Priyadarshan's Mere Baap Pehle Aap has a music score which has been composed by Vidyasagar with lyrics by Sameer. The film, which stars Akshaye Khanna, Genelia and Paresh Rawal, promises to be another rib tickling comedy from Priyadarshan. The film's music can, at best be seen as playing a supporting role in the movie. It is not catchy enough to have a recall value, but neither can it be dismissed. It falls somewhere in between, and can at best be labeled pleasant.
The film's album has seven song, with one of them being a remix, and another number having two versions. The album opens with Sangeet Haldipur's rendition of the title track of 'Mere Baap Pehla Aap.' The number is fairly catchy and has been very well sung by Sangeet, whose voice has a certain amount of freshness.
'Ishq Subhan Allah' sung by Neeraj Sridhar, Alisha Chinai and Bob, a rap artiste,is the second song in the album which also has a remixed version. The song clearly belongs to Sridhar, whose easy style of singing does wonders for the song. It is catchy and has an easy tune. Alisha Chinai has hardly any scope to display her talent in this song. Her voice is lost in this number. The rap support by Bob is paiseworthy. Incidentally, the remixed version of this song it has been remixed by DJ Amyth, has adds a little spice to the proceedings. The remix definitely makes it a more lively number.
Singer Sunidhi Chauhan makes her entry in the album with a number called 'Shamma Shamma'. It seems to be a dance number and Sunidhi's style of singing and her voice are perfect for this kind of a song. She does full justice to the song as she sings it with full gusto.
Melody makes it appearance in the album with the remaining two songs, 'Maine Hawa Ke Paraon Pe' and 'Jaana Hai Tujhko. The first number, 'Maine Hawa' has two versions, one with Udit Narayan and Shreya Ghoshal and the second with Shaan and Shreya. There's not much to choose between both versions, which have been sung extremely well by the singers. Shreya is the common factor in both songs and sounds mellifluous as always. Udit and Shaan do a very competent job.
The album's final song, 'Jaana Hai Tujhko' is by far the best in the album. It is sung superbly by Alka Yagnik and Shaan. One does hear Alka so often these days and it makes for a pleasant change to hear her singing a duet with Shaan. She sings the song with great feeling and her contribution goes a long way in making this the best song in the album.
The film's music has its moments. A couple of the songs are truly melodious and it would be worth watching how they are picturised in the film by Priyadarshan. All the numbers in the album are above average, musically speaking, but they lack that X factor and hence are unlikely to be very popular.
