His successful stint with "Kabul Express" has been getting
composer Raghav Sachar quite a few offers in Bollywood lately. After
the music for "Sunday", he composes for "One Two Three"
but the results aren't as impressive as one would expect from a trained
musician like him.
Indian classical instruments make their presence felt to the maximum
in the romantic number "Gup Chup". The santoor and tabla play
their individual notes alongside Sachar and Mahalaxmi Iyer's vocals.
Their contrasting vocals sound fresh, but Aditya Dhar's lyrics are unimpressive
and can be given a complete miss.
Sunidhi Chauhan is bound to upset her fans with "I wanna guy".
Her vocals go over the top. Sunidhi and the instruments on board practically
have a competition as to who could get more screechy. One can clearly
skip this track without a doubt.
"Lakshmi Narayan" sees Ninad Kamat making an entry. He renders
his vocals to the song that is more dialogue-based and would be better
received on screen. Film dialogues are a major part of this number,
making the track a better deal than the previous two.
"One Two Three" again has the Sachar stamp all over it as
far as the composition goes. Sticking to his style, he throws in a lot
of less-heard instruments to accompany Kunal Ganjawala's and his vocals.
What's different and moderately unbelievable about the song is that
Sachar renders the female version of this track and that too with panache.
"Rock mahi" might just bring Sunidhi back to her fans' favourite
list. Her duet with Sachar is a relief from the earlier tracks as both
singers suit the rock-cum-jazz music. Sachar's final touch with the
flute was all that the song needed to make it a complete circle.
While Sachar's stint with "One Two Three" may not hit the
jackpot, his singing capabilities would surely not go unnoticed. The
album comprises nine average tracks in total that are purely situational
and isn't really the kind to make for good audio listening.