Songs and musician credits at the end.
This review first appeared in the Mumbai edition of The Hindu.
There is no mistaking Dil Mein Mars Hai being an Amit Trivedi composition – the movie’s light hearted theme song carries the composer’s trademark brand of quirkiness right from the get go, which, as it goes without saying, adds a fair share of déjà vu into the listening. While Benny Dayal leads the vocals with his characteristic panache, the highlight of the song is the chorus bit – lyricist Amitabh Bhattacharya changing the mangal in the movie’s title to mangalam and using that as a device to fashion a set of mock chants. Good use of Inapakurti D Rao’s saxophone solos as well. While the first song is a lead-up to the mission, Trivedi’s other song Shaabaashiyaan happens on the other side of it – there is a clear sense of accomplishment in the lines and the anthemic setting. Composer gets one of his trusted vocal collaborators, Shilpa Rao, to lead this one and she pulls it off neatly, with ample support from Anand Bhaskar and Abhijeet Srivastava. Not a brilliant composition by the composer’s standards, but it serves its purpose. A third song titled Tota Udd comes from guest composer/lyricist Tanishk Bagchi. While the repurposing of the lines from the kids’ game tota udd to suit the “flying” theme of the movie is smart, the Punjabi setting sits at odds with the movie’s general tone. A catchy piece nevertheless, liked the kids’ chorus especially – is it just me getting reminded of Petta Rap (Kaadhalan/Humse Hai Muqabla) as the song hits crescendo?
Mission Mangal‘s soundtrack is nice, but nothing memorable.
Music Aloud Rating: 2.5/5
Musician Credits
Song – Dil Mein Mars Hai
Composed & Produced by Amit Trivedi
Lyrics: Amitabh Bhattacharya
Singers: Benny Dayal & Vibha Saraf
Backing Singer: Rajiv Sundaresan, Arun Kamath &, Suhas Sawant
Crew:
Programmed by Amit Trivedi
Sound Engineer, A T Studios – Urmila Sutar
Assisted by Firoz Shaikh
Mixed & Mastered by Shadab Rayeen, New Edge – Mumbai
Assisted by Abhishek Sortey & Dhananjay Khapekar
Executive Producer A T Studios – Krutee Trivedi
Live Musician:
Saxophone – I D Rao
Song – Shaabaashiyaan
Composed & Produced by Amit Trivedi
Lyrics – Amitabh Bhattacharya
Singers – Shilpa Rao, Anand Bhaskar & Abhijeet Srivastava
Backing Singers – Rajiv Sundaresan, Arun Kamath & Suhas Sawant
Crew:
Programmed by Raja Rasaily
Sound Engineer, A T Studios – Urmila Sutar
Assisted by Firoz Shaikh
Mixed & Mastered by Shadab Rayeen, New Edge – Mumbai
Assisted by Abhishek Sortey & Dhananjay Khapekar
Executive Producer A T Studios – Krutee Trivedi
Live Musicians:
Electric Guitar – Raja Rasaily
Song – Tota Udd
Singers – Raja Hasan and Romy
Music – Tanishk Bagchi
Programmed and Arranged by Tanishk Bagchi
Lyrics – Tanishk Bagchi
Additional Lyrics – Mellow D
Female Chorus: Surya Ragunaathan, Surbhi Yadav, Maanya Arora, Dhvani Arora
Mixed and Mastered: Eric Pillai at Future Sound Of Bombay
Mix Assistant Engineers – Michael Edwin Pillai
Music Supervisor – Azeem Dayani
Recorded at TB Studios and AMV Studio, Mumbai
