Hindi OST

Ajab si is a Pritam’ish melody – eminently tuneful with a lovely orchestration to match. Dard-e-disco is bouncy and rocking – albeit with cringe-worthy lyrics while Deewangi is plain assembly-line...

Dum laga is a thoroughly enjoyable rant with the essential DU feel and appropriately conjured-up lyrics. Vedic Chants band mates Siddhartth and Suhas serve an ace here, as also in...

Dhoka and the title track definitely carry a distinct appeal, taking off from the trio’s sound in Don. Johnny breakbeat rocks big time, as a funky, retro mix, but the...

Hum to aise hain glimmers with the vocals of Sunidhi and Shreya while the naively joyous tune works appropriately too. Zara gungunalein chalo and Ik teekhi teekhi have fairly unusual...

Allah hafiz and Sajda have standard Pritam-styled facets which have recently started to tire us, while Lets rock soniye is good fun and that Irish interludes played in Indian folk-style...

Who bheege pal is the definitive track – both versions, by Zubeen Garg and Jayesh Gandhi, but more due to our fascination for the Pakistani-pop sound, since Jayesh seems to...

Pritam’s uptempo tune for Bheega Aasmaan – almost a breezier version of Halka halka sa, is adorable while Dil liya is a pale, listless knock-off of Pritam’s own Dhoom title...

Katra katra is a clear ace from Leslie – good combination of a lilting melody, wonderful lyrics and vocals by Mehboob and Sukhwinder, and superb arrangements. Jhanana’s in the same...

The title song and Zindagi aa gayee aimlessly amble on to their illogical ends. Amit Kumar replaces his dad, along with Mahendra Kapoor-replacement Udit Narayan, in Do bechare’s remix. Viju’s...

Nanhe yaar is clearly from Himesh’s sound bank of yore – typically from the Tere naam days, I suppose. Almost everything seems stretched and sappy – the prolonged prelude, the...