Songs and musician credits at the end.
This review first appeared in the Mumbai edition of The Hindu.
QARAN and Badshah’s Tareefan (weirdly enough, I keep hearing kinni tareefan as skinny tareefan; which sort of fits with the talks of lean waist, dieting et al, really! 😀 ) is immensely derivative, both in sound and words – but the overall catchiness of the template will mean that the song is still likely to rule the dance floors. In fact, multiple songs from the eight track album of Veere Di Wedding fit both these bills, given the Punjabi wedding theme that dominates the sound palette. One such track is Laaj Sharam, a song created (music and lyrics) by White Noise, an A&R outfit from composer duo Sachin Jigar akin to Pritam’s JAM8. Sachin Jigar have apparently previously composed a song in the past (Tu Mere Type Ka Nahi Hai for the 2014 movie Dishkyaaon – thanks to Rujul for this bit of trivia) under the name though. Sung by Divya Kumar and Jasleen Royal with rapping by Enbee, the song is standard issue but entertainingly arranged techno Punjabi dance material (it is perhaps the presence of Kumar behind the mic that takes my mind back to Aafaton Ke Parindey from Ishaqzaade in the Tu Mere’s frenetic portions).
After his successful two song stint in Qarib Qarib Singlle last year, Vishal Mishra returns for two more songs in Veere Di Wedding, both penned by Anvita Dutt. Interesting coincidence that Dutt had written for Shashwat Sachdev in his past two soundtracks, whereas in this movie, one of Sachdev’s (who is the lead composer for VdW) songs is penned by Raj Shekhar, who wrote the two Vishal Mishra songs in Qarib Qarib Singlle. Of Mishra’s two compositions, I find Dagmag Dagmag more enjoyable for its trippy, offbeat sound (credits also due to the arranger/programmer Himonshu Parikh). The composer himself handles lead vocalist role for this one, carrying it out with infectious energy, and is joined briefly by a competent Payal Dev. Veere on the other hand comes with a very familiar pop vibe. Enjoyable while it lasts, but we have had too many in that Sooraj Dooba Hai kind of mould in recent times.
Pappi Le Loon has Shellee’s words and Sunidhi Chauhan’s incredible exuberance going for it, but Shashwat Sachdev’s work here ends up a mishmash. Sachdev does slightly better in Bhangra Ta Sajda, lending some Nucleya-esque quirkiness to the traditional bhangra piece, but here too the stars of the song are the lyrics (Gaurav Solanki, the writer) – that amp up the contemporary nature of the adaptation with references to Manali cream, Tinder hook-ups and the like – and the singers Romy (it is a pity only Shashwat Sachdev continues to employ his voice) and Neha Kakkar. The composer dials up the Nucleya mode to splendid effect in his best offering for the soundtrack, Bass Gira De Raja that he writes and sings as well. The arrangement is replete with outre sounds, but as indicated in the title, it is when raja drops the bass that things really get going. After the crowded soundscape of the rest of the album, Aa Jao Na’s quieter, ambient sound comes as a welcome respite. It is Raj Shekhar working his magic with the yearning-filled lines here, and Arijit Singh’s subdued rendition feels incredibly soothing as it washes over you.
Veere di Wedding’s soundtrack maintains a consistent, effervescent sound despite its multiple composers, though that sound is often derivative.
Music Aloud Rating: 3/5
Top Recos: Bass Gira De Raja, Dagmag Dagmag, Aa Jao Na
Musician Credits
Song – Pappi Le Loon
Singers – Sunidhi Chauhan & Shashwat Sachdev
Music – Shashwat Sachdev
Lyricist – Shellee
Executive Music Producer – Vivek Hariharan
Programmed & Performed by Shashwat Sachdev
Additional Programming – Harsh Upadhyay
Arrangers/Programmers – Shashwat Sachdev
Vocals Recorded At Kühn labs & Sound Ideas
Dhol – Pappu & Kutle Khan Barna
Mixed & Mastered By Shadab Rayeen
Assistant to Shadab Rayeen – Abhishek Sortey
Additional Programming – Harsh Upadhyay
Additional Vocals – Yashita Sharma
Recording Studios – Kühn labs, Sound Ideas
Song – Bhangra Ta Sajda (No One Gives A Damn!)
Singers – Neha Kakkar, Romy, Surya Ragunaathan & Shashwat Sachdev
Music – Shashwat Sachdev
Lyricist – Gaurav Solanki
Executive Music Producer – Vivek Hariharan
Arrangers/Programmers – Shashwat Sachdev
Additional Programming – Devansh Bhatia & Harsh Upadhyay
Vocals Recorded At Kühn labs
Mixed & Mastered By Shadab Rayeen
Assistant to Shadab Rayeen – Abhishek Sortey
Recording Studios – Kühn labs
Additional Programming – Devansh Bhatia & Harsh Upadhyay
Backing Vocals – Vivek Hariharan, Pawni Pandey & Kabul Bukhari
Sarangi – Satwinder Pal Singh
Programmed & Performed by Shashwat Sachdev
Song – Laaj Sharam
Singers – Divya Kumar & Jasleen Royal
Rapper – Enbee
Music – White Noise
Lyricist – White Noise
Arrangers/Programmers – White Noise Productions Team
Mixed & Mastered By Shadab Rayeen
Recording Engineer & Additional Programmer – Hrishikesh Gangan
Music Production Head – Romil
Assistant Engineer – Abhishek Sortey
Song – Veere
Singers – Vishal Mishra, Aditi Singh Sharma, Iulia Vantur, Dhvani Bhanushali, Nikita Ahuja, Payal Dev & Sharvi Yadav
Music – Vishal Mishra
Lyricist – Anvita Dutt
Arrangers/Programmers – Himonshu Parikh
Additional Programming – Aditya Dev
Guitars – Vaibhav Pani
Vocals Recorded At AMV Studio ,VM Studios, Aditya Dev
Studios by Rahul Sharma, Shubhansh Tiwari , Aditya Dev
Vocal Design – Vishal Mishra
Music Assistant – Shubhansh Tiwari
Music Assistant @VM Studios – Akash Ojha
Mixed & Mastered By Abhishek Gautam
Song – Bass Gira De Raja
Singer – Shashwat Sachdev
Music – Shashwat Sachdev
Lyricist – Shashwat Sachdev
Arrangers/Programmers – Shashwat Sachdev
Executive Music Producer Vivek Hariharan
Vocals Recorded At Kühn labs
Mixed & Mastered By Shashwat Sachdev
Additional Lyrics – Shellee
Programmed & Performed by Shashwat Sachdev
Executive Music Producer – Vivek Hariharan
Song – Aa Jao Na
Singers – Arijit Singh & Shashwat Sachdev
Music – Shashwat Sachdev
Lyricist – Raj Shekhar
Executive Music Producer – Vivek Hariharan
Arrangers/Programmers – Shashwat Sachdev
Vocals Recorded At Kühn labs
Mixed & Mastered By Shashwat Sachdev
Recording Studios – Kühn labs
Song – Dagmag Dagmag
Singers – Vishal Mishra & Payal Dev
Music – Vishal Mishra
Lyricist – Anvita Dutt
Arrangers/Programmers – Himonshu Parikh
Guitars – Vaibhav Pani
Vocals Recorded At Aditya Dev Studio & VM Studios by Aditya Dev & Shubhansh Tiwari
Mouth Percusion and Theme – Vishal Mishra
Vocal Design – Vishal Mishra
Music Assistant – Vishal Mishra Studios – Shubhansh Tiwari
Music Assistant @VM Studios – Akash Ojha
Mixed & Mastered by Abhishek Gautam
Song – Tareefan
Singer – Badshah
Music – QARAN
Lyricist – QARAN, Rupin Pahwa & Badshah
Arrangers/Programmers – QARAN, Rand ‘Patch’ Ralph
Mixed By Badshah & Aditya Dev
Mastered By Aditya Dev
