EXPECTATIONS
One
doesn't
play
on
the
music
of
Allah
Ke
Banday
expecting
anything
that
would
be
a
quintessential
feel
good
affair.
After
all
the
film,
as
the
promos
and
the
title
suggest,
is
pretty
much
a
gritty
dramatic
tale
revolving
around
children
and
crime.
Hence,
you
expect
a
theme
score
that
would
be
haunting
to
say
the
least,
a
la
Ram
Gopal
Varma
films
like
Satya,
Company
or
the
Sarkar
series.
With
multiple
composers
coming
together
for
different
songs
in
the
album,
you
look
forward
to
the
kind
of
songs
that
would
primarily
play
in
the
background
with
lip
synch
numbers
being
totally
out
of
question.
MUSIC
The
album
gets
a
hard
hitting
start
with
Chirantan
Bhatt
coming
up
with
exactly
the
kind
of
sound
in
'Maula'
that
one
expected
from
Allah
Ke
Banday.
Sung
in
high
pitch
by
Hamza
Faruqui
and
Krishna,
this
fusion
between
sufi
and
rock
does
bring
in
the
kind
of
high
intensity
impact
that
Allah
Ke
Banday
required.
Sarim
Momin
gets
the
right
lyrics
in
place
as
the
protagonists'
plea
before
God
to
make
life
better
for
the
underprivileged.
Next
to
arrive
is
a
Kailash
Kher,
Naresh
&
Paresh
creation
titled
'Kya
Hawa
Kya
Baadal'.
Written
and
sung
by
Kailash
Kher,
the
track
has
a
sad
intrinsic
feel
to
it.
However,
what
takes
the
song
down
is
the
fact
that
it
turns
out
to
be
pretty
sad
not
just
in
the
way
it
is
sung
and
the
theme
that
it
conveys
but
also
the
way
it
overall
sounds.
Clearly,
this
one
just
doesn't
go
anywhere
and
though
it
does
aim
at
bringing
on
the
theme
feel
of
the
film,
the
overall
sound
of
'Kya
Hawa
Kya
Baadal'
is
such
that
you
aren't
really
excited
to
check
out
the
much
longer
version
that
appears
later.
New
entrants
Tarun
&
Vinayak
come
up
with
a
two
minute
long
piece
'Rabba
Rabba'
which
has
director/actor
Faruk
Kabir
himself
coming
behind
the
mike.
This
is
the
same
song
which
is
currently
playing
in
the
promo
and
is
strictly
situational.
A
rock
number
which
has
lyrics
by
Ravi
Khote,
this
song
yet
again
gets
into
the
territory
of
lost
childhood
and
innocence.
However,
even
as
one
starts
warming
up
to
a
little
extent,
it
reaches
an
end.
Sunidhi
Chauhan
goes
almost
unplugged
for
'Mayoos' with
just
about
a
couple
of
instruments
playing
remotely
in
the
background.
As
the
title
itself
suggests,
this
one
Sarim
Momin
written
song
has
a
sad
feeling
to
it.
This
is
understandable
though
as
this
film
couldn't
have
afforded
to
carry
anything
feel
good.
Despite
the
fact
that
this
Hamza
Faruqui
number
does
turn
out
to
be
better
than
the
couple
of
songs
before
it,
it
would
be
challenging
for
'Mayoos'
to
make
its
presence
felt
outside
the
narrative
of
the
film.
There
is
an
attempt
to
get
some
fun
in
place
with
Ishq
Bector
playing
the
double
role
of
composer
and
singer
with
the
track
'Kaala
Jaadu'.
Sarim
Momin
writes
for
this
situational
track
that
could
be
set
in
the
juvenile
prison.
Sounding
so
much
like
an
80s
track,
it
is
barely
passable
and
though
it
tries
to
bring
on
the
fun
element
on
it,
the
maximum
impact
it
may
manage
to
make
it
within
the
context
of
the
film
if
picturised
well.
OVERALL
Allah
Ke
Banday
was
never
expected
to
be
a
commercial
score.
However,
despite
this
limitation,
the
overall
results
are
not
the
kind
that
would
make
one
gaga
about
the
intrinsic
quality
that
the
album
would
have
brought
with
itself.
One
now
looks
forward
to
what
the
film
has
to
offer
because
it
sounds
far
more
promising.
OUR
PICK(S)
Maula
Story first published: Thursday, September 30, 2010, 12:35 [IST]