I don’t know what to do (Housefull)

Shankar Ehsaan Loy are those gems of Hindi film industry who, once given freedom to be creative, create things beyond common man’s imagination. Sunidhi Chauhan and Shabbir Kumar sung I don’t know what to do from Housefull is something like that only.

I don’t know what to do starts with Sunidhi Chauhan singing in a nasal tone that almost became extinct after Shamshad Begum and Noorjahan (even though some people think Himesh tried to bring that to the fore once again ). Anyway, Sunidhi sings the song in a superb voice which is more humorous than melodious, though it DOES have melody. Barely above half a minute of listening to this wonderful thing from Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and Sunidhi, and you get the icing on the cake, as Shabbir Kumar comes up cloning Mohammad Rafi’s voice, something he has done well in a time. So here is a duet for you from Shabbir Kumar and Sunidhi Chauhan. Something which is, in the very least, worth a listen.

How enticing the song is can be guessed to some extent by the fact that before moving to the next song, I had already heard the song at least five times. And I am still humming..

Haule Haule, Dheere Dheere, aana meri baahon mein aa jaana,
pyaasi pyaasi, mar jaungi, aise mujhe aise tadpa na..
Na kar, na kar, zara bhi fikar
Mila, mila, nazar se nazar
Aaja tujhe heaven dikhaungi

I don’t know what to do, I don’t know what to do
Tauba aage kya karun
I don’t know what to do, I don’t know what to do
Tauba aage kya karun…

By the way, if you want the real Mohammad Rafi touch in Shabbir’s voice, listen to the lines:

darr jata hoon, gabhrata hoon
Aage main kaise badun
Anjaan hoon inn raahon se, parbhat main kaise chadhoon

and the last, absolute last aage kya karoon which reminds me of baabul ki duaayen. OK. May be I m going over. But listen to the song.

Tags: Lyrics, Shabbir Kumar, Shankar Ehsaan Loy, Song Review, Sunidhi Chauhan