A Wednesday (OST)

Rating: 5/10

For: Listening while on the move, especially in a local.
Strengths: Rock with vengeance feel and the classic rock feel should register well with young audience. Good Vocals
Weakness: Lack of variety , thanks to the small number of songs and not the best music.
Best Songs: Bulle Shah, Parwazen
Avoidable: Bekali (completely avoidable)


With the movie already out and hardly any presence of the sound track on video channels and radios, one wonders what is the OST meant for. Tough as commendable as the movie was, the sound track is also decently impressive. Bulle Shah is an instant hit and one wonders why it has not been publicised! With Shaan doing two nice tracks and only 5 tracks in the disc it surely is worth a try. Having become a fan of the movie and Toschi, the fellow who sang Bulle Shah (remember the singer from one of the many singing talent shows), I wouldn't want to digress in praising both and so on to the songs..


Bulle Shah: Toschi creates a miracle. The song had a verly lively feel and somehow makes you happy. Old Bulle shah poetry and amazing music being arranged for, this song is a stick out. Being the first track it does raise the expectations from the album right away. A very hum along track and above all a music lovers delight for sure with Toschi creating 'magic'(no allusion to Rockon :P) with his voice.


Jalwa: Starts of with sweet music on the keys and then moves into a classic rock environment, reminding one of kar saalam from Life in a Metro. A very simple track that sounds like the background for some ad jingle probably. Dissapointing lyrics like almost every indian rock song! However Shaan does impress with his old school rock vocals but yet the track registers as a nice song, but not one that you would enque on your' new good songs' playlist

Nazar Lage Nah: A typical love duet with Classical touch orchestral music and soft vocals. It becomes a bit boring when listening for the first time. For the first part of the song Mahalkshmi give a good sound, but somehow it fails to impress. Tough for a love duet as soon as Shaan enters after the first two minutes of the song, it does start sounding better with its poetic feel. However given its 5 minute plus playtime, it ends up becoming a drag no matter what. Especially with a rock avatar for all other songs this duet in between should have been shorter!
Parwazen: You confuse it to be an A R Rehman when it starts, then you take it to be a Rabbi Shergil song with the guitaring kicking in, but soon enough you realise it is a new track and a good one at it. Shaan strikes for the second time, with a rough textured, heavy sound for this one. Another rock vocal attempt, this time more like Farhan Akhtar in rock on. a very swing track that does get your feet tapping.

One thing that Indian musicians need to learn however, is the use of correct guitar tone! What's with the high pitch tone solo in this song. Where did the waw waw go? But overall a nice piece that takes two or three hearing before you actually start liking it. Should strike well with the youth.
Bekali: The very avoidable track. Starts of as a techno mix before it moves into being a typical useless pop piece that reminds you of Aniada and what not. Its hard on you ears to listen to the song beyond the first 30 seconds! Completely avoidable!
Bulle Shah (remix): I don't listen to remixes much and with the original being an exceptional song, I was all set to push stop after 30 seconds of playing the track. Surprisingly however this remix is not taxing on your ears and retains much of the good feel of the original track.

All in all, a nice album to buy, even if it is just for two of the 5 songs. GO indulge!