Toilet Ek Prem Katha – Music Review (Bollywood Soundtrack)

Songs and musician credits at the end.

Sonu Nigam and Shreya Ghoshal almost equally divide the song Hans Mat Pagli between them – while Sonu delivers the first half of the song, Shreya makes her entry midway. And both the singers ace the immensely hummable melody from debutant composer Vickey Prasad. Vickey’s other song, Bakheda, has its high point in the mellower melodic portions sung by Sunidhi Chauhan. Rest of the song, though cheery, is rather familiar, Sukhwinder Singh’s singing too adds to the familiarity. Sachet Tandon and Parampara Thakur get behind the mic for their composition Subah Ki Train, and both prove to be competent singers. The composition itself is once again hindered a bit by the familiarity aspect, but the general feel good vibes help mitigate that to an extent. Gori Tu Latthmaar from Manas-Shikhar builds up almost like Tum Tak from Raanjhanaa until the Gori Tu hook where it goes more folksy, more dance-y, in keeping with the festive backdrop the song is set in. Sonu Nigam is the singer for this one too, joined by an equally commendable Palak Mucchal.

Toilet Ek Prem Katha. A bunch of promising debutants produce a pleasantly engaging soundtrack whose only drawback is the déjà vu.

Music Aloud Rating: 3/5

Top Recos: Hans Mat Pagli, Subah Ki Train, Gori Tu Latthmaar

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

Musician Credits

1. Hans Mat Pagli
Singer: Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghosal
Music: Vickey Prasad
Lyrics: Garima Wahal & Siddharth Singh
Music Label: T-Series
Music Producer/Programmer: Aditya Pushkarna
Additional Programmer: Rupak Iyer
Mix & Mastered By : Shadab Rayeen @ New Edge
Assistant Engineer: Abhishek Sortey & Dhananjay Khapekar
Studios: Sound Ideaz@Urmila Sutar, Audio Garage@Amey Londhe, Amv@Raj
Jagtap, Rahul Sharma
Musicians :
Plucked Instruments: Tapas Roy
Guitar: Pawan Rasaily
Rhythm: Hitesh Prasad, Mustak Khan
Flute: Sudhir B. Khandekar

2. Bakheda
Singer: Sukhwinder Singh, Sunidhi Chauhan
Music: Vickey Prasad
Lyrics: Garima Wahal & Siddharth Singh
Music Label: T-Series
Music Producer/Programmer : Aditya Pushkarna
Mixed By: Vijay Dayal @Yashraj Studio
Assistant Engineer: Chinmay Mestry
Mastered At: Hafod Mastering By Donal Whelan
Studios: Sound Ideaz@Kittu Myakal, Amv@Rahul Sharma, Raj Jagtap
Musicians :
Plucked Instruments: Tapas Roy
Guitar: Pawan Rasaily
Rhythm: Hitesh Prasad, Mustak Khan
Sarangi: Dilshad Khan

3. Gori Tu Latthmaar
Singers: Sonu Nigam & Palak Muchhal
Music: Manas-Shikhar
Lyrics: Garima Wahal & Siddharth Singh
Music Label: T-Series
Programmed By: Aditya Dev, Manas-Shikhar
Mixed By: Vijay Dayal @Yashraj Studio
Assistant Engg: Chinmay Mestry
Mastered By: Donal Whelan @ Masteringworld.Com
Recording Engineer: Rahul Sharma @ Amv Studios, Vijay Dayal @ Yrf Studios
Backing Vocals: Umesh Joshi, Vijay Dhuri, Swapnil Godbole, Karan Kagale, Rishikesh Patil
Musicians :
Dholak: Raju Sardar, Roshan Ali, Hafiz Khan, Arun
Tabla: Manoj Bhati, Sanjiv Sen
Dhol: Hanif – Aslam
Shehnai: Yogesh More

4. Subha Ki Train
Singers: Sachet Tandon, Parampara Thakur
Music Director: Sachet – Parampara
Lyrics: Garima Wahal & Siddharth Singh
Music Label: T-Series
Additional Vocals (Aalap) : Rituraj Mohanty, Sukriti Kakar
Arranger/Programmer: Bharat Goel
Additional Arranger/ Programmer: Dhirendra Mulkalwar
Associate Arranger/Programmer: Firoz Khan, Dev Arijit, Daniel Chiramal
Mixed By : Vijay Dayal @Yashraj Studio
Assistant Engineer: Chinmay Mestry
Mastered At: Hafod Mastering By Donal Whelan
Recorded At: Sound Forest Studios Mumbai
Recordist: Rahul
Additional Vocals Recorded At:
Amv Studios, Mumbai
Recordist: Raaj And Rahul @ Amv Studios
Guitars: Dev Arijit, Aking, Kanu
Backing Vocals: Dev Arijit

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