Policegiri - Music Review

Policegiri (Himesh Reshammiya, Anjjan Meet Bros)

Policegiri starts with Robinhood which is composed by Anjjan-Meet Bros. It's an introduction song for the "hero". I'm honestly fed up with songs like these which try to be the next Hud Hud Dabangg. This one doesn't work for me despite a decent hook line. The rest of the album is composed by Himesh Reshammiya starting with Chura Ke Leja. The song sounds dated and overtly auto-tuned and digitized. Nonetheless, it's songs like these which grew Himesh's fan base back in the early and mid 2000s. As a fan myself, I do like the song because it reminded me of the more simpler times of desi tunes. Jhoom Barabar Jhoom and Tirat Meri Tu sounds oddly amateur-ish. Vineet Singh is not that as good of a singer as Himesh is promoting him to be as the songs lack a power and rigour in the vocals to give it energy. It doesn't help that both especially Tirat Meri Tu sounds dated as well. Policegiri is an improvement for the album although it is not playback quality for your iPod but more enjoyable on screen. The rhythmic drums and the guitar portions are good.

Recommendation: SKIP the album. If not only Chura Ke Leja should be considered a purchase if you liked Himesh's earlier desi wedding tunes like Sajan Tumse Pyar from Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya.

Now before anyone says I'm a Himesh hater, let me just say that I am not. I'm a huge fan of Himesh and am still waiting for him to have a smash-album or chart-topper song like he used to have. Desi Beat was the closest thing he's had to his old prominence as a music director but it pales in comparison to Aashiq Banaya Aapne or Aap Ka Surroor.