American Daylight

Director: Roger Christian
Starring: Gulshan Grover, Jennifer Siebel, Koel Puri, Nick Moran, Vijay Raaz
Music Director: Amaan Ali Bangash, Ayaan Ali Bangash
Singers: Reena Bhardwaj, Joan Baez, Mamayo, Carleen Anderson,Jaimeson, Angel Blu

American Daylight’ is Bobby Bedi’s produced small-budgeted English film under his Kaleidoscope Films banner, with a love story in the backdrop of a call centre in Delhi. Prominent artistes in the cast include Koel Purie, British actor Nick Moran, Vijay Raaz, Raj Zutshi and Gulshan Grover. Academy Award winner Roger Christian directs the film. He has formerly made films like Nostradamus, Masterminds and Battlefield Earth. The film offers the kind of music that you don’t encounter frequently. There are old and new English hits and classics presented in a novel way. The soundtrack features assorted Indian and International composers doing the music of the tracks. Amaan and Ayaan Ali Bangash, sons of Sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan, compose four tracks. This is their first film related work and their plunge into film music gives the notion that this is just the beginning. Rich with knowledge in Indian classical music their tunes reflect the same. They take on with 'Final Calling' the title track of the album. It is theme music of international standards. The mood and feel of the track is awesome and it has a spell binding effect while listening. Comes a qawallis from their repertoire called 'Khwajaji' with lyrics by Madan Gopal Singh and it goes fine again. On a more musical note appears 'Getting Involved' a soothing instrumental piece whereas Visible God is enriched with Vedic chants and is a fusion number.

Composer Yolanda Charles presents 'Born To Love', a highly melodic track by Mamayo and Carleen Anderson laced with soft music and simple words. This is out rightly likeable. Joan Baez croons away 'Diamonds and Rust' on the note of the former track. Both the tracks are a representation of quality and excellence with the limitations of catering only to the urban audience. The supple and soft affair going so far takes a different turn with 'Take Control' rendered by Jaimeson, Angel Blu and CK. This is a fast and pacy track that keeps you swinging. Even the next tack 'You're Not Alone' by TNT hints at something similar. Top-notch music makes both the tracks aplomb. An instrumental track 'Dharma' with the beats of tabla by Graeme Clark, Paul Spong, Azam Ali and Roger Christian is a pretty rhythmic track with soft instruments and a superb sounding vocal. Retro and classic number 'Sacrifice' of Sir Elton John appears again and mesmerizes with the same velocity as it has done before. For a change again emerge fast paced 'You Keep On Shining' by Hazard County. But melody revives again with 'Love You More' by Shanti Burns. A classic track is 'Heer' sung by Reena Bhardwaj with music by Nitin Sawhney and W.Shah. Both in terms of the vocals quality and the music the track is incomparable. Random Song is the title song of the film by The Measures and Jennifer Macdonald. This is without a doubt among the best in the album. The album comes to a close with Finishing Line performed by Marti Pellow and Graeme Clark. This romantic number keeps the spirit of melody alive in our mind long after we’ve encountered it. The sound track is exquisite and brilliant. The only shortcoming that comes across its success is that it is an English album. Some suitable elite and urban buyers may go for it owing to the kind and quality music that it provides, but it won’t find a large buyer opting for it. But on this account we should not compromise on quality!

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