While Bollywood’s love affair with recreated songs continues, there are still some composers and lyricists who strive to create originals. These include music albums with songs specifically created for a particular film, keeping in mind its story and feel of the movie; there is no attempt made to fit in random item numbers. And this is what we get to see in American filmmaker Chuck Russell’s action-adventure Junglee (a Junglee Pictures production, the film is produced by Vineet Jain and co-produced by Priti Shahani) starring Vidyut Jammwal, Pooja Sawant and Asha Bhat in lead roles.
A three-song album, its music has been composed by Sameer Uddin, who is known for his background scores in Pyar Ke Side Effects, Yahan, Phillauri and Kalakandi. His talent as a composer was seen in Badass Babuaa (Bareilly Ki Barfi). With Junglee, Sameer has created a pan-India soundscape with distinct flavours from across the country, especially North and South India. He uses instruments like nadaswaram, mridangam, tumbi, algoza and dhol along with drums and guitar with noteworthy élan.
The first track Fakeera Ghar Aaja has been penned by writer Anvita Dutt Guptan, who uses an asymmetrical style of writing to narrate a story. Jubin Nautiyal’s easy rendering adds to the soothing composition, which is an amalgamation of the sounds from across the country.
The next, Garje Gajraj Hamare, which has lyrics by Kumar Suryavanshi, has been sung by Navraj Hans, Hamsika Iyer, Abhishek Nailwal and Gulshan Kumar. While Navraj enhances the song with his little harkats and other vocal nuances, all the while maintaining a powerful voice throw, it is Gulshan who takes you by surprise. The child singer packs a punch by lending a certain kind of freshness to this peppy, fun composition. He is also effortless with the rap portions, where he mouths lines like ‘Ye vaise to cool hai, par inka ik usool hai/Ye bhulte na bhai kuch bhi, inse panga lena bhool hai’. This ode to the mighty elephant stands out as a rare kid-friendly track in an era dominated by club music.
The next, Dosti, has been sung by Mohan Kanan, whose warm, rustic voice does justice to the song on friendship. Written by Kumar, Sameer has kept the chord structure quite simple for this song with guitar and flute progressions. This is one original album that deserves a hear.
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