The holi song, Go pagal, has Manj Musik as composer and Nilesh Patel as co-composer! For that composing power, it is a pretty mundane mix, albeit with a frivolously catchy...
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Baaghi (Music review), Hindi – Meet Bros, Ankit Tiwari, Amaal Mallik and Manj Musik
Ankit Tiwari channels his inner Coldplay in Agar tu hota, singing it competently. Amaal Mallik’s Sab tera has a familiar melody that does check-box style Bollywood pleasantness; Shraddha’s vocals are...
Continue reading...Singh Is Bling (Music review), Hindi – Manj Musik, Sneha Khanwalkar, Sajid-Wajid & Meet Bros Anjjan
Add Bollywood’s garish excesses to an inherently simple and gorgeous folk tune, you get the film’s version of Tung tung. It only forces you to head to Sneha’s own original....
Continue reading...Gabbar Is Back (Music review), Hindi – Chirantan Bhatt, Yo Yo Honey Singh & Manj Musik
Arijit sounds oddly labored in Chirantan Bhatt-composed Teri meri kahani, with a predictable Pakistani-pop sound. Chirantan’s other song, Coffee peetey peetey does sound like something composed over the music playing...
Continue reading...Heropanti (Music review), Hindi – Sajid-Wajid, Mustafa Zahid & Bilal Saeed and Manj Musik
Barring Kausar Munir’s use of ‘kathai* aankhen’, Rabba is pleasant, but contrived, with Mohit Chauhan valiantly trying to save it. Ditto with Tabah – Mohit is the bright spot in...
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