(Songs and full musician credits at the end. Artist credits courtesy 
BBC Hindi music critic @rohwit)
If you saw the name Kumar Sanu in the singer credits for Tu and Dard Karaara and expected a 90s throwback, you wouldn’t be disappointed. Composer Anu Malik very sincerely sticks to the arrangement style from the time in both the songs – Tu starts off with that Raja Ko Rani Se vibe (nice whistling by Sanjeev Verma), and of course Kumar Sanu’s trademark humming. Dard Karaara on the other hands takes us to songs like Dekha Hai Pehli Baar. Kumar Sanu is joined here by another star of the time, Sadhana Sargam – both of whom do their part commendably. And the yesteryear trip, even if representative of one of the bleaker eras of Hindi music, does leave you with a warm feeling. Varun Grover’s dig at matrimony ads in Sunder Susheel are delivered well by Malini Awasthi and Rahul Ram, Malini in particular has some excellent moments. The song doesn’t score well otherwise though, the tune and arrangement grow tiresome.
The title song starts off promisingly but that promise doesn’t last long; it still does engage in some of its constantly shifting modes though. And some of that also owes to the power-packed singing by Kailash Kher, Jyoti Nooran and Sultana Nooran. It is in Moh Moh Ke Dhaage that Anu Malik scores a true winner. The tune is beautiful and goes with the words very well, arrangement by Hitesh Modak is spot on with some splendid flute-play from Naveen Kumar and shehnai by Omkar Dhumal. And on vocals we have the awesome Papon. In the female version there is Monali Thakur doing an equally fabulous job, while everything else remains pretty much the same. Final track is Prem’s Theme, a free flowing track which lets Papon lead the song with his humming, and he does that in style (shades of yaman perhaps).
You might not believe this, but Anu Malik has had at least one soundtrack every year in the last 15 years, in fact as far back as 1981 (as per wiki at least). And this is the best he has produced since 2006 (when he had Jaan-e-Mann and Umrao Jaan). And the musical consistency in Ayushmann Khurrana movies continues!
Music Aloud Rating: 7.5/10
Top Recos: Moh Moh Ke Dhaage, Dard Karaara, Prem’s Theme
Credits
MOH MOH KE DHAAGE (MALE)
VOCALS : PAPON
SONG ARRANGED AND PRODUCED : HITESH MODAK
GUITAR : ADITYA BENIA
FLUTE : NAVEEN KUMAR
SHEHNAI : OMKAR DHUMAL
DUM LAGA KE HAISHA
VOCALS : KAILASH KHER, JYOTI NOORAN AND SULTANA NOORAN
SONG ARRANGED AND PRODUCED: ABHIJEET VAGHANI
ADDITIONAL PROGRAMING : HITESH MODAK
PERCUSSIONS : SIVAMANI
FLUTE : NAVEEN KUMAR
TU
VOCALS : KUMAR SANU
MUSIC PRODUCTION: PRAFUL KARLEKAR AND PRAKASH PETERS
TRUMPET : KISHORE SODHA
WHISTLE: SANJEEV VERMA
SUNDER SUSHEEL
VOCALS : MALINI AWASTHI AND RAHUL RAM
SONG ARRANGED AND PRODUCED: HITESH MODAK
DOTARA/EKTARA/GUITARS : ADITYA BENIA
PERCUSSIONS: ARUN SOLANKI AND RAJU SALVE
ADDITIONAL BACKING VOCALS : POOJA DAS
SARANGI : DILSHAD KHAN
BRASS SECTION : KISHORE SODHA, BLASCO M, IVEN MUNNS
SHEHNAI : OMKAR DHUMAL
DARD KARAARA
VOCALS : KUMAR SANU AND SADHANA SARGAM
SONG ARRANGED AND PRODUCED: JACKIE V
FEMALE CHORUS:ARCHANA GORE AND GROUP
GUITAR : HONEY SATAMKAR
STRING ORCHESTRA (VIOLIN, VIOLA, CELLO, DOUBLE BASS): C-M-A Group
MOH MOH KE DHAAGE (FEMALE)
VOCALS : MONALI THAKUR
SONG ARRANGED AND PRODUCED : HITESH MODAK
GUITAR : ADITYA BENIA
FLUTE : NAVEEN KUMAR
SHEHNAI : OMKAR DHUMAL
PREM’S THEME SONG
VOICE: PAPON
COMPOSED BY: ANU MALIK
SOUND PRODUCTION BY: ANU MALIK
