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Runway seems to be the movie with a lot of careers on it inspiring to take off to the skies. Actor Amarjeet could be another star in the making & is making a come back after a low budget flop back in 2006.

Its exactly the same situation for producer Reeta Shukla who is family to Amarjeet & partner in crime for the flow Iqraar in 2006. They seem to be taking another shot at making it big in Bollywood together.

Director Sunil Tiwari’s story is not quite different either with his directorial debut back in 2003 with a movie called 2nd October. He disappeared after that on the Bermuda Triangle & has some how found his way back to the Bolly land Runway.. lol. Lets see if he can take off skywards again..

Even all the supporting cast like Deepal Shaw, singer – Lucky Ali & cute Tulip Joshi need a hit somehow to be able to sustain in this industry.

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The only established person in the team is music director Shamir Tandon who has done projects like 99, Mission Istanbul, Superstar & also Page 3 back in the good ol days. He is known to strike an off beat sound..

Lets find out what he has done with lyricist Shabbir Ahmed on the soundtrack of Runway…

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REVIEW

Track 1 – Khuda Ke Liye – The album opens beautifully to the soulful voice of Mustafa Zahid [lead singer of Pakistani band Roxen] who sang the amazing hit “Toh Phir Aao” back in 2007 in the movie Aawarapan. The acoustic start of the song create an ambience around you with just his deep sufi rock voice. Shamir keeps the music simple with acoustic guitar & a simple drum pad beat. He lets Mustafa’s voice be the instrument & the medium for some brilliant lyrics by Shabbir Ahmed. This is the kind of a song you usually hear in a Mahesh Bhatt movie & is a definite hit. Am loving this track. Repeat .. repeat.. repeat… 8.5/10.

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Track 2 – Teri Yaadein Leke Dil Mein – A soothing romantic song with a simple melody that works. KK is back in the game with this song as he has been giving average performances in most songs these days. But this is definitely better. It is the not best of him but his voice fits perfectly in the entire setup of this song. The music is good as it relaxes you..  & the rest of the calm is induced by the lyrics. Romantic lyrics with a cross of Kishore Kumar’s “Musafir Hoon Yaaron”. Definitely worth a good audience & international radio airplay. 7.5/10 .

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Track 3 – Roshan Dil Ka Jahan – Now this is a disappointing song.. Nowhere as good as the above two although it has Shaan & Sunidhi providing the vocals on it. The reason I feel for this is the composition of the song. Shamir Tandon fails to give this song any character although it has decently good lyrics & vocal performances. Not my taste.. 6/10 .

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Track 4 – Pyaasi Machuriya – Another very crude item number by Sunidhi Chauhan & almost sounds like “Beedi” from Omkara on her vocals. Ravindra Upadhyay on the supporting vocals is totally wasted. The music is purely rubbish & thus in the final mix the music has been left in the background with full focus on the vocals of Sunidhi. But this song does not have any substance to it. It is neither fun nor sexy. The video will be crap too I recon… Skip this track & save yourself the misery. 4/10.

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Track 5 – Roshan Dil Ka Jahan (Dance Mix) – Now this is not as bad as the Track 3. The reason being they have changed the male lead singer to Raaj with Sunidhi on this. Somehow his vocals suit better on this melody. But the overall remix is average with not much future for it. 6.5/10.

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Track 6 – Teri Yaadein (Remix) – DJ NYK is one of my fav guys in the recent Bollywood remix circuit because of his deep electro house basslines. He makes a good team with DJ Chetas and they make some good stuff. This is one of them. They keep the original melody & excellent vocals of KK intact and just add a good electro beat & keyboard solo to it. It creates a good dancefloor vibe altogether.. & I love the drop in between with just KK’s vocals.. Love it overall & a definite track on forthcoming club mix CD’s…. 7/10.

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Track 7 – Khuda Ke Liye (Remix) – This is a good mix too !! A little too good & grows on you as you listen to it more .. but that is only if you have a thing for electro house cause this is purely Electroooo.. !! The overall psychedelic vibe is funky & a definite spinner in all house sets. Once the original song picks up & is labelled as a hit song.. this remix will become a cult for it. Make sure you ask the DJ to play this song next time to at a desi party.. in case he forgets.. Well done to NYK & Chetas. 8/10.

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FINAL WORD

Average on a whole with a couple of good tracks – 6.5/10.

The soundtrack for Runway is riding on 2 good tracks. Khuda Ke Liye is a definite winner with Teri Yaadein a close second. These two songs definitely deserve 15 MB space on your Ipod’s & your text requests to your favorite radio stations. Other than these 2 & their remixes, the rest of the album is a waste. Shamir makes an impression with the music on these 2 tracks while lyricist Shabbir does a good job on all of them. Mustafa Zahid & KK are the stars of the album & give personality to this OST. If not the CD.. make sure you atleast buy the above two songs of Itunes.

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Dhoondte Reh Jaoge has already released in India and is doing average business at the box office. It is a mindless comedy directed by Umesh Shukla and produced by Ronnie Screwvala under the UTV motion pictures banner. It stars a huge list of not-so-big stars including Sonu Sood, Zayed Khan, Soha Ali Khan, Paresh Rawal, Kunal Khemu, Deepal Shaw, Asrani, Razak Khan and Hrishitaa Bhatt.

The surprising part was that the music release for the movie happened only a week before the movie release. The current trend in the industry is that the music is released a atleast a month before to market the movie through it’s music. You listen to the music of Dhoondte Reh Jaoge and you understand why…

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Sajid Wajid have made hit music for years now.. Pyar Kiya Toh Darna Kya, Baaghi, Tere Naam, Hello and Parter are some of their biggies.. But then they have also made a bulk of flop soundtracks … or should we say plain average OST’s. Dhoondte Reh Jaoge would classify under the flop soundtracks unfortunately.. & that’s why I think the production house thought there is no point in trying to promote the movie using plain average music like this. Here is the synopsis ..

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REVIEW

Track 1 – Dhoondte Reh Jaoge – This title song is penned down by Jalees Sherwani and voiced by the one and only.. Sonu Nigam. Probably that’s the only thing that stands out in this song. But it’s not noticeable. What I mean is, that Sonu Nigam is the best part of the song .. but is still no where close to being the best. The lyrics have the comic feel and sums up a bit of what the movie theme is all about… but quite boring to be frank. The composition & conduction of the music is flat with no good parts to it. 5.5/10.

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Track 2 – Pal Yeh Aane Wala Pal – A cheeky comic romantic song.. It sounds like a song in the fake movie these guys are making in Dhoondte Reh Jaoge. It has a good start beat pattern and a catchy rhythm with a nice groove bass giving the composition it’s true flavour. It has been sung by Neeraj Shridhar and somehow, although it is a Sajid Wajid composition, it has a Bombay Vikings touch to it. Probably the caribbean type rap gives that flavour. This song can grow on radio airplay if promoted well & has a good video to it. 6.5/10 .

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Track 3 – Salma-O-Salma – A ‘take you to the streets of Mumbai’ song. Remember ‘Money Hai toh Honey Hai’ soundtrack?? Those are the lines this song goes down with a very interesting take.. & that interesting take is the singer.. Dr. Palash Sen ladies & gents.. If you know the premiere Indian rock back “Euphoria” & the super famous song Dhoom Phichak Dhoom then you sure know him. He is such an excellent singer and gives this song a classic touch on Shabbir Ahmed’s lyrics. It’s a perfect song for a Holi or Ganesh Chaturthi party. It’s wild… This song is not for everyone’s taste.. but people with Mumbai in their life in anyway will love it. I do.. 7/10 .

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Track 4 – I’am Falling In Love – This is a serious romantic song for the love birds with no comic theme of the movie evident in it. Sung by music director Wajid himself and has a nice acoustic ambient feel… something you would normally hear from Pakistani pop bands like Strings. Wajid even sounds like Faisal at times. It’s got good lyrics and is very Bollywood in the later half with violins. Sadly, the song doesn’t catch your attention or stay in your mind for long. It lacks the captivating power. Hence.. 6/10 .

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Track 5 – Nako-Re-Nako – Javed Ali from Guzarish fame joins Wajid on the mic for this part Marathi to-a-hip-hop-beat song. It’s an interesting combo of the Mumbai flavor with a hip-hop beat. But the lyrics & vocals fail completely on this song. Your immediate reaction on hearing this track might be “pressing the next button”. It is annoying in a way.. So .. Skip.. 4.5/10.

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Track 6 – Apne Ko Paisa Chahiye – If you liked the song Phir Milenge Chalte Chalte from Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi with the fusion of a lot of Bollywood movie names, then.. you will hate this song!!! It’s on the same lines but its so damn badly done.. I completely dislike the vocals of Wajid & Soumya Raoh & the arrangement is completely off. That also with a title line of Apne ko paisa chahiye… :/ Doesn’t work on the drag music. 5/10 .

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Track 7 – Instrumental – I quite like this music piece. An upbeat action suspense sequence type music. Most probably used as background score for the movie for the fast paced scenes. The best composition of all the 7 tracks. 7/10 .

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FINAL WORD

Below Average – 4.5/10 .

‘Dhoondte Reh Jaoge’ mein aap koi khas baat Dhoondte Reh Jaoge… All the songs are plain average or say below average. Some have a few positives.. but then the negatives dissolve the positives.. So all in all.. the movie might be funny but the soundtrack has no sense of humour to it.. !!

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