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Review |  31 May 2011 18:57 |  By swapanjari

Shaitan

Music Directors: Prashant Pillai, Amar Mohile, Ranjit Barot, Anupam Roy and Bhayanak Maut.

Singers: K.S Krishnan, Preeti Pillai, Kalloist, Farhad Bhiwandiwalla, Hitesh Modak, Prashant Pillai, Bindu Nambiar, Colin Terence, Abhishek, Shradha, Suraj Jagan, Suman Shridhar, Kirti Sagathia, Chandan Shive, Ranjit Barot and Suzanne D'Mello

Label: T-Series

Anurag Kashyap's movie â€?Shaitan' has already aroused the curiosity with its spooky, edgy and eccentric promos. The album too falls on the same theme and has quirky tracks taking it away from the realms of the typical Bollywood venture. Shaitan put together by five music directors and variety of singers has an innovative and experimental music, It doesn't follow the latest Bollywood trend of short albums as it consists of good 14 tracks, opening with shot 1.20 seconds instrumental â€?Enter' composed by Prashant Pillai 

The second track Bali (the sound of Shaitan) is the fusion number with a clever mix of Hindi and Telugu lyrics that grasp listeners through its cutting edge music. The sound of shaitan is absolutely addictive with the powerful techno percussion beats composed by Prashant Pillai.

Nasha sung by composer Prashant Pillai and Bindu Nambiar gives the listeners an ambiance of AR Rahman's music and singing with various sound experimentations. The song is again fusion mix with moderate orchestration which carries the hazy and fun element of the album  The album also consist of an up beat 'rock and soul' version of Nasha.

'Josh' starts with an English rap and adds the hip, infectious and energetic impact. The sound follows the previous two tracks in terms of music with the exception of majorily used sexaphone for the composition; the track brings down the high note effect of the album.

Guitar rift track 'Fareeda' instantly turns around the monotonous effect of Josh by introducing the haunting and edgy effect. The song gets a full throttle rock mode through the voice of Suraj Jagan, and captivates listeners through its strong yet simple stick to mind lyrics.

After the rounds of rock and roll songs, Sufi rock track O Yaara starts with preludes of shennai followed by a touch of Qawalli and other Bollywood influences.

'Pintya' is influenced by Marathi folk with lots of thumping beats and slow emerging contemporary influence in the later half of the song, the blend is very well composed by Ranjit Barot. The next song Zindagi is a slow spaced track with minimal music. The next four tracks Amy's Theme, Retro Pop Shit, Unleashed and Outro are instrumental.
 
Shaitan composed by various artist is a unique blend of hip-hop, regional folk, rock n roll, sufi and many more.

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