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Paying Guests

Times Music, Rs. 150

‘Paying Guests’ seems to be a movie where the narrative and characterisation rather than the music is expected to add colour to the proceedings. However, you do expect the musical duo of Sajid-Wajid to deliver the goods, as far as music goes.

The movie has six songs and two remixes. The song ‘Jack & Jill,’ which starts promisingly with an animated English jingle, is racy, but peters out towards the middle. The song has some rap elements. An attempt is made to infuse western musical arrangements with an old Indian musical style, but it falls apart as the lyrics do not impress much and the music too jars.

The title track ‘Paying Guests’ starts off promisingly, but tapers off in the middle only to fall apart completely. The tunes and instruments fail to strike a chord and lack the trademark freshness and foot tapping music that most Sajid-Wajid tracks manage to bring out beautifully. Wajid, who showed much promise and delivered hits such as ‘Welcome’ fails to match it up.

The ‘Nazar Se Nazaria’ track is sung by Sunidhi Chauhan, in her trademark tone. Sunidhi does a good job, but the music needs to be toned down a bit. The song bears a distinct resemblance to the ‘Krazy Kiya Re’ track from ‘Dhoom 2,’ but is nowhere as impressive as the ‘Dhoom’ number. The remix version also leaves a lot to be desired and seems rather pointless.

The one track that stands out is the ‘Ya Rabula Rabbi’ by Sonu Nigam, with a hint of rap by Earl De Souza. The music is catchy and the instruments are put to rather good use, but the lyrics again do not impress. The song provides a good start, but fails to maintain the consistency in the entire track. Coming from Sajid-Wajid, the tracks are a huge disappointment.

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