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Film: "Eklavya"; Music Director: Shantanu Moitra; Singers: Sonu Nigam, Swanand Kirkire, Hamsika Iyer; Ratings: ** "Eklavya
- The Royal Guard" is essentially an instrumental soundtrack, expected
for a movie of this genre. The album comprises eight numbers, of which
five are instrumental.
Most special is singer Hamsika Iyer's
"Chanda re", which captures the amazingly soulful and melodic voice of
this new kid on the block.
Moitra, who's known for music of
this genre, has done an excellent job. The song has a slow pace and is
romantically poetic. The credit for the wonderful lyrics goes to
Swanand Kirkire.
The next song by Sonu Nigam and Swanand is
"Janu na", a classically oriented number with the two contrasting
voices pleasing to the ear. Not really a hit song, but good for an
occasional hear.
"Suno kahani" begins on a peppy note. Lines
from "Janu na" are used. It's a short song and is only a pepped up
version of "Janu na". Nothing much to write about.
Next in the
album is "The Gayatri mantra theme". An instrumental piece, this track
is okay but it works in a period movie like "Eklavya".
Another
instrumental piece comes in the form of "The killing", the music of
which lives up to its title. But again, it is a track only meant to be
heard during the course of seeing the movie and not otherwise.
The
melodic voice of Hamsika returns in "The love theme", again an
instrumental piece with the vocalist humming throughout. Hamsika really
deserves a special mention for standing out in this entire album.
"The
theme of Eklavya" ends the soundtrack. This musical number is still
better than the other songs but again can be heard only while watching
the movie.
Though the effort involved in composing the album
is more than evident, it doesn't look as though the music is going to
rake in any moolah for the producers.
By Meghna Menon, Indo-Asian News Service
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