Singham Returns Music Review - “Doesn’t roar at all”

Anup Pandey

Music: Jeet Ganguli, Ankit Tiwari, Meet Bros Anjjan, Yo Yo Honey Singh

1. Sun Le Zara

Jeet Ganguli churns out a recycle product which could have come straight out of the Bhatt factory-a melancholic Arijit Singh song filled with random Urdu words. The song is not bad otherwise: Arijit has sung very well, the guitar shredding and double bass are masterstrokes, it might even grow on some if given a chance. It’s just not that effective. A misfit and miscalculated shade on this film’s canvas. 

2. Singham Returns Theme

3. Kuch Toh Hua Hai

One thing that Kuch Toh Hua Hai lacks is originality. It may not be a directly lift-up job but it’s heavily derived from templatised YRF songs by Vishal-Shekhar or Salim-Sulaiman. Ankit Tiwari has composed this and sung it as well along with Tulsi Kumar. 

4. Singham Returns Remix (MBA Swag)

What do you expect me to speak about the remix of a track which was such a bad (re)composition at first place? And when that remix comes with the title ‘MBA Swag’ (it stands for Meet Bros Anjjan, by the way)? 

5. Aata Majhi Satakli

The catchphrase from the first part of the film- Aata Majhi Satakli (meaning: ‘Now that furies me’) is made into a track by Yo Yo Honey Singh, attempting to recreate Lungi Dance. I see this one playing on the dance floors already. Yo Yo Honey Singh picked up commendable diction in Marathi for this one. The energy is provided by the hook in Marathi- “Mala raag yetoy” (I’m getting angry) by Nitu Chaudhry- but repeated listening to it will do the same to you. 

Bottom Line

If there was any scope for the music to take further along with its franchise, it was killed at first thought by dropping Ajay-Atul and roping in multiple composers with different visions for such a quick soundtrack. Clearly, it was aimed to be a momentary dance hit and as fillers in the film. Yo Yo Singh and Arijit Singh do that anyway. Why harrow with extra songs?

Rating: 1.5/5