When you have a song suggestively titled Pocket Mein Rocket, what else will the junta of this country sway to, hands in pocket, knuckles bobbing in imitation of a sonic wave exploding in their front pockets as women pass by? The song is a screaming double entendre, but not if you’re doing it cutesy style like how Ranbir Kapoor swings his feet in the video. Benny Dayal, sings it with a je ne sais quoi singularly effective of both his vocal range and Ranbir’s antics in the song. The mouth organ, coupled with the whistle on the soundtrack will make this the water-cooler song of the year.

Vishal Dadlani appears on stage to announce Gadbadi Hadbadi in his gruff voice, even as the chorus sounds like Shankar-Ehsan-Loy pitching in with him on this ensemble piece. The duo team of Salim-Sulaiman doesn’t score much with this track, again a situational track which will perhaps explain Ranbir’s predicament as salesman of the year. Towards the end of the track, it serves as a mere shout-out of what you are going to see on-screen.

Salim is in pop mood, and springs on us a Mohit Chauhan type number in Pankhon Ko, where the composer sings about taking a flight. Sparsely arranged on the riffs of a guitar, and some bird cooing chorus going oooh-oooh-oooh, the song is not out of place in a bathtub with plenty foam and bubbles. But take it along with you on a highway, might caress you like an angel, the pankh of this song.

Only three tracks on Rocket Singh? Yes. The album is littered with 12 assorted songs from previous Yashraj films, going as far as Dhoom 2. Did we need the throwaway songs on this ablum? No. Three is company, and Rocket Singh, we think, makes good company with him, you and your ipod. What’s buzzing in your pocket?


Music – Salim – Sulaiman

Lyrics – Jaideep Sahni

Label – Yashraj

Singers – Benny Dayal, Vishal Dadlani, Salim Merchant