Songs and musician credits at the end.
This review first appeared in the Mumbai edition of The Hindu.
Some of the best songs from the Sachin Jigar-Raj DK team have been of the quirky kind, topped of course by Go Goa Gone in 2013. In Stree too, owing to the movie’s genre, there is a quirky vein running through the whole of the soundtrack. And they find a perfect lyrical partner in VAYU for the same, given that the man has aced the genre on multiple occasions in the past. The combined wackiness comes out best in Milegi Milegi, a song that is supremely engaging despite evoking memories of Pritam’s 2012 hit Pungi, and not just for the fact that Mika Singh leads the vocals in both cases. The déjà vu aspect has a more telling effect in the second song Kamariya that reminds of different songs at different points. Catchy song with some nice touches from the composer, that said. Sachin Jigar and Vayu deliver their best in their third and last song for the album, the romantic Nazar Na Lag Jaye. While the song itself is presented as a gentle, soulful piece (Ash King’s fine rendition and Kalyan Baruah and Shomu Seal’s plucked strings key factors in conveying the same), VAYU’s lines once again combine Hindi, Punjabi and English in a playful fashion often, and that accentuates the song’s charm with its contrast. After making its transition from a movie dialogue to a popular meme, Aao Kabhi Haveli Pe comes back to film world as a song in Stree, composers collaborating with Badshah for the last track of the album. While on the one side the song’s lyrics (co-written by Badshah and Jigar Saraiya) seemingly reference old songs with Bareilly wala jhumka, aa gaya.. dekho wo aa gaya etc., on the other end are attempts to rhyme “lit AF” with “ASAP”. Wacky, sure, but there is only so far wacky can take you at times. Nikhita Gandhi’s singing is good, that said.
Stree. Another entertaining soundtrack from Sachin Jigar and VAYU for Raj-DK, whose main drawback is the familiarity.
Music Aloud Rating: 2.5/5
Top Recos: Nazar Na Lag Jaye, Milegi Milegi, Kamariya
Musician Credits
1. Song – Milegi Milegi
Singers – Mika Singh & Sachin-Jigar
Music – Sachin-Jigar
Lyrics – VAYU
Arranged & Programmed – Sachin-Jigar
Music Production Head – Romil Ved
Assistant To Sachin-Jigar – Hrishikesh Gangan
Mix & Mastered By Eric Pillai @ Future Sound Of Bombay
Assistant Mix Engineer – Michael Edwin Pillai
2. Song Name – Kamariya
Singer- Aastha Gill, Sachin Sanghvi , Jigar Saraiya , Divya Kumar
Composer – Sachin- Jigar
Lyrics – VAYU
Arranged & Programmed – Sachin- Jigar
Music Production Head – Romil Ved
Assistant To Sachin – Jigar – Hrishikesh Gangan.
Mix & Mastered By – Eric Pillai @ Future Sound Of Bombay
Assistant Mix Engineer – Michael Edwin Pillai
3. Song – Nazar Na Lag Jaaye
Singers- Ash King & Sachin-Jigar
Composer – Sachin-Jigar
Lyrics – VAYU
Arranged & Programmed – Sachin-Jigar
Music Production Head – Romil Ved
Assistant To Sachin – Jigar – Hrishikesh Gangan.
Mix & Mastered By Eric Pillai @ Future Sound Of Bombay
Assistant Mix Engineer – Michael Edwin Pillai
Live Instruments-
Guitars – Kalyan Baruah
Strokes – Shomu Seal
Flutes – Tejas Vinchurkar
4. Song – Aao Kabhi Haveli Pe
Singers- Badshah , Nikita Gandhi , Sachin – Jigar
Composer – Sachin – Jigar
Lyrics – Badshah , Jigar Saraiya
Arranged & Programmed – Sachin- Jigar
Music Production Head – Romil Ved
Assistant To: Sachin – Jigar – Hrishikesh Gangan.
Mix & Mastered By Eric Pillai @ Future Sound Of Bombay
Assistant Mix Engineer – Michael Edwin Pillai
