is the soundtrack to the 2008 musical film of the same name directed by Abhishek Kapoor, starring Arjun Rampal, Farhan Akhtar, Purab Kohli and Luke Kenny.

[citation needed] by Big Music Despite a cold reception from the critics, the album became a cult favourite selling over 120,000 copies in India.

Since the movie is about a rock band, Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy composed the music in a similar fashion, with the drums and bass set-up and played live to the recorder without any programming.

"Sinbad The Sailor" is the song that appears in the climax of the movie, which is along the lines of "Achilles Last Stand" and "Tales of Brave Ulysses".

were written by Javed Akhtar like a modern rock band's output — and yet acceptable to the film audience — and have some depth without sounding like spoofs, parodies or comedy numbers.

[6] Joginder Tuteja of Bollywood Hungama echoed these sentiments saying, "The soundtrack just doesn't work and is quite a shocker from SEL - Javed Akhtar team.

Shankar Mahadevan commented on the initial negative reviews saying, "Even in the past, we have faced such situations when some people have rejected our music in the first couple of hearing," including Dil Chahta Hai and Kal Ho Naa Ho which earned several awards and accolades, and are considered among the best Bollywood soundtracks of all time.