Police police rehashes Raja’s own evergreen Botany class in a zingier package. Shapath has a morose sound, bears strikingly beautiful interludes but Raja’s vocals is a problem. Kaise kahen, despite being an 80s Raja tune, sounds amazingly fresh in its renewed avatar, while the other rehashes – Josh mein and Saara yeh, despite being classics in the original versions, are out of sync in Hindi and too South Indian for Bollywood, respectively. Dheemi dheemi carries the composer’s current sound and is a competent melody. Ilayaraja’s cult status may not expand to the North with this soundtrack. But, well tried, RGV!
Keywords: Ilayaraja, Iliyaraja, Ram Gopal Verma, Mohit Ahlawat, Nosha Kothari