Much as Zubin tries to infuse life into Kee kasoor, this techno-styled ditty just fails to take off. But Shaan is in super form in the title song. Pritam uses...
Continue reading...Kahaani Gudiya Ki (Hindi, Vivek Prakash)
Is it Jagjit Singh’s voice? Or does he insist that his songs be composed in its own particular genre, right up to the choice of instruments? Not that I’m against...
Continue reading...Fear (Hindi, Himesh Reshammiya)
Tanha tanha lets us on Himesh’s annoying nasal twang slow and steady that it builds up into a complete rage by the time the track ends. Dil dhadkata hai is...
Continue reading...DIVA (Malaysian, Mithoon)
Diva’s lead star, Ning Baizura croons with a fantastic range in Bintang impianku – marked by the composer’s now-trademark keyboard backgrounds. In contrast, Kasih is a mellow melody punctuated with...
Continue reading...Marigold (Hindi/ English, Shankar Ehsaan Loy)
Shaan excels in the ballad-style Yeh pyaar, singing Javed saab’s very imaginative seven stages of love. The composing trio outdo themselves in the superbly orchestrated Woh pyaar hai and Tan...
Continue reading...Sooryan (Malayalam, Ilayaraja)
Yesudas’ Kalyani Dharmavathi (see comments) in Ambe vaani and Kavalam Sreekumar, Sankaran Namboodri combination in Shabdhamayee (Shanmugapriya? Jonpuri? Raagavardhini – see comments) present the now-outdated, unadulterated filmi-classical genre. Ishtakkari, despite...
Continue reading...Heyy Babyy (Hindi, Shankar Ehsaan Loy)
Heyy babyy’s breezy ring, along with Neeraj Shridhar’s vocals, help in generous doses – though, based on the trio’s repertoire, its a tad assembly-line. The remixes, however, add a fantastic...
Continue reading...Rouge (Assorted artists, YBR Music)
I do understand that our country has a lot of colleges. But does that also automatically mean there are a lot of desperate boys in hostel? I personally do not...
Continue reading...Junoon (Abhijeet Sawant)
Gone is that awkward edge. Abhijeet sounds a lot more confident and mature. And Sony BMG seems to have lined up a great set of composers to prop Abhijeet’s comeback!...
Continue reading...Kaafila (Hindi, Sukhwinder Singh)
The singers in Hum raks should ideally generate a cracker, but both Sukhwinder Singh and Daler Mehndi deliver an uninterested medley. Kabhi kabhi is soaked with existential emotions but gets...
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