Movie Review: Sikander Punjabi Movie
The much awaited Punjabi film Sikander’s music was released today at Chandigarh Press Club, Sector 27, Chandigarh. Sikander is the debut Punjabi film of Bollywood actor Gul Panag opposite Tere Naal Love Ho Geya and Yaar Anmulle fame Kartar Cheema, who is playing the role of Sikander in the film.
The versatile music of the film has various songs sung by different singers. From Indian Bhangra and hip hop singer, Labh Janjua to the king of Bhangra music Lehmber Hussainpuri, Bollywood playback singer Kamal Khan to Punjabi singer Masha Ali and Rupinder Handa, upcoming singers Manjit Sahota and Hardik Trehan, the music has different flavours to it. The music directors of the film are Davvy Singh and Gurmeet Singh. The lyrics are written by Rohit Kaushik, Gaurav Trehan and Manjit Sahota.
Poonam Pawar, producer of Sikander says, “The music of the film is such that the audience will immediately connect to it. The film is about the contemporary politics in Punjab; about how colleges become the battle ground where state parties fight smaller battles of power. So the music had to strong and such that the audience should immediately relate to it. The music had to be strong with such a film is such that everyone will easily relate to it. The title song is sung by Ishq Sufiyana fame Kamal Khan. The lyrics of the title track say, “Eh sikander, oh sikander, har sikander labh reha hai jit da ik nava manzar…. Eh sikander jit layi chuk laye ne hathiyar….sikander yaaran da hai yaar…”
Punjabi munde are surely going to enjoy songs such as ‘Pind deyan mundeya da Chandigarh Hootar Bole…” and “Yaari te Sardari layi apni ladayi hai….”
But as they say that why should boys have all the fun. The film also has a song dedicated to the girls whose lyrics are, “Thonu Mubarak thodi yaari naale saase toh sardari, rok sakon tan rok lavo, hun aagi saddi waari..”
So the film’s music is such that the audience will immediately relate to it.
List of songs in the film
1. Hootar – Labh Janjua & Lehmber Hussainpuri
Lyrics – Rohit Kaushik
Music – Gurmeet Singh
2. Yaari te Sardari
Lyrics – Gaurav Trehan
Music – Davvy Singh
3. Sikander – Kamal Khan
Lyrics – Gaurav Trehan
Music – Davvy Singh
4. Sahan De Vich – Rupinder Handa
Lyrics – Manjit Sahota
Music – Davvy Singh
5. Mohabattan – Hardik Trehan
Lyrics – Gaurav Trehan
Music – Davvy Singh
6. Sadhi Vari – Rupinder Handa
Lyrics – Gaurav Trehan
Music – Davvy Singh
