Bluffmaster (Hindi - Audio)

Bluffmaster
Music: Vishal Shekhar, Trickbaby, Arash, Aneela Mirza and Sameerudhin
Film directed by Ramesh Sippy
Vanilla Music
 
It doesn’t take too many aspiring composers to wreck a jewel of a song from the past. Bluffmaster proves it. Starting with Trickbaby’s remix version of the earthy, hearty song, Sabse Bada Rupaiyaah sung by Mehmood, the album tries hard to be different. And it shows. The songs seriously lack identity despite digging into the archives and bringing in all sorts of actors’ voices including that of Abhishek Bachchan’s into the sound track.
What is at best a naïve DJ’s wild attempt at getting the dancefloor kick-started, Bluffmaster starts to wear you down with clichéd DJ beats. And eventually the only winning track in the album is Arash’s Buro Buro, a Farsi number that is a chart-buster in Europe. So what is this pot-pourri of music mix-and-match trying to do? Make a statement? Flaunt an attitude? Either ways, the album has little recall value. It almost saddens to hear Mehmood’s voice trailing out from afar trying to stand out from the din caused by what Trickbaby believes is modern beats.
Say Na works because it doesn’t tamper with the formula of bhangra pop. The song is foot-tapping with the female singer imparting a distinct nasal tone – perhaps another deliberate effort to be different. Sameerudhin spins the Destiny remix, which is a perfect carbon copy of the retro, far-away sounds Bally Sagoo had successfully tried in his earlier remixes.
Vishal and Shekhar compose Right here, right now with Abhishek Bachchan and Sunidhi Chauhan on the vocals. Well Junior B doesn’t have the senior’s baritone; the song is rather flat-toned and at times irks with its contrived slow pace. On the flip side is a hip-hop mix. Trickbaby composes Nine Parts of Desire, which is more like a desi afterthought in a rock album. Why these pretensions please?
And so welcome the winner of the pack, Arash’s Buro Buro with some truly infectious Middle Eastern beats and easy-on-ears lyrics. Rock along - this one is going to ignite the charts. The flip side sustains the remix hangover with the composers cutting new versions of their own remixes.
Bluffmaster’s songs are ideal for the dancefloor and perhaps might work well on-screen. For sheer listening pleasure, it is hardly the right material.