Bharat mata ki jai, with 6 singers, is an enthusiastically raucous package with biting sarcasm in its lyrics, by Dibakar himself. Imported kamariya is not very different tune-wise, but this...
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Jannat 2 (Music review), Hindi – Pritam
Shafqat and Rahat’s Tu hi mera and Tera deedar hua, respectively, are like songs usually assigned to them – lilting sufi’ish sounds, but not clutter-breaking. KK is extraordinary in the...
Continue reading...Murder 2 (Music review), Hindi – Harshit Saxena, Mithoon, Sangeet Haldipur and Siddharth Haldipur
Hale dil by Harshit Saxena seems like a good enough tune complete with a Pritam-styled humming phrase, but that incongruent rhythm and Harshit’s own vocals jar. Its acoustic version fares...
Continue reading...Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji (Music review), Hindi – Pritam
Mohit Chauhan is the perfect fit for the breezy Abhi kuch dino se; Pritam’s buoyant guitar accompaniments work brilliantly! Beshuba continues the light, bouncy feel, though, tune-wise it falls short....
Continue reading...Crook (Music review), Hindi – Pritam
Challa offers an explosively catchy opening; perfect, heady Pritam number…right sound, great effect! Beyond that, Pritam opts for a melody overdose and does it damn well! Nikhil Dsouza aces Mere...
Continue reading...Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai (Music review), Hindi – Pritam
Babu Rao aims to be street-smart, but something in its groove doesn’t really allow it to be. I am in love is KK’s show; brilliant one at that – delightful...
Continue reading...Music review: Tum Mile (Hindi – Pritam)
The title song ambitiously has 3 versions – a bouncy, up-tempo variant by Neeraj Shridhar, quite aptly; a reprise by Javed Ali and a rock version by Shafqat Amanat Ali....
Continue reading...Music review: Raaz – The Mystery Continues (Assorted composers)
Raju Singh delivers two very Raju Singh’ish (!) numbers in Soniyo and O Jaana. The former is a labored, indipop-like number that is quickly forgotten, but the latter, by KK,...
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