Songs and musician credits at the end.
This review first appeared in the Mumbai edition of The Hindu.
At the beginning of Dhagala Lagli’s music video, guest star Riteish Deshmukh says to Ayushmann Khurrana that all Bollywood movies of late have Punjabi promotional songs, thereby justifying a Marathi promo song for Dream Girl. While Deshmukh’s point is something I totally resonate with, the song here is as misplaced as most of those Punjabi promo songs he refers to, as the movie appears to bear no Marathi connection from its trailer. Anyway, the song is a recreation, of a Marathi folk song – and riding heavily on folk percussion, the song’s only memorable bits are where the original song refrain appears, the additional inclusions fall flat – the lyrics are an especial turnoff. While their Ganesh Chaturthi song does not work, composers Meet Bros get it right on the other festive song of the album – the Krishna Janmashtami themed Radhe Radhe. A very catchy dance song, this one, yet again heavy on folk percussion (almost veering into Bhansali’s Tattad Tattad zone with that), and delivered equally well by Amit Gupta. There is a remix version of the song as well which isn’t anywhere as fun with a dominance of electronic elements in place of the folk ones.
As if to relieve Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan of the insults in the form of Bollywood remixes, Dream Girl’s makers have gone back to the good old “time honoured” practice of just reusing his tune without any credit – Ik Mulaqat is clearly inspired off Mere Rashke Qamar. Wonder if they actually thought nobody would notice the similarity, or whether this was just a sneaky workaround to avoid copyright violations. Average piece either way, that has Altamash Faridi and Palak Muchhal’s singing as its highlight. And while the movie’s promotional song is Marathi, the soundtrack does include a token Punjabi song as well, a daaru based one at that. Gat Gat has a very generic sound, and therefore quite forgettable – it is only lead singer Jass Zaildar’s energy that the song has going for it while it lasts. The album’s best is Dil Ka Telephone – composers build a very engaging quirky track around a fine, mildly 90’s-ish melody that is delivered fabulously by Jonita Gandhi, with good support from Nakash Aziz. Never thought I would see Jonita sing a song for Ayushmann Khurrana onscreen! DJ Himani Singh’s “trippy” remix of the song isn’t as trippy as the song itself, but is a decent one.
At a time when the big composers are also getting featured in multi-composer line-ups, good to see a move in the opposite direction from the perennial “guest” composers Meet Bros. Wish the soundtrack was a better quality one though.
Music Aloud Rating: 2/5
Top Recos: Dil Ka Telephone, Radhe Radhe, Gat Gat
Musician Credits
Song- Radhe Radhe
Music-Meet Bros
Singers- Meet Bros Ft. Amit Gupta
Lyrics- Kumaar
Programmed By- Jacky V
Chief Music Assistant & Music Production Head- Uddipan Sharma
Music Asst. – Saheb Khan, Piyush Mehroliyaa, Monis Ahmed
Intro Additional Vocals – Earl Edgar
Live Rhythm – Arun Solanki & Keyur Barve
Strokes – Tapas Roy
Trumpet – Kishore Sodha
Chorus – Ruchir, Saheb, Piyush, Monis, Yashashree & Chaitalee
Song Recorded By- Gautam Chakrabortty, Uddipan Sharma & Saheb Khan @Meet Bros Recording Studio
Mixed And Mastered By- Eric Pillai @ Future Sound Of Bombay
Production Managed By-Suraj Kumar, Ruchir Saxena
Mb Management-Shaju Ignatius, Mitasha Paintal
Song- Dil Ka Telephone
Music-Meet Bros
Singers- Meet Bros Ft. Jonita Gandhi & Nakash Aziz
Lyrics- Kumaar
Programmed By- Sourav Roy
Chief Music Assistant & Music Production Head- Uddipan Sharma
Music Asst. – Saheb Khan, Piyush Mehroliyaa, Monis Ahmed
Song Recorded By- Gautam Chakrabortty, Uddipan Sharma & Saheb Khan @Meet Bros Recording Studio
Mixed And Mastered By- Gautam Chakrabortty @Meetbros Studio
Production Managed By-Suraj Kumar, Ruchir Saxena
Mb Management – Shaju Ignatius, Mitasha Paintal
Song- Dhagala Lagali
Music – Meet Bros
Singers – Meet Bros Ft. Mika Singh & Jyotica Tangri
Lyrics – Kumaar
Programmed By- Aishwary Tripathi
Chief Music Assistant & Music Production Head – Uddipan Sharma
Music Asst. – Saheb Khan, Piyush Mehroliyaa, Monis Ahmed
Chorus- Piyush, Saheb, Ruchir, Monis, Yashashree
Song Recorded By- Gautam Chakrabortty, Uddipan Sharma & Saheb Khan @Meet Bros Recording Studio
Mixed And Mastered By – Eric Pillai @ Future Sound Of Bombay
Asst. Mixing Engineer- Michael Edwin Pillai
Production Managed By-Suraj Kumar, Ruchir Saxena
Mb Management – Shaju Ignatius, Mitasha Paintal
Song- Ik Mulaqaat
Music-Meet Bros
Singers- Meet Bros Ft.Altamash Faridi & Palak Muchhal
Lyrics- Shabbir Ahmed
Programmed By- Sourav Roy
Chief Music Assistant & Music Production Head- Uddipan Sharma
Music Asst. – Saheb Khan, Piyush Mehroliyaa, Monis Ahmed
Dholak – Raaju Sardar & Mustafa
Tabla – Sanjeev Sen
Strokes – Tapas Roy
Guitars – Pawan Rasaily
Song Recorded By- Gautam Chakrabortty, Uddipan Sharma & Saheb Khan @Meet Bros Recording Studio
Mixed And Mastered By- Eric Pillai @ Future Sound Of Bombay
Production Managed By-Suraj Kumar, Ruchir Saxena
Mb Management – Shaju Ignatius, Mitasha Paintal
Song- Gat Gat
Music-Meet Bros
Singers- Meet Bros Ft. Jass Zaildar & Khushboo Grewal
Lyrics- Kumaar
Programmed By- Showkidd & Aishwary Tripathi
Chief Music Assistant & Music Production Head- Uddipan Sharma
Music Asst. – Saheb Khan, Piyush Mehroliyaa, Monis Ahmed
Song Recorded By- Gautam Chakrabortty, Uddipan Sharma & Saheb Khan @Meet Bros Recording Studio
Mixed And Mastered By- Eric Pillai @ Future Sound Of Bombay
Production Managed By-Suraj Kumar, Ruchir Saxena
Mb Management – Shaju Ignatius, Mitasha Paintal
Song – Radhe Radhe Remix
Music – Meet Bros
Singers- Meet Bros Ft. Amit Gupta
Remix by Meet Bros ft. DJ Harshit Shah
Lyrics- Kumaar
Song – Dil Ka Telephone Remix
Music-Meet Bros
Singers- Meet Bros Ft. Jonita Gandhi & Nakash Aziz
Trippy Remix by DJ Himani Singh
Lyrics- Kumaar
