Of Sajid Wajid’s three songs, Baaki sab and Photocopy are unbearably banal, but Tere naina, that sounds like the love child of Bullet Raja’s Saamne hai and Dabangg’s Tere mast...
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Dabangg 2 (Music review), Hindi – Sajid Wajid
Dagabaz re, that post-marriage addendum to Tere mast mast do nain, uses vastly similar tricks, to impress, again. PandeyJi Seeti seems to be constructed especially for Salman’s hip movement… and...
Continue reading...Bodyguard (Music review), Hindi – Himesh Reshammiya and Pritam
The title song is is juvenile and silly, despite some feeble effort with the peppy rhythm. Desi beat is equally bad – banally repetitive! Thankfully, Himesh works hard on the...
Continue reading...Chillar Party (Music review), Hindi – Amit Trivedi
Tai tai phish and it’s variant, Aa rela hai are high on catchy Maharashtrian folk, but are strictly passable. Mohit Chauhan’s dependable vocals and Nitesh Tiwari’s lyrics prop Chatte batte,...
Continue reading...Ready (Music review), Hindi – Pritam and Devi Sri Prasad
Mix Mika and Devi Sri Prasad’s already iconic Telugu front-bencher pleaser, Ringa ringa…and you get Dhinka Chika; easily this year’s Munni badnaam. The rest of the 3 original tracks by...
Continue reading...Dabangg (Music review), Hindi – Sajid-Wajid & Lalit Pandit
Chori kiya has a simple tune, simpler arrangements; perfect rhyme from last century. Dabangg theme is full-on Latino masti, with smart dialogs too, while Humka peena hai seems to have...
Continue reading...Music review: Veer (Hindi – Sajid-Wajid)
Taali is no doubt ambitiously mounted, but it’s still a largely lackluster and standard package, while in Surili akhiyon wale, Rahat sings something that seriously stereotypes him – it is...
Continue reading...Music review: London Dreams (Hindi – Shankar Ehsaan Loy)
Barson yaaron is a full-throated, rock anthem with brilliant pauses (Laakh take da) and a mesmerizing finale invoking Lord Hanuman! The choice of vocals – Vishal Dadlani and Roop Kumar...
Continue reading...Music review: Main Aurr Mrs Khanna (Hindi – Sajid Wajid)
Don’t say alvida is sweet, sappy and very 90s – that Hinglish title is immensely cringe-worthy. Happening, to be entirely fair, has quite a likeable techno-qawali sound…if only it didn’t...
Continue reading...Music review: Wanted (Hindi – Sajid Wajid)
Everything about Love me is corny and moronic, while Ishq vishq is a confused mishmash where Kamaal Khan seems to have forgotten a huge chunk of his lyrics. Dil leke...
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