Director :Rohit Shetty
Music :Ajay-Atul
Lyrics : Swanand Kirkire
Starring :      Ajay Devgn, Kajal Agarwal, Prakash Raj, Sonali Kulkarni and Ashok Saraf


Ajay Gogavale and Atul Gogavale are a known name in Marathi films and are called the Rahman of Marathi film music. They bring their talents to create the music track for Singham.  The track is short and yet noteworthy.  The opening track has the sound of war cry and Shankh, along with Sanskrit shlokas . The composition introduces the lead protagonist Bajirao Singham .  As the name suggests it is a brave man and the track reflects it well. Sukhwinder Singh is wonderful as usual.  Ajay-Atul's composition  with wonderful  use of  dhol, nagada, shankh etc makes it an  audio treat. The background chorus is excellent.  The lyrics that go between Sanskrit and HIndi are wonderful and all that credit goes to lyricist Swanand'. The Singham remix is very much different and one can see that a lot of work has been done to make this zestier and fierier and something that youth can relate to due to the added tempo and beats.

The next number, Saathiya, proves why Ajay-Atul are called the Rahman of Marathi films as it's all out haunting melody that prevails throughout this love ballad.  Shreya Ghoshal, does wonders to the composition with her sugary sweet vocals. The composer, Ajay comes in for brief interlude in the chorus, Badmash dil and that  is quite a highlight.   Swanand's lyrics are filmy and just right for the hopelessly in love situation.  Lovely background mellifluous chorus start the remix of Saathiya and Abhijeet Vaghani deserves kudos for not going over the top and keeping the melody and the romantic flavor of the song intact.

 Kunal Ganjawala and Richa Sharma, come together for Maula  who suit the song perfectly. The   composition is a fusion of soft Sufi and lovely melody that is associated with Hindi film love ditties. Kunal Ganjawala excels and shows that he can sing any type of songs and Richa Sharma, the queen of Sufi numbers is as usual fantastic. The music arrangement is classy and fresh and novel owing to the western and Hindustani fusion . Overall a memorable number. The Maula remix relies on heightened tempo and added background racy rhythm which might appeal to its target audience (read youth), but many will prefer the undiluted original.

 We may  have to keep a look out for this duo. While this is a short track one can see great potential.  Hope they can do more in Bollywood in the years to come.

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