Cast : Shekhar Suman, Gauri Karnik, Raj Zutshi, Vishwajeet Pradhan, Rajesh Vivek, Khayali
Directed by : ------------
Producer : Jasmine Sarupria
Music Director : ------------
Lyricist : ------------
Release Date : 2008
Oh yes, I have indeed become greedy. After all May 2008 turned out to be a record month when it comes to music albums hitting the stands. At last count, after reviewing 18 albums in a single month, I wanted to check out what more was in the offering from Bollywood. After all there had been some good albums (Haal E Dil, Jaane Tu? Ya Jaane Naa, Love Story 2050, Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic) and a few outrightly forgettable albums (Mere Baap Pehle Aap, Dashavatar (animation), Mr. White Mr. Black) .
With Adhyayan Suman enjoying being a part of one of the best albums of the season, Haal E Dil, I wanted to know how has father Shekhar Suman scored when it comes to his film One Fine Monday that has music by Siddharth Shrivastav and lyrics by Manu Chobe. Even though expecting great music in a set up like this is asking for a little too much, one still plays it on to see where does One Fine Monday takes it's listener.
'Ok, so it is going to be a lost cause from here on' - That's the immediate comment that one is forced to make the moment Sunidhi Chauhan begins 'Dabi Aag', an item song that has below average arrangements, some uninspired singing and an absolute unexciting tune. With a strong feeling of deja vous, which gives an indication of what to expect in the remainder of One Fine Monday, one quickly skips through the 'remix version' that follows immediately after.
A song, which is straight out of an also-ran 80's film, 'Deewana Dil', is so pedestrian that one wonders what made the audio company even have courage to release the album on the stands. Supposed to be a peppy romantic number, this Abhijeet and Richa Sharma sung duet has nothing new to offer at all, what with lyrics like 'Is Mod Pe Tum Ho Mile, Ab Na Rukega Ye Chakka'. Gawd!
Composer Siddharth Shrivastav himself comes behind the mike for 'Sab Ganya'. Well, if a poor job as a composer wasn't bad enough, Siddharth demonstrates that he can be an equally bad (or perhaps worse) singer as well. Trying to be dark and haunting while introducing a shady character, 'Sab Ganya' is situational. Well, it would have hardly mattered if it were an item number as well since everything about the song is so bad that you run out of patience to even listen to the rest of the album. But well, a job is a job so I move on to the remaining two numbers!