Apne

By Meghna Menon

Film: "Apne"; Music Director: Himesh Reshammiya; Singers: Sonu Nigam, Himesh Reshammiya, Jaspinder Narula, Akriti Kakkar, Jayesh Gandhi, Kunal Ganjawala, Shaan, Earl; Rating: **

The big family drama of the Deols finally sees the light of day with Dharmendra, Sunny and Bobby coming together in "Apne", directed by Anil Sharma.

With the regular pair of Reshammiya-Sameer composing and penning the lyrics respectively, the album of "Apne" is decent. With a couple of classic Reshammiya numbers and a good song here and there, the soundtrack won't really fail but will click only with a select audience.

Typical Reshammiya is all you can think of when you're listening to "Ankh wich chehra pyaar da". Not in the least impressive, this track has Amrita Kak crooning at intervals, which seems quite unnecessary or rather could have been rendered better by someone else.

The track also features Kunal Ganjawala and Shaan but these better singers fail to save the day for Reshammiya.

"Apne", the title track of the film, is reasonably good and quite different from most Reshammiya compositions. Well written and well composed, the number has been well sung by Sonu Nigam. Encompassing the theme of the film, the track suits the whole idea of family and togetherness.

Jayesh Gandhi accompanies Sonu in the song plus we also get to hear Jaspinder Narula after a long hiatus.

A miniature number comes in the form of "Bull's Eye" rendered by Shaan and Earl. A club number, all you remember by the end of the track are the lyrics - "You gotta ...