Dishoom – Music Review (Bollywood Soundtrack)

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Songs and credits at the end (wonder why T Series haven’t given elaborate credits for the second half).

The Arabic chorus bits (sung by Maher Al Halabi, Karim Khayat, Youmni Abou Al Zahib) mildly spruce up the dance track Sau Tarah Ke that otherwise carries a rather familiar and tiresome sound. Sahi Shamat is credited as playing the Arabic ney flute, but I could not spot it amidst the crowded techno-heavy backdrop. Something off about the final 18 seconds or so of the song by the way, it almost seems like the song comes to a finish and a rogue bit creeps in; this happens in both versions. Good singing in both places – Jonita Gandhi and Amit Mishra handle the vocals in version 1, and Aditi Singh Sharma and Abhijeet Sawant sing the Revisited version. The Middle Eastern elements are more prominent and better utilised in Ishqa, and that makes this a more engaging track, déjà vu notwithstanding. Abhijeet Sawant and the composer’s current favourite Antara Mitra both sound fab behind the mic. Antara Mitra also features in the two versions of Jaaneman Aah, a percussion-heavy track that starts off sounding like the kind of songs Pritam gets Mika to sing. It does get the foot tapping with all the percussion, but the occasional scale change didn’t really work for me. And the sex noise-like repetition of Aah (Aman Trikha in version 1, Nakash Aziz in version 2) definitely cheesed me off.  Toh Dishoom is the most appealing song of the soundtrack – Raftaar’s rap portions seguing into Shahid Mallya’s well-sung folk-infused segments (that seem to take after Jugni) – all ensconced in a dark, pulsating arrangement.

Dishoom. Pritam’s first full soundtrack this year is a rather lacklustre one.

Music Aloud Rating: 6.5/10

Top Recos: Toh Dishoom, Ishqa

Full Credits

DISHOOM MOVIE SONGS | AUDIO JUKEBOX | John Abraham | Varun Dhawan | Jacqueline Fernandez | Pritam – YouTube

Song- Sau Tarah Ke
Music by Pritam
Lyrics – Kumaar
Hook Line – Ashish Pandit
Singers – Jonita Gandhi & Amit Mishra
Sound Design – Sunny M.R. & Dj.Phukan
Music Programming – Rohan Chauhan
Mix and Master – Eric Pillai@Futuresoundofbombay
Assistant- Michael Edwin Pillai & ‘Lucky’
Shootmix – Subhadeep Mitra
Recording Engineer’s- Ashwin Kulkarni, Kaushik Das, Himanshu Shirlekar, Atif Ali
Backing vocals – Ashwin, Himanshu, Akash
Arabic Choir – Maher Al Halabi, Karim Khayat, Youmni Abou Al Zahab
Ney -Sahi Shamat
Music on T-Series
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Song- Toh Dishoom
Singers – Raftaar and Shahid Mallya
Lyrics – Mayur Puri
Music by Pritam
Sound Design – Sunny M.R. & Dj Phukan
Music Programming – Rohan Chauhan, Dj Pukhan, Sunny M.R
Mix and Master – Shadab Rayeen@NewEdge
Melody based on generic traditional punjabi folk progressions
Assistant- Abhishek Sortey
Recording Engineer’s- Ashwin Kulkarni, Kaushik Das, Himanshu Shirlekar
Guitar- Pawan Rasaily
Music Label: T-SERIES

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Song – Jaaneman Aah
Music By- Pritam
Lyrics – Mayur Puri
Singers- Antara Mitra & Aman Trikha
Sound Design- Dj Phukan, Sunny M.R.
Music Programming- Abhijit Vaghani, Sourav Roy, Paul Praveen ,Sunny M.R.
Additional Programming-
Rahul Pandirkar And Gaurav Vaswani
Mix And Master- Shadab Rayeen@Newedge
Assistant- Abhishek Sortey
Live Dubs – Sunny M.R, Anurag Saikia
Recording Engineer’s- Ashwin Kulkarni, Kaushik Das, Himanshu Shirlekar, Julian Mascarenhas
Backing Vocals – Ashwin, Akashdeep, Himanshu
Guitars – Aditya Benia
Live Rhythms & Percussions- Dipesh Varma, Keyur Barve, Shikhar Naad Qureshi
Music On- T-Series
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Song – Ishqa
Singer – Abhijeet Sawant,Antara Mitra
Music – Pritam
Lyrics – Kumaar
Music On T-Series
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Song – Sau Tarah Ke (Revisited)
Singer – Abhijeet Sawant,Aditi Singh Sharma
Music – Pritam
Lyrics -Kumaar,Ashish Pandit
Music On T-Series
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Song – Jaaneman Aah (Revisited)
Singer – Nakash Aziz,Antara Mitra
Additional Vocal- Ashwin,Akashdeep,Himanshu
Music – Pritam
Lyrics – Mayur Puri
Music On T-Series

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