Ek Ajnabi

Apoorva Lakhia lifts Denzel Washinton’s Man on fire, here, and hopes to pull a Sanjay Gupta! Vishal Shekar’s title song is catchy. But that’s it! Amar Mohile’s music for the...

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Bluffmaster

Five tracks by Asian-Brit band Trickbaby and 2 by Iranian singer/composer Arash lends this album a unique flavour. Arash’s European chartbuster Boro Boro features with hindi words thrown in and...

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Holiday

Ranjit Barot resurfaces again with his trademark 90s indi-pop sound in Aashiyan. Khwaahishon se and Neele neele sound a lot more contemporary with groovy orchestration, carribean loops et all. The...

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Aaru

Both the Telugu flavored Kuthu songs – Soda bottle and Freeya vudu, are completely in sync with the mindless stuff Devi Sri Prasad (DSP) has been churning in the name...

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Home Delivery

Boman Irani’s Title song, Gyaan guru by Vishal himself and the mishmash’ish Cuckoo are at best situational. So is Sanjay Dutt’s Maaya, which merely extends his street-smart persona to his...

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Kalyug

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan almost succeeds in making another Man ki lagan in the mellow Jiya dhadak. Jal & Najam Sheraz both get credit for Aadat and Yeh pal! And...

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Neal ‘N’ Nikki

After some ‘hey-this-isn’t-what-we-expected-from-you’ music in Kaal, Salim Sulaiman give us more of the same in NNN. The title song reeks of Hum Tum, again, shortly after influencing the music of...

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Deewane Huye Paagal

Cliched words like Hayo rabba and Soni infest Mar sutiya which incidentally borrows its lyrics from Juggy D’s Dil lutiya. So why is Sameer credited here? Anu’s nasal singing dominates...

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Kasthuriman

What do I remember from Lohitadas’ original Kasthuriman? The overpowering sense of gloom in Priyamvada’s (Meera) life. And, what do I recall from Ilayaraja’s music from its Tamil remake? Déjà...

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Thavamaai Thavamirundhu

Oru muraidhaan is philosophy in synth. Ditto for Aavaarampoove. Ore oru with a Deva-voiced Sabesh aims to be an authentic village track with Jayakumar’s interlude and the ‘back-to-the-roots’ sentiment that...

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