MUSIC REVIEW: Dasvidaniya

Modern Bollywood music has scared me with the direction it has taken in recent times, what with high-profile teams delivering mediocre musical scores. I generally approach new Hindi film music warily, but never losing hope of finding something that totally floors me.

Dasvidaniya - the word means 'goodbye' in Russian. The audio CD has five tracks on it, three songs, a remix and an instrumental version of one of the songs.

The first song Muskura starts with Sonu Nigam gently crooning, accompanied by the accordion, an instrument I haven't heard since the glorious days of Raj Kapoor-Shankar-Jaikishan! This song has such an old-school feel to it, it is impossible to not like it! An accordion solo comes in before Sonu's melodious voice takes over again. It's definitely been awhile since Bollywood music has had such nice lyrics.

One thing I need to make very clear - I was not a fan of Kailash Kher's vocals before I heard this...but they go so well with the music of Alvida (that's Hindi for 'goodbye')! There is a short guitar solo in the song, and the chorus is very soothing. What I really like here is Kher knows exactly when to end the song, instead of letting it drag just because he knows he has come up with something nice.

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