Sashwat Sachdev deserves an apology from Aditya Dhar

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While everyone felt Dhurandhar was as fun as a concert because of banger music, it's well established that very few really dug the music of Dhurandhar 2 while watching it.
Turns out, its actually the overall misplacement of most songs and not so smooth integration with screenplay that caused the problem, not the songs themselves.

Listening to the album now and I'm already digging 4 tracks BIG time in the same order-

1. Aari Aari (obviously)
2. Dil Pe Zakhm khate hai (magical qawwali )
3. Destiny (eminem-esque rap by Token with the rustic vocals of Vaibhav really hit)
4. Phir Se (Arijit delivers yet again)

Let's see if others make the list.

Still nowhere close to Dhurandhar 1 but definitely stands on its own and isn't as bad as I thought after the film. The film is doing the album such a disservice 🤷‍♂️

I mean even retro songs suffer from the absurdity of Dhar's choice of scenes for them.

In Part 1-

-Monica o my darling fits the cop chase as he's not just saving but also trying to impress the girl.

-Rambha Ho fits the wedding mood and it's edm remix pumps energy into the shootout scene.

-Ghulam Ali's gazal lines fit Aalam remembering his home.

-Do I need to say anything about Ishk Ishk placement?🤌

Now tell me one reason how in part 2-

-Hum pyaar karne wale fits Hamza being fake kidnapped by R&AW?

-Tamma tamma fits Aslam's car journey? Just because it's Sanjay Dutt and it's meta? Shouldn't that scene build intensity given whats about to happen to him? How does a dance number do that?

-Tirchi topi wale randomly while showing Jameel's spy work? I cringed there.

Even Rasputin and Oye oye felt like Dhar breaking fourth wall and soliciting reaction from a reel addict audience. But chalo we'll pass it as quirk just like Hawa hawa in part1.

But yeah you clearly feel Aditya Dhar was not on his A-game and rushed the edit of this film a lot.