Music review: Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai 3

For fans of this movie franchise, the song Kadhi Tu, from the first part (

Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai

) is an eternal favourite. In comparison, the songs from the third installment succeed in recreating the magic.

There are three songs in the film, all different from each other. Let’s start with Kuni Yenar Ga, a song that has an army of singers working on it.

Hrishikesh Ranade

, Aanandi Joshi, Saee Tembhekar, Jaydeep Bagwadkar, Varsha Bhave, Yogita Godbole and Mandar Apte collaborate on this song composed by Nilesh Moharir.

Kuni Yenar Ga

has an unplugged-jamming session kind of vibe that works in its favour and does justice to the seven singers teaming up for it. Relying on guitar strums and claps, the music is minimal and brings out the casual yet happy vibe of the song.

Next is Tula Pahata, a song that brings back memories of Kadhi Tu, partly because of the genre but mostly because it also incorporates a music sequence from that track. Composed by Avinash-Vishwajeet and sung by Hrishikesh Ranade, this is feel-good romantic track that again relies on calm music, giving Hrishikesh ample scope to show off his

singing

skills. The calm created by these two tracks breaks with the third song though, the uber-energetic Aali Thumkat Naar.

A popular song for the Marathi audience, penned by the late

Jagdish Khebudkar

, Aali Thumkat Naar gets a rejig with Ram Kadam and Avinash-Vishwajeet’s music and Aadarsh Shinde’s vocals. This track not only breaks the slight monotony that starts to seep in after the first two songs, but also gets your feet tapping, courtesy the dhol-tasha beats. To sum it up, it won’t be wrong to say that Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai 3’s playlist is one that you would want to listen to on the loop.