Pritam re-use of a part of Bally Sagoo’s Gud naal ishq mitha is competent – heady Punjabi’ness; Tochi’s version trumps Sukhwinder’s, incidentally! Aao na is more energetic than the usual...
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Game (Music review), Hindi – Shankar Ehsaan Loy
Bourne? Don? Moody? Atmospheric? It’s a game seems like a combination of all this and functions effectively as a title credits song. Sunitha Sarathy offers a neat, low-pitched title hook...
Continue reading...Tanu Weds Manu (Music review), Hindi – Krsna & RDB
RDB’s Sadi gali sounds as good as it sounded a few years ago – Lehmber Hussainpuri’s earthy vocals is one huge reason why this catchy tracks works almost immediately! Debutant...
Continue reading...Knock Out (Music review), Hindi – Gourov Dasgupta & Sanjeev Darshan
Gourov’s grungy title song has Vishal Dadlani’s lyrics and vocals – sung with genuine effort, though the composer doesn’t put in much effort and spits a blah tune. Rahat’s Khushnuma,...
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,...
Continue reading...Music review: Fashion (Hindi – Salim Sulaiman)
The cheekily titled Fashion ka jalwa has a calculated catchiness with the right tempo to go with it, while Shruti Pathak’s throaty crooning in Mar jawaan is brilliantly appropriate even...
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