The Musical KHILADI

Review By Sidhant Raj

Khiladi 786 – Made in Punjab (Music Review)

Cast – Akhshay Kumar, Asin Thottumkal 

Music – Himesh Reshamiya

Director – Ashish R Mohan

Lyrics – Shabbir Ahmed

Movie Release Date – 7th of December, 2012

Khiladi 420 and now Khiladi 786, Akhshay has been the khiladi boy of the Bollywood for about 12 years and now he resumes the project Khiladi with Rab, Jigar and the holy(bahhattar) number “786”. Khiladi 786, the upcoming movie of the Action Hero of the 90’s who turned to comedy genre for over a decade and with the blockbuster Rowdy Rathore, few months back, he pulls the cart again. The effort, Akhshay is trying to make with his action skills again, seems to be appealing and catchy to all the fans and non-fans (no offense) all over India and may be around the globe. 

Coming to the man behind the instruments and Synthesiser (his favourite), Himesh Reshamiya who is associated with The 786 banner in every field, be it music, screenplay and even acting. Yes, you heard it right; he has a part in the movie. Of course, HR needs no introduction with his music skills. Let's check out what HR has in store for us, the album and the audio cd was released recently on the first week of the November and people had a lot of expectation from HR and he manages to pull off well. With 12 tracks (including remixes) HR tries to engage the audience with his big list.

With a film, having holy spirits, humour and action, HR manages to bring in, tracks completely fitting into the demand. The music of Khiladi 786 doesn’t have something great but it’s something that would create some curiosity. Except few, there is nothing new to the melody with HR in this.



Here is the song by song review just for you: 

1. Lonely – by Himesh Reshamiya, Yo Yo Honey Singh and Hamsika Iyer – The song has a start with a good use of Saxophone, and , and enter Honey Singh with his style unchanged. Himesh tried to make this song a complete disappointment with all his efforts checked. Firstly, he included “lonely” word to a song whose lyrics sounds well and a good sad number. Secondly, making the song a humour with his bad part, singing with nasal voice. Thirdly, he included one of his evergreen compositions, Teri yaad saath hai, from the movie, Namastey London. Truly, I couldn’t figure out what was HR trying to do with this. Rest is history.

My Ratings for the song – 0.5/5

2. Balma – by Shriram and Shreya Ghosal – HR, gave a sensible start with a song dedicated to R.D. Burman, wherein he included Burman’s trademark, “Hah Hah” in the song, he also mixed his own music with the background beats, Burman Style. But, indeed as far as the start is concerned it is not that enough to make the audience to hear for. From a very good start, the music goes flat in the whole song. The singers have done their job well and reserved their appreciation. The song would have been catchier. A song post to the opening song should have grabbed more but apparently it hasn’t. 

My Rating for this song – 2/5

3. Long Drive – by Mika Singh – Finally, a solo singer, and here is Mika with his obvious charm and trend. This would be the song; I would suggest everyone to go for. The start is little slow but the graph takes the height, the moment the e-guitar synthesises. One of the classy background base music, I would rate for and there is Mika to take charge. The most awesome part is the suspense; be patient and you get the real HR music on your ear drums, thumping. With Punjabi hook words in the song, this song is really going to be the one. Hopefully a good video should take it to a new level. 

My Rating for this song – 4/5

4. Sari Sari Raat – by Himesh Reshamiya – The music is all about what we talk here and the composition that HR has given is definitely new and refreshing. No techie comments as the music is awesome. One thing HR couldn’t manage to make new is his nasal voice venture. He has a good voice and I have heard to a lot of his tracks and he never got that nasal before. Hat’s off to your earlier compositions Sir, but this nasal voice seems more deliberate than natural. 

My Rating for this song - 3/5

5. Hookah Bar – by Himesh Reshamiya, Vineet Singh and Aman Trikha – When I hear this particular track, I get myself to believe that I am hearing the songs, 5 to 6 years back, when HR gave that fast tempo beats mix. No complaints with the track, which has an excellency with the beats and variations in the vocals, including the punch line music, which is great. What I wonder, is the audience reactions, as in, the old music might have been faded out by now. This try from HR gives the audience a reason to believe that there is still room for all that great music he gave earlier. 

My Rating for this song – 2.5/5

6. Khiladi Bhaiya Khiladi – by Vineet Singh, Aman Trikha, Yashraj Kapil, Alam Gir Khan, Rajdeep Chatterjee – All the chorus and the classical approach to this song reminds of the title song of Dabangg, yet the lyrics again are a disappointment using a bad mix of English, Hindi and Punjabi words. HR disappoints again, and it seems audience will not play the song for a full length. One thing is great in the music is the time Khiladi Bhaiya Khiladi comes and rest becomes flat. It just seems like a Kavita and not a song for a banner like KHILADI 786. 

My Rating for this song – 2.5/5

7. Tu Hoor Pari - by Javed Ali, Shreya Ghosal, Chandrakala Singh and Harshdeep Kaur – Finally, a track which could live up to the expectations of the audience. All the singers including HR made the music worthy of listening and can definitely work in the long run. The start by Harshdeep has raised the level with her awesome folk Punjabi style. Javed lends his support really well and he is worth appreciation. Shreya’s part is a little interesting; her part has that hidden element of the 60’s and 70’s track. All in all, this track can possibly make it big. 

My Rating for this song – 3/5

After all the main tracks, let’s have a look on what remixes have inside. The remixes has been just as average as the songs are and they seem to be unnecessary and only increase the size of the album. Himesh said that the album is addictive and by the time the film hits the theatre the songs would raise their level of appreciation. I hope he predicts well but, I wouldn’t stand for what he explains. Rather, Himesh should show some real talent what he has. Well, after the music review I would just advice the audience to wait for the movie to be on the silver screens. A lot of time left for the release of the movie and I hope the music doesn’t fade out the Khiladi spirits in audience. All the Best to Akki and HR and all the team members associated with K786. One last question, Where is Tulsi Kumar? :P 
My Rating for the album – 2.5/5.

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