Jis jagah khatam sabki baat hoti hai is again a patterned one with Neeraj Shridhar, SIddharth, Mauli, and an almost chorus, and sounds quite like an Abbas Mustan movie song, but works fine.

The second song, Jhoom jhoom jhoomta tu ja, is not just a different one for Pritam, but a lovely one and a well chosen voice. The song has a little Turkish-Arabic touch, a hint of belly dance numbers, but still the tune doesn’t get all alien. Reminds me of Hawa hawa a bit too. But what I loved here was Ritu Pathak’s voice whose voice has been used by Pritam before but not so well.

The third one, however, did not sound that interesting to me. Yashita Yashpal’s Ho gayi tun has a tune that might sound addictive, but not so soon. Not on my list for now. Maybe promos or more listening change the opinion.

The next, Isko Buddhi Do Bhagwan, is a hit material, though quality might not be the aim here. The lyrics are too simple and so is the tune, but it’s Url (Earl)’s Abhishek Bachchan like voice that might do the trick here. As for Shruti Pathak, it’s probably her voice’s worst use till date.

Enter Pritam and Mohit, with Shreya, to make you go mad, again, like always. Dil ye bekaraar kyun hai, tujhpe aetbaar kyun hai, kyun hai ye khumaar kyun hai.. whatever. The whole point is that Pritam can do it with Mohit a hundred times and still get amazing results. God knows how. Just do listen. They do it for the umpteenth time.

Siddharth Basrur’s version of Jhoom jhoom goes with a very different style when compared to that of Ritu. While the first one was all about ‘nice’ singing, this is almost about mad singing. I mean Siddharth seems to be singing a song that was made for Atif here, and interestingly, still manages to sound good. Catchy and yet looks like it’ll have some good shelf life.

Dil ye Beqarar kyun hai appears again, this time with Nikhil D’Souza singing the reprise. Pritam once again keeps him with more techno version, but this time his voice has been processed a bit too. Still the song does sound nice. And though the first choice still is Mohit’s version, I don’t think I’ll be listening to this version very less. Priyani Vani sounds okay.

And then the final, film version of Jhoom Jhoom comes from Arijit Singh, who sings probably his first solo here, and does it really well for a beginner.

As for the remixes, there are two, for the first song of Neeraj and Mohit’s Dil ye bekaraar kyun hai. None too special, though I was wondering if it was Nikhil’s voice in the background of the latter.

Overall, Players is once again a lovely album from Pritam where he mostly creates what he is an expert at, with one or two new things here and there. Dil ye beqaraar and Jhoom Jhoom are definitely the two to look forward to.

The second song of the album, Khuda Hafiz, is sung by Mauli Dave. And it is as you expected it to be.

Well, Mauli Dave was considered really good at singing western songs in Sa re ga ma pa, and here she sings such a fusion number only. Ishq ko dil ka khuda hafiz is a catchy composition and Mauli sings it quite well. Go for the song right now if you’re a Mauli fan.

The third song of the album is Chhal Chhal (Chal Chal on cover) sung by Sunidhi Chauhan. This one is a much better composition even though it might sound similar to the previous track at the very start. Now the composer brings in Sunidhi for this one and the way she sings it, you clearly know how Mauli is still way behind Sunidhi. A good song again. Worth a try.

The lounge version of Aao seene se lag ke, joined by Sonu Kakkar along with Kailash, is a bit strange as many times the sounds are only in the background. Seems like this version is only for background in the movie. Though Sonu Kakkar sounds good for what seems to be the first time to me.

Khuda Hafiz (Club Mix) sounds mixed and while I liked Mauli’s singing in some points, overall song didn’t leave an impact on me.

The last track, Mittal vs Mittal theme musiq is a typical yes-i’ll-take-revenge-yes-i’ll-take-revenge-o-my-god-why-me-why-this tune that comes almost to a standstill before reaching the mid. And then it suddenly comes into the the-sword-of-Tipu-Sultan mode before getting into o-my-god-he’s-practicing-music mode. Finally the fourth minute gets a bit interesting and from then on it doesn’t at least go to standstill. OK. I’ve tested my patience n here is the result. Now it’s your turn. Just kidding!

Overall, Mittal vs Mittal, as I said, is not a great soundtrack, but certainly better than I hoped for and worth a try.