EXPECTATIONS
Over
last
few
years,
Tips
Music
Films
and
Pritam
have
been
delivering
chartbuster
soundtracks.
Ajab
Prem
Ki
Ghazab
Kahani
was
one
of
the
top
selling
albums
of
last
year
while
last
year,
both
Race
as
well
as
Kismat
Konnection
did
very
good
business.
Naturally,
one
expects
at
least
a
decent
outing
in
Toh
Baat
Pakki.
However,
there
is
one
factor
that
is
required
to
be
kept
in
mind
before
one
starts
expecting
too
much.
The
fact
is
that
music
played
an
integral
part
in
the
aforementioned
three
films
with
a
strong
element
of
love
tying
the
film's
screenplay
together.
However,
Toh
Baak
Pakki
is
more
of
a
situational
comedy.
Also,
it
doesn't
have
a
big
budgeted
extravagant
feel
to
it,
something
that
oozed
out
of
all
other
outings.
This
is
the
reason
why
one
has
expectations
in
check
before
checking
out
what
does
Pritam
have
to
offer
this
time
around.
MUSIC
Pritam
Chakraborty
turns
into
Pritam
Singh
once
again
for
Toh
Baat
Pakki
which
has
a
Punjabi
beginning
to
it
with
Mika
Singh
coming
behind
the
mike
for
'Jis
Din'.
A
catchy
number
that
instantly
gets
you
jiving,
it
has
everything
that
you
have
heard
before
from
Pritam
and
is
still
reasonably
impressive.
This
Mayur
Puri
written
number
has
a
good
mix
of
Punjabi
and
Western
arrangements
that
make
it
the
kind
of
track
that
can
find
an
audience
in
the
bigger
centres
as
well
as
interiors.
Expect
the
track
(which
is
repeated
in
a
'remix
version',
just
like
every
other
number
in
the
album)
to
find
it's
way
in
the
marriage
processions
to
follow
if
and
when
the
film
turns
out
to
be
a
success.
The
sound
of
guitar
that
marks
the
beginning
of
'Phir
Se'
reminds
one
of
many
romantic
tracks
that
Pritam
has
created
for
Imtiaz
Ali
in
the
past.
However,
the
moment
Sonu
Nigam
starts
rendering
the
track;
you
get
into
the
world
of
Mohd.
Rafi.
Sayeed
Qadri
plays
it
simple
once
again
though
surprisingly
the
tune
is
more
Sajid-Wajid/Nikhil-Vinay
than
Pritam.
One
would
have
expected
the
song
to
be
really
melodious
considering
the
fact
that
it
is
the
only
quintessential
romantic
number
in
the
album.
However,
'Phir
Se',
in
spite
of
seeing
a
'remix
version'
version
followed
by
another
one
which
has
Rahat
Fateh
Ali
Khan
at
the
helm
of
affairs,
doesn't
quite
break
the
ceiling
and
remains
average
at
best.
Javed
Ali
and
Shilpa
Rao
get
together
for
another
'let's
bring
on
the
Punjab
flavour'
song
which
has
so
much
of
'Yaara
Dhol
Bajake'
(Dhol)
to
it
that
one
wonders
whether
Pritam
made
both
the
songs
at
the
same
place
few
years
back?
The
part
rendered
by
Javed
Ali
especially
reminds
one
of
the
all-boys
show
that
one
had
seen
in
Dhol....
A
Shabbir
Ahmed
written
track,
it
has
some
annoying
interludes
which
only
end
up
making
'Dil
Le
Jaa'
falling
into
the
category
of
'heard
today-remembered
tomorrow-forgotten
after
a
week'
track.
Finally
comes
a
rock
track
'Karle
Mujhse
Pyaar' which
allows
Pritam
a
free
hand
in
getting
into
Life
In
A...Metro
mode.
It
is
nice
to
see
this
genre
finding
a
place
in
Toh
Baat
Pakki
because
one
could
hardly
see
this
coming
in
a
movie
belonging
to
a
comic
genre.
Pritam
and
his
regulars
like
Rana
Mazumder
and
Soham
Chakrabarthy
get
jamming
for
Sayeed
Qadri's
'Karle
Mujhse
Pyaar'
where
one
can
clearly
sense
them
enjoying
their
outing.
One
just
hopes
that
the
song
(which
finds
a
'remix'
for
itself)
music
video
running
for
it
pronto
so
that
it
gets
maximum
mileage
and
find
the
kind
of
audience
that
it
truly
deserves.
Toh
Baat
Pakki
reaches
a
relatively
quieter
end
with
a
75
seconds
'Aarti'
(Om
Jai
Jagadish)
which
is
sung
well
by
Antara
Mitra.
OVERALL
Toh
Baat
Pakki
is
a
mixed
bag
with
none
of
the
songs
being
an
assault
on
the
ears
but
not
all
turning
out
to
be
so
likeable
that
they
would
make
this
as
the
hot
selling
album
of
the
season.
'Karle
Mujhse
Pyaar'
brings
in
an
urban
contemporary
feel
but
needs
some
solid
promotion
over
next
few
weeks
to
make
an
impression.
On
the
other
hand
'Jis
Din'
is
good
though
it
does
invoke
a
sense
of
deja
vu.
Don't
look
for
anything
extraordinary
out
of
Toh
Baat
Pakki
and
you
won't
mind
giving
this
score
by
Pritam
a
listening
before
he
returns
with
something
bigger
and
better
in
months
to
come.
Story first published: Wednesday, February 3, 2010, 10:26 [IST]