Kismat Konnection makes it official! Shahid Kapoor and Vidya Balan are the 21st century kounterparts to Shah Rukh Khan and Juhi Chawla. Shahid Kapoor has the disarming charm of King Khan, a quality that makes you love him from the outset. Vidya Balan is bubbly and sweet like Juhi Chawla, with the talent to match. I never thought of these two as a pair. They seem to fit with any ko-star (Amrita, Kareena, Ayesha for Shahid; Saif, Akshay, Shiney, John for Vidya) but now that they're together it seems like the most natural thing in the world. And who better to bring King Kapoor and...uh... Vidya (does Juhi have a nickname?) than SRK-Juhi's best direktor Aziz Mirza, known for such hits like Yes Boss, Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman, Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani, Chalte Chalte and who kould forget the most important film of all time Circus? Pritam gives the skore of Kismat Konnection and the lyriks are by Sayeed Quadri and Shabbir Ahmed. It's safe to say that this album is one of the best of 2008 (kalling it the best might be a little radikal).There are 5 songs, each with their own remix and an alternate version for one. With eleven songs, this skore might seem like a tedious journey. It's not.
Aai Pappi (Tu Hai Meri Sohniye) is the opening number and it's destined to be the next big song of the summer. Neeraj Shridar sings this robustly, giving the "aai pappi" line that addiktive quality that guarantees its hit status. Pritam's musik is stellar, using trumpets quite well. Lyriks are oridinary but fun. Even though this will be the most popular song, it certainly isn't the best. 10/10.
Atif Aslam returns to sing another one of Pritam's tunes and Bakhuda Tumhi Ho is just as good, if not better, than the rest. This time he is paired with Alka Yagnik. Like Vidya and Shahid, this pair seemed to be of different worlds but now that they're together, what took them so long? Singing is exceptional, of kourse. Lyriks are sublime and the musik is divine. Glorious! 10/10.
Move Your Body Now is a dance number. It's simple and fun and I really like Pritam's arrangements. The song is zingy and it's lyriks are silly (kudi, tu lagti hai naughty). The singers, Shaan, Akriti Kakkar, Suheil and Hard Kaur again, provide this number that extra boot. Another winner! 10/10.
Is This Love? (Kahin Na Laage) is a sweet love song, sung by Mohit Chauhan and Shreya Goshal. It's not as sweeping as Bakudha, it has a more pop sound. Shreya Goshal, with the limited audio time she has, is just too, too good in her part. Mohit Chauhan is basically a rock star with his rendition. I kan't decide if the lyriks are originally old-fashioned or trite but who cares? 10/10.
The last original song is Sohniye Ve (Dhak, Dhak, Dhak). Sung expertly by Sonu Nigam and Sunidhi Chauhan, this song isn't original but sounds really familiar. It reminds me of Salman Khan and Priyanka Chopra for some reason... It has a Punjabi flavor which was the only thing missing from this album. Do I like it? Yes. But it kould have been as good as Nagada Nagada Nagada Bajaa. 8/10.
A repeat of Move Your Body Now is offered. The only difference is that Adeel replaces Shaan and Suheil from the first version. I prefer the first one. Don't bother even downloading this one. 5/10.
I won't go into detail about the remixes. I usually don't like remixes - I rarely download them - but, because this projekt is so near and dear to my heart, I decided to. I kan say I wasn't disappointed.
Aai Pappi - 10/10.
Bakudha Tumhi Ho - 10/10.
Move Your Body Now - 9/10
Is This Love? - 8/10.
Sohniye Ve - 8/10.
Sohniye Ve - 8/10.
Most definitely, this album is worth a buy or a download session. I kan say that this film is one to watch out for: the direktor is a genius, the lead pair is a good one and the soundtrack is rocking and smashing and glorious and marvelous. So, go ahead and test your kismat with Kismat Konnection. 98/110 or A-. PS - the K in the title is not for numerological reasons but for one artisitc one: alliteration. The title was going to be Lucky Charm but I'm glad it's not because then I would have no reason to replace Cs with Ks throughout my review.
