

A remix version ensues which isn’t very different from the original track. All-in-all, a magnificent start to the album. Kirti breathes life into the song and one really misses the rustic Sufi voice of Kailash Kher (which would have been an added bonus).

Lead by Kirti Sagathia, it has added vocals by Vishal Dadlani, Mandar Apte & Chintamani Sohoni. Overall, this song is one-of-a-kind with sheer brilliant lyrics by Dibakar Banerjee himself. Jo humne kahi rule wahi dhin ta na na na” “Kasam ye khayi hai, sheher Shanghai hai, Sample these lines which portray India analogous to the communist city of Shanghai: Gud bhi hai gobar bhi, Bharat Mata ki jai.” Na sune baat koi haath hai aur laat pyare, “ Tak Dhina dhin maar lapad phaad chapad chaat pyare

Taking a sarcastic-and-ironic route, it then shouts out praises for our motherland. This rebellious anthem speaks about everything wrong with the internal functioning of our country as well as the state of our nation. But you are oh-so-wrong and surprisingly, deceived. Initially, one would easily mistake the much spoken about Bharat Mata Ki Jai for a run-off-the-mill patriotic track. C’mon, which was the last movie of the political thriller genre which required the protagonists to run around trees (unless forced into the screenplay)? Aside from the brand value of musicial duo Vishal-Shekhar, one doesn’t really have high expectations from this soundtrack. Understandably, one would presume a multitude of situational songs. As days go by, the individuals discover a hidden secret in the governments sector: a vision of a new metropolis… a pipe dream…. A high ranking bureaucrat is brought in by the government for damage control. A porn film maker claims to have documented proof that will bring the government down. A lone girl on the street believes it to be a murder. A young activist encounters a shocking and disturbing road accident which leaves a prominent political figure in critical condition. In a bustling Indian city gearing up for the latest celebrated political elections, 4 individuals find themselves tied up into a gruesome game of crime and politics. Before we delve into the review, we need to understand the idea behind Shanghai – starring Abhay Deol, Emraan Hashmi, Kalki Koechlin, Prosenjit Chatterjee & Farooq Sheikh. His next directorial venture is Shanghai. We present to you the exclusive music review of Shanghai.ĭirector Dibakar Banerjee can be trusted with whacky movies – Khosla Ka Ghosla, Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, Love Sex Aur Dhokha – each film, in a way, outdid the other in terms of artsy cinema, good story and streamlined execution.
