From Shahid Mallya’s earthy opening to Sunidhi’s punchy hook, Radha comes beautifully alive with even that fantastic EDM line in the middle! In Beech beech mein, Pritam cooks up superb...
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Qaidi Band (Music review), Hindi – Amit Trivedi
I am India, the anthemic band song rides on the easy, repetitive hook and the racy ending, though Arijit sounding so much like Amit Trivedi is supremely discomforting. Amit does...
Continue reading...Toilet Ek Prem Katha (Music review), Hindi – Vickey Prasad, Sachet-Parampara, Manas-Shikhar
Of the 2 songs by Vickey Prasad, Hans mat pagli is an easy winner, with its folksy, breezy melody that evokes composer Krsna’s repertoire and winsome vocals by Sonu Nigam...
Continue reading...Lipstick Under My Burkha (Music review), Hindi – Zebunnisa Bangash
Zeb hands over her number (originally by )—re-written by Anvita Dutt as Jigi jigi—to Malini Awasthi. Malini folksy raunch gives it a new twist, with Zeb’s brilliantly mounted brass. Ishquiya‘s...
Continue reading...Jagga Jasoos (Music review), Hindi – Pritam
There’s so much to like in Ullu ka pattha – Vivienne Pocha’s ‘Ulule’ hook—with a clever yodel effect, Daniel García Diego’s scintillating Flamenco guitar, and the way multiple streams converge...
Continue reading...Mubarakan (Music review), Hindi – Amaal Mallik, Rishi Rich, Yash Anand and Gourov-Roshin
Barring that energetic rhythm and Sonu Nigam’s singing, Goggle Song is painfully generic. Amaal Mallik’s second song Jatt Jaguar is no different – that breezy interlude featuring Apeksha Dandekar is...
Continue reading...Ek Haseena Thi Ek Deewana Tha (Music review), Hindi – Nadeem
Nadeem gets an apt alternative to Kumar Sanu in Yasser Desai, with a similar nasal twang. Yasser does well in the title song and Hue bechain. The former has a...
Continue reading...Mom (Music review), Hindi – A R Rahman
O sona tere liye plays like a sedate—and soporific—lullaby, with Shashaa’s vocals clearly bettering Rahman’s trademark high pitch surges that seem labored. Kooke kawn‘s burst of faux-Punjabi energy seems rather...
Continue reading...Shab (Music review), Hindi – Mithoon
Arijit’s sullen rendition in O saathi doesn’t help at all. Or, it’s just Mithoon’s maudlin tune and lyrics combination. Things don’t improve in Musafir; despite KK’s singing making a difference,...
Continue reading...Munna Michael (Music review), Hindi – Assorted composers
Main hoon‘s 80s dance-pop vibe comes wonderfully alive in Siddharth Mahadevan’s compelling vocals and Tanishk Baagchi’s easy-on-the-ears tune. In Tanishk’s other song, Beat it bijuriya, co-composed with Vayu, Asees Kaur’s...
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