The title song is heavily stereotyped, with odd South Indian influences too like ‘Parotta’ besides Paranthe. Party sharty is no different – assembly-line and at times out of tune too,...
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Jai Ho (Music review), Hindi – Sajid Wajid, Aman Malik & Devi Sri Prasad
Of Sajid Wajid’s three songs, Baaki sab and Photocopy are unbearably banal, but Tere naina, that sounds like the love child of Bullet Raja’s Saamne hai and Dabangg’s Tere mast...
Continue reading...Dedh Ishqiya (Music review), Hindi – Vishal Bhardwaj
Vishal, thankfully, does not sing Dil ka mizaaj, like Matru’s Khamaka; he gets Rahat to do the singing, resulting in pure, dulcet magic! Rahat’s other song, Zabaan jale hai, Ã ...
Continue reading...Dhoom 3 (Music review), Hindi – Pritam & Julius Packiam
The title song‘s 3rd variant is more glitzy, pointless sound the original tune; Naya’s Arabic version feels mildly different thanks to the language. Malang sounds safe – throws in Middle-Eastern...
Continue reading...Yaariyaan (Music review), Hindi – Pritam, Mithoon, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Arko Pravo Mukherjee & Anupam Amod
Mithoon overdoes his soaked-in-pathos sound in Baarish and Mujhe ishq se, both involving a searing ‘Yeeeeeeaaaaaareeeeyaaaaan’. The former works, in Aashiqui 2 mode, while the latter has Tulsi Kumar… ’nuff...
Continue reading...Mr Joe B. Carvalho (Music review), Hindi – Amartya Rahut
Everyone involved in Chumma chaati – lyricist Amitabh Bhattacharya, composer Amartya and singer Shefali Alvares – are at their annoying best. Mind blastic isn’t any different; not annoying but incredibly...
Continue reading...What The Fish (Music review), Hindi – Amartya Rahut, Dhruv Dhalla, Indraneel Hariharan & Sandeep Banerjee
Amartya Rahut’s Goti jaam mixes heavy metal, Manoj Yadav’s funky lyrics and occasionally interesting guitar, but doesn’t really deliver. Amartya’s other song, Maasiji, is an embarassing mess! Mrigya’s Indraneel Hariharan...
Continue reading...R… Rajkumar (Music review), Hindi – Pritam
Gandi baat would put to shame any Tamil/Telugu composer – perfect in its energetic kuthu appeal, brilliantly sung by Mika and Kalpana Patowary. Saree ka fall is no different –...
Continue reading...Jackpot (Music review), Hindi – Assorted composers
Sharib and Toshi’s Kabhi jo baadal is Bhatt-family style sweeping balladry – Arijit’s version is the best, while Shreya’s pathos version pales in comparison. Mika composed Full jhol is annoyingly...
Continue reading...Sooper Se Ooper (Music review), Hindi – Sonu Nigam & Bickram Ghosh
Gun gun, despite lively vocals by Parwati Kumari and Ambarish Das, is largely run-of-the-mill intro to Rajasthan. Behka behka is an interesting, racy, techno reimagination of Mr.India’s iconic number, sung...
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