In Bollywood, if there is a man who must be craving for looking out for a hit, it has to be Vashu Bhagnani. Any person with six flops behind him would have been disheartened - but not Vashu Bhagnani, who continues to make big projects. His latest is Satish Kaushik directed ' Vaada ' where he reunites with his super-hit ' Mujhe Kuch Kehna Hai ' director. Starring Arjun Rampal, Amisha Patel and Zayed Khan, the music release of 'Vaada' too has been done in style (just like ' Out Of Control '). One hopes the music too is as good and impressive as the music release. This seems to have been in safe hands with Himesh Reshammiya and Sameer handling the department.

One expects a lot from the music of a movie that has reputed names associated with it. Sadly, the first two songs on air have hardly managed to create a ripple. Title song ' Vaada Hai Ye ' by the ace pairing of Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan and Alka Yagnik is lackluster and old fashioned. With a 'T-Series' stamp strongly behind the music and lyrics of the number, it is unimpressive and the continuous promos on the small screen do not excite much either. There is a slow (and not sad!) version of the number that makes an appearance after a break, but it too is not more than a gap filler that would appear as a background piece. The same solo version with piano in the background is done by newcomer Sangeeta that takes a turn towards a sad theme with Kumar Sanu joining in soon.

' Main Ishq Uska ' is so much like ' Woh Ladki Bahaut Yaad Aaati Hai ' from ' Qayamat ' in terms of rendition, feel and melody that you wonder whether you want to hear the song full way. The song is not bad at all but the redundancy factor pulls it down. Babul Supriyo is so much like Kumar Sanu in the number that you can hardly differentiate one from the other.

Shaan and Anuradha Sriram come together in the Himesh Reshammiya branded track ' Teri Kurti Sexy Lagdi Ve ' that is punch less again. Two lines into the songs, and you know that the rhythm is nothing but a rehash of ' Tere Sang Ek Simple Si Coffee ' from ' Zameen '!! Singing is ordinary as well, and the makers' dream of projecting the song as a potential crowd puller number seems to go kaput. This song doesn't have a chance to run beyond the movie's stay at the theatres.

Newcomer Kavita Seth sings ' Maula ' that is neither a love song nor a dance number. A probable item song aimed for the 'lounge music' fans, it starts sounding good after a few times and then starts haunting you. One can already imagine a dark and haunting video being made around the song. If presented well, it has a potential to be popular amongst the age group of 20-30 as this is the only number that is different from the routine and has a chance of being popular. That's the reason why one doesn't mind when the song is repeated after a couple of songs.

Sunidhi Chauhan (she makes a belated appearance) and Kailash Kher come together in ' Ud Ud Ud Ud Jaaye ' and that's one song that gets you all excited. With a sufi flavor behind the number, it is foot tapping, pacy and assisted by very good vocals of the lead singers. Decent choreography should take the number some distance. After first few numbers that followed the routine path, ' Maula ' and ' Ud Ud ' are redeeming and get some value for money.

Sadly, the album ends at an extremely poor note with ' Main Deewana ' that just doesn't sound Himesh Reshammiya. A typical T-Series song that talks about ' deewaana, deewani, choodi, bindiya, kangana etc. etc.', there is no scope at all for anything novel or interesting about the song. A big time reject!

'Vaada' is no great shakes and the massive release plans will just ensure that the album takes a decent initial in the market. But beyond that it's all on merits and by the kind of songs in totality, it will have to settle down with average sales.