Film: Joker
Composer: G. V. Prakash Kumar
Playback Singer: Udit Narayan
Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi's film Joker has released its music! The music is composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar (who according to the Joker Wikipedia page is the nephew of maestro A.R. Rahman), and there is one track by guest composer Gaurav Dagaonkar. The lyrics have been done by Shirish Kunder himself (the director of the film), so let's see what Joker has in store for us!
I won't say anything else about the lyrics as they have been changed on the audio version; however, that was quite disturbing! As far as the singers, Sunidhi is strictly mediocre, and she should have been offered a better song considering her talent. Adarsh Shinde, the male singer, does his job well singing Marathi style. Overall, this is a Chikni Chameli wanna-be song (many parts of the song sound similar to Chikni, including the Marathi flavor). Listen to the (clean) audio version here.
Jugnu: This song is similar-sounding to Humko Maloom Hai from Kunder's previously directed film Jaan-E-Mann; however, I believe Humko Maloom Hai is better. On the other hand, Jugnu is sung by Udit Narayan, which we don't get a chance to hear too often these days, so if you're a fan of his voice, you should definitely check this song out! As far as the lyrics, they're average, but I do like the first line 'jugnu ban ke tu jagmaga jahaan' (be a firefly and light up the world). Listen to Jugnu
Sing Raja: The initial music to this song actually sounds really cool, and it's pretty much continued throughout the entire song. However, when the vocals (and especially the lyrics) come in, the song falls a little flat. Sung by Daler Mehndi (!) and Sonu Kakkar, we do get a lot of energy from their voices, but the lyrics are terrible! Not only are the lyrics repetitive, but they're stupid as well! 'dance karle english mein, aur nachle tu hindi mein' I mean really??? Lyrics are usually the last thing I pay attention to in a song, but this song's lyrics were very noticeably bad. Anyway, if you're a fan of Daler Mehndi, you should listen to this song for his boisterous energy! Listen to Sing Raja
Yeh Joker: The title song starts out with one foot-tapping beat, and the entire rest of the song continues over that one beat. Therefore, in my opinion, the song sounds annoyingly repetitive, and I believe that that beat gets in the way of the vocals as well, which are by Sonu Nigam and Shweta Pandit. The song does pick up the pace toward the end of the song, so hopefully it will be picturized well. The lyrics are actually a little situational, so we will see who the lyrics are actually being sung to in the actual film. Overall, an okay number, nothing special. Listen to Yeh Joker
Tears of Joker: Wow this song is gorgeous, and it's an instrumental track! There's a beautiful flute that it used throughout the song, and it is accompanied by other instruments including Indian classical instruments and more westernized instruments as well. Perfect, I haven't heard such a good instrumental in a while! Listen to Tears of Joker
Alien Arrival: Since this film is supposedly about aliens, of course, we have to have an alien song, which is thankfully an instrumental as well. This track isn't too shabby either, but I do feel like I have heard similar sounding music before (perhaps in a background score of a Hollywood film?). I hope that they utilize the track well in the film because it does have some loud, brass arrangements. Listen to Alien Arrival
So this is definitely one of the worst Akshay Kumar albums I have heard in while, maybe even the worst! Both instrumentals are far superior than the rest of the four original tracks (good thing there were no lyrics in those), and I wish there were some interesting, perhaps unconventional, yet moving songs to match the 'alien' theme of the film. I'm not sure how much this album will help promote the film, but I don't think it will have the effect that the Rowdy Rathore songs had on the audience. Better luck next time Akshay!
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