Ishq karenge‘s power qawali is aptly spoofy, strongly evoking Farah Khan’s musical sensibilities, of all things! While Abhishek Nehwal and Sona Mohapatra handle it with ease, Shadab Faridi seems oddly out of sorts. The song’s EDM version blunts some of the original version’s filmy polish to add a new dimension. Hogi kranti is an interesting concoction, mixing spoof in a Soviet march-past’ish tune and topping it with ‘Man main hai vishwas’! Saturday night carries the typical Central Asian folk sound too, but in an instantly bouncy, catchy dance envelope, besides being sung with so much energy by Benny Dayal, Aditi Singh Sharma, Neeraj Sridhar and Janusz Krucinski! Is duniya se ladna hai is the third song that has a regimental sound (apt for the song title!), but is decidedly more filmy, with sing-along’ish catchiness. Maula turns pensive, but has an engaging sound that starts with a sufi sound, morphs into a bhajan sound and finally mixes both cleverly, and is sung fabulously by Rituraj Mohanty. Siddharth Basrur storms through the pulsating Meri zidd in style, with Ram aiding him with a frenetic, guitar-laden rock sound. Ram Sampath brews a heady mix in Bangistan – it’s consistently spoofy, funky and catchy!
Keywords: Bangistan, Ram Sampath, #200, 200
