CHALTE CHALTE

Producer: Dreamz Unlimited & UTV Motion Pictures
Director: Aziz Mirza
Cast: Shah Rukh Khan and Rani Mukherjee
Music: Jatin-Lalit & Aadesh Shrivastava
Lyrics: Javed Akhtar, Pappy Dhilon and Babu Mann

Dreamz Unlimited is back again with its new venture titled Chalte Chalte featuring Shah Rukh Khan and Rani Mukherjee in lead roles. Although the majority of Dreamz Unlimited's films have faced troubled waters at the box office, the fact remains that having popular melodious music has been a key feature in all of their projects. Chalte Chalte also carries this tradition accordingly. The film has music duo Jatin-Lalit and Aadesh Shrivastava arranging tunes for the soundtrack, whilst acclaimed lyricist Javed Akhtar gets his pen drenched in ink and provides some beautifully romantic lyrics for the album. Pappy Dhillon and Babu Mann also play a part in the proceedings by writing lyrics for one track: Layi Vi Na Gayi. Music giant, T-Series releases the soundtrack, which has eight tracks in total. The music is well composed, melodious and easily grows on all types of listeners.

1- Tauba (Abhijeet and Alka)
The soundtrack starts well with a romantic and melodious song, Tauba Tumhare. Rendered by singers Abhijeet and Alka Yagnik, the number directly enters in the hearts. Abhijeet catches the rhythm perfectly whereas Alka delivers the song with much ease and sweetness. Jhankaar and drumming in the background have hearing effects whereas the musical beauty all around sounds good. Playing guitar in the end creates romance all the way. Versatile and creative lyricist Javed Akhtar who is a man of rich experience pens beautiful and heart warming lyrics here. The duo of Jatin-Lalit scores soft music for this number. They deserves full marks for arranging rhythmical tunes, which will stay with the listeners for a longer period of time. The track is currently on air these days starring SRK and Rani Mukherjee. The direction is good and the choreography fetches full marks. The sophisticated outfits of both the artists look impressive. Overall a well composed number and deserves repeated hearings.
Rating: 7/10

2- Chalte Chalte (Abhijeet and Alka)
Abhijeet again pairs up with Alka Yagnik to deliver the title track, Chalte Chalte. It's a melodious soft number and starts with a very well sung narration by Abhijeet along with light composed background music, which is very soothing to the ears. The song then gets momentum and catches the tunes smoothly. Both the vocalists sing their respective portions sweetly and sharply by catching the breath of the listeners. The drumming sounds good and the violin and light use of jhankaar lift the spirits. Javed Akhtar perfectly fills the lyrics with required wording and Jatin-Lalit fasten their belts to arrange a pleasant audible music. Their composed music conveys the mood of the song accurately. The song is presently showing itself on satellite channels these days featuring SRK and Rani again. The direction and choreography both seem positive. A well orchestrated song altogether.
Rating: 7/10

3- Layi Vi (Sukhwinder)
Layi Vi Na Gaye appears next having velvety fire voice vocalist Sukhwinder Singh doing the honours. It starts energetically with electric raags by Sukhwinder Singh with soft music providing a pleasant experience to the ears. Once the song gets rhythm it becomes a soothing treat for the listeners. Sukhwinder remarkably and brilliantly holds the tunes and renders the number with perfect ease. The electrifying and energetic delivery of his vocals makes the fingers press repeat button time and again. Amongst other instruments, dholki, flute, Saarangi and duphli make their mark and provide comfort to the ears. Pappy Dhillon and Babu Mann have penned the folk lyrics in Punjabi and these lyrics happen to be the actual energy of the song. Aadesh Shrivastava scores a brilliant piece of music and through the tunes he shows his creative class too. Overall the number is an impeccable gift for folk music lovers.
Rating: 8/10

4- Gumshuda (Sonu Nigam)
A solo by versatile Sonu Nigam comes next in the album. The song "Gumshuda" starts well with the impressive voice of Sonu, who excels in singing here. However the background chorus does not fit well with the music. The track is about a boy who meets a girl and falls in love with her and then goes ahead to search her. The song has been running continuously on music channels recently fetching the applaud of the viewers in terms of good direction and choreography. Both Shah Rukh and Rani look attractive in the song. The lyrics are average but Javed Akhtar does not satisfy the listeners. This type of poetry does not suite with the mature character like SRK. Javed Sahib must have hummed and ha'd carefully before penning lyrics for great khan. Drumming in the background raises the spirits. Music is fast. Jatin-Lalit fails to qualify as good musicians here and score an average music. Overall, a passable track.
Rating: 4/10

5- Chalte Chalte (Instrumental)
An instrumental, Chalte Chalte takes its place energetically in the soundtrack. A well composed track to provide sweetness to the ears of the listeners.
Rating: 8/10

6- Dagariyo (Udit and Alka)
Udit Narayan teams up with Alka Yagnik to deliver an item number, Dagariyo Chalo. Both the singers do true justice to their respective jobs by singing the song accurately as per the narration of the lyrics and according to the tunes arranged by the composers. Amongst other instruments, dholki and flute sound better. Lyricist Javed Akhtar seems as if he was running out of creativity because the lyrics are completely below average. The composers duo Jatin-Lalit seem tired consequently they take rest with this song after all they have worked very hard earlier in this album by composing good audible music. So they deserve a bit rest...don't they? The end result is very average.
Rating: 4/10

7- Suno Na (Abhijeet)
Abhijeet pockets a lovely, romantic solo, Suno Na Suno Na. A completely melodious song to amuse the listeners in all moods. This song by Abhijeet can be rated amongst his better tracks and is the highlight of the entire soundtrack. The delivery of "Hey Hey" by Abhijeet provides real comfort to the ears thanks to his soothing vocals. Abhijeet sings the song in perfect rhythm. He has sung a number of award-winning songs for SRK in the past and this one can also push the tradition up. Chorus in the background also proves its supremacy. Dholki spreads romance all around and the light use of tabla creates a gorgeous touch of love and romance whereas guitar proves its mettle too. Javed Akhtar, getting his energies back, once again pens lovely and award winning lyrics here. Music by Aadesh is soft and shows the composer's creative head. Overall a brilliant number by a brilliant team.
Rating: 9/10

8- Tujh Par (Sukhwinder)
Sukhwinder Singh locks up the album with a fast paced number, Tujh Par Gagan Se. The song begins with an electric music. The track is high-pitched and requires so much energies of the vocalist. Sukhwinder fulfils the requirements brilliantly. Amidst the number, a female voice emerges too for a while. Chorus does not sound good. Sukhwinder's rapid-fire voice provides sweetness to the ears. Lyrics penned by Javed Akhtar are plain average whereas Aadesh's music is simply average that does not gel accurately with the gorgeous voice of Sukhwinder. An okay track to listen to.
Rating: 5/10

On the whole, the album of Chalte Chalte is very easy on ears and has a hearing effect for the people who have an ear for music rather it would go well too with all types of listeners with its soft music and simplicity of the lyrics.

Overall Rating: 7/10

REVIEWED BY GOHER IQBAL PUNN