Fugly Music Review: For The Film's Narrative

One carries decent expectations from the music of Fugly. Since it is a youth entertainer with a Delhi-Haryana setting to it, it is more or less certain that the music carries an upbeat feel to it. With Yo Yo Honey Singh leading from the front and newcomer Prashant Vadhyar composing as many as four songs, one looks forward to what the soundtrack of this Kabir Sadanand film has to offer.

It is an instantly catchy hook of Fugly Fugly Kya Hai that catches your attention. In fact the way Yo Yo Honey Singh goes about singing this one, it almost appears to be Akshay Kumar's voice. Playing the triple role of composer, lyricist and singer, Yo Yo Honey Singh does quite well in this slow moving, yet engaging satirical number that has in it to move really high up the charts. A chartbuster all the way.

Raftaar is heard next in Dhup Chik which has a Haryanvi folk setting to it, yet presented in a contemporary avtar. A party number, it has a rustic feel to it, courtesy composition and lyrics by Raftaar, who doesn't let the desi flavor go away. Though Western arrangements are incorporated to pepper the proceedings, one wonders whether the song would eventually manage to cut Delhi NCR border and penetrate across the country.

The song that throws a mighty surprise is Banjarey which sees Yo Yo Honey Singh in a triple role again. Reason being that this one is the most non-quintessential Honey Singh number that one has heard ever since his chartbuster Angrezi Beat. This one is a pop outing which has an old world 90s charm to it and proceeds in a seamless manner with some good lyrics, rendition and tune helping the cause. One waits to see how this song is picturised in the film as it has in it to join 'Fugly Fugly Kya Hai' as the flagship number of the album.

Some good work is diluted in a major way though by Good in Bed, which frankly is noise all the way. Written by Niren Bhatt, this one tries to get into the 60s party mood but fails miserably. Prashant Vadhyar not just composes but also sings this one with Rajiv Sundaresan and Sunaina Sarkar joining him. One wonders how the core tune was commissioned in the first place since the cracks seem to be visible in a single listening itself.

Dhuaan acts as a damage control to some extent and though this one too doesn't catch your attention in the very first go, it at least attracts your attention. Arijit Singh sounds very unlike himself in this Arshia Nahid written number which has pathos written all over it. Still, Prashant does a much better job as a composer here and also ropes in newcomer Pawni Pandey to join Arijit behind the mike. A slow moving number, it is a kind of situational track that usually comes in the second half of the film. One just hopes that this near 200 second long song is kept at the very minimum so that the film's pace doesn't go down.

In the times when Gaane Mein Dum Hai are pretty much the approved lyrics (remember Party All Night?), it hardly comes as a surprise to see a song's title as G Pe Danda. Written by Sumit Aroraa, it pretty much sounds like an extension of 'Fugly Fugly Kya Hai'. If one leaves aside the hook-line of the song as well as the other lyrics, the fact remains that Prashant does well in putting together this tune that does start sounding catchy after a few listening. A quickfire number which won't necessarily have a long shelf life, it does have Aman Trikha, Pawni Pandey (who does well) and Prashant enjoying behind the mike.

Pawni makes best use of the platform provided to her by singing her third song in a row, Lovely Jind Wali. A quintessential item number with a 'desi' touch to it, it gets its momentum courtesy Prashant's upbeat tune as well as Pawni's ferocious singing. Though lyrics like Pallu giraake sarkar giraa doongi immediately take the song into a massy zone (Niren Bhatt and Rajvee Ahuja are the lyricists here), composer Prashant (who is also heard as a singer along with Santokh Singh) does as instructed by coming up with a fast paced 200 second long number that doesn't even expects itself to be taken seriously.

Fugly starts off well with Yo Yo Honey Singh composed tunes and then gets into a passable zone once Prashant is heard. All in all, an album which won't be memorable, though won't necessarily break the narrative of the film.

Our picks: Fugly Fugly Kya Hai, Banjaara