Bollywood

What are the expectations of music from a film that goes by the title of Panga Naa Lo? Actually zilch! Especially with veterans like Om Puri and Satish Shah being pitched as the film’s leads and no other notable credentials to talk about, one doesn’t quite expect anything from the film’s soundtrack. Rahul Ranade, the composer for PNL, has earlier been associated mostly with Mahesh Manjrekar’s films like Nidaan, Astitva, Tera Mera Saath Rahen and Pitaah while Amol Gupte, Jeetendra Joshi and Shrirang Godbole have come together to pen the lyrics. One just hopes though that there may be a surprise or two for the audience. The sad part is that nothing like that eventually happens! There is a scream of Panga Naa Lo to kick start the proceedings of the album with the song that goes by the namesake title ‘Panga Naa Lo’. The song is disjointed to say the least as Nitin Raikwar and Juune Banerji croon a track that is incoherent and simply irritating. While the singing is plain bad, the music too is below average with neither the tune nor the arrangements making any sort of impression whatsoever. Write your own music review of Panga Naa LoThis is a kind of track that one wishes to leave mid-way through and move on to something better. In the context of the film it may have some importance though the composition is so annoying that one would want something else to play in the background than Panga Naa Lo. It’s a subtle beginning to ‘Dil Ki Kuchh Baatein’ that gives hopes of a romantic track to follow. With melody as its base, ‘Dil Ki Kuchh Baatein’ bring some sort of relief for a listener after a forgettable Panga Naa Lo thought this is the maximum distance it goes. Arrangements aren’t quite classy as one can sense that much more could have been done by means of getting more instruments in place than just a keyboard ruling the show. The song too starts dragging mid-way through its seven minute duration and in spite of Shaan’s presence, there is nothing much exciting about ‘Dil Ki…’ which would warrant a repeat hearing. A female voice is heard for the first time in the album when Vaishali Samant comes behind the mike to croon her version of ‘Dil Ki…’ that is presented in its remix avtar. The echo effect given to her voice along with a lounge feel imparted through the arrangements makes ‘Dil Ki…’ a slightly better version hence giving something better for a listener to hear. Shilpa Rao, who has been in news ever since she created a stir with ‘Javeda Zindagi’ [Anwar] and most recently was noticed once again with ‘Woh Ajnabee’ [The Train], is back with a raunchy item number ‘Uff Ooee Maa’. Choreographed on Zabyn Khan, the song is targeted at the front benchers and just about manages to cater to that segment. There is nothing exceptional in Shilpa’s rendition here as she lends her vocals to a song that seems to be set in dance bar. Yet again, the production values are low when it comes to arrangements which only take the song further down. Shaan and Vaishali, who had separately crooned their versions of ‘Dil Ki..’, come together for the first duet of the album ‘Us Paar Hai Meri Jaan’. A song set as a soft rock ballad, it has a slow pace and turns out to be the best offering that Rahul Ranade could make in this album. Belonging to romance genre, the song has Shaan crooning in his characteristic style and does well in spite of the overall setup being hardly impressive. Having said that, even ‘Us Paar…’ doesn’t have anything in it which makes for a chartbuster and ends without making much of a mark. Small turns out to be big sometimes; there have been numerous examples in the past to illustrate that. Unfortunately, though Panga Naa Lo is small, there is nothing big about it, at least when it comes to its music. A forgettable soundtrack.

Original post by Pankaj