SO far, Vaishali Samant’s name has been seen mostly on remix numbers. This is the first original album that she has cut. And it is quite a debut. The confidence she displays is a good indicator of a promising future. Somehow, not only her voice but also the music and lyrics have gelled well to make it a good beginning.

Not only Vaishali but also music director Avadhoot Gupte makes a debut with this album. He has also penned lyrics for nearly half of the eight songs, the other writers being Shyamraj and Chandrashekhar Sanekar.

The cassette blends simple folk songs with western beats and the result is quite interesting. She has more than 2,000 songs in her native Marathi to her credit and those form the basis of this unusual debut album. If she is groomed right, we will be hearing her more and more often.

A music video of the title number shot in Bangkok features Milind Gunaji and Ishita Arun.

Since this is a film produced by Tips Films itself, the focus is firmly on music. Alisha Chinai is heard after a long time in a film. Anu Malik has used her voice in as many as four songs here and since she is different from the standard playback singers, she leaves her mark quite clearly.

All her numbers are duets. Along with Kumar Sanu she has made Chot dil pe lagi`85 hummable. Mujhpe har haseena also features her with Sonu Nigam and Kumar Sanu. This one is not quite that fluent but is quite foot-tapping.

Kaun hai woh (Alisha, Udit Narayan) is one song which has the typical vanilla flavour used by Malik in hundreds of songs. In comparison the theme song sung by Alisha and Sonu Nigam leaves a better impression.

The two solos that the film has, Aisa kyoon hota hai and Mujhse hui bas yeh khata have both gone to Alka Yagnik. Malik has wisely kept the instrumentation to bare minimum. That makes Ishq vishq pyar vyar (Alka Yagnik, Kumar Sanu) a sweet song.

Lyrics are by Sameer.

The album features four devotional qawwalis presented by the Sabri brothers (Maqbool and Mehmood Sabri) with traditional ethos. The dhol, daff, kawach and mandira along with the harmonium enhance the harmony.

The title qawwali portrays unalloyed devotion towards Allah while Ek baar agar recounts what a pilgrim would like to do once he reaches Madina. Karam ye mujhpe hamesha and Tu noor fisane aalam hai also display love for Allah. While Rabb-e-Akbar sab nabiyon ko pyara and the last qawwali are penned by Maqbool Sabri, the other two are by Shaffi Siddiqui and Khalid Mehmood.