Janasheen Movie Review

Style has always been the epitome of Feroz Khan. Ok, so his last directorial venture Prem Aggan was a dud. But before it there has been an impressive line up of stylized movies that were always ahead of the times - Qurbaani, Jaanbaaz and Yalgaar to name a few. Janasheen (which has been considerably delayed for about 6-7 months now) attempts at being added to the list and stars the first of the Khans himself, along with beta Fardeen Khan and Celina Jaitley (who debuts as a blind girl playing violin in the middle of the sea ). Music department is handled by a horde of musicians - Anand Raj Anand, Biddu, Channi Singh-Mrinal Sampat and Sukhwinder Singh.

'Pyaar Hone Laga Hai' is a regular Anand Raj Anand love song and is pretty listenable. But again the problem lies with the shelf value of a track and this number too suffers in the same department. Still a number which is good till it lasts, it has some very conventional lyrics by Praveen Bhardwaj and is sung by Sonu Nigam and Alka Yagnik.

'Ishq Fitrat Hai Meri' seems to be a party time track, with Fardeen declaring to the whole world that 'love is the aim of his life' and it is his 'be-all' A fine track going with Fardeen's on-screen and off-screen image, it should go down well with the masses. Anand Raj Anand and Dev Kohli compose whereas Sukhwinder Singh and Sunidhi Chauhan are in their usual 'josh' while singing.

'Ab Ke Baar Poonam Mein' by Babul Supriyo and new find Gauri Bapat is a romantic love song with fresh lyrics and music by Nasir Kazmi and Channi Singh-Mrinal Sampat respectively. A slow number, it is about the lead couple waiting to meet and spend time with each other. A good track as it holds freshness. 'Deewani Hoon Deewani Hoon' is another good track that has been composed by Biddu in his trademark style and has lyrics by Timon Singh. Sung by Sonu Nigam, Jaspinder Narula and Gauri Bapat, this love song may get popular in the days to come !!

'Ankhiyan Ankhiyan' is yet another number in the already growing list of the appreciation of one's sweetheart's eyes. Just an average number, it is fast paced, but doesn't register much impact. Musician duo of Channi Singh-Mrinal Sampat compose whereas Ijaz Ahmed Ijaz writes. 'Dil Ne Dil Se Tujhe Pukara' - a love song again, is a comparatively better number which is composed by ARA and written by Dev Kohli. Gauri Bapat makes the best out of this opportunity of singing a solo and does well here. 'Marhaba', as the lyrics suggest, is based on the Arabian tunes and is well supported by some rock-solid orchestra. Composed by Sukhwinder Singh, written by Ibrahim Ashq and sung by new comer Muskaan and Sukhwinder himself, it does manages to stay afloat.

Anand Raj Anand carries on his 'Ishq Samandar' hangover in 'Nashe Nashe Mein Yaar', the opening lines of which directly culminate into the 'Ishq Samandar'. A direct copy, it should be admitted that the number sung by Adnan Sami and Sunidhi Chauhan and written by Tejpal Kaur does well, if not associated with the original. This is primarily due to some good choreography, cinematography and Fardeen Khan's antics, a la Salman Khan in 'Ek Garam Chai' from Har Dil Jo Pyaar Karega. Janasheen manages to provide the music lovers what they expect from a Feroz Khan movie, though not in totality, but still reasonably enough. Music of Janasheen does well as a fast food kinda package. It certainly doesn't carry a life time guarantee tag with it but is reasonably OK as a ready-to-serve dish.