Easy money was what Aryan [Uday Chopra] Papad [Rahul Dev], Chicken [Purab Kohli] and Mushy [Akash Saigal] wanted. And the one person who showed them the easiest way to make all their dreams come true was Mamta Sekhri [Nandita Das].
Aryan and his friends place a heavy sum of money on a bet allegedly rigged in their favour. And lose. It was money they didn't have in the first place. All their confidence and faith in their luck does not impress the 'bhais' who come to collect the money. A hapless Aryan turns to Pandit, the 'paanwallah' who had helped them place the bet. A now hostile Pandit suggests meeting a lady called Mamta Sekhri (Nandita Das). The mysterious Mamta makes a deep impact on Aryan. He is almost relieved, though surprised, by her maternal attitude in willing to help him when she offers him gun and a cover photograph for a contract murder (supari). The usually cool Aryan loses his composure but provoked by her contempt agrees to do the job. Thus begins the journey of their transformation and a step towards realisation of their dreams. Aryan's relationship with Mamta and his maturity deepens, while the rest of the boys begin to enjoy the power. Misusing it becomes easy till Mamta tightens the strings. Even pseudo-power becomes addictive to Aryan, till he loses his best friend Chicken. Dilnawaz [Nauheed Cyrusi] gets shot by the opposite gang's bullet that was actually meant for Aryan. Now Aryan wants to get out of it and the only person who can help him with that is Mamta. Aryan's guilt of putting his friends into this whole mess, which they can't get out of or don't want to get out of, drives the film to its climax.
Vishal Shekhar-Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani are listed
as the music directors on the inlay card for this flick, although
Sandesh Shandilya has also composed two songs. After
successes in Kaante and Jhankaar Beats, Vishal and Shekhar
create Supari with Shandilya. The music is very contemporary
and although not as good as Jhankaar Beats, shows off the
creativity of Vishal and Shekhar as music directors that will stay
in the industry for a long long while. Padam Kumar, the
producer and director of the flick, made his debut direction in
Champion. Supari seems a bit more intriguing than Champion,
but we will see how it comes out.
"Tere Ishq Main" is a medium to fast paced number composed
by Vishal & Shekhar, written by Vishal, and sung by Vishal and
Mahalaxmi Iyer. The music is creative, though very Western.
The singing of Mahalaxmi Iyer is classically based with the
continuation of Western music. Vishal's pop background shows
up in the song, and his voice is very well suited for the song.
Vishal and Sunidhi Chauhan sing "Chand Chahiye," which is
the best song of the album. It's a slow paced number. The lyrics
are by Vishal-and he does a good job in this department as well
as the singing. Vishal's voice is very soothing, somewhat
comparable to the quality of KK's voice. Sunidhi has a very high "Tere Ishq Main" is a medium to fast paced number composed
by Vishal & Shekhar, written by Vishal, and sung by Vishal and
Mahalaxmi Iyer. The music is creative, though very Western.
The singing of Mahalaxmi Iyer is classically based with the
continuation of Western music. Vishal's pop background shows
up in the song, and his voice is very well suited for the song.
Vishal and Sunidhi Chauhan sing "Chand Chahiye," which is
the best song of the album. It's a slow paced number. The lyrics
are by Vishal-and he does a good job in this department as well
as the singing. Vishal's voice is very soothing, somewhat
comparable to the quality of KK's voice. Sunidhi has a very high
pitched part in the song, and she does a good job. The singing
and the music is somewhat similar to AR Rahman's style in
Sapnay.
This time, Shekhar sings "Chhaha" with Sunidhi. The song is a
bit above average, though nothing spectacular. Sunidhi does an
excellent job singing Vishal's lyrics. Shekhar has a short singing
stint in this song, and he does an average job.
The next two Bombay songs are by Sandesh Shandilya.
"Bombay Bagiyan" is sung by Hariharan and Macrand
Deshpande and has interesting lyrics by Macrand Deshpande.
This song doesn't have too much to say as far as the music, but
the singing and the tune is pretty easy to listen to. The second
Bombay song "Bombay Town" has lyrics by Javed Akhtar and
singing by KK. KK does a good job, and this song is a treat to
listen to.
Finally, Ek Saans has music by Vishal Shekhar and lyrics by
Vishal. Sukhwinder Singh sings the song, but this song isn't
anything to talk about.
Overall, the album is a feather in the cap of Vishal and Shekhar
as well as Shandilya. The music is different, yet still good. With
the star cast of Uday Chopra, Nandita Das, Rahul Dev, and
more, this film has the potential of doing a lot, and the potential
of being a total disaster. Lets see what happens here.