After flabbergasting success of vivacious and breathtaking Aap Kaa Surroor our nassy Himesh Reshammiya (HR) is back with a vengeance as Monty in Karzzzz, where he is playing the legendry role of Rishi Kapoor’s Monty, in Satish Kaushik’s remake of super hit *Karz.
In this movie he played role of actor, singer and Music director all together. Well, the music of Karzzzz is out now and one can say it is super lengthy and fully loaded with 8 original tracks and one rearranged version of the title song and as many as 10 remixes making Karzzzz a bunch of 19 tracks, all hedonistic with typical HR characteristics –typical instrument arrangements, same nasal singing and lengthy *alaaps, repetitive phrases through out the song. The lyrics are by Sameer. Here is my take of the album.
1. Lut Jaaon Lut Jaaon-First track of the album starts with a catchy beat along with typical nasal alap and Harshdeep Kaur’s small para "Tumse Mohabbat Kar loon Jee Bhar Ke Poori Hasrat kar loon Jee Bhar ke" after that HR holds the mike *(I heard that lines Harshdeep lines is a direct lift from Punjabi words in Aao huzoor by Karunesh).
This song seems to be the title track as there is use of "Tere Karzzzz pe" at regular intervals. Well, HR sung this soft sufi rock type ballad quite well and the slow tempo arrangements suits the mood well too, specially the use of Harshdeep Kaur’s (who crooned Ik Onkaar in RDB, Cadbury perk and Visa Card jingles) deep voice engendering an importunate haunting and lingering background effect throughout the song. This is a highly enticing track that one can’t stop humming after just one listening.
2.Hari om: In second track HR is back with his own revamped version of "Om Shanti Om" where he changed legendry "tumne kabhi kise se pyaar kiya" to "Ye mohabbat bhi kya cheej hai, na jeene deti hai na marne deti hai" in AB styled voice to redo the magic that Rishi did on a giant moving gramophone record. If you are not going to judge it against Om Shanti Om, the song is good and will take a few listening before it grows on you. Especially the energy and the use of guitar, drum and typical Indian instruments as Dhol and Ghanti are quite impressive. But still I am thinking the way HR holds guitar gosshhh.
3.Tandoori Nights: Are you hungry?? Well I am not going to serve you anything but HR is going to serve you "Tandoori Nights" as the third track. I think HR is spreading his rule to Dhabawala’s too through this track. Better I should come back to song. HR crooned this track with conspicuous Sunidhi and used the elements of hip-hop, a bit of rock and trance music with use of lively electronic beats. This appetizingly spunky number is attractive in its elegiac pattern but will not last longer.
4.Soniye Je Tere: HR has something for everyone in his kitty, now he is back with an emotionally intense number "Soniye Je Tere". In this track tries out Indian classic but also didn’t forget to add rap-n-reggae to it to make it good for all. Well in this song HR excels especially in high pitches and his partners-in-nasal rhyme Tulsi Kumar who got a few lines to add as well in evoking romantic hues and vibes. Now coming to the controversies what I heard is that this is a complete lift from same titled song by a Punjabi singer Kulwinder Kally.
5.Dhoom tere ishq ki: This track is HR version of "Dard-e-Dil "and this song comes out spectacularly with different composition and arrangements. So for the best of the lot. This song is simply superb but could have been more wonderful if HR has not used his nasal voice, as one can easily say that it has Rahat Fateh Ali khan written on it.. But anyways the main thing that does the wonder is Sameer’s apt simple yet engaging https://lyrics. Specially the use of "Aur thodi der mein hum juda ho jaayenge" gives song an edge. Perfect fusion of traditional Indian instruments (tabla, sitar, harmonium, Dhol and sarangi) with westernized beat patterns is the main attraction of the song. See the lyrics
"Tumse milna, Jiya Dolna, Tumse milna, Jiya Dolna
tere bin bole sab bolana, meri aashiqui ke bhed kholna
Fursat ke pal me doobana, Apne hi dil se joojhna
Laagi kyun ye laagi lagan, apni hi lagan se poochna"
6.Sisak sisak ke: After sweet "Dhoom tere ishq ki "HR steps in fusing rap-n-reggae flow with Indian instruments to produce a supposedly riveting and highly pulsating "Sisak Sisak Ke" which gives a glimpse of ostentatious 80’s disco epoch. This will be a treat for HR fan’s where he used blazing mast electronic beats and frisky rap inputs but for me the track lost its glam when HR started harshly hymning the humdrum beats. In this song HR’s try to become RDB goes in vain.
7.Tere Bin chain Na aave: So after trying Sufi rock, Foodie song, Punjabi love song and Disco fever, our HR is now in mood of Ghazal and he comes with "Tere Bin Chain Na Aave" where Tulsi Kumar joins him in giving out feminine sentiments. But this ghazal based song totally belongs to HR where he modulated his tones in varying pitches (his voice is quite different in this track). The best part of the song is the use of attractive touch of conventional Indian music and arrangements.
8.Masha allah: Next comes a *desi-fied-sufi-rock-ballad based romantically impulsive track "Masha Allah". This song will surly gonna remind you of "Allah Kare" from "Ahista Ahista". The lyrics of this song are quite impressive and I am confused now whether this one will be the "Dard-e-dil "of this Karzzzz or "Dhoom tere "will be. **This song is well sung by HR with varying pitch from low to high through out the song at regular interval. This song deserves second hearing also because of the fantastic music arrangement and the apt https://lyrics. Well written and well performed.
9.Ek Haseena thi: Do you remember the tale of Kamini and Ravi’s love saga? Nahh! probably HR knew this too thats why he stepped in Kishore Da’s shoes to sing one of the most admired tracks of Bollywood. The lyrics are kept same as that legendry track but instead of relying more on guitar tune, HR relied on his and Shreya’s singing potential and rearranged the music arrangements without killing the soul of the song. But one thing that confused me is that why is he trying to say starting lines in AB mode voice?
Remixes: The complementary CD is jam-packed with club and lounge remixes, few of them are amply energetic in nature, more in beats, bass and pitch and more foot-tapping in retort (remixes of Hari-om, lut jaoon) but few of them are tortured with remixed versions as "Dhoom tere ishq ki" and "Tere Bin chain Na aave, " it is likelistening "Laagi tumse man ki lagan" mixed with "Hare raam hare raam". (Continued in Comment Section)