Vishal Bhardwaj restrains himself from keeping too many films in the pipeline during any given year. And with 2007 being relatively busy for him, 2008 proved to be a bit more relaxed, with
Bhardwaj composing music for only one film, U Me Aur Hum. However, the quality of his compositions suffered here -- his characteristic melodious touch was missing, the songs sounding overtly middling without leaving any traces in the listener's mind. Even the usual attraction of
Gulzar as lyricist for his music was missing, with
Gulzar replaced by Munna Dhiman. Thankfully,
Bhardwaj was back in full throttle the next year as composer and director of Kaminey. ~ Bhasker Gupta