Kanday utay: Charkha (Pakipop), Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
Excellent rendition of a lovely melody. Rahat’s voice blends beautifully with the tune. My favorite track in Charkha.
Bandya & Khuda ke liye: Khuda Ke Liye (Pakistani OST)
Besides being a pretty good movie, the soundtrack works big time too. Despite Bandya’s peceived similarities with Laree chooti (By Call’s Xulfi), this one’s a lot more punchy and addictive, thanks to Khawar Jawad’s vocals! The title song, on the other hand, gains from Ammar Hasan’s voice and the tune is soft and captivating, with great lyrics to match.
Chalte chalte: Boondh – A drop of Jal (Pakipop), Jal
I loved this track the very first time I heard it. Its a bit uncharacteristically Jal – far more instantly appealing number than most of their recent tracks. Just that it seems very commercial thanks to the marketing tie-up with Kwality Walls, at least going by the video! But with Amrita Rao in it, who’s complaining? 😉
Ammaho: Kantri (Telugu OST), Manisharma
Adorable track! Manisharma uses all predictable elements from his repertoire – a catchy English chorus, zestful arrangements and a neat tune – create a fab song!
Rang laga: Chahar Balish (Pakipop), Sajjad Ali
My pick of the lot from Sajjad’s latest album. The tune and chorus almost whips up a trance-like charm and the backing arrangements make it sound delightful. I go back to this track again and again!
Dost my dost: Ankith, Pallavi and Friends (Telugu OST), Vinu Thomas
Vinu Thomas debut in Telugu is littered with at least 3 very good tracks and I loved this one in particular. The arrangements are top notch, even though they sound pretty much like most newbie composers in Telugu today. This friendship track is lively and exciting!
The entire soundtrack!: Aamir (Hindi OST), Amit Trivedi
I really cannot pick up one song from this super soundtrack – love them all! This one’s in my car playlist ever since its out and I’m loving it!
Kabhi kabhi aditi: Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na (Hindi OST), A R Rahman
The catchiest of all tracks in Rahman’s latest, young ‘n hip soundtrack! Enough people have written to me about this track’s so-called similarity with Bommarillu’s ‘Appudo ippudo’ – but I do not think so! Baradwaj Rangan captures the beauty of this track in his own inimitable style, here!
Aaj main boond hoon: De taali (Hindi OST), Vishal Shekhar
Vishal and Shekhar are on a roll, barring Bhootnath, that it! After Tashan, they rock in De taali too. The title songs are groovy and I’ve grown to like Maari teetri too, after the initial aversion. Between the sedate, very stylish Tooti phooti and the very tuneful Aaj main boond hoon, the latter is my fave!
Kangal irandal: Subramaniyapuram (Tamil OST), James Vasandhan
Reetigowlai. Need I say anything more? That’s one raaga that seldom goes wrong in Tamil films! This one too, works its charm – debutant James Vasandhan uses just the right amount of backing orchestration to let the tune sing for itself!
