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must have been a challenge for Sandeep Chowta on two counts. Vishal's benchmark score for Varma's previous gangster movie Satya was a trifle short of outstanding, and hard to match. And then, Varma had expressed open disdain for including songs in this venture and was reportedly arm-twisted into doing it by his producers at the eleventh hour.

The initial few listens of the soundtrack left me with more questions than answers. Why do the instrumentals sound like an incoherent collage of sounds? How could a track like Pyaar pyaar mein with trite lyrics and equally banal orchestration pass muster with Varma? Why did Sandeep Chowta put his signature sound away and adopt songs with disparate styles? Why does the album lack a sonic fabric to match the supposedly dark and ambient film?

Let's begin with Sandeep's area of strength -- the instrumentals. A shot of Company and Malik's soul are indeed misnomers. The movie reveals that these are in essence medleys of background pieces. The core of Malik's soul leaves you with a feeling of déjà vu reminding you of the theme of Asoka. The beginning and the end of A shot of Company displays a strong influence of the theme of Mission Impossible, originally composed by Lalo Schifrin for the television soundtrack and energetically embellished by the duo Larry Mullen and Adam Clayton of U2 for the movie. Stylish soundscapes and well-chiseled instrumentation are amongst Sandeep's strengths, originality is not. Credit however is definitely in order for the excellent background score that Varma skilfully used to sustain the tempo of the movie.