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By Joginder Tuteja, March 26, 2004 - 16:36 IST
There have been many a films that have revolved around the game of cricket. All Rounder (Kumar Gaurav), Awwal Number (Aamir Khan), Lagaan (Aamir Khan again) and Stumped (Raveena Tandon) are just a few examples to be mentioned. With the exception of Lagaan (that also focused on British Raj), all other movies have been miserable failures. But the USP of 'Silence Please - The Dressing Room' lies in capturing the topical theme about the India-Pakistan match, which the entire country is following presently, and it's excellent timing of release that coincides with the ongoing series. Also, the movie explores behind the scenes proceedings of pre-match and during the match. Starring Salil Ankola as the captain of the Indian cricket team, Sonali Kulakrni as the journalist covering the cricket series and Tom Alter as the cricket coach, 'Silence Please..' is written and directed by debutante Sanjay Srinivas. Jawahar Wattal who had a successful stint with Daler Mehendi in many of their successful music videos gives music. Anmol Saxena also does the lyrics.
Album opens with a soft number by Alka Yagnik - 'Raat Katne Ko Hai'. A melodious number, it belongs to the league of non-film albums that Alka Yagnik has sung for Gulzar and composer Raju Singh. Though the song is good and easy to ears, it is not clear as to what it's context could be in a movie like this that revolves around cricket and doesn't have any romantic pairing as such. There is another version of the song also sung by Ustad Rafaqat Ali Khan, but is Alka's version that scores more!
'Phir Se Khelenge' is a passionate song about a cricket match that is about to be played between India and Pakistan. Here the cricketers are shown motivating each other whereas the general public is busy cheering the Indian cricket team. Sung by KK, it has a good dose of patriotism and the passion that the Indians share when it comes to cricket. A good track that can well be used even as the official anthem of Indian cricket team!
'Run Barse' is a first ever tribute to legendary cricketer Sunil Gavaskar on the big screen presented in the form of parody of 'Rang Barse' (Silsila). Sung by Vinod Rathod in his trademark full throated vocals, the song is situational and may just have a chance to make some impact if picturized well.
Title song 'Silence please...It's the dressing room' is a background piece sung by Shaan that should make a good impact on the screen. As such the song that starts with the lyrics 'Khelon Mein Pasha Hai' (as mentioned on the album cover) doesn't have anything in it that may make people start crooning in dozens and is purely situational. This is in fact the trait of the entire album which is visible in the very next song 'Kaho Bhai Sa Ra Ra Ra Ra'. Sung by newcomers Vicky Singh, Alok Sachdev and Amar Preet Singh, the song is about a group of youngsters who are commenting on the playing skills of their fellow beings. Nothing great shakes about the song, it will die a silent death when the movie is out of the theatres. Lyrics by Anmol Saxena also do not make any impact whatsoever.
'Khel Mein Khel Ho' sung by Dharna and Gayatri, is sung in the vocals of children and an adult female and talks about a game to be taken as just a sport and not anything else. A preaching song, it starts well but loses steam in just a few moments and ends abruptly. There is absolutely nothing that one may take away from this song which proves to be just a dud. Soon after there is tribute given to master blaster Sachin Tendulkar in the second version of 'Run Barse' (again by Vinod Rathod) and one starts wondering whether the parody itself is one of the better options in this album. And to think of it, in the initial stages one was not overtly impressed with the content of this song when the tribute was given to Sunil Gavaskar.
Though a solitary song 'Phir Se Khelenge' is good enough to cause an adrenalin rush during a cricket match, lack of star value, limited publicity and overall average quality of music push the album way back. At best, the songs may be liked by die-hard cricket fans who may go for the album during this cricket season.
  
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