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By
Joginder Tuteja, August 16, 2007 - 12:34 IST
 Now this one is a scary album to listen. When the
credits display song titles like 'Kaash', 'Oooh',
'Go', 'So Cool' and 'Dhan Tan Tan', one thing is for
sure that the soundtrack is not meant to be taken
seriously. Add to it the title of the film itself
being Go and you actually start wondering where
exactly to 'go'! Pun intended.
One of Ram Gopal Varma's long in the making films that
suddenly finds itself in the limelight when two RGV
directed films Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag and Darling are
getting ready for release, 'Go' is a film starring
newcomer Gautam who makes his debut with Nisha Kothari
who already has number of films under her belt now.
Directed by debutant Manish Srivastav, the film has
Sneha Khanwalkar as the prime composer with Amar
Mohile, Prasanna Shekhar and Dj Aqeel chipping in a
little. Though it isn't quite a get-set-go situation
when you play on the album, you give it a try
nevertheless. The end results are hardly endearing
though!
There is a western classical feel to the way 'Kaash'
is orchestrated. First Prasanna Shekhar & Sneha
Khanwalkar and later Amar Mohile give a haunting feel
to the track which is supposed to be romantic but
turns out to be a little dark for comfort. Agree that
the song comes sans any disturbance and isn't much
loud but overall it isn't a tune which comes easy on
lips.
 Crooned by Farhad Bhiwandiwala and Priyadashani, it
comes close to the style of 'Zehreela Zehreela Pyaar'
[Daud] in the way it is paced with husky vocals to
boast. Appearing in two versions, this number written
by Sarim Momin may keep you glued on screen due to the
sizzle effect it promises to bring along but won't
make you hum it around the tune.
Next comes a kind of number which you see being
created for a dance number in films down South. With 'chalu'
lyrics by Milind Gadagkar that would probably go with
the young feel of the film, 'Oooh' by Vinod Rathod and
Sunidhi Chauhan could well be hailed as one of the
most courageous songs of the season.
The entire song is based on the sound of 'Oooh' which
is much more than that and actually goes like 'Ooooooooooooooh'
with lot many more o's than one would have expected.
With a hip-hop feel to it, 'Oooh' could well turn out
to be an interesting watch if choreographed well.
Later Amar Mohile remixes the track though additional
arrangements are kept at the minimal to avoid any
damage.
A fast paced passionate prelude marks the arrival of
title song 'Go' which is almost comic book in its
treatment. With Kunal Ganjawala, Meenal Jain and
Suzanne coming together, the song reminds of the
opening credit title rolls for Mithun Chakravorty's
espionage/thriller films from the early 80s.
In fact as one moves two minutes into the song, one
realizes that there isn't much of a tune around the
song with 'Go' turning out to be an assortment of
instruments that come together to fill every space
within notes with some sound. Written by Nakul M and
acting more as a background piece, one can expect
parts of the track to be appearing throughout the
film's thrilling moments.
'So Cool' neither tries to be cool nor does it turn
out to be one as it fails to even take off. Yet
another musical piece that is all noise and fury with
little respect to ear drums, 'So Cool' written by
Rahul Seth and crooned by Kunal Ganjawala and Suzanne
is forgettable after the very first listening. There
is an attempted young feel given to the song but even
the Western theme and mood hardly come to the rescue.
 Swanand Kirkire, who has been associated with quality
lyrics in films like Hazaron Khwahishen Aisi,
Parineeta and Lage Raho Munnabhai amongst others,
writes 'Dhan Tan Tan' which is yet another track high
on orchestra. It appears that there is an attempt by
composer Sneha to fill in the album with as many
instruments available in the recording studio since
yet again her own voice along with that of Kunal
Ganjawala get lost in all the mayhem.
The basic tune this time around is not bad as it takes
inspiration from R.D. Burman style of melody but it is
an excessive coming together of various instruments
that kills the impact. Later Dj Aqeel does his bit to
remix the track though one wonders where was the space
left in the original version that could be filled up.
One thing is fore sure - Ram Gopal Varma wouldn't have
heard the songs before they were ready, picturised and
canned. If he would have done so, he would have at the
least got the noise level down from each of the
tracks, barring 'Kaash' which thankfully goes slow on
instruments. Apart from that 'Go' only has 'Oooh'
which could probably get popular if supported by some
good publicity.
Rating:- * *
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