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Veer - Music Review:

This one is seriously going to be a challenge for Salman Khan. Acting wise he has to match up to his performance in Wanted which has put him back on the map while musically he has all his previous films to compete with. As a Salman Khan fan, you pretty much assume that the music in his film will be melodious and danceable. With Veer being a periodical film, we can’t be too sure about the danceable angle but who’s to say that it won’t be hummable at the very least. Director Anil Sharma teams up with Salman’s buddies Sajid-Wajid to compose the music to this magnum opus which has been in the making for a while now. Six songs is what the album holds. Check out if Veer will do for Salman what Jodha Akbar did for Hrithik Roshan.

When I first heard Taali, I was transported back in time to an era where rustic folk music was the norm and films based on villages actually ran at the box office. It is the likes of Sonu Nigam, Sukhwinder Singh and Wajid who croon to this rural style composed number. What works for the song is the unique lyrics and fast pace which has been incorporated.

Surili Ankhiyon Wali is the hit of the album. After a long hiatus, we get to hear a track that is melodious and sings of love in a most poetic form. Sajid-Wajid do a fantastic job of the sweet arrangement of the music while the award winning Gulzar pens the lyrics to the song in the most amazing of ways. However, Surili Ankhiyon Wali pretty much sets the stage for the romance in the film and clearly it is going to be quite a passionate one.

But Surili Ankhiyon Wali isn’t the only love ballad on the album. Salaam Aaya too speaks of love in a more contemporary manner which really doesn’t fit in the album. It lacks in passion and feeling which unfortunately both Roop Kumar Rathod and Shreya Ghosal try but fail to bring to the number.

And then we hear the incredibly cheesy Meherbaniyan. Even Sonu Nigam can’t help to lift this song and that is when you know Sajid-Wajid have seriously failed. Nothing more can be said of Meherbaniyan.

Remorse arrives in the form of Thumri Kanha sung by Rekha Bhardwaj. Yes, it is a tad bit too classical for 2010 but when it comes to Rekha Bhardwaj, you really can’t go wrong. She really helps to revive an otherwise average album and give it some soul. Another winner in the Veer cap.

And to end is an instrumental number which really doesn’t do much and thus can totally be ignored.

You don’t have to be much of a genius to have guessed that Veer is not one that Salman Khan can be too proud of. Considering the story speaks of a warrior, there is nothing combatant about the music of the film. Hopefully the choreography of the songs will help to give the music of the film the boost it needs.