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By Joginder Tuteja, May 15, 2002 - 16:47 IST
Here comes the musical score of the second of the
biggies that tell the story of the great freedom
fighter - Shaheed Bhagat Singh. As the subject
demands, 'Shaheed' too has a handful of patriotic
numbers - but they all have been dealt taking into
consideration the Punjabi flavor. Shaheed can also be
considered to be a flick that brings in many reunions.
Brothers Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol come again after
Dillagi. Bobby Deol and Aishwarya Rai play a romantic
couple after Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya. Though not
romantically paired with each other, Sunny Deol and
Amrita Singh (who plays Bobby's mother in Shaheed)
will be seen on the silver screen again after they
made their debut in Betaab and appeared in a few more
flicks. Anand Raj Anand and Dev Kohli deliver what was
expected of them in this Dharmendra presentation. Udit
Narayan, Hans Raj Hans, Bhupinder Singh, Mohd. Salamat
and Veer Rajinder form the band of singers who lend
their vocals to all the freedom fighters!!
The lone romantic number 'Jogiya Ve' by Alka Yagnik
makes an instant impact and her flawless punjabi
accent does deserve special mention. Anand Raj Anand
proves again that why is he considered best when it
comes to composing numbers that are set in the North
Indian belt.
'Mera Rang De Basanti Chola' - which will be found in
all the movies made on Bhagat Singh (as this was the
number sung by Bhagat Singh and his associates in the
cell) is good here as well and is already popular with
the masses.
The 'gidda-bhangra' celebration in the beginning of
'Pagadi Sambhaal' will lead to many cinegoers dancing
on their feet in the theatres itself. It has the
traditional flavor associated to it and its simply
irresistible to stop one from dancing. The main number
'Pagadi Sambhal' is in patriotic mould and is much
better than the Rehman's version of the same in TLOBS.
'Aye Watan' is the similar composition as 'Watan Walo'
from the previous presentation by Dharmendra - INDIAN.
It has got those typical march beats that are so
common with most of the patriotic numbers. Dev Kohli
puts in a lot of deshbhakti in his lyrics in this
situational track.
Chants of Vande Mataram go alongside 'Khush Raho'
which is again a deshbhakti geet, though it has hardly
a few lines. Ever popular 'Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanaa'
written by Ram Prasad Bismil makes an appearance here
as well and has a loud orchestra and vocals. It is a
well worded patriotic track and should cause an impact
on the cinegoers.
'Watanparaston Ki' is about a soldier's cry of how he
can sacrifice his body, his pain, his religion all for
his country. Again a very short track that may be in
one of those intense situations in the movie.
'Deshnu Challo' is a Punjabi number that calls for
more and more freedom fighters to join there hands
together and move forward to sacrifice for the freedom
of the country. A catchy number with loud orchestra
(again!)
We will put it straight - the music of 23rd March 1931
- Shaheed will find many more takers than Rehman's
score in The Legend of Bhagat Singh. Strange it may
sound but the fact is that Anand Raaj Anand has stuck
to the roots without experimenting too much and the
results are there to show.
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