'KISMET'
- According to Press & Media
Dawn
the Review - June 8 - 14, 2006
Pop
sensation Zoheb Hassan is all set to release his album named
'Kismet'. This highly anticipated disc is Hassan's debut solo
effort and the first batch of his original work and recordings
since the death of his sister and singing partner Nazia Hassan.
"The writing process for this album was started when my
sister Nazia was alive and it was going to be our next album",
related the artist. "When she fell ill, I shelved the whole
thing for a few years and came back to writing it about 2 years
ago."
Inspired
by his 'experiences in life over the last seven to eight years',
Kismet contains an ideal mix of songs ranging from the romantic
'Kaisay main bataon' to the evocative 'Kaisey hain yeh Loug'
to the first single dance track 'Fashion'. There is an English
single titled 'Will it ever be the same(Saathi Ray)?' Other
highlight includes the Rock Guitar based 'Jaltain Hain' as well
as the memorable duet 'Yaadain' which features the beautiful
voice of 15 years old Sehr, a newcomer who is sure to make some
waves in her own right very soon. She is also featured on a
second duet 'Yeh tou kia Hogaya?' but on this track her voice
plays more of a secondary role to Hassan's"
The album has been lent as a soundtrack to an 18 episode play by
the same name in which Hassan has acted and which has been
written by his wife Gina. Although Hassan considers himself 'a
producer and songwriter first and singer second', he has created
a good album with Kismet and the buzz and excitement surrounding
its release is well deserved
--T.U. Dawood.
