What works to Musik bandh na karo and Thank U Mr.DJ‘s advantage is their simple, nursery rhyme like tunes; immediately hummable and great choice of singers in both tracks. Raghav...
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Golmaal 3 (Music review), Hindi – Pritam
Golmaal’s new title song pales in comparison to Vishal Shekhar’s Sean Paul’ish title song that it briefly evokes in the beginning! Apna har din‘s only saving grace is that repetitive...
Continue reading...Aashayein (Music review), Hindi – Salim-Sulaiman, Pritam and Shiraz Uppal
Ab mujhko offers faux optimism, in a conventional package, while Mohit Chauhan’s reflective Chala aaya pyar doesn’t work entirely despite some neat tabla-infused orchestration. Shafqat’s Shukriya zindagi is standard SEL-template and is...
Continue reading...Music review: Click (Hindi – Shamir Tandon)
Rubayee must be the best song of the soundtrack, since it has 3 versions – the duet with Raaj and Sunidhi works pretty well as a lilting melody backed by...
Continue reading...Music review: Paying Guests (Hindi – Sajid Wajid)
Nazar se nazaria pays a rich, lavish tribute to Pritam’s already inspired Crazy kiya re, even though the main similarity is camouflaged quite skillfully. Ya Rabula Rabbi is actually sung...
Continue reading...Music review: Golmaal Returns (Hindi – Pritam & Ashish Pandit)
If the former had some chilled-out, high-spirited tracks by Vishal Shekhar, the sequel too has something that is almost there – by composers Pritam and Ashish Pandit. The latter’s opening...
Continue reading...Music review: Welcome To Sajjanpur (Hindi – Shantanu Moitra)
The joyous bhajan parody Sita Ram is infectious, but the Sonu-Sunidhi duet Dildaara is too common place a tune to leave any impact. The Pritam-styled Ek meetha marz has an...
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