The club beat is dropped for a more standard bass drum and some synth sounds makes up the rhythm. Still this is a love song particularly aimed at Ajay and Anil to let their lady loves know and a bit of chance for us to marvel at Madhuri’s smooth moves. All the characters are involved so likely an ending tune. Speaker Phat Jaaye could be a title song except that there is a separate song for this function already. In today’s version both have disappeared for Sonakshi Sinha in a club sans knife, a few new lyrics, a DAB radio and generally more space for her to get her moves on but musically still just a club beat added to an existing sound. Consider Helen at the height of her powers dancing in a provactive dress (a sari style worn by washer women and those who live by the sea) telling audiences that they are ants but she is a ball of sweet that they can’t resist while carrying around a machete which she occasionally throws around the room. It was made famous by one of Helen’s best-known item numbers with the immortal line “ Mungda, mungda mein gud ki dali, mangta hai to aaja rasiya nahin to mein yeh chali”. Mungda is a colloquial name for an ant often used on the streets of Mumbai. So, in the end the modernisation does bring it into a club but otherwise fails to deliver.

Along with the lyrics there is also little deviation from the 1975 song itself and the addition of heavy synth and bass drums for the club effect is more of an affectation then having any effect on the feel of the sound. The music team bring this song up-to-date with his own take on Paisa Yeh Paisa using Dev Negi, Subhro J Ganguly and Arpita Chakraborty.

“ Paisa yeh paisa, kaisa yeh paisa, yeh ho musibat, na ho musibat” lip-synched Rishi Kapoor in the opening song of 1975’s Karz. Experience is also found in the music department with Gourov-Roshin taking the reins on a short but dance based album. A strong cast is along for this fun but action-packed ride with even the return of Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit Nene.

In recent years there’s been a shift for Ajay to show off his more character-based side such as Indra Kumar’s latest Total Dhamaal. Whether its Shivaay or Raid, the quality of the action is never in doubt. When it comes to action films in Bollywood audiences are not going to be disappointed by an Ajay Devgn movie.

Mungda mein gud ki dali