Kaminey - Soundtrack

Soundtrack

Vishal Bhardwaj composed the music soundtrack for Kaminey, and Gulzar wrote the lyrics. The album contains five original songs, two remixes and one theme song, and was released on 6 July 2009. Vishal Bhardwaj stated that the song "Dhan Te Nan" was not originally composed for the film, but for an episode of the television series Gubbare titled Dhan Te Nan. The soundtrack album became very popular after its release; "Dhan Te Nan" became very successful commercially and topped the charts across various platforms.

The film's soundtrack album received positive reviews from music critics. Rediff.com rated the album 4.5 out of 5 labelling it a "Masterpiece" and wrote "Bhardwaj has delivered a soundtrack that is lethally explosive. Not that we expected anything less. And trust Gulzar to artfully craft a really long fuse for the Kaminey bomb, making sure the tracks stay afire long before and after they actually go boom." Joginder Tuteja from Bollywood Hungama gave a rating 4 out 5 and wrote, "Kaminey is certainly not a run of the mill album and this is where its prime strength lies. The album boasts of at least three chartbuster tracks—'Dhan Te Nan' (sure shot superhit), 'Thode Bheege' (must for the hearts in love) and 'Raat Ke Dhai Baje' (for some 'masti' and 'hungama'). Songs like 'Fatak' and 'Kaminey' are innovative and situational which showcase the range of Vishal Bhardwaj. Add to that the 'Go Charlie Go - Theme Music' and you know that Kaminey is yet another addition to some excellent albums that have hit the stands during last one month." Planet Bollywood rated the album 8.5 out of 10 and said it is the best soundtrack which arrived that year, and that "t has experimentations with both music and lyrics". Indo-Asian News Service praised the soundtrack and said that " ... "Kaminey" is easily among 2009's finest scores. Experimental in its sound, yet very mainstream in appeal. Vishal Bhardwaj has proved his mettle yet again."