Rating: ★ ★
A franchise comes with monumental expectations especially when the
previous two ventures (Raaz-2002 and Raaz-The Mystery Continues-2009) boasted
of some 'Hit' numbers. The 'Bhatt Camp' continues the franchise with "Raaz 3" where Jeet Ganguly (Blood Money
and Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi) composes five tunes and debutant Rashid
Khan has one guest composition to offer without any remixes or reprises. Does
Jeet Ganguly carries on his good run? Well, read on.
A franchise comes with monumental expectations especially when the
previous two ventures (Raaz-2002 and Raaz-The Mystery Continues-2009) boasted
of some 'Hit' numbers. The 'Bhatt Camp' continues the franchise with "Raaz 3" where Jeet Ganguly (Blood Money
and Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi) composes five tunes and debutant Rashid
Khan has one guest composition to offer without any remixes or reprises. Does
Jeet Ganguly carries on his good run? Well, read on.
Debutant (as a composer) Rashid Khan composes and writes the first
song "Deewana Kar Raha
Hai" which starts off
with pleasant arrangements where Javed Ali seems to be the perfect voice which
keeps you engaged. A soft romantic number which takes the safe route with tried
and tested formula. Both the interludes are heavily arranged with lots of
instruments being mixed together thus making the song a bit lengthy, almost six
minutes. Lyrics offer nothing new and are pretty average. A good melodious
start!
"Zindagi Se" starts where the previous song has ended
but as soon as the powerful voice of Shafqat Amanat Ali is heard, one is sure
of some quality stuff. Rightly so, it's one of those songs which carries the
trademark 'Bhatt' stamp and is a perfect one for the lead actor Emraan Hashmi
whose presence will make sure that the track lands in the 'Hit' category.
Lyricist Sanjay Masoomm although writes nothing extraordinary but still makes
an impact backed up by the magnificent voice of Shafqat. The Piano and Flute in
the interludes are mesmerizing and despite the Déjà-Vu feel attached with the
song, this one has in it to win the hearts and deserves to be heard.
K.K starts off majestically the next track "Rafta Rafta" but sadly the overall outcome is
pretty average considering the past combination of the Bhatt, Emraan and K.K
The composition is well arranged but the tune gets too simple and flat after a
time making it ordinary, although the flute portions are quite fantastic.
Sanjay Masoomm disappoints with his pen and provides the usual clichéd stuff.
As an audio, it lacks repeat value; let’s see if the video can do any wonders.
Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghosal, add to that some English chorus, some
fast western beats, we have "Oh
My Love"..Sadly the combination is not well stirred this time. A pure
romantic number in the first place requires some fascinating lyrics where
Sanjay Masoomm fails to deliver, second, the tune gives a heard before feel
which results in comparison with the duo earlier songs, for instance take 'Soniyo'
from the previous franchise which was far superior than this one. The English
auto tuned part gives a headache and the electric guitar in the interlude seems
to be forced. Don't bother giving it a hear!
If one was waiting for the thrill element in the soundtrack, here
comes "Kya Raaz Hai" which tries hard to haunt you but
fails miserably. Shreya Ghosal starts off well in the Arabic environment but
afterwards a Sunidhi Chauhan would have suited this genre more rather than her.
Zubeen Garg almost does a 'Krishna Beura' and if it wasn't for the credentials,
would have been hard to clarify his voice, nevertheless Zubeen's part is the
only engaging element in this Kumaar written track which will be surely be
picturised on Bipasha Basu and may make up for an interesting watch. Skip!
The last track "Khayalon
Mein" is a love song
which is abruptly paced with Shreya Ghosal behind the mike. Again not something
that we haven't heard before where Jeet again uses various instruments for the
interludes and in between but to no avail as the track fails to catch
attention. The lyrics by Kumaar are not by means close to his previous works. A
dull end to the soundtrack which puts a question mark on the Bengali composer
Jeet Ganguly.
Raaz 3 disappoints being a product of the Bhatt Camp where Jeet
Ganguly despite using his Bengali tunes for three compositions: 'Zindagi Se',
'Rafta Rafta' and 'Oh My love' fails to impress; leaving with only two original compositions
'Kya Raaz Hai' and 'Khayalon Mein'; both of which offering absolutely nothing
to satisfy the musical desire of the listeners. Overall, 'Zindagi Se' is the
only saviour for this boat in this dreaded stormy night!
