Music review: Babloo Bachelor

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Starring Sharman Joshi, Pooja Chopra and Tejashree Pradhan, 'Babloo Bachelor', a comedy, has been directed by Agnidev Chatterjee. The album of six tracks has been composed by Jeet Gannguli, one of which has been penned by Kumaar, while all others are by lyricist Rashmi Virag.

The cohesive and complete power that a single-composer album wields is quite evident in this one. Jeet, who is known for his melodious chartbusters in 'Aashiqui2', 'CityLights', 'Yongistaan', 'Singham Returns', 'Hamari Adhuri Kahani' and others, has created a bouquet of original songs. The first two, 'Kasam' and 'Aye Meri Zindagi', are pleasant melodies sung by Arijit Singh and Papon respectively — two singers who are known for their soulful rendition of love songs. Both are exemplary in this album and lend charm to the melody of their songs with their expert skills on the microphone. The sheer hold over musical notes and the multitude of nuances that Jeet introduces in these songs is worth a mention. The female version of 'Aye Meri Zindagi' by Payal Dev is also commendable, it also reminds you of Jeet’s work in 'Hamari Adhuri Kahani'.

The song 'Jiya Nahin Lagta' is another winner — not just because of its sweet lyrics, but also in the rendition by the music director himself. He gets able support from the talented and honey-voiced singer Aakanksha Sharma. The folk beats in this striking piece of music adds to it.

'Banna Banni' is a complete Bappi Lahiri song all the way and brings in fun to the jukebox. After five decades in the

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film industry, the singer-composer is still going strong and how. He is accompanied by Bollywood’s favourite singer Shreya Ghoshal, who aces this typical item song-dance number despite it being a little out of her comfort zone. The track has an interesting rap portion in this song that adds to the fun song.

The composer picks up the pace and also introduces some funky beats and EDM to the album with the fifth track, Jealous. Written by Kumaar, this Punjabi duet by Jeet and Dev Negi will pull you to the floors.