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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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