With its dose of assembly-line techno phrases, Kay Kay’s Aa gaya hun mein and Kunal’s Sach kehna are reasonably good, even as the moth-balled tune doesn’t gel with the mod...
Continue reading...Aamir (Hindi, Amit Trivedi)
It may be Murtuza-Qadir…the Rahman-touch, I mean! Amit Trivedi’s opening track, Ha raham is absolutely scintillating. Very Rahman’ish in its approach to the sufi tune, the bang-on arrangements and super...
Continue reading...Summer 2007 (Hindi, Gourov Dasgupta)
Baali main sone waali is an interesting techno-Maharastrian folk track that high on catchy rhythms and fab vocals by Sunidhi. I just wanna fly has ambitious arrangements, but a terribly...
Continue reading...Mere Baap Pehle Aap (Hindi, Vidyasagar & Tauseef Akhtar)
Despite the 80s arrangements, and both Udit and Shreya sounding very 80’ish themselves, the melody in Maine hawa ke paron pe is endearing! The title song however just meanders and...
Continue reading...Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic (Hindi, Shankar Ehsaan Loy)
Composing trio Shankar Ehsaan Loy seem to have been stuck by the deadly Yash Raj sting where everything is stuck in never land, with little progress. Unlike Tashan, where Vishal...
Continue reading...Ada (Hindi, A R Rahman)
Ishq ada’s free-flowing sufi-tinged music has a trance like charm while Hawa sun’s gentle melody is reminiscent of Rahman’s Taal score. Gumsum sounds like a standard Bollywood product, with minor...
Continue reading...Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na (Hindi, A R Rahman)
Rahman’s lessons on existentialism in the jazzy title song is only marginally interesting, while Runa Rizvi and Sukhwinder’s two version Jaane tu mera is beautiful – with excellent variations and...
Continue reading...De taali (Hindi, Vishal Shekhar)
Both the title songs – Everybody put your hands together and De taali – are overtly catchy, bubblegum pop – the latter with a mild Indian touch. Shreya Ghoshal is...
Continue reading...Pulan Visaranai 2 (Tamil, Joshua Sridhar)
There’s a slightly dated 90s, synth feel in Ennai kandu, but the overall sound is rather pleasing. Joshua again adds his fave Hindi interludes as he did in Ninaithu ninaithu...
Continue reading...Khushboo (Hindi, Adnan Sami)
With a unique, unconventional structure, the slow and relaxed tune of Kyon hai mujhe is addictive! Sunidhi and Shaan’s punchy and dancy Dil yeh kahe is impressive as well while...
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