Kisse lambe depends a lot on Gulzar’s verses and Sukhwinder’s free-flowing vocals; the mid-way shift to Pakistani pop style are good, but the chorus is jarring. Lakeerein fares much better...
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Ek Thi Daayan (Music review), Hindi – Vishal Bharadwaj
Yaaram is familiar, Vishal Bharadwaj’ish sprawling melody, but is eminently listenable with a scintillating turn in the middle after Gulzar invokes assorted stationery items! Clinton Cerejo rules over the evocative,...
Continue reading...Barse Barse (Indipop/Non-film), Hindi – Suresh Wadkar, Vishal Bharadwaj & Gulzar
The 7+ minute title song is expansively beautiful, while Aisa to hota gets a lot more intimate with a Jaidev-stye sitar strain, faintly reminiscent of Gaman’s Seene mein jalan. Tere...
Continue reading...7 Khoon Maaf (Music review), Hindi – Vishal Bharadwaj
The Kalinka-inspired Darling has an underwhelming rhythm…for such a mesmerizing tune! Usha Uthup and Rekha Bharadwaj make an incredible combo, but get their due only in the other version, Doosri...
Continue reading...Music review: Ishqiya (Hindi – Vishal Bhardwaj)
The mesmerizingly lilting and vaudevillian Dil to bachcha hai is reminiscent of the Raj Kapoor era, but a more pronounced inspiration seems to be Webber’s Cats tune, Memories – the...
Continue reading...Music review: Connections (A.R.Rahman)
Karthik/ Rahman and Raqeeb Aalam enthusiastically deliver Jiya se jiya – but the song itself is a bit of a letdown – too dense in the backgrounds as it progresses....
Continue reading...Music review: Yuvvraaj (Hindi – A R Rahman)
Benny’s fabulous in the pensive melody, Tu meri dost; the contoured tune and nuanced orchestration works well. Beyond the instantly catchy facade, Shano is simplistically pop, while the lilting Tu...
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