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Music :
Salim Merchant, Sulaiman Merchant |
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Lyrics :
Irfan Siddique, Sandeep Nath |
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Direction : Madhur Bhandarkar |
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Producer :
Ronnie
Screwvala |
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Leading Cast :
Priyanka Chopra, Kangna Ranaut, Arjan Bajwa, Mugdha Godse, |
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Arbaaz
Khan, Harsh Chhaya, Sameer Soni, Kitu Gidwani |
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Fashion is the biggest project for Madhur Bhandarkar.
Majority of his films have been low budget affairs
(no, we are not counting Aan - Men At Work), whether
it is Trishakti, Chandni Bar, Satta or Traffic
Signal. Page 3 and Corporate saw the bar being
raised when it came to money being spent on projects
but Fashion jumps all bars when it comes to budget
being set for a Bhandarkar film. The film has been
mounted on a lavish scale, boasts of top-line actors
(Priyanka Chopra, Kangana) and even sees
Salim-Sulaiman coming on board as composers (with
Irfan Siddiqui as the lyricist) while replacing
Shamir Tandon with whom Bhandarkar has worked in
quite a few projects. This is the first step in the
right direction for the director since the composer
duo come up with the tunes that don't just go by the
theme of the film; they also have a couple of
numbers in the offering which have a chartbuster
appeal to them. |
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Fashion Ka Jalwa... |
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Singer(s):
Sukhwinder Singh, Satya hinduja, Robert "Bob" Omulo |
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Ten seconds into the title song 'Fashion Ka Jalwa'
and you would find your feet tapping to the song's
beats. Interestingly arranged and orchestrated, the
song (which has Sandeep Nath as the guest lyricist)
has 'Jalwa' as it's punch word with Satya Hinduja
and Robert "Bob" Omulo giving Sukhwinder Singh
company behind the mike. Though the song's base
remains to be entirely Western, it is
'singing-with-a-punch' by Sukhwinder Singh which
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proceedings. Lasting close to five minutes and also
appearing in a 'remix version', this is not a
number, which you find humming around the town but
would enjoy it being played on screen at a strategic
point of the narrative. |
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Mar Jawaan... |
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Singer(s):
Shruti Pathak, Salim Merchant |
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Soon after comes the best song of the album, 'Mar
Jaava'. A true blue lounge number, which requires
only one listening to be declared as one of the best
tracks, heard so far in 2008, it is made special by
Shruti Pathak who comes up with an amazing
rendition. It's her husky, low-key voice, which
spins magic in this Salim-Sulaiman composition that
flows smoothly at a leisurely pace and has in it to
be put on a repeat mode and played on for hours at
stretch. Moreover, Salim Merchant's back-up vocals
add on to the lounge appeal of this love song, which
should be a highlight of the film. The number later
arrives in a 'remix version' as well and though club
hoppers won't mind it blazing hard, for the ones who
are looking at a quite outing with themselves, the
original composition is always a better bet. |
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Aashiyana.. |
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Singer(s):
Salim Merchant |
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It is time to enter composer Pritam's territory with
the emergence of 'Aashiyana'. A soft rock track that
has Salim Merchant going ahead with a solo
rendition, 'Aashiyana' is a love song which follows
the same path as 'Kya Mujhe Pyaar Hai' [Gangster]
and 'Aksar' [Hijack], both of which have proved to
be popular with the music lovers. DJ Amyth created
'remix version' is just an added bonus as it heads
straight for a night club, hence adding on to the
glam theme of Fashion. The
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song, which would have been milked to the hilt had
it landed with the Bhatts, 'Aashiyana' makes it
three-in-a-row for Fashion. |
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Kuchh Khaas.. |
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Singer(s):
Mohit Chauhan, Neha Bhasin |
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Coming together
of Mohit Chauhan and Neha Bhasin ensures that a song would
have a contemporary setting to it and that exactly is the
case for 'Kuchh Khaas' as well. In any other film belonging
to romance genre, this one would have been grabbed by both
hands by the makers though one wonders that how long it
would last on screen in Fashion. Ok, so the number isn't an
exceptional hearing but if you have liked the haunting sound
of Vishal-Shekhar's 'Khuda Jaane' [Bachna Ae Haseeno], it
won't be surprising if you end up putting 'Kuchh Khaas' on a
repeat mode as well. The 'remix version' only keeps the
contemporary urban mood of the film on and gives a different
account of Madhur Bhandarkar who has more or less stayed
away from conventional peppy love songs in his earlier
projects. |
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Theme Of Fashion... |
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Singer(s):
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The album continues to impress till the very end
with the sound of 'santoor' at the start of
'Fashion-Theme' turning out to be such an enticing
piece that it is hard to ignore it after the very
first listening. A club sound begins soon after to
keep the pace on for this theme track, which should
be playing when the models are walking the ramp and
some of the dramatic points in the narrative.
However, it is the sound of 'santoor' followed by
the same piece being played on violin, |
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which gives this theme track a grand feel. |
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Theme Of Fashion (Remix)... |
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Singer(s):
Remixed by : Karsh Kale, Medeival Punditz |
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A winner all the way, it also appears in a
six-minute 'remix' version. However, Karsh Kale and Medeival
Punditz, the men behind the remix, don't just add on a few
touch-ups here and there but actually twist and turn the
composition to enhance the dramatic appeal. In fact, while
the original composition still had some relief to it, the
remix version takes a full-on approach and it is only after
80 seconds that the signature theme piece is heard again. |
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Fashion works in
totality and while numbers like 'Fashion Ka Jalwa', 'Aashiyana'
and 'Kuchh Khaas' are good in their own right, the cake is
taken by the 'Fashion - Theme' and 'Mar Jaava' which are the
pick of the lot. In his career so far, Madhur Bhandarkar
films haven't been known for their music, even though the
albums of Corporate and Page 3 still saw some sales on the
stands. However, Fashion is all set to break the jinx while
turning out to be the first Madhur Bhandarkar film ever to
boast of a truly mass as well as class appealing score. |
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Rating: 3/5 |
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