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A devotional film on Satya Sai Baba needs devotional music. Hit devotionals of the recent past include Jai Santoshi Maa and Shirdi Ke Sai Baba in the 1970s, before which there were so many memorable scores.
Music:
Anup Jalota gets the album off on a rousing start with 'Sai Sai Bol', a pleasant tune by Chander Makwana that has the ambience of the '90s. However, the keyboard-driven smallness of the song is a compromise to ears aching for wholesomeness in devotional music. The lyrics (Sudhakar Sharma) are serviceable, coined out of many songs to several deities and their strengths as perceived by their devotees.
The same flavour pervades 'Atiman Bhavan', (which should be 'Ati man bhaavan') put forward by Kumar Sanu, who excels as always in the nuances of expression. The lyrics ('Maangnewale nazar hai aate / Nazar na aaye denewala') and music by the same pair are better, though the track is quite overlong at 7 minutes! The orchestration is 20 years retro (as in with the '90s flavour) again but works given the strength of the composition.
Sukhwinder Singh is in usual form in 'Lagi Re Lagan Mohe Lagi' composed by Anchal Talesara. However, after the mukhda, the song degenerates into a gimmicky song that sounds like a typical Sufi-meets-Sukhwinder chant that is all too common ever since the singer made it big. The lyrics (Naqsh Lyallpuri) are predictable. The chorus is in English, and the singers sing as if they are singing in Hindi!
Bappi Lahiri springs a surprise as a singer in 'Sai Satya Hai', which he has also composed. The lyrics (Dr Deepak Sneh) are rich, though Bappi carries a strong hangover of Laxmikant-Pyarelal's title-track of Satyam Shivam Sundaram in the orchestral nuances, compositional flow and vocal touches.
The last two songs are written by Sanjay Sakshi and composed and sung by Sumit Tappo and sound like normal songs rather than devotional in their base. 'O Maa Sai Maa' sounds a bit neither-here-nor-there as it is a very Jagjit Singh-like number in arrangements and compositions and yet Tappo sings with a Anup Jalota-esque tenor and diction. The lyrics are ordinary, with the singer asking the goddess not to change even if 'badle duniya saari'!
The last track, 'Dhanya Ho Maa' has the singer going even more Jalota-esque. The clone factor disturbs and distracts from the pleasant tune and lyrics.
Overall:
This is an average album for the genre, which barely has scope in today's times, at least given the face value of the film.
Our Pick:
'Sai Sai Bol', 'Atiman Bhavan'
Music: Chander Makwana, Anchal Talesara, Bappi Lahiri & Sumit Tappo
Lyrics: Naqsh Lyallpuri, Sudhakar Sharma, Dr. Deepak Sneh & Sanjay Sakshi
Music Label: T-Series
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