Music Review Dishoom

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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Back in 2011 when John Abraham, Rohit Dhawan, Pritam, Kumaar and Krishika Lulla had come together for Desi Boyz, music [‘Subah Hone Na De’, ‘Allah Maaf Kare’, ‘Make Some Noise For The Desi Boyz’] was one of the major highlights of the film. Now that the same team is reuniting, this time with Varun Dhawan and Sajid Nadiadwala joining in as well along with other lyricists [Mayur Puri, Ashish Pandit], expectations are manifold.

  MUSIC

What catches your attention right at the beginning is the fact that there are only four tracks in the album with a couple of them in 'revisited' versions. First to arrive is 'Sau Tarah Ke' which has an energetic start by Jonita Gandhi. While the girl brings in the right thump to the sound and Amit Mishra brings on good boyish charm as well, it is the chorus (Ashwin, Himanshu, Akash) that sings 'Sau Tarah Ke' which is the real star of the affair. In fact it is the very hook of 'Sau Tarah Ke' (by lyricist Ashish Pandit) that compliments this Kumaar written song well. Moreover, Pritam paces it quite right which keeps the feet tapping. The song is later repeated right at the end with Abhijeet Sawant and Aditi Singh Sharma coming together for another version which rounds up the soundtrack quite well.

  Mayur Puri steps in as the lyricist for a couple of tracks at this point of the soundtrack. A very interestingly written number that is bound to find some good patronage amongst the campus crowds, it has two contrasting singers coming together in the form of Raftaar and Shahid Mallya. The song very interestingly mixes up national, patriotic, social and religious angles while keeping the playful appeal on, hence turning out to be an outing that is quite engaging. There is trademark Pritam stamp to this song which also has a good video featuring John Abraham and Varun Dhawan.

  It is time to welcome the 90s where David Dhawan regaled audiences with several chartbusters featuring Govinda along with Karisma Kapoor/Raveena Tandon. 'Jaaneman Aah' is just the kind of song that takes you back to the time when 'tapori' songs ruled the roost and were lapped up by the audiences who were the fan of 'No. 1' series from the veteran filmmaker. Now with 'Jaaneman Aah', sons Rohit Dhawan and Varun Dhawan take the formula forward and Pritam and Mayur Puri are complimented excellently by Antara Mitra and Aman Trikha who sing this with great energy. As for Parineeti Chopra, she is a livewire here and ends up making one listen to the song again, this time with Nakash Aziz joining Antara Mitra as the singer behind the mike. If you loved 'Saree Ke Fall Sa' [R… Rajkumar], you would dig on this one as well.

  Lyricist Kumaar returns to the soundtrack with 'Ishqa' which has a Middle East sound right at the start. Moreover, the moment Abhijeet Sawant starts rendering this one, you know that it is none other than Pritam as the driving force here as he brings on the right energy and attitude to this song which can well be expected to be another highlight of the film. Antara Mitra gets an opportunity to sing yet another track on the album and she does well with a rendition which comes with certain thump to it.

  OVERALL

The music of Dishoom is exciting and has good force going with it that makes it stand out from the rest of the crowd. It doesn't try to get into a lovey-dovey romantic zone and instead compliments the genre (action comedy) quite well where the music is expected to be fast paced and be in accordance with the film's narrative.

  OUR PICK(S)

‘Jaaneman Aah’, ‘Sau Tarah Ke’, ‘Toh Dishoom’

Article written by staff at Bollywood Hungama. Read more