EXPECTATIONS
Honestly,
one
doesn't
quite
look
forward
to
an
'entertaining'
soundtrack
from
Mittal
V/s
Mittal.
For
a
serious
film
on
domestic
abuse,
there
isn't
much
expected
from
music
to
begin
with.
A
couple
of
situational
tracks
are
the
best
that
a
film
like
this
could
offer
but
with
negligible
buzz
preceding
the
release
of
Mittal
V/s
Mittal,
one
plays
on
the
album
half
heartedly.
Composer
Shamir
Tandon
and
lyricist
Shabbir
Ahmed
come
together
for
this
film
that
stars
Rituparna
Sengupta
and
Rohit
Roy
as
the
central
protagonists.
MUSIC
It's
a
sad
start
for
Mittal
v/s
Mittal
(in
all
senses)
as
Kailash
Kher
goes
on
to
sing
-
hold
your
breath
-
a
9
minute
piece.
Agreed
that
the
film
deals
with
a
serious
issue
but
a
beginning
like
only
ensures
that
it
would
be
a
depressing
outing
in
the
offing.
Though
the
lyrics
suggest
that
the
protagonist
is
happy
about
his/her
life,
the
way
Kailash
Kher
sings
and
the
manner
in
which
Shamir
Tandon
composes
the
song,
it
appears
that
'Aao
Seene
Se
Lag
Ke'
brings
to
fore
an
out
and
out
sad
situation
in
the
film.
A
boring
beginning
to
the
album,
there
is
not
much
respite
ahead
with
the
'lounge
version'
(where
Kailash
Kher
is
supported
by
Sonu
Kakkar)
being
hardly
exciting
as
well.
A
mandatory
item
number
follows
soon
after
but
just
as
is
the
case
with
most
such
tracks
belonging
to
this
genre
by
Shamir
Tandon,
this
one
too
hardly
excited.
'Khuda
Haafiz'
rendered
by
Mauli
Dave
is
the
kind
of
number
that
one
had
forgotten
way
back
in
the
80s.
Neither
the
lyrics
nor
the
composition
excite
and
though
Shamir
Tandon
tries
to
pep
up
this
routine
track
with
some
Western
arrangements,
nothing
really
works
for
this
forg
One
makes
a
hasty
move
to
the
third
song
in
the
album
but
as
expected,
'Chal
Chal'
doesn't
quite
make
you
feel
that
you
have
lapped
on
to
the
next
chartbuster
on
the
stands.
Its
time
for
a
Sunidhi
Chauhan
solo
as
she
tried
to
get
the
seductive
mood
on
through
this
classical
fusion
track
which
tries
to
get
into
Anand-Milind
territory
of
'Dhak
Dhak'
(Beta).
Now
hasn't
that
era
been
long
forgotten?
Last
to
arrive
is
the
title
track
-
'Mittal
v/s
Mittal'
-
which
is
basically
a
theme
piece
and
tries
to
set
a
dramatic
mood.
Well,
we
would
wait
to
hear
it
along
with
the
film's
narrative
rather
than
putting
it
on
blazing
music
systems.
OVERALL
As
expected,
there
is
nothing
'musical'
about
Mittal
V/s
Mittal.
A
forgettable
score,
it
would
hardly
find
any
movement
at
the
music
stands,
especially
with
its
arrival
just
days
before
the
film's
release.
Story first published: Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 12:13 [IST]