Bhoomi – Music Review (Bollywood Soundtrack)

Songs and musician credits at the end.

Possibly in view of the trying times he has had these recent years, Sanjay Dutt lends his voice to two devotional songs in Bhoomi’s soundtrack. First of those – the traditional Ganesh Aarti – is unremarkable though, predictably structured by Aditya Dev towards a climactic finish and Dutt’s voice annoyingly processed to make it sound tuneful. Sachin Jigar’s Jai Mata Di is slightly better, though once again fails to rise above its functional value. Ajay Gogavale leads the vocals in this one. For a horrific moment I thought the makers had decided to remix Lag Ja Gale going by the song title. Thankfully the Bhoomi song has nothing in common with the Madan Mohan-Raja Mehdi Ali Khan classic aside of the title. In fact, this one is just standard issue filmi sufi made more tedious by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan’s familiar style of rendition. Love the folkish edge in Dilshad Khan’s sarangi solos though! Another ennui-inducing track is the melancholic Daag, sung by Sukhwinder Singh.

It is in the other three tracks that Sachin Jigar sort of make amends though, two of which are dance tracks. Trippy Trippy lives up to its title thanks to the composers’ wacky arrangement and Neha Kakkar’s sparkling vocals, even as lyricist Priya Saraiya pens a matchingly fun combo of English, Hindi and Bhojpuri lines. Anvita Dutt writes the Punjabi-English mix of Will You Marry Me that is delivered with elan by Jonita Gandhi and Divya Kumar. While the latter half of Sachin Jigar got one of the top songs in their previous movie Simran, it is Sachin Sanghvi who delivers Bhoomi’s best, the beautiful semiclassical piece called Kho Diya. The song might have worked better with a more accomplished singer, but the composer does well in conveying the soulfulness.

Bhoomi. Average fare from Sachin Jigar.

Music Aloud Rating: 3/5

Top Recos: Kho Diya, Trippy Trippy, Will You Marry Me

This review first appeared in the Mumbai edition of The Hindu.

 

Musician Credits

1- Song: LAG JA GALE
Singer: Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
Music: Sachin-Jigar
Lyrics: Priya Saraiya
Music Label- T-Series
:::::::Additional Credits::::::
Mixed and Mastered by:- Eric Pillai
Assistant Mix Engineer – Michael Edwin Pillai & Lucky
Musicians:
Guitar – Krishna Pradhan
Sarangi -Dilshad Khan
Flute – Naveen Kumar
Harmonium – Akhlakh Khan
Dholak & Tabla – Rajesh Salvi
Strokes – Tapas Roy
Music Production Head – RomilVed

2- Song: TRIPPY TRIPPY
Singers: Neha Kakkar, Benny Dayal, Brijesh Sandhaliya & Badshah
Music: Sachin – Jigar
Lyrics: Priya Saraiya
Music Label- T-Series
:::::::Additional Credits::::::
Musicians: – Flute – Tejas Vinchurkar
Music Production Head – Romil Ved
Mixed and Mastered by: Eric Pillai
Assistant Mix Engineer – Michael Edwin Pillai & Lucky

3- Song: KHO DIYA
Singer: Sachin Sanghvi
Music:- Sachin-Jigar
Lyrics:-Priya Saraiya
Music Label- T-Series
:::::::Additional Credits::::::
Mixed and Mastered by – Eric Pillai
Assistant Mix Engineer – Michael Edwin Pillai & Lucky
Music Producer: Aditya Dev
Music Production Head – RomilVed
Musicians: –
Tabla – Sanjeev Sen
Guitars – Krishna Pradhan
Flute – TejasVinchurkar

4. Song: WILL YOU MARRY ME
Singers: Divya Kumar & Jonita Gandhi
Music: Sachin – Jigar
Lyrics: Anvita Dutt
Music Label- T-Series
:::::::Additional Credits::::::
Programmed And Arranged By – Sachin – Jigar
Music Production Head – Romil Ved
Musicians: Shehnai – Omkar Dhumal
Mixed And Mastered By:- Eric Pillai(Future Sound Of Bombay)
Assistant Mix Engineer – Michael Edwin Pillai & Lucky

5- Song: DAAG
Singers: Sukhwinder Singh
Music – Sachin – Jigar
Lyrics: Priya Sariya
Music Label- T-Series
:::::::Additional Credits::::::
Additional Programmer – Hyacinth D’souza
Music Production Head – RomilVed
Musicians:-
Strokes – Tapas Roy
Mixed and Mastered by:Eric Pillai
Assistant Mix Engineer – Michael Edwin Pillai & Lucky.

6- Song : JAI MATA DI
Singers: Sanjay Dutt & Ajay Gogavle
Music: Sachin – Jigar
Lyrics: Vayu & Utkarsh Naithani
Music Label- T-Series
:::::::Additional Credits::::::
Music Producer: Aditya Dev

7- Song: GANESH AARTI
Singer: Sanjay Dutt
Music Programming: Aditya Dev
Lyrics: Traditional
Music Label: T-Series

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