Tashan — Music Review

29 03 2008


My gut feeling is getting stronger day by day that Tashan might turn out to be the Jhoom Baraabar Jhoom(JBJ) of this year or may be even worse . JBJ at least had a decent music in it but this one seems to doesn’t even have that . The Music of this movie is out now and it is not at all worth buying . There is no song in the album that will lead the charts . It seems to me as the bank balance of Yash Raj is growing day by day they are becoming more and more careless . They have tried in this album to bring back the senseless , melody-less and Lyrics-less Music of the times of Govinda & Akshay . The music is by Vishal-Shekhar and after OSO this one is a big disappointment . The songs in this Album have nothing to offer . The reason I speak so strongly is because if such a big Production house of India will behave this way then their days are limited . Well , its too early for me to say something like this but I hope they prove me wrong and at least the movie is Good enough to fade the bad effects of its music .

The Album has Five songs in total out of which only two are Good (comparatively) . There are also four dialogues by all the leading cast introducing their characters .

The first in the lot is Dil Hara by Sukhwinder Singh and has lyrics by Piyush Mishra . The music is what is played in the trailer of the movie . The song is well sung by Sukhwinder Singh and Lyrics are OK . The song is quite good but towards the end it suddenly becomes fast and from a desi track it turns into a hard rock song which has not been done well . Apart from its end , the song is good and probably second best track in the album .

After this comes the dialogue by Kareena , Pooja Ka Tashan . She introduces herself and gives a peek of her tom boy nature in he movie . What I am afraid is that Kareena would look really bad in this movie and she would not at all suit the character . But I can understand why Kareena said Yes to this role , just to get an entry into the Yashraj Camp .

Then comes Chaliya by Sunidhi and Piyush Mishra . The lyrics are by Anvita Dutt and I think her lyrics have not been given full justice . The tune is not at all good and just because of the music the song has suffered . The song might look good in the movie but certainly not for your music collection .

After this song a short dialogue by Saif introducing his character of a Playboy and may be Saif might pull of this role well since it suits his personality .

Then comes a song (Dil Dance Maare) that I couldn’t figure out , what is it all about . The song is a pathetic mixture of Desi linguistics and English lyrics making no sense at all . The singing is decent by Sukhwinder , Sunidhi and Udit but lyrics are just so Bakwaas . Vishal , last gave lyrics of a beautiful song in Om Shanti Om (Ankhon mein teri ajab si) and now he has given lyrics to this song that makes no sense at all .

Then there is a Dialogue by Akshay Kumar who plays a “Chhora Ganga Kinare Waala”but delivers his dialogue like Punjabi Jatt which he is . So once more I don’t think this role might suit his Jatt Personality . Probably Abhishek would have done it better .

Then comes which is probably the best song on the album ” Falak Tak ” by Udit and Mahalaxmi Iyer . It is the Romantic pic of the Album and is quite melodious and Lyrical . The Music is also good in this one by Vishal-Shekhar and the Lyrics are great by Kausar Munir . The Music in this one also is quite western influenced with little bit desi beats blended in between .

The whole concept of this movie is blending Western Film Noire Genre with the grassroot desi culture of India . But I don’t think it would work that way . The audience won’t be able to digest it and it would become a tasteless Cocktail of “Desi Daaru” and Western Wine .

After this comes a Dialogue by Anil Kapoor in typical Hinglish in which he states that he is an Old Style Villian , vulgar and cheap . Though Anil is quite good at doing this so his character might look good in the movie with much more Adult Nonsense after what he has done recently in Race .

Last Song on the Album is the Title Song Tashan Mein by Vishal and Saleem and having Lyrics by Vishal and Piyush . They have not at all done justice to the Title of the movie and the song is a dull affair . There is nothing new about lyrics also .

Still , if you like just dhoom dhadaka and don’t care a bit about melody and Lyrics then you might Like the album

Rating : One and Half out of Five . The Album is not at all worth buying and only one song that is Falak Tak is worth listening .

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30 responses

29 03 2008
Vikram Samal

I quite disagree with the reviewer..the songs have a feel good feel to them..more rock and sufi than classical or melody..Its fun till it lasts..So i predict it will turn out a blockbuster..

29 03 2008
Abs

thanx for such a good reviews

29 03 2008
aron padamuraman

even i totally disagree with the REVIEWER …. the music is very New and very Today…. i am totally shocked with the REVIEWERS choice of words…. The music is absolutely new in its form with nice melodies , very modern sounding unlike other recent music from the Yash raj camp …. dil dance mare is a smash …. no doubt…..dil haara , tashan title song are the other good songs

30 03 2008
bollywoodrated

If u like Computer generated sounds more than melody and lyrics then this album is for you …fusion doesn’t means mixing anything and everything .

30 03 2008
Subhendu

I second the review. Honestly all the songs are bad. In fact even Falak Tak is not that good. Udit’s voice sound very oldish.

None of the tunes are melodious and catchy. Pathetic work by VS.

30 03 2008
aditya chopra

i think the music rocks! reviewer does not understand new sound!

30 03 2008
kp

This is the most apt review i hav found,thx man 4 the wonderful review.I totally agree with u.I was really very disappointed after buying the soundtrack of tashan & now i’m not really looking forward 2 the movie.

31 03 2008
Geshan

Nice review but I liked the songs more, see it here.
Good writeup though.

31 03 2008
ritesh

i think the reviwer should go to a psychiatrist n check his mental condition. i’ve heard all the songs of tashan. each song is very different from the other. that itself is an acheivment. i think music duo vishal n shekar have left no stone unturned to make tashan music a huge success. i totally disagree with the reviwer as anyone who hears the music of tashan will like the songs n music. i bet. the songs well matched with the characters of akki,bebo,saif . there is a solo song picturised on kareena. a romantic song picturised on saif n kareena. another romantic song picturised on akki n kareena. its definitely the most awaited film of the year.

31 03 2008
ramesh raju

i second that thought . The reviewer needs his ears tested as well probably he or she must be tone deaf . The music is outstanding . Certainly chart busting and massy

31 03 2008
bachchan pandey

Hot film, hotterest music. reviewr is stupid.

1 04 2008
Pink Floyd

looks like vikram samal has never heard rock music….just heard the word rockk…i totally agree with the viewer …music of tashan is shitty n computer generated noise!!!

1 04 2008
rimi

Shitty music…..music appears to be that of a c grade movie……ritesh n that ramu (his name sounds like that of a servant) need to start listening to good music before they completely loose their sense of hearing!!!

1 04 2008
rajesh

pathetic stuff….yash raj films days are numbered….only God can save their banner at this rate

1 04 2008
rajesh1

pathetic stuff….yash raj films days are numbered….only God can save their banner at this rate!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1 04 2008
adrcc2

He’s not so wrong….there’s nothing new with this album….i think good music directors get too much constraint when enrolled by Yash Raj.

Dil Hara sounds like Omkara
Chaliya has the Yash Raj tag – more like a Dhoom song
Dil Dance Maare has indeed bakwaas lyrics…that’ll please the overseas ppl
Falak Tak is OK. Nice arrangements, good guitar but still that Yash Raj tag.
Tashan Mein excellent as a Theme song and i disagree with the reviewer here. Best of the lot.

3/5 for me – If you give Vishal-Shekhar full liberty, you get ‘Cash’, or else you get ‘Tashan’

Come to think of it, Dhoom and Dhoom 2 were commercial successes (i hated them), so Tashan is bound to work too with those ppl who are rejecting this review.

1 04 2008
pratap

dull n disgusting music…….i wonder who will waste their money on this tashan shit

2 04 2008
Saurabh

a BIG thanx to all the guys n gals who agreed with my review ..ur comments mean a lot to me and a small thanx to all the guys who didn’t like the review but still took time to comment on it ..opinions can differ . Special thanx to Rimi , adrcc2 , rajesh and pratap .

3 04 2008
Subhendu

The music is so pathetic that after 5 repeated listening, instead of growing on me, the songs are currently repelling me.

And I must say other than Chhaliya, every other song feel like taken from C Grade Bhojpuri movies.

The “Oh ho” of Dil Haare is disgusting and uncouth.

VS has done only one good thing by doing OSO, they have found out YRF camp. Salim-Sulaiman, poor folks, sounded better in AN.

4 04 2008
ocaenguy17

heh heh look whos talking. I dont love Yash Raj either but I think ur a moron of the biggest order. what do u like listening to ? nursery rhymes ? take a break man if I had a brain as small as yours I wouldnt dare write anything about music. Stop writing sad reviews and keep this comment on your site if uve got bA**s . Ive not used expletives :) . And by the way get a life………. LOSER

5 04 2008
saurabh

i think people who are agree with this most useless crap review are freinds of writer. Or they are hate to see yashraj banner succeed. Otherwise, they will like this true innovetive and rockking music. Superhit!

10 04 2008
payal

OHH surabh u fuckin loser!!!get a life but before that correct ur english…u cock sucking cunt!!!!

14 04 2008
saurabh

payal, no need to use the badwords. I think also review is total wrong, but i say at least properly.

14 04 2008
NAILA

the music is ok .although i cant satnd kareena kapoor her figure looks way better skinny like this chubby her does make her look older . i cant stand her . her sisiter is guwjus compared to her . neways im still going to watch it cs i like saif-ali-kham . he so fit baby to good for Kareena Kapoor an so was Shahid Kapoor

1 06 2008
xxx

i really thought that was ‘gas maare’ till i read your article. so embarrassing.

2 06 2008
anbu

good one just wat i had in mind

9 06 2008
ansuman bhattacharya

who the hell the reviewer is…he does not know anything about music…cummon grow up dude….although i quite agree that falak tak is the best number here,,but others are good and up to the mark,,,,i quite disagree to the reviewer and i dont understand how is his review withstood here at all…

no ill feelings to anyone guys…after all films and made for entertainment…and if we can learn in any way its good,,,,god bless all of you…

11 06 2008
yyy

thats not right yashji

1 09 2008
name

Hi!,

26 08 2009
Akash

The reviewer knows what he is talking. Tashan is the trash movie of 2008. Yash Raj should recruit some sensible in charger of the film. When it comes to music, Vishal – Shekhar, hmmm, I actually don’t know. The only song I liked was “Falak Tak.”

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