Shaadi Se Pehle Songs

It is a dull Monday Morning. Mr. Preran gets out of bed with the usual sad thoughts about the week ahead. He decides to try out the CD he bought in one of those impulsive shopping fits the previous day. He had always been a sucker for music from Mukta Arts. Even without Laxmikant-Pyarelal, he had contributed generously to music from the banner. But somehow, this time he had the dread that his hopes would be dashed, his money wasted, and his week ruined.

As the first few beats started rolling out of his computer, everything suddenly changed. He started tapping his toes, grooving his hips, parting his lips...oh whatever! The week suddenly seemed full of hope and cheer. It was the tipping point he had been waiting for all the previous week.

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Movie: Shaadi Se Pehle

Lyrics: Sameer

In Shaadi se pehle, Himesh outdoes himself. Of course, it does help when the movie is from a certain Mukta Arts banner who have an impeccable track music-wise at least. The numbers are amazingly consistent-each one of them is aimed at rocking the charts and setting your dancing shoes on fire. Never mind if Himesh himself never gets in front of the microphone. All the male singers end up being his clones.

Mundeya (Sunidhi Chauhan)

Rating: 3/5

I am still to make sense of what those chorus singers mouth in the beginning of this song. Maybe it was the censors at work over there. Anyway, Sunidhi soon takes over with lyrics that make more sense.

Mundeya aa bhi jaa...

Le ja dil leke jaa...

Meri aankhon se aankhen lada

Dil ki baat aage badha

Sochta kya maahiya

No earth shattering-poetry this but great percussion and some funky rhythm and inspired singing by Sunidhi should get you on your feet in no time. Maybe it was just the lack of time because Sunidhi adds no extra touches and finesse to this number. Sad when you consider the wonderful things she did to those songs in Sur.

Akhiyon se gal kar gayi (Sukhwinder, Sonu Nigam, Sunidhi)

Rating: 3.5/5

Oooh babe babe...come closer...aahhh...oooh... yes my darling...

No, I am not trying to seduce you. These wonderfully original seductive lines are mouthed by a female who sounds like she could get even Bobby Darling into bed at the beginning of this number. Good sense soon prevails as the lead singers get the floor grooving with the bhangra beats.

Because both the male singers end up sounding like Himesh and Sunidhi has sung such numbers a zillion times before, there is nothing really original here. But who cares for that anyways? Except for that female who keeps trying to get in between your pants during the antaras, this song is easy on the ears.

Tuteya Ve (Daler Mehendi)

Rating: 3.5/5

In total contrast to what you would expect Daler to be doing, this song is amazingly subdued. Daler shows what he can do to even a simple composition. After his amazing ’’Tu mere rubaroo hai’’ act in Maqbool, Daler proves that he is not slave to catchy rhythms and inane https://lyrics. This song surprisingly bears strong resemblance to Lataji’s ’’Kaun Dagar’’ song from Lajja in terms of orchestra. Melancholic with some great percussion, I don’t expect a chart-buster here though.

Bijuriya (Sukhwinder, Alka Yagnik)

Rating:4/5

Whoever said that Alka’s voice= Romantic Numbers should seriously listen to this song. The lady competes with Sukhwinder note for note and taal for taal. Himesh flavors this with just a little Sufi touch and it does wonders. Ranging from bhangra to hardcore laxmikant pyarelal to Qawwali, this number is a surefire chartbuster.

Bereft of sex starved sirens and replaced with dholaks, paayals and all those Indian sounds that mark a Mukta Arts number, this is my number one song of the album.

Tere Liye (Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik)

Rating: 2.5/5

Bordering on the highly predictable music-wise, lyric-wise and all-wise, it is redeemed because of the expertise of the leading singers who have gone these notes a million times before.

Sache Aashiq (Sukhwinder)

Rating: 4/5

I fell hard for Sukhwinder’s opening lines, ’’ Dil lagaane ki baat karti ho...kis zamaane ki baat karti ho’’. Despite all the mimicking and predictability, everyone involved puts in a sincere effort and boy! do they succeed! Just a notch below Bijuriya, this number still manages to hold its own. Expect this one to be coming soon to your nearest countdown.

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Overall Rating: 4/10

Nowhere close to other albums by the Mukta Banner, ’’Shaadi se Pehle’’ is still very good music because even while sticking to standard formats, it is still very likeable. Barring the Tuteya Ve song, all the others are aimed to get you on the dance floor.