Challa is every bit Rahman as far as the free-flowing, slow-burning tune is concerned, despite the Punjabi, and the phonetic similarity of the key word to Rabbi’s Bulla; Keba Jeremiah’s...
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Don 2 (Music review), Hindi – Shankar Ehsaan Loy
NW1W. The entire soundtrack seems to be milking the earlier Don title song and falls completely flat. Keywords: Don, Shah Rukh Khan
Continue reading...Ra.One (Music review), Hindi – Vishal Shekhar
Chammak challo is Vishal Shekhar’s own Jai ho, with Akon; instantly catchy, with a musical package that incorporates Tamil verses by Hamsika Iyer, even as it seems to offer a...
Continue reading...Always Kabhi Kabhi (Music review), Hindi – Pritam, Aashish Rego & Shree D
Aashish Rego and Shree D’s title song is cinema-school-love template all the way. Antenna is standard Pritam material – the kind he makes Neeraj Shridhar sing usually…Benny Dayal does the...
Continue reading...Shahrukh Bola Khoobsurat Hai Tu (Music review), Hindi – Vasuda Sharma
Aasma girl Vasuda Sharma’s composing debut is not bad at all. In fact, she manages the lighter, fluffy stuff well, like in the catchy and pop’ish title song and Socha...
Continue reading...Music review: My Name Is Khan (Hindi – Shankar Ehsaan Loy)
Sajda is exceptionally lilting; the combination of Rahat, Shankar and Richa Sharma works brilliantly. Tere naina follows a by-now-familiar, trio-template tune, but still makes for beautiful listening – Shafqat’s singing...
Continue reading...Music review: Dulha Mil Gaya (Hindi – Lalit Pandit & Pritam)
Despite the strong Chopra-feel, Aaja aaja has a pleasant lilt to it, while Akela dil and Magar meri jaan‘s fancy rhythms and vocals fall completely flat. Tu jo jaan le...
Continue reading...Music review: Billu Barber (Hindi – Pritam)
Marjaani is a thumping, high-energy item song, but Love mera hit hit is Pritam pushing his luck – age-old hooks and stock rhythm. Neeraj is much better in the relatively...
Continue reading...Music review: Aegan (Tamil – Yuvan Shankar Raja)
Aegan is the perfect example of an entire crew pandering brazenly to a star, like many other star crews from Tamil Nadu. So, you have a soundtrack which forgets to...
Continue reading...Music review: Guru En Aalu (Tamil – Srikanth Deva)
With a Middle Eastern tinge, Alai paayudhey pointlessly lays its cards right at the outset – the manic kuthu rhythm that the composer adores. Chellame has Udit eating Tamil for...
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