Pyaasa-style existential questions, in Rahman’s vocals, rule Kya hai mohabbat, while Dost hai goes full-on hip-hop to retain just one hook from the original. Hosanna, Phoolon jaisi and Sunlo zara...
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Tutiya Dil (Music review), Hindi – Gulraj Singh
Aag lage and Tutiya dil are super-efficient takes on the best of Salim-Sulaiman’s Punjabi-infused catchiness, with hilarious lyrics to boot and wonderful vocals by Alamgir in the former, and Ram...
Continue reading...Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu (Music review), Hindi – Amit Trivedi
The title song is breezy and foot-tapping in a predictable way, while Gubbare ushers in strong Aisha recall for assorted reasons, with a horn-filled, dreamy feel. Ash King pulls off...
Continue reading...Agneepath (Music review), Hindi – Ajay-Atul
Deva shree Ganesha plays out in filmy-frenzy bhajan format, but the duo crank up the creativity in the interludes, and the backgrounds. Chikni chameli turns out to be average fare...
Continue reading...Lanka (Music review), Hindi – Gaurav Dagaonkar, Sharib-Toshi, Rishabh Srivastava
Aap ki aahat finally takes Sharib-Toshi beyond their standard Vikram Bhatt template and with Sonu Nigam’s accomplished vocals, the duo do a phenomenal job across every department in the song!...
Continue reading...Jo Hum Chahein (Music review), Hindi – Sachin Gupta
Suraj Jagan’s confident vocals power Aaj bhi party even as Sachin’s backgrounds are immensely unique and catchy! Peepni too is adequately groovy, in Jaspreet Singh and Mona Thakur’s enthusiastic singing,...
Continue reading...Players (Music review), Hindi – Pritam Chakraborty
Jis jagah pe khatam is one of those few songs where the chorus vocals completely rule over the main tune; understated, but immensely catchy. Jhoom jhoom‘s ambitious backgrounds actually hold...
Continue reading...Dam999 (Music review), Hindi – Ousephachan, K.Niran, Rudolfsan & Nirmalya
NW1W. When it is not embarrassing, it is outdated. And vice versa. Keywords: Ousephachan, K.Niran, Rudolfsan, Nirmalya, Dam999, Damn 999
Continue reading...Don 2 (Music review), Hindi – Shankar Ehsaan Loy
NW1W. The entire soundtrack seems to be milking the earlier Don title song and falls completely flat. Keywords: Don, Shah Rukh Khan
Continue reading...Ghost (Music review), Hindi – Sharib-Toshi
Toshi Sabri and Akram Sabri sing Jalwanuma really well and the tune, in true Sharib-Toshi style, is highly listenable; if only it did not borrow so blatantly from Amr Diab’s...
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