Bodyguard T-Series,Rs 175 Welcome to the first outside Himesh Reshammiya score since Namastey London and the delayed Milenge Milenge. Pritam was to score the film earlier and his solo contribution I love you (Ash King-Clinton Cerejo) is a song thats really worked upon rather than just run-of-the-mill and the special effort is clearly for Salman Khan,though you do not care much for its Shaan-Clinton version. And how does Himesh fare? To start with,Rahat Fateh Ali Khan-Shreya Ghoshals Teri meri meri teri is a treat for souls parched for melody in a jungle of jingles. The nuanced composition and its cerebrally-conceived mood orchestration differentiates both a true-blue composer and the Hindi film music director from those who fabricate exten-ded catchy hooks in the sacrosanct name of film songs. The lyrics (Shabbir Ahmed) are simple but nice,and of course,simple thou-ghts penned in a simple way are just about the most difficult things to do. Tall order that,but lyricist Shabbir Ahmeds work shows the fluidness of an Anand Bakshi and one hopes that he gets better at this as well as his content. Desi beat (by the lucky team of Mika and Amrita Kak singing together after Dhinka chika and Character dheela hai) is a routine Punjabi number,and maybe the R.D.Burman-esque notes in the music (that emulate the antaras of Hum Kisise Kum Naheens Tum kya jaano) could have been replaced,but they fit in tangentially yet very well with a strictly Punjabi flavour that the song has. And yes,by the way,Himesh has improved his sound production in leaps and bounds,for except in Namastey London,Radio and Kajrare,this was a weak area for him. And yet it is the title-track of Bodyguard that works best for me. Basic and very elemental,infectiously catchy and full of abandon and mischief,this is the song that stands out because it best represents the larger-than-life persona of Salman Khan. And whats more,it is rendered by him too. This is one of the (very) few must-buy albums in a musically shoddy year.
