Neeraj Shridhar offers a minor ray of hope for the stock dance tune in Nachange saari raat, while Meet Bros Anjjan dust their stock library once more for the title...
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TE3N (Music review), Hindi – Clinton Cerejo
Haq hai, with its somber and deeply rich backgrounds plays out like a wonderfully desi’fied Praying For Time (George Michael – Listen Without Prejudice Vol.1, 1990). Clinton handles the vocals...
Continue reading...Sultan (Music review), Hindi – Vishal-Shekhar
Baby ko bass pasand hai starts off folk’ishly and makes good on the hook’s insanely catchy and dance-worthy techno promise! Mika’s 440 Volt is a templatized 90s-style masala track no...
Continue reading...Housefull 3 (Music review), Hindi – Toshi Sabri, Sharib Sabri, Sohail Sen, Mika Singh, Milind Gaba and Tanishk Bagchi
Pyar ki, by Toshi and Sharib Sabri has one goal – make a foot-tapping song; it delivers amply, with a catchy hook and easy-singalong—bordering on the dumb—lines to go with...
Continue reading...Dhanak (Music review), Hindi – Tapas Relia
Shivam Pathak is mighty impressive with his vocals in Jeene se bhi, an inspirational number with spritely music. Chal chalein has a nice enough melody but the music overpowers Papon,...
Continue reading...Waiting (Music review), Hindi/English – Mikey McCleary
Tu hai toh main hoon‘s whispery melody comes out in all its glory through Anushka Manchanda’s accomplished vocals, with Nikhil D’Souza barely whispering above her! Mikey handles Got My Eyes...
Continue reading...Udta Punjab (Music review), Hindi – Amit Trivedi
Babu Haabi’s electrifying rap opens Chitta ve in style, even as Shahid Mallya and Bhanu Prtap take on the main tune beautifully amped by Amit’s pulsating electronic sounds. Vadiya is...
Continue reading...Traffic (Music review), Hindi – Mithoon and Shailendra Barve
Neki ki raah is resonant and fits the sermon-like lyrics; Arijit Singhs (!) it in his characteristic style. Keh bhi de is lovely – a serene and beautifully orchestrated duet...
Continue reading...Sarbjit (Music review), Hindi – Amaal Malik, Shail-Pritesh, Tanishk Bagchi, Jeet Ganguli and Shashi-Shivam
Arijit lifts Amaal’s Salamat and Shashi-Shivam’s very tuneful lullaby Nindiya significantly, given how simple the tunes are. Sonu is dependably good in the ghazal-like melancholy of Jeet Ganguli’s Dard. Tanishk...
Continue reading...Azhar (Music review), Hindi – Amaal Malik, Pritam, DJ Chetas, Kalyanji-Anandji
Sonu Nigam and Prakriti Kakkar are surprisingly restrained in Tu hi na jaane; the tune is also too familiar. Jeetne ke liye has KK trying to rouse emotions in a...
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