Initially, Ram Gopal Varma’s Company was not supposed to have any songs at all. Ramu wanted to move into Hollywood direction where they only have background music in the movie or if there are any soundtrack, they are played in a way that they don’t stop the flow of the movie. Good thought but after the smashing success of Kambakth Ishq in Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya Ramu had second thoughts and he asked Sandeep Chowta, who was to compose the background music for the film, to compose regular songs as well. Sandeep hasn’t done a bad job! Since, Company’s all about underworld, as was Ramu’s Satya, one is tend to compare the music of Company with that of Satya. Let’s do a track by track analysis of Company’s songs. ’Khallas’ - by Asha Bhosle, Sudesh Bhosle & Sapna Awasthi is a fast track and Sudesh Bhosle’s voice manipulation reminds one of R.D. Burman’s ’Yammah Yamaah...’ in Shaan. Lyrics by Nitin Raikwar is okay and comes in Chhalu category. This song is repeated in the album as a remix track. Expect to see Khallas on your TV channel’s countdown. ’Tumse Kitna’ - sung by Altaf Raja somehow remind us of other songs sung by Altaf Raja(He has got to take a break). It’s a love song, hence the music given is fairly good but lyrics do not go along with the playback, which happens to be a negative marking for the song. The tune reminds us of ’Dil ke arman’ by Salma Aga. ’Pyar Pyar Mein’ - sung by Sonali Vajpayee and Babul Surpriyo is easy on ears. Babul Supriyo sounds like Kumar Sanu. Written to be a love song this one should appeal to those struck by cupid’s arrow. ’Aankhon Mein’ is a soft and slow number. It’s on the same line with Ram Gopals ’Pyaar ye jaane kaisa hai...’ of Rangeela. Sowmya Rao has rendered this song quite nicely and those who like to hear slow numbers should like this one. ’Ganda Hai’ - a song which Sandeep Chowta has rendered himself is quite different from the ordinary (doesn’t necessarily means that it’s good as well). Jaideep Sahni has penned the lyrics for this one but loud music makes it harder to listen to it. ’A shot of company’ - Shh.... koi hai! this is what ’A shot’ has to say. The theme creates an atmosphere of suspense with thrilling effects. The presentation of music is very graphical. ’Malik Soul’ - ’A shot of company’ Malik soul is an instrumental and the reflections of ’Bombay’s instrumental’ can be felt on it. Overall, the album of Company is worth buying.