There is an overriding soul-style sound in this soundtrack that seems very appealing. It’s more pronounced in the piano-laden Reham O Karam, that starts blissfully serene before escalating its notes,...
Continue reading...Arjun Rampal
Rajneeti (Movie review), Prakash Jha
Rajneeti is one of the few movies that I recall getting almost all round positive reviews and that was one of the reasons why I chose to see it too....
Continue reading...Raajneeti (Music review), Hindi – Assorted composers
Pritam’s Bheegi si is surprisingly South Indian, like a time-tested Vidyasagar track – frothy and catchy. Aadesh Shrivastava’s Mora piya is predictable and functionally decent, getting better solely due to...
Continue reading...Music review: Housefull (Hindi – Shankar Ehsaan Loy)
Oh Girl you’re mine is an unfortunate opener to the soundtrack since it’s the least interesting song with a terribly lame pattern and predictable sounds. Then, the soundtrack delivers all...
Continue reading...Music review: EMI (Hindi – Chirantan Bhatt)
Chori chori is painfully bland, while in Ankhon hi, the composer proves that merely roping Mohit Chauhan doesn’t do the trick – you need a tune that works too, not...
Continue reading...Movie review: Rock On!! (Abhishek Kapoor)
Flawed. Nah, make it Contrived. With a capital C. Abhishek ‘Gattu’ Kapoor’s second film is amazingly similar to his debut, Aryan. While Aryan was about the protagonists’ reaction to a...
Continue reading...Rock on!! (Hindi, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy)
Javed saab’s existential banter in Socha hai and the very colloquial, relatable lyrics in Pichle saat dinon mein come alive in Farhan Akhtar’s slightly old’ish, but adequately grungy vocals. The...
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