Director Puneet Sira's Jai Veeru is not a star studded affair, but composer Bappa Lahiri's music does manage to add a little sparkle to the film, which is first independent venture as a composer. The young man acquits himself quite well, with at least three extremely catchy compositions in an album which has five original songs, along with their respective remixes. The lyrics have all been penned by Sameer.
The album begins with a number titled 'Sufi', which is sung by which is sung by Tulsi Kumar and Saim. This is a sufi number but not your typical one at that. It sees a mix of rock and sufi elements and is a refreshingly different kind of fusion attempt which works very well. It occurs thrice in the album with one purely rock version thrown in as well. The song reaches its fitting conclusion because of the vocals. Saim is excellent and is given fantastic support by Tulsi Kumar. Both singers excel in the manner in which they manage to bring out the romantic elements in the song. Saim excels in the solo version as well.
After a rocking start with 'Sufi', the album moves on to the next number, 'Tennu Le' which sees Omer Inayat make an entry as lyricist cum singer. This is a hip hop number which also manages to create a favourable impression. This number occurs once again, this time in a remixed version by DJ Akhil Talreja. The feel is contemporary and this is definitely a number which should go down very well indeed.
After such an impressive beginning, Bappa seem to unable to keep up the tempo. The next number, 'Dhun Lagi,' sees Mika and Raja Hasan is quite an ordinary number and its appearance thrice in album (electro mix and remix) does not really make much sense. Probably composed as the mandatory racy number in the album, neither of the singers are able to bring out the fun element.
But it seems that Bappa recovers in time and comes up with another impressive number in 'Aisa Lashkara.' Sung by Hard Kaur and Rema Lahiri, this is a real catchy number. It has some very interesting beats and turns out to be a real foot tapping kind of number. The credit for this has to be shared by the composer and the singers, who give an uninhibited rendition. The final song in the album is a number called 'Agra Ka Ghagra', which is sung by Mouli Dave, Javed Ali and Raja Hasan. It has all the trappings of being your typical 'hot' item number, but somehow falters its way through to the end.
After going through the album, one is impressed by Bappa Lahiri. He handles the album quite well and reveals that he is quite at ease with different genres of music. Even though all the numbers are not of the same quality, he at least manages to get three right out of five, which is quite a decent score.