The theme of SECRETS seems to be in demand today!! If `Raaz` has the catchline as `Do you want to know the secret?` then Humraaz has `Between the three...they share a secret`. The three over here are Bobby Deol(who has makes a third appearance in the director duo Abbas Mustan flick after the hits Soldier and Ajnabee), Amisha Patel  and Akshaye Khanna . Venus Records and Tapes Pvt. Ltd. produce and present this thriller that is directed by baadshahs of thrillers - Abbas Mustan. The hit jodi of composer Himesh Reshamiya and lyricist Sudhakar Sharma come together for Humraaz.

The entire music score has Anu Malik touch with it. Udit Narayan and Alka Yagnik are in their reliable best. Though the lyrics are ordinary, the number is still hummable. `Pyaar Kar` by Udit Narayan, Shaan and Kavita Krishnamurthy is another good number set in the style of 80`s. It is a number that features all the characters of the movie and they speak about their love feelings. The track is much more than just a romantic number and carries the story forward.

There are not one, not two but at least four chartbusters in Humraaz - `Bardaasht`, `Tune Zindagi Mein Aake`, `Sanam Mere Humraaz` and `Life Ban Jayegi`. `Tune Zindagi Mein Aake` gives so much of an idea of the storyline of Hamraaz. It has one of the lead heroes letting his sweetheart know about his deewanapan, his junoon, his obsession for her.Udit Narayan sings the number quite well and the electronic guitar sound after every two lines in the song is simply superb. Alka Yagnik sings the female version of the same number. Sudhakar Sharma deserves an appreciation for his wonderful writing in this number.

Well, the unconventional lyrics are IN. First `Kambakth Ihsq` - Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya, then `Jaanleva` - Moksha, `Nikamma` - Kya Dil Ne Kaha, `Khallas` - Company and now `Bardaasht`. And as have the earlier four been superhits, this one too is destined to be so !! Whats`s common between all these numbers is that they all have been set in the western mould and they all have relied on BEATS. All these numbers have been item numbers and so is `Bardasht`. All these numbers have featured once as original and then as the remix of the same and so has `Bardasht`. Sunidhi Chauhan sings wonderfully in both the versions, which has KK in the original and Sonu Nigam doing the Remix version. A SUPER-DUPER chartbuster.

`Sanam Mere Humraaz` should set an example to tell a story in the lyrical way. One of the best worded number in commercial mould in recent times, it is quite catchy, has excellent music settings (especially the guitar) and wonderful vocals by Kumar Sanu and Alka Yagnik. `Life Ban Jayegi` is a mandatory shadi-ka-punjabi gaana. So one asks - what`s different - uhhh !!! Well, nothing different, but it`s the treatment that counts !! Sonu Nigam sings with a lot of heart and his voice gels so well and flows with the music. Jaspinder Narula gets to sing just two lines (though she sings for the granny of the hero and not for the heroine herself!!)

Humraaz is a PERFECT example of having something different from routine `I LOVE YOU - U LOVE ME` kind of songs shot in Switzerland !! Venus records, Abbas Mustan, Himesh Reshammiya and Sudhakar Sharma have a WINNER in hands!!!