As I was searching for the Thanksgiving on Google , suddenly I encountered the music track for Shukriya. I thought keeping with the theme of Thanksgiving why not review this ?

Not a wise choice for despite having four composers the track does not have a zing to it.

“Tumhara Tumhara”, the opener is ideal, but alas, typical of Himesh Reshammiya and Sameer. Taking the pair of Udit Narayan and Alka Yagnik, whom he knows how to utilize well in this thematic romantic tune, the song is catchy without going anywhere beyond our imaginations.

Sonu Nigam and Himesh Reshammiya stick to the Indian roots in ' Tumhe Jitna Bhulate Hain ', a nice little solo love song that again may not be too different in terms of presentation but still sounds good due to Himesh's grip around the composition and the overall easy to ears arrangements that make for a quite listening. There is a distinct feel of ' Tere Naam ' style of music and you actually enjoy the feel.

Newcomer composer to Bollywood Devendra Yogendra tries to change the pace with “Ni Sohniye" the obligatory, to say the least, Punjab number on the album. This song too, paints an almost translucent picture of the album, is typical. It is hard to decipher how Yogendra expects to distinguish himself with such a typical, been there heard that composition, but the song has its moments and seems to be appearing at a grand moment in the film. It combines a variety of musical compilations for its interludes and Alka Yagnik and Udit Narayan, aside from Sonu Nigam and Shreya Ghoshal, are nice to listen to.

“Aankhon Aankhon Mein” is the only song that sounds like any effort was placed into making it different and thus, it stands out as such. The song changes pace completely and is creative as well as dramatic. Sunidhi Chauhan and K.K. are perhaps the best things about the song—they are perfect choices for vocalists and have been utilized appropriately. The song is a bit dark and seems more film theme oriented than anything else on the album. Lyrically Sameer is effective but he can not escape the pyaar, even in this one. The synthetic intervals are irresistible and it is clear that good music comes from being creative, not redundant. A definite for the repeat button, and particularly for those that are into well composed dramatic songs.

Call it the mood created by this track or the genuine goodness of this number, but the subsequent track ' Dil Ai Dil ' does sound interesting. Sung by Kumar Sanu (who still isn't getting the kind and volume of work that he truly deserves), it has music by Vishal Shekhar, who surprisingly change their style from mostly western to ' shuddh hindustani '. One double checks to see if the number is composed by Himesh Reshammiya but it is confirmed that it is indeed Vishal Shekhar. The number is the slower version of ' Maine Poocha Kudrat Se ' sung by Sanu and Anuradha Paudwal, both of whom do complete justice to the romantic duet that also boasts of some good lyrics, it is the the best track of the album,

Following is another Vishal-Shekhar composition, which  is less dramatic. “Kya Haal Is Mera Dil Ka”.  Vishal-Shekhar are once again creative and stray from the typical composition here, though the regular feel of such a regular romantic song can almost not be escaped. Udit Narayan and Alka Yagnik are decent in the tolerable tune. With this song, it is quite clear that Vishal Shekhar have made this soundtrack more of what has given it a listenable label. Reshammiya’s tunes are good but Vishal-Shekhar’s songs are both creative and good, certainly the better choice.

Surprisingly Sonu Nigam has another solo in the album that is not a sad version of a former track on the album. Devendra Yogendra composes "Leti Hai Yeh Zindagi". This is another emotional tune and Nigam is in form here. The song is laced with good orchestration capturing the right moods at the right times, even including a folksy interlude which adds to the feel that the song portrays.

Finishing off the nine song soundtrack is a theme track which is Raju Rao’s sole composition. Clearly a composer in training to compose film songs rather than instrumentals, his short contribution to the soundtrack is welcome. The breezy and light music almost makes it seem complete.

Despite having four composers, the music for Shukriya is regular barring Vishal Shekhar’s contribution. They are truly what makes this one soundtrack different from any other T-Series release. That is not to say ‘Shukriya’ is bad, for like many T-Series releases as of late, the soundtrack can be purchased and listened to more than once which is nice to encounter once in a while. The album is a bit more neatly knit than other T-Series soundtracks because of the little more variety in it which makes it worthy of a listener’s attention more than others.

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