Songs and musician credits at the end.
Remix man Tanishk Bagchi is given two songs to recreate in Raid (it is something of a miracle that we had four consecutive releases with no remixes in them; but alas, the streak was bound to end), both songs made popular by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and he chooses to go with Rahat Fateh Ali Khan as vocalist in each of the cases. Middling adaptations both, like most songs of the kind these days. Musically, Sanu Ek Pal Chain makes for a better listen – the composer’s contemporary arrangement, while imparting the song a sense of (non Sanu Ik Pal related) déjà vu, is effective in Bollywood-ising it. Manoj Muntashir’s lines (that replace everything in the song except for the title refrain) sound jarring though. Muntashir also supplies lyrics for Nit Khair Manga. To be fair to Bagchi, here he pretty much builds his own song around that legendary refrain. Except the song turns out to be ordinary except for the high around the titular bit – that banal rhythm pattern is a particular turnoff (and while I try my best not to compare a cover with the original, it annoys me that the raga has been changed here – I love the original which I guess is the Hindustani equivalent of madhyamavathi raga).
The other half of the soundtrack is the original bit, composed by Amit Trivedi. Trivedi’s pulsating arrangement works well for the purposeful nature of lyricist Indraneel’s tirade against black money and black money hoarders that is Black. Tirade that gets a tad repetitive after a while, what with the literal listing down of multiple definitions of black money et al. Good to hear Sukhwinder Singh in his elements delivering the vocals. Jhuk Na Paaunga is built like a soulful ballad for most part though the lyrical import (Indraneel here too) is again resoluteness. It is only in the occasional soaring notes led by the trumpet (Kishore Sodha)/chorus (Rajiv Sundaresan, Suhas Sawant & Arun Kamath) and resounding percussions that the assertive tone comes forth. A good listen, despite the arrangement evoking memories of other Trivedi songs, thanks to the endearing melody. Papon handles the singing in this one.
Raid. Short and largely forgettable fare.
Music Aloud Rating: 2/5
Top Recos: Jhuk Na Paaoonga, Black
This review first appeared in the Mumbai edition of The Hindu.
Musician Credits
♫Song – Sanu Ek Pal Chain
♫Singer – Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
♫Music Recreated By – Tanishk Bagchi
♫Lyrics – Manoj Muntashir
♫Song Mixed & Mastered By Eric Pillai At Future Sound Of Bombay
♫Asst Mixing Engineers Michael Edwin Pillai & Lucky
♫Music Label – T-Series
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♫Song – Nit Khair Manga
♫Singer – Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
♫Music Recreated By – Tanishk Bagchi
♫Lyrics – Manoj Muntashir
♫Music Programming By – Tanishk Bagchi
♫Song Mixed & Mastered By Eric Pillai At Future Sound Of Bombay
♫Asst Mixing Engineers Michael Edwin Pillai & Lucky
♫Music Label – T-Series
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♫Song –Black
♫Singer — Sukhwinder Singh
♫Music By: Amit Trivedi
♫Lyricist — Indraneel
♫Produced & Arranged By – Amit Trivedi
♫Recording Engineers A T Studios Mumbai – Abhishek Sortey & ♫Urmila Sutar Assisted By Firoz Shaikh
♫Mixed & Mastered By – Shadab Rayeen, A T Studios & New Edge – ♫Mumbai Assisted By : Abhishek Sortey & Dhananjay Khapekar
♫Executive Producer A T Studios – Krutee Trivedi
♫Head Of Production A T Studios – Aashish Narula
♫Programmed By Amit Trivedi, Vineeth Jayan & Raja Rasaily
♫Backing Vocals By Rajiv Sundaresan, Suhas Sawant, Arun Kamath & Shashwat Singh
♫Music Label – T-Series
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♫Song: Jhuk Na Paunga
♫Singer: Papon
♫Music By: Amit Trivedi
♫Lyricist: Indraneel
♫Produced & Arranged By – Amit Trivedi
♫Recording Engineers A T Studios Mumbai – Abhishek Sortey & ♫Urmila Sutar Assisted By Firoz Shaikh
♫Mixed & Mastered By – Shadab Rayeen, A T Studios & New Edge – Mumbai Assisted By : Abhishek Sortey & Dhananjay Khapekar
♫Executive Producer A T Studios – Krutee Trivedi
♫Head Of Production A T Studios – Aashish Narula
♫Programmed By — Amit Trivedi , Gourab Dutta , Raja Rasaily & Kalyan Chakravarthy
♫Backing Vocals By — Rajiv Sundaresan, Suhas Sawant & Arun Kamath
♫Trumpet By — Kishore Sodha
♫Guitar By –Warren Mendonsa
♫Music Label – T-Series
