Producer: Kaushik Roy, Umang Pahwa
Director: Kaushik Roy
Cast: Shobana, Irrfan Khan, Anupam Kher, Rajat Kapoor, Dhruv Piyush Panjnani, Utkarsha Naik, Nassar Abdulla
Music: Leslie Lewis
Singers: Shreya Ghoshal, Sunidhi Chauhan, Chitra K S, Sukhwinder SIngh, Shaan

Hindi films takes a step ahead with Kaushik Roy’s ‘Apna Asmaan’ that prides itself on an impressive starcast of Irfan Khan, Shobhana, Anupam Kher, Rajat Kapoor and debutante Dhruv Panjani. This film has already garnered lots of accolades in various film festivals and also has bagged a couple of international awards till now. Leslie Lewis, a prominent name in music domain, composes the soundtrack of this astute film. Mehboob pens down the lines for the songs that beautifully reflect the tempo of the flick. The music album is loaded with nearly a dozen original tracks.

For the first time in the history of Bollywood, there comes a song that has not one nor two but six versions. Leslie Lewis' accomplished vocal aptitude generates the entire six versions in an instrumental style to compliment diverse temper and emotion of the film.

‘Apna Asmaan (Day)’ is an optimistic, charming and delightful instrumental soundtrack where flute notes coupled with cheerful whistling imparting a lighthearted feel to this track while alaap offer the sharp edge to it.

‘Apna Asmaan (Dawn)’ is another sparkling instrumental translation suggesting the arrival of dawn with expressively enhanced notes of flute, jaltarang and striking chorus in the backdrop.

‘Apna Asmaan (Dawn Again)’ imposes added delicate notes where signature refrains are coordinated to precision to render a moving therapeutic touch. 

‘Apna Asmaan (Night)’ has a lingering music appeal which thrills with its efficient piano notes, piercing percussive sounds tied substantially to resonant male and sumptuous feminine alaaps.

‘Apna Asmaan (Midnight)’ bestows a sharp feel with aching male alaaps that are delivered with soft lilting notes in the background.

‘Apna Asmaan (Twilight)’ gleams with the bright rays of optimism and is coupled with merry orchestration in supple and scrumptiously paced musical arrangements. All the six instrumental tracks gratify diverse moods and conditions and skillfully bring out Leslie’s proficiency as a musician.

‘Katara Katara’ is another delightful offering rendered beautifully in the deep voice of Sukhwinder Singh. This superbly penned and brilliantly composed track comes up as the main soundtrack for the film.

‘Katara Katara (Reprise)’ the promotional track, comes with strident orchestration, tampered by imposing vocal and delicate arrangements.

‘Jhannana Jhannana’ is nothing but beauty. Leslie Lewis goes ahead to give us a delightful taste of his musical genius with this typical classical Indian track rendered flawlessly by K S Chitra. A listener’s delight indeed.

‘Dil Ka Taraana’ is an Indi- Pop styled track jazzed up with extra- westernized orchestration. Sunidhi Chauhan and Shaan are delightfully impressive in this track. Inspite of its romantic feel, it comes up as any other average love song.

‘Chand Re’ is a poignant track delivered by Shreya Ghoshal. Here Leslie's music appears to be jaded in imparting an effective glint while Mehboob's lyrics fully justifies the situation. Shreya’s mellifluous rendition adds some glimmer to this otherwise pale song.
 
‘Shehzaada’ is the only upbeat number in the entire album rendered in a rock style by Shaan. The lyrics are unimpressive and the arrangements are meager. A total waste from Indi-Pop king Leslie Lewis.

The soundtrack of this somber flick will mainly impress the classy listeners as it lacks commercial value. The instrumental tracks are nothing but musical feast. While Lewis takes off brilliantly, he stumbles with his music towards the end of the album.