Aashiq surrender hua is a dedicated Bollywoodisation of an infectious, foot-tapping South-Indian kuthu song! Amaal’s second, Roke na ruke, is the complete opposite! The song transcends conventional Dharma pathos templates...
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Himmatwala (Music review), Hindi – Sajid-Wajid, Bappi Lahiri & Sachin-Jigar
Sajid-Wajid’s recreation of Bappi Lahiri’s super-hit, super-kitschy 80s originals – Naino mein and Taki taki – use the source material well, resulting in fairly entertaining versions in a fresh, new-kitschy...
Continue reading...Bappi Lahiri’s Grammy jury services – a bit of truth and a lot of gas?
Update 1: Thanks to the comment by Raghu Ram, we now know that Bappi’s album does exist, at least on iTunes. iTunes’ listing does not mention Gerald Albright’s name though…perhaps...
Continue reading...Golmaal 3 (Music review), Hindi – Pritam
Golmaal’s new title song pales in comparison to Vishal Shekhar’s Sean Paul’ish title song that it briefly evokes in the beginning! Apna har din‘s only saving grace is that repetitive...
Continue reading...Music review: My Free Spirit (Indipop – Shibani Kashyap)
Ba khuda is the same old arabic’esque track that every Indipop star does the mistake of singing. Buena vida is the Latin equivalent of the same mistake. Dance along has...
Continue reading...Music review: Teree Sang (Hindi – Sachin-Jigar, Anu Malik & Bappi Lahiri)
Bappi’s Miss Baabaloo is pitiably stupid while the middling Paki rock he attempts in Tere bin is noticeably better. Anu Malik raps inconsolably in Laal quile while his Chal mera...
Continue reading...Music review: My Love (Indipop – Bappi Lahiri)
Bappi Lahiri’s pop album, My Love, seems like a rude joke. It’s everything that everyone makes fun of the composer, once known for his pretty good tunes and massive plagiarism....
Continue reading...Music review: Chandni Chowk To China (Hindi – Assorted composers)
Kailash, Paresh & Naresh serve an ace in the earthy S.I.D.H.U, peppered with lively lyrics by Kailash, but their other track, Chak lein de, despite all that techno-sound and inspirational...
Continue reading...C Kkompany (Hindi, Anand Raj Anand & Bappa Lahiri)
The title song is unintentionally funny too – because it dares to be the title song and gets Sanjay Dutt to utter a few sentences. But composer Anand Raj Anand...
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