Tuesday 1 July 2008

Mehbooba Music Review

Once upon a time there was a man called Ismail Darbar who stormed into the Bollywood music scene with Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. He followed it up with another Bhansali flick Devdas and it seemed that Darbar would be heard a lot more in years to come. Unfortunately, that was not the case to be as films like Shakti - The Power, Deewangee and Baaz followed with none of them making much of a mark musically. Yes, there was a one off Kisna too but Darbar had to share credits with Rahman there. Now years after being heard last as a composer and mainly seen as a talent show judge, Darbar returns with an album - Mehbooba. Well, even this too is not a comeback in true terms since Mehbooba is a film which has been a decade long in the making and is finally seeing the light of the day. An