Suresh Peters resurfaces again! His Hindi composing debut in Do You Wanna Dance With Me mixes shades of Michael Jackson’s Beat It with Punjabi music. Pretty good mix, delivered well...
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Neerja (Music review), Hindi – Vishal Khurana
Starting with Gayatri mantra set to Queen’s We Will Rock You set-up, Aankhein milayenge builds well into an anthemic sound. Jeete hain chal too opens with a mantra – Maha...
Continue reading...Fitoor (Music review), Hindi – Amit Trivedi
Yeh fitoor mera is very Amit; a dual-mukhda structure that hammers the simple, evocative tune with a gradual build-up and a rousing ending, all wonderfully handled by Arijit. Pashmina ups...
Continue reading...Sanam Teri Kasam (Music review), Hindi – Himesh Reshammiya
The title song‘s repetitive tune is adequately droning, though Mohammed Irfan’s reprise is better than Ankit Tiwari’s. Ditto with Kheech meri photo that’s banally monotonous. Bewajah is interesting, but marred...
Continue reading...Sanam Re (Music review), Hindi – Amaal Malik, Mithoon, Jeet Ganguli and Epic Bhangra
Of the two songs by Mithoon, the title song works smoothly given it mixes racy guitars with his trademark melody, sung darn well by Arijit. His other, Tere liye, is...
Continue reading...Saala Khadoos (Music review), Hindi – Santhosh Narayanan
The instantly sing-along’ish title song comes alive in Vishal Dadlani’s angst’y vocals. In Jhalli pataka, Santhosh craftily mixes foot-tapping kuthu rhythms with a very blues’y tune and Sunidhi makes the...
Continue reading...Jugni (Music review), Hindi – Clinton Cerejo
Javed Bashir’s earthy voice adds a rich edge to Jugni‘s racy folk tune that Clinton builds much like his Coke Studio outing. The guitar work, in particular, is brilliant. Neha...
Continue reading...Airlift (Music review), Hindi – Amaal Mallik, Ankit Tiwari
Soch na sake, with its gentle lilt and Arijit Singh’s vocals, is pleasant to the point of being soporific before Tulsi Kumar wakes you up with her dependably bad singing....
Continue reading...Wazir (Music review), Hindi – Shantanu Moitra, Ankit Tiwari, Prashant Pillai, Advaita, Gaurav Godkhindi
Shantanu Moitra’s Maula is standard-issue filmy qawali with only Javed Ali’s singing holding it together. Shantanu’s other song, Tere bin is saccharine-sweet; the tune’s old-world charm, plus Sonu Nigam and...
Continue reading...Dilwale (Music review), Hindi – Pritam
Janam janam sounds like checking off a list of standard-issue elements in a Bollywood’ish melody, including clever use of Francis Lai’s Love Story theme, Where Do I Begin. Gerua too...
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