Aami shotti bolchi is a cornucopia of genres, but works well together with Usha Uthup towering above all. Javed Bashir’s Piya tu flows ahead beautifully from Ra.One’s Bhare naina, while...
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The Dirty Picture (Music review), Hindi – Vishal Shekhar
Ooh la la is a clever reworking of Bappi Lahiri’s (also one of its singers, besides Shreya Ghoshal) Mawaali number, Oi Amma and many other similar 80s songs; the strings...
Continue reading...Urumi (Music review), Malayalam – Deepak Dev
The overall gaiety in Aaranne and its enthusiastic rhythm are instantly infectious! Aaro nee aaro has phenomenal vocals by Swetha and Yesudas for a sweeping melody, while Manjari’s Chimmi has...
Continue reading...No One Killed Jessica (Music review), Hindi – Amit Trivedi
Aali re has that uniquely Rahman’ish tinge that throws a listener off course – that excessively South Indian-sounding nuance, but with a plethora of singers including Tochi Raina, Biswajit Chakraborty,...
Continue reading...Music review: Ishqiya (Hindi – Vishal Bhardwaj)
The mesmerizingly lilting and vaudevillian Dil to bachcha hai is reminiscent of the Raj Kapoor era, but a more pronounced inspiration seems to be Webber’s Cats tune, Memories – the...
Continue reading...Music review: Paa (Hindi – Ilayaraja)
Mudhi mudhi (and Udhi udhi) is one of the trendiest songs of the year; zingy, superbly sung by Shilpa Rao and exceptionally orchestrated! Gumm summ, after its various versions –...
Continue reading...Kismat Konnection (Hindi, Pritam & Sajid Wajid)
Neeraj Shridhar’s buoyant vocals, rapper Indee’s (surprisingly credited!) bloody catchy hook and Pritam’s overall arrangements make Aai paapi (Tu hai meri soniye) absolutely scintillating. This is one heck of an...
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