Looking at the Promos of Shaitan Movie, you expect the Music of Shaitan to be unusual and different and obviously it is. New, Unconventional, Experimental could be some tags to describe Music of Shaitan. New comer Composer Prashant Pillai tried to deliver very different genre like Anurag Kashyap does.
Yes, even I expected it to be Amit Trivedi but the Music is mostly designed by Prashant Pillai and some of the songs by Amar Mohile, Ranjit Barot and Anupam Roy. And Lyrics by Sanjeev Sharma in association with K.S. Krishnan and Colin Terence.
Album begins with Bali – Sound of Shaitan (the one which is played in background of promo / trailer). Drum beats and the cutting edge music compliments the tagline Face your Inner Shaitan. Song doesn’t has to do much with the lyrics (though it has some Hindi words and Malayalam Mantra going on) as Music is enough to make instant impact on your mind.
Nasha sung by Prashant Pillai and Bindu Nambiar won’t impress you on first hearing but it’s a nice composition. Female voice behind mic “Rubaroo hai meri Shaitaani” sounds awesome. Even the Lyrics are quite good. Rock and Soul version of Nasha is more unleashing, truly likeable especially the Band towards ending of the song.
Dhuyen ki Dhun me badhte hai ye kadam, Andheri hai ye Masti, Ayyashi ki Kasam goes the next track called Josh and as the name says, song is full of Josh and Junoon. With not so sensible lyrics but Music and Drums will make you hit on the dance floor.
Fareeda begins like a soft number with Rock on between. Suraj Jagan’s voice is a perfectly suitable for such a song with rock fusion. Listen it.
O Yaara is again an experimental track with Sufi and rock fusion sung by Kirti Sagathia and Preeti Pillai. Whereas the song is mild but turns to Rock towards the end but overall a good composition.
Don’t know why this track – Pintya is taken in movie. May be it is picturised on Dahi handi event. Complete Marathi Song and indifferent from other tracks in movie and even voice of Chandan Shive is complimenting. Overall, an engaging track.
Zindagi – Sensible Lyrics, Awesome Music, sung and composed by Ranjit Barot. Song you will love to hear once again.
You’ll love Suzanne D’mello’s voice in Amy’s Theme, totally soulful and soothing. Some other instrumentals (Music tracks) included are Enter, Retro Pop Shit, Unleashed and Outro on which I will not comment.
To conclude, Shaitan is very unusual and path breaking. Music which you don’t confront with every Friday release and worth giving a try.