
after both 'Lakshya' and the recent 'Kyun! Ho Gaya Na'
The second number, 'Betab Dil Hai', composed by Nikhil Vinay, is sung by
Sonu Nigam and Shreya Ghosal. The lyrics is written by Sameer, and is a good
mass pleasing number (the only one along with its several versions) that seems
to be a continuation of Nikhil-Vinay's 'Tum Bin' songs.
'Khushiyon Ki Koshish', sung by Srinivas and Mahalaxmi, sounds like a
situational number and is an ordinary composition.
The sad version of 'Betaab Dil Hai' follows and has been sung with
feeling by Sonu Nigam.
'Phir Milenge', the title song, sung by KJ Yesudas's son, Vijay Yesudas
and Febi is so-so but Vijay displays shades of his illustrious father. The music
is by Bhavata Raja.
Next up is 'Kuch Pal', again sung by Vijay Yesudas. The music is by
Bhavata Raja also. It's better but at times Vijay's vocals sound strained.
A slower version of the first song, 'Jeene Ke Ishaare' follows and once
again Shankar Mahadevan excels in another version of the best song of the album.
A stripped down version of the item number, 'Khul Ke Muskurale', sung by
Bombay Jayshree, spoils the album somewhat with bad vocals.
The album ends on a good note with 'Yaad Hai Woh Pehli Mulaqat', sung
quite well by Abhijeet, with lyrics by Sameer and is another version of the
earlier songs.
On the whole, it's a different sort of album, which should get mixed response
from the audience but good reviews from the learned critics. Two songs, 'Jeene
Ke Ishaare' and 'Betaab Dil Hai', have the potential to be popular.
Rating 6.0/10
When you have
a title like ' Phir Milenge ', director like
Revathy ( Mitr ) and the star cast
comprising of Salman Khan, Abhishek Bachchan and Shilpa Shetty, you know what's
in the offering - an emotional journey about three people and what happens in
their lives when they come together. With ' Phir
Milenge ', Revathy ventures into mainstream Bollywood cinema after winning
applause in highly acclaimed award-winning crossover film '
Mitr '. Incidentally Salman Khan and Revathy
have worked together more than decade back when they were paired opposite each
other in 'Love'. A Sahara Manoranjan creation,
Phir Milenge is produced by Percept Picture Company, has music by Shankar
Ehsaan Loy, Bhavatha Raja and Nikhil Vinay and lyrics by Prasoon Joshi (
Hum Tum ) and Sameer.
Two things that catch your attention in '
Jeene Ke Ishaare ' are a) Lyrics
and b) the sound of guitar that accompanies the song throughout. A song about
hope, love and togetherness, it is a sweet and simple song sung exceedingly well
by Shankar who is in his full elements here. A touching number, this is an ideal
number to be sung to your loved one. Prasoon's lyrics are touching while the
composition and at the same time very easy on ears. An extended piece of
electronic guitar in the end gives a good finishing touch to this number which
may not be hummed around by everyone alike but liked by all!
Nikhil Vinay, Sonu Nigam and Sameer unite again in '
Betaab Dil
', a nice melodious love song that has Shreya Ghoshal giving them
company. There is something about the music of Nikhil Vinay when it appears on
T-Series. Howsoever heard-before it may seem like, it still never fails to
entertain - especially this number about 'Meet me again before you leave
forever', that brings a smile on your face. After a smile, it also saddens with
its sad version
. Sonu Nigam goes solo in this '
dard-e-judaai ' number and sings in a mellowed tone. '
Betaab Dil ' is inspired from the Laxmikant
Pyarelal school of music and doesn't let the legends down. The first two tracks
of the album increases your expectations manifold and you look forward for the
following tracks.
' Khushiyon Ki
Koshish ' is composed by Shankar Ehsaan Loy and sung by the duo of
Srinivas and Mahalaxmi. A poetic number put to lyrics by Prasoon Joshi, it again
gets full marks due to trademark S-E-L style of melody blended with rhythm that
seldom disappoints. A classy number, it is of kind that is better heard than
sung due to its poetic nature. A number that should be appreciated by the
gentry!
Title song ' Phir Milenge ' is a very brief track that is mainly based on just the two words ' Phir Milenge ' and seems to be primarily a musical piece for the title sequence and at places as a background score. It continues in the same vein as the previous number by being sober and simple. Composed by Bhavathi Raja, it is sung by Vijay Yesudas and Febi.
Pairing of Bhavathi Raja and Vijay
Yesudas comes again, this time for a full-fledged number '
Kuchh Pal
'. The track has a very southern feel about it and has heavy-duty
lyrics that may be appreciated only by the classes. Overall too the number is
quite slow and situational and won't be much appealing. A kind of song that is
best left for the movie's narrative but not much sung and hummed around!
Average.
Everyone remembers the immensely successful '
Zara Zara ' from '
Rehna Hai Terre Dil Mein '. Bombay Jayshree,
the voice behind the number, sings again in '
Khul Ke Muskurale ', an offbeat
number that again has poetic lyrics. An exceedingly slow number, at places it
does have that R.D. Burman touch. This too follows the trend of previous two
numbers that are aimed purely at the classes and will not meet with much
positive reaction from the hardcore masses.
Concluding track '
Yaad Hai Wo
Pehli Mulaqat ' by Abhijeet is a sadder version of '
Jeene Ke Ishaare ', which is written by
Sameer who writes something very different from the routine stuff that he does
for the regular Bollywood potboilers. Abhijeet impresses yet again and proves
that his decision to be selective in singing is doing well for his career.
Most of the tracks of ' Phir Milenge ' are
soft numbers that should be liked by the lovers of simple and sober music. But
it too does have its share of deficiencies with a couple of numbers that are too
lyrics-heavy and not as entertaining as one would have liked them to be. In all,
an album that won't be remembered for years to come but makes for a good hearing
a few times at least. Add to it the popularity Salman Khan, Abhishek Bachchan
and Shankar Ehsaan Loy are having off late and that should ensure that the album
would safely sail through.
Rating: ** 1/2
By Joginder Tuteja, July 19th, 2004
