Pankaj Awasthi hits mainstream, gets four out of seven tracks, but impresses in only two – Lehron ne kaha, where he blends Neelesh Mishra’s ruminative words appropriately in a quirky...
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Yamla Pagla Deewana (Music review), Hindi – Assorted composers
Sonu sounds a bit tame in the title song’s remix, but RDB’s catchy embellishments help, but the house mix goes horrendously overboard. Nouman Javaid’s Charha de rang has 4 versions...
Continue reading...No One Killed Jessica (Music review), Hindi – Amit Trivedi
Aali re has that uniquely Rahman’ish tinge that throws a listener off course – that excessively South Indian-sounding nuance, but with a plethora of singers including Tochi Raina, Biswajit Chakraborty,...
Continue reading...Isi Life Mein (Music review), Hindi – Meet Bros Anjjan
Mohit Chauhan’s unplugged version of Isi umar mein scores over the filmy, flimsy version, while Ramji 24X7‘s predictable, but rhythmic sounds sees it through. LOL – Live Out Loud shouts...
Continue reading...No Problem (Music review), Hindi – Pritam, Sajid Wajid & Anand Raj Anand
NW1W. Despite 3 songs from Pritam, who seems to be outsourced his music to the other 2 composers. If there’s anything remotely interesting in this soundtrack, it is the CD...
Continue reading...Phas Gaye Re Obama (Music review), Hindi – Manish J Tipu
NW1W. It does feel bad to be rude to debutants, par kya karen!
Continue reading...Tees Maar Khan (Music review), Hindi – Vishal Shekhar
Shirish Kunder’s stagey title song is interestingly gimmicky – with Sonu Nigam’s impressive Dasavatharam-style multi-voice singing topping the list, while Sheila ki jawani is a zingy, rabble-rousing scorcher that is...
Continue reading...Shahrukh Bola Khoobsurat Hai Tu (Music review), Hindi – Vasuda Sharma
Aasma girl Vasuda Sharma’s composing debut is not bad at all. In fact, she manages the lighter, fluffy stuff well, like in the catchy and pop’ish title song and Socha...
Continue reading...Band Baaja Baaraat (Music review), Hindi – Salim Sulaiman
Ainvayi ainvayi cleverly avoids the Punju-dance template and carries funky arrangements that complement its tune. Baari barsi is not so clever and falls into the tame Punju-dance trap. With Benny...
Continue reading...Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey (Music review), Hindi – Sohail Sen
Yeh des hai has a strong Rahman whiff and works quite well! Nain tere whips up a decent Bong feel, but is a bit too simplistic, while Sohail gets it...
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