And it has an assortment of singers from Udit Narayan, Abhijeet and Kumar Sanu, to Sadhana Sargam, Alka Yagnik and Kavita Krishnamurti. But what the album sadly lacks is good lyrics. `Ab tak hai puri azadi' sung by Abhijeet and Poornima, sounds like a child's first attempt at writing poetry.

Concentrating only on ending the lines with rhyming words, no attention has been paid to their meaning. Same is the case with `Ishq bhala kya hai' by Vinod Rathod and Alka Yagnik. Even keeping with the trend of adding Punjabi words -- `Gal hai kacchi-pakki' -- fails to make an impression.

Kudrat also has its share of soft, romantic numbers with `Aaj hoke rahe apna milan' by Udit Narayan and Priti Uttam, and `Tujhe dene ko' by Abhijeet and Kavita Krishnamurti. And just in case all this doesn't work, an unimpressive ShwetaShetty number -- `Main hoon albeli' -- has been thrown in for good measure. Except for `Aaj hoke rahe', the album is not worth listening to.

Kudrat / HMV
Price: Rs 45.00