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By
Joginder Tuteja, February 25, 2008 - 16:23 IST
 Year 2008 is turning out to be one of the defining
years for producer Kumar Mangat. His Sunday has
already been released while U Me Aur Hum, for which he
is the Executive Producer, is all set to arrive in
April. In the meanwhile, his One Two Three is now
gearing up for a March release. This is not all as
Summer 2008 would also see him arriving with Money Hai
To Honey Hai and Haal-E-Dil. He would be visible
towards year end as well as he would sign off with
Toonpur Ka Superhero. Phew!
Coming back to One Two Three, the film is a comedy of
errors directed by debutant Ashwani Dhir who is the
man behind famous TV sitcom 'Office Office' (starring
Pankaj Kapoor). With One Two Three, Ashwani takes a
multi starrer route and also ropes in lyricist Aditya
Dhar and promising composer Raghav Sachar who recently
sung and composed a groovy 'Manzar' [Sunday] and had
impressed around a year and a half back with his tunes
in YRF's Kabul Express. The young man is known for his
funky sound, as apparent from his non-film albums as
well, and one hopes something similar for One Two
Three too which promises to be a fun film.
Trademark Raghav Sachar flute kick-starts the title
song 'One Two Three'. While Earl ED does the rap and
reggae in the background, Kunal Ganjawala holds center
stage and grooves for this entertaining track. A
promotional track featuring the entire cast which
takes just a single listening to get on to your lips,
'One Two Three' has female rendition it's highlight.
Reason? The singer here is none other than Raghav
himself who brings on the 50's style of singing and
does quite a good imitation of singers from the
yesteryears.
A foot tapping number, which is visually attractive
too, 'One Two Three' comes in two more versions -
'Club Mix' and 'Ballad'. With the same bunch of
singers around, the 'Club Mix' picks on pace when
compared to the original version and gets set to race
on a fast track. From a groovy platform, the song
finds itself to be positioned on a dance floor. Does
it work? Yes, it does. However, by this time one does
realize that the beginning of 'antara' of both 'One
Two Three' and 'Manzar' [Sunday] have a similar feel!
The far slower 'ballad' version of 'One Two Three' is
just about ok as it gets into a philosophical mood
about the goodies in life being priceless. The items
in question? Heart, tears, stars and the stuff alike!
In fact one wonders if the song would even make a
place in the film which otherwise has an out and out
fun entertainer feel. Raghav Sachar is the sole singer
for this Munna Dhiman written song and this time
around he does sing in a male voice!
 A quintessential Bollywood dance floor/party song set
in a Western mode with a hint of Indian melody comes
next. Howsoever clichéd the song's title 'Rock Mahi'
may seem, the fact is that it goes with the trend of
music, which has very much been in the running for
last few years now. It's a fact that tunes like these
have worked and 'Rock Mahi' is not an exception. Sung
by Raghav Sachar and Sunidhi Chauhan, 'Rock Mahi' is
yet another foot-tapping track. Will it make it to the
awards category? No, it won't. But the least it would
do is keep the cool mood of One Two Three alive.
The feel continues to remain consistent, though this
time around Raghav Sachar gets a combination of mush
and seduction together in 'Gup Chup'. Singing his
third song in a row with Mahalakshmi Iyer in tow,
Raghav tries to get the feel of pop in Bollywood
scheme of things. Surprisingly, after a decent
beginning, the song somehow seems to loose grip in the
latter portions. The proceedings slow down a little
and one looks forward to what the 'remix version' has
to offer.
Upcoming Shilpa Rao replaces Mahalakshmi Iyer in the
remix version and yet again, both rendition as well as
the final composition sound good in the beginning
portions of the song. One can attribute it to the
early rhythm being far catchier than the melody route
that Raghav takes in the latter stages of the tune.
One Two Three returns again though in a new dimension
altogether. Titled 'Amalgamation', the song has the
original song staying throughout the 8-minute duration
though with 'bhangra' and 'qawalli' elements added on
which have nothing to do with the original song. These
portions are set in a funny mode with maximum laughs
reserved for the part where a comment comes around
watching 'Baywatch' in the moments of 'bebasi'! A
track that has Munna Dhiman providing added lyrics and
Kaptan Laadi, Kshitij Tarey, Kailash Kher, and Aditya
Dhar joining Kunal and Raghav, this 'Amalgamation'
version is mainly for the situation in the film's
narrative.
 The number, which follows, is a Sunidhi Chauhan solo
'I Wanna Guy'. A number which starts off as a love
ballad only to turn into a full on pop track within a
matter of seconds, 'I Wanna Guy' has a lot depending
on it's choreography. An average sounding track, which
has the potential to reach a certain level if aided by
an eye catchy picturisation, 'I Wanna Guy', is about a
girl looking for a guy who can get her all the things
in the world that includes both materialistic and
non-materialistic.
'Lakshmi Narayan' could be termed as the theme song of
the album since it is about three prime protagonists
of the film - Sunil Shetty, Paresh Rawal and Tusshar
Kapoor - each of whom is called Lakshmi Narayan. This
is the very track which is currently playing along
with the 120 seconds promo of the movie. Sung by
character actor Ninad Kamat who occasionally dabbles
into singing, 'Lakshmi Narayan' is mainly an
amalgamation of a dozen odd funny dialogues from the
film. All of this is interspersed into a stream of
funky 'gangsta rap' tune which goes with the theme of
the film.
Raghav Sachar's music of One Two Three is an above
average fare though one had far more expectations from
the composer/singer who always has something new to
offer. While the title song is an instant winner,
'Rock Mahi' and 'I Wanna Guy' too have potential to
attract eyeballs. Overall, a soundtrack that would
hold good mainly during the time when the film is
playing on screens but won't have much shelf life
beyond that.
Rating:- **1/2
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