American composer Wayne Sharpe partners with Pritam, Aadesh Srivastav and  Shantanu Moitra to create an impressive album in Prakash Jha's Raajneeti. Sharpe is not new to Bollywood. He has worked on Gangajal and Apaharan .

Raajneeti album opens with “Bheegi Si Bhaagi Si” soundtrack. The song is sung by Mohit Chauhan and Antara Mitra. It is a beautiful romantic number. Pritam must be commended for the wonderful orchestrations that does justice to Irshad kamil's lyrics. Smooth and mellifluous indeed.

In "Mora Piya" music director Aadesh Srivastava tries his vocals at varying pitches . Poised for impelling romantic spells, it has narrative shades in English sentimental one-liners by Rosalie Nicholsan and back-up vocals of Shashi that workd well in fusion pitched composition. Aadesh's voice does evoke  pathos for the situation.

The second version comes as "Mora Piya (Trance Mix)" by  Kavita Seth in her penetrative vocals. It comes more like party "lounge" mix where the serene mood is transcended through sluggishly pitched disco-beat fillers. Kavita's earthy "n" folksy rendition in lighter octaves adds shades to the classy feel and makes it special for promotional features.

The third version "Mora Piya (Twilight Mix)" is mixed bag of "club" and "lounge" remix with vocals of Aadesh Srivastava, Shashi and Rosalie Nicholsan at the helm of affairs. Well suited for discotheque as light-
hearted dance number, it adds to the commercial value of the album.

“Ishq Barse” is sung by Pronob Biswas, Hamsika Iyer and Swanand Kirkire. The song begins with slow-paced lyric and music. The song is tuned to a slow-paced piano music.  Makes for a nice number that can be haunting. The remix version is quite different with even alterations in lyrics.

Finally there are two versions of a song called ‘Dhan dhan dharti’ – one sung by Shankar Mahadevan and the other by Sonu Niigaam. The patriotic song has musical influences of Vande Mataram and both the versions are quite similar except for the diverse singing styles of the two singers. The song with Indo-Western touches is likley to make a mark too.

Overall a good album with fun numbers which are likely to stay with us for a while.

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