No Smoking : Music Review
11 October 2007 | Music, Music Reviews | No Comments
This has to be one of the most original tracks ever written! 'Jab Bhi Cigarette' is the opening song of the album and may well be termed as the title song of the album. First to arrive is the 'jazz' version of the song which obviously creates a jazz mood with all the right instruments in place as required in a tune belonging to this musical style.
There is a trademark Vishal Bhardwaj and Gulzar stamp to this song about the mental and physical state of this individual who is completely dependent on smoking in spite of knowing well about its effects on his health and mind! A difficult song to write and compose, it is made to look easy due to the way Adnan Sami goes about rendering the track while making it absolutely kicking and jazzy. Well, literally. Now this is what qualifies as an OST, as witnessed in Hollywood flicks!
At the very end of the album, Sunidhi Chauhan comes behind the mike to sing the female version of 'Jab Bhi Cigarette' which has a different mood and outlook. While the first track was all jazz, this one is set in a club mode and has a more hep and cool feel to it. One would have never expected a song based on cigarette to be played in a discotheque. Well, 'Jab Bhi Cigarette' may be the first ever track of it's kind to find a place in discs, clubs and pubs!
Rekha Bhardwaj, who has sung a sensual-n-rustic 'Namak Issak Ka' in Omkara returns with 'Phoonk De' which is so catchy in the very first listening that you can't help but continue to hum it on hours after you have heard it just once. The beats (reminding of Bhardwaj's 'Chappa Chappa' - Maachis) are all over the 'club mix' version of this song which yet another comes with a rustic feel to it and can easily be counted as a commercial hit waiting to happen for Rekha Bhardwaj.
She sings in a leisurely style which borders on being casual and this is where the beauty of the song lies. Later Sukhwinder Singh gets his own style working into another version of this song that comes a little later. The lyrics are different here and especially haunting is the voiceover by a female which comes in the middle of the track. The voice does make mention about the ill effects of smoking and how it could lead one to his/her death! ….read more
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