Music album of Daal Mein Kuch Kaala Hai is not even average; in fact it would be apt to say that Poori Daal Hi Kaali Hai Mere Dost! What a misadventure by all involved, whether it comes to the lyricists, music director or the singers. It looks like they promised each other to deliver poor music and kept it till eternity. This one is a short album with 5 songs but not even one of them is worth lending an ear for the second time. It isn't as if you need well established artists to deliver a nice album, but what is needed is a commitment. Alas, it is this very commitment which is sorely missing.
Track one, Madam Malai, seems to be a perfect nominee for the "Least talked about item number of the year". Lyricist Naresh and Anand Balraj could have played better with the words. It seems that both music director and lyricist started with an item number but eventually never knew which way to go and then finally lost it. The music resembles the flavor of late 90s and is very ordinary.
Next one in the play list is the song Vada Pav. Looks like the lyricist felt that Vada Pav is the prime delicacy of the city. Song also focuses on the financial strength of Mumbai while also referencing Salman and Ambani. With the songs that follow, one can see that the entire team behind this album is really spell bound by the city and is in love with it.
Third track is Mumbai Money Hai which has poor lyrics by Vijay Akela, something which is also an inherent element of the album. The song focuses yet again on the maya nagari Mumbai and paints a picture of this dream city. The only good aspect here is Mamta Sharma's voice.
The fourth track is Apun Ki Life which is sung by Amit Kumar and ex- rap artist Bali Brahmabhatt. Rap was given an identity in India by Baba Sehgal and did well in late 90s. However over the years it died its natural death even though one has to mention the contribution made by Bali Brahmabhatt during that era when he did have a few good hits in his name. Forgotten Bali has now tried hard for a comeback but the irony is that he would have to wait a little more to deliver a good one. The soul of the rap should be its lyrics and here Vijay Akela's words are again quite weak.
Finally the last track (thankfully) arrives and though Nadiya has beautiful poetic lyrics, a total misadventure on the part of music director Arun Daga ensures that this one doesn't even classify as an average song. The voice doesn't build any emotions either. Some experimentation could have made this track more workable.
Overall, this album should be (and would be) forgotten at the speed of light and in a splash for which the credit goes to the entire team. This one is late by not less than 20 years and has a bad inspiration from the music of 90s. Perhaps the team forgot that something like this won't be supported or loved by this generation.
When Maximum decided to arrive in the same week as The Amazing Spider-Man, it was always supposed to be professional hara-kiri. While it was a given that the film didn't quite stand a chance at the box office, one still expected at least 15%-20% opening for the film. However the pathetic response meted to the film pretty much indicates that audience were just not interested to watch this cop drama. The film opened to practically empty houses and situation didn't improve over rest of the weekend either. As a result, the film failed miserably at the box office with less than 1.5 crores coming in its kitty.
This also translates into the fact that director Kabeer Kaushik now has fourth flop in a row after Sehar, Chamku and Hum Tum aur Ghost. Meanwhile Sonu Sood can take solace from the fact that his performance was much appreciated in this realistic drama even though the film as a whole was largely rejected by the critics as well. Though there were a few good reviews that came the film's way, by and large most complained about the uneven narrative and the lack of meat in the drama. The film is a major flop and would fold up with miserable collections to show.
Meanwhile Hollywood invaded Indian screens in a big way with The Amazing Spider-Man not just opening huge but even sustaining itself well right through the weekend, hence resulting in collections that just fell short of the 30 crore mark. This is the biggest ever response that an international film has fetched in India and also reaffirms the fact that Spider-Man as a franchise is much awaited in this part of the world. Even though the reviews were good, they were not as overwhelming as the earlier instalments Spider-Man. The word of mouth is mixed which means while the film would collect big, it won't be a blockbuster.
On the other hand Daal Mein Kuch Kaala Hai couldn't find any attention whatsoever coming its way. It wasn't even released across the country and worse, there was no section of media that bothered to review. Big or small, reputed or unknown, just about every publication, website and news channel gave the film a total skip that pretty much reflects on the kind of welcome Veena Malik has received in Bollywood. With collections not even crossing the 25 lakhs mark, the film is a huge disaster.
