Khiladi 786 Music Review

Khiladi 786 Music

Music Direction : Himesh Reshammiya
Lyrics : Shabbir Ahmed, Sameer, Himesh Reshammiya

What I expected? : A very good deal of commercial massy tracks, couple of engaging melodies, since music director concerned is Himesh Reshammiya and the movie is his home production.

Khiladi 786 Title Track sung by a long list of Vineet Singh, Aman Trikha, Yashraj Kapil, Alam Gir Khan & Rajdeep Chatterjee is amusing and pleasantly captivating which will make your head sway no matter what, thanks to the careful arrangements and perfect singing thus giving a good hear!
Remix is chakhaas! 
Lonely by Himesh Reshammia, Yo Yo Honey Singh and Hansika Iyer showcases Himesh in his middle octave best and nasal worst simultaneously, which is quite amusing and the song being packed in a pretty catchy and peppy arrangement setup with very good support from Hansika, volunteers for a good and addictive hear even when the placement of Honey Singh's rap seems a bit awkward.! Good hear!
Remix is engaging.!
Balma brings in the much awaited Bollywood debut of Indian Idol Sreeram Chandra alongside Shreya Ghoshal and gets to sing a full on masti song which must work on screen since the structure and execution is heavily mediocre. Worth the hear for Sreeram's and Shreya's singing.
Remix is foot tapping!
Long Drive by Mika Singh is just 'wow!' material  turning out to be an addictive, seductive, haunting and modern  slow moving Punjabi club outing(spurting faint tints of Himesh's own 'Chakna') with amazing vocals by Mika and striking arrangements, delivering definitely a grt hear!! #repeat
The Bhangra mix included is an added bliss, thoroughly entertaining! 
Saari Saari Raat by Himesh Reshammiya is essentially intense, nasal yah, but easy on ears with some aptly crafted melancholic arrangements and innovative singing along with nice lyrics making up for a good hear!
Hookah Bar by Himesh Reshammiya, Vinit Singh and Aman Triikha is pleasantly spot on, catchy and refreshing dance track with the high point being the captivating tune and orchestration with terrific job in the singing department.! Good hear!
Tu Hoor Pari by Javed Ali, Shreya Ghoshal, Chandrakala Singh and Harshdeep Kaur elegantly does it job even when being a situational Punjabi dance track with classical elements mixed beautifully into it and sung equally charmingly giving a good hear!

Verdict : Soundtrack of Khiladi 786 mirrors Himesh in a hatke mode(in his old self somewhat, I'd say) with the album containing some terrific massy tracks of inborn hit potential and good repeat value! Even the remixes seems pretty great!  You don't have to hear this album. It'll be all around you in the coming months! Blasting work! Go for it!

AVERAGE<GOOD<VERY GOOD<EXCELLENT!<OUTSTANDING!

Must Hears : Long Drive

Trivia : There is a line in Lonely, 'teri yaad saath hai', the same on from 'Mein Jahaan Rahoon' of Namastey London for which Himesh and Akshay previously collaborated, added deliberately as a relive of the movie.

Teri Meri Kahaani Music Review

Teri Meri Kahaani Music
Music Direction : Sajid-Wajid


Mukhtasar - Wajid. Cool urbane love song. Catchy and addictive beats. The word 'mukhtasar' will linger, so the song won't go out of your head. Good and haunting singing by Wajid. Has a club feel to it. Good one!
Remix by DJ Suketu is added which is just OK.
Allah Jaane - Rahat Fateh Ali Khan. Traditional sufi song. Good singing by RFAK. Basic arrangements. Composers have succeeded in bringing the sufi element to the song. Lyrics are to be mentioned. Catchy tune and great repeat quality. Good one!
Jabse Mere Dil Ko Uff - Sonu Nigam & Sunidhi Chauhan. The 1960 track. Sonu and Sunidhi try to bring that old feel to the singing. Arrangements are good. Nothing great in the track. One time hear.
Humse Pyar Kar Le Tu - Wajid, Mika, Shabir Bro & Shreya Ghoshal. Traditional Qawaali dance track. 'Humse pyaar karle tu' loop is addictive. Can't help shaking your head. Same expected arrangements. Singers have done a good job.Good one! Remix is added.
That's All I Really Wanna Do - Shaan & Shreya Ghoshal. Cool love song. Situational track. Simplicity is what I liked in this track. Light hearted melody with a great deal of orchestration. Rendition of Shaan and Shreya is simple. Tune is  lovely. Good one!


Verdict : After prolonged flops, Sjid-Wajid delivers a surprise in Teri Meri Kahaani. While 'Mukhtasar' will work with youth in no time, the other songs namely 'Allah jaane' and 'Humse pyaar karle' has good hit potential if given essential promotions. Honest effort but nothing great.


3/5

Ferrari Ki Sawaari Music Review

Ferrari Ki Sawaari Music
Music Direction : Pritam Chakraborty

Maara Re - Sonu Nigam, Rana Mazumder, Aishwarya Nigam & Ashish. The cricket song. Foot tapping and addictive with quite funny lyrics. Turns melodious in between. Good One!
Rusy’s Theme - Instrumental. Is it really Pritam?? The theme is sweet and harmonic. With the perfect use of keyboards, drums and Cello, it has a semi- European feel which makes it a good night time hearing. Loved it!
Mala Jau De - Urmila Dhangar. Catchy beats make a start. Item number. Urmila's vocals are grt and have that item girl feel to it. Marathi lyrics and good orchestration. Not much repeat quality, but still manages to stand out. May work once video is out.
Ae Mere Mann - Shyamantan Das. Well, keyboards to begin with and a slow moving nostalgic track. Arrangements are to be watched out. Das has definitely a different sound. Chorus is beautiful with a church song feel. Winner!
Good Night - Priyani Vani. Lullaby. Mom singing to the baby. Priyani Vani, you have a really really tender sound. Or is it the lyrics?? The song moves soulfully all through your brain that I'm half asleep. Hear it thrice and you are already sleeping tight! Keyboard, guitar, violin, and the occasional sweet bell. Excellent track. Grand winner!!
Chal Ghoome (Ferrari Ki Sawaari) - Shaan, Boman Irani & Aayush. Theme song. Catchy tune and funny lyrics. Shaan is flawless in the rendition. I don't know how many layers of sound this track has got. Good arrangements. Good one!

Verdict : A very good soundtrack which is strangely un-Pritam-ish! A grt deal of good songs with no unnecessary remixes. Typical Vidhu Vinod Chopra light hearted album. Loved it!

3.5/5

Vicky Donor Music Review

Vicky Donor Music

Music Direction : Abhishek-Akshay

Rodkda - Akshay Verma & Aditi Singh Sharma. Good start for the album. A simple and light melody which is urbane cool in lyrics and the singing supperts it equally well. Good one.

Kho Jaane De - By Clinton Cerejo & Aditi Singh Sharma. Another refreshing and cool song. Ash King has a sound so sweet and emotional that he carries the feel of the song to a great extent. Kind of go free lazy song. This one's a winner. Loved it!

Rum Whisky - Akshay Verma. Punjabi number. This one's different fron the routine Punjabi songs with some catchy beats and chorus. Singer has done a decent job. You cn find yourself shaking your head. Good one.

 Pani Da Rang (Male) - Ayushmann Khurrana. Light hearted melody. Interesting tune with Punjabi lyrics. Guitar strings and the simple drum beats throughout are beautiful. This is one song Mohit Chauhan will lov to sing. Ayushmann has done a good job. Winner!

Pani Da Rang (Female) - Sukanya Purkayastha. This one's more slow nd haunting than the Male version. Sukanya sounds like Kavitha Seth, but pulls out a grt effort. Minimal orchestration so that the maximum attention is on the singing. Grt!

Mar Jayian (Romantic) - Vishal Dadlani & Sunidhi Chauhan. Haunting melody. This is the kind of song which is best to hear when you are alone at night. The arrangements are to be watched out. It changes mode halfway to dholak beats, which is just as good. Grt singing by Vishal and Sunidhi. Sweet and nostalgic!

Mar Jayian (Sad) - Bann. High pitched and unplugged. Bann's sound is quite unconventional and stands out. Only guitar in between. I felt like this holds the pain inteded by the song. Grt!

 Chaddha - Mika Singh. Mika gets his usual high pitch Punjabi number. But infused with modern sounds and beats. OK tune which somehow lacks punch. Problem maybe with the tempo. Anyway an average song.

Overall, Vicky Donor is a very good album which has everything from light melodies, urbane numbers and catchy dance tracks. An album to watch out. a good album from relatively new music directors with relatively new singers. Loved it !

3.5/5

Complete Bollywood Music Analysis 2011

Complete Bollywood Music analysis 2011

2011 had been a pretty eventful year for Bollywood with a good number of films crossing the 100 crore mark. We saw Salman Khan fixing his top spot with films like Bodyguard, Ready etc..while SRK experimenting with films lyk Ra.One and Don2. A year in which we saw record being broken and re-written.

Well, my concentration is only in music. In dat case too, 2011 saw a good number of chartbusters. People to danced to the rythem of Chammak Challo nd Dhinka Chika while enjoyed the breezy tunes of Teri Meri and Haal-e-dil. Western artists like Akon and Ludacris featured in various tracks which was also the sign of global recognition of Bollywood music.

Amit Trivedi gave a killer opening to 2011 with track ‘Dilli..” from ‘No one Killed Jessica’. The song was a huge hit and saw discos dancng to it. January also saw a musical delight with ‘Dil toh Bachha hai Ji’ with Pritam composing a decent album nd songs like ‘Abhi Kuchh Dinon se’ becoming hits.

Moving into February, ‘Patiala House’, ‘7 Khoon Maaf’, and ‘Tanu weds Manu’ entertained the listners with tracks like ‘Laung da Lashkara’, ‘Daarling’, and ‘Sadi Gali’ respectively. Tanu weds Manu had also hits like ‘Yun Hi’ nd ‘Jugni’.

March was a disappointment but April bettered the situation with ‘FALTU’, ‘Dum maaro Dum’, ‘Shor in the City’, ‘Thank You’ etc.. ‘Char Baj Gayi’, ‘Dum Maaro Dum’, ‘Te Amo’, and ‘Saibo wer hits of the month.

May saw romantic albums like ‘Haunted’ and ‘Love you Mr Kalakaar’ coming up with pretty good tracks like ‘Jaaniya’, ‘Tum Ho’, ‘Bhoore Bhoore’, ‘Sarphira sa’, and ‘Kahin Se Chali aa’. Also ‘Pyaar KA Punch naama produced a funny track ‘Bandh gaya patta’.

June was the year to produce the first chartbuster in the form of ‘Ready’. Songs like ‘Character Dheela’ and ‘Dhinka Chika’ were sort of viral hits nd remained in the charts for weeks. The month also saw good albums like ‘Shaitan’ and ‘Always Kabhi Kabhi’.

July was the month of hilarious experimentation with the arrival of ‘Delhi Belli’ nd song ‘Bhaag DK Bose’ becoming a rage. All the songs of the movie were hits and ‘DK Bose’ was a chartbuster.! The good scene continued with the arrival of ‘Murder 2’ with another super hit ‘Haal-e-Dil’ and other good tracks like ‘Phir Mohobbat’ and ‘Aye Khuda’. ‘Zindagi naa Milegi Dobara’ arrived with some pretty cool tracks like ‘Ik Junoon’, ‘Senorita’ etc.. ‘Singham’ also had a couple of good tracks like ‘Saathiya’ nd ‘Maula’.

August had only two good albums. The OKOK ‘Aarakshan’ and the bumper ‘Bodyguard’. ‘Saathiyaa’ from ‘Aarakshan’ was a hit while ‘Bodyguard’ produced hits like ‘Teri Meri’, ‘I love you’, nd ‘Bodyguard’. ‘Teri Meri’ was a chartbuster and one of the most viewed and downloaded songs of 2011.

September came up with ‘Mere Brother Ki Dulhan’ which was a musical treat with almost all songs becoming hits. Songs like ‘Dhunki’, ‘Isq Risk’, nd ‘Mere Brother’ were major hits. Next we saw Pritam at his best with ‘Mausam’. “Rabba’, ‘Ik Tuhi’, nd ‘Saj Dhaj Ke’ becoming huge hits proved his worth. ‘Force’ had a couple of good songs like ‘Khaabon Khaabon’ and ‘Chahoon bhi’.

In October, ‘Love Breakups Zindagi’ produced a good track ‘Rab Raakha’. The next good album was the hyped ‘Ra.One’ with a good deal of good songs. Akon’s ‘Chammak Challo’ was the pick of the lot, which was hit even before the release due to internet leakage. Songs like ‘Criminal’ nd ‘Bhare Naina’ were also great songs. ‘Damadamm’ was next with a hit song ‘Umrao Jaan’.

November opened with ‘Miley Naa Miley Hum’ which had a couple of good tracks like ‘Haule Haule’ nd ‘Nazar Se Nazar’. The real Euphoria began with ‘Sadda Haq’ from ‘Rockstar’. Songs like ‘Katiya Karoon’, ‘Tum Ho’, Jo Bhi’ and ‘Nadaan Parindey’ were also hugely popular. November ended with a good ‘Desi Boyz’ with tracks like ‘Jhak Maar Ke’ and ‘Desi Boyz’ becoming popular.

2011 ended with three good albums ‘Dirty Picture’, ‘Ladies vs Ricky Bhal’ and ‘Don 2’.

Songs like ‘Ooh la la’, ‘Ishq Sufiana’, ‘Aadat se majboor’, ‘Thug le’, ‘Jazba’ and ‘Zara dil ko’ became hugely popular.

Top Ten Melodies of 2011

Rank	Song	Film	Singer(s)	Music Director
1.	Teri Meri	Bodyguard	Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Shreya Ghoshal	Himesh Reshammiya
2.	Haal-e-Dil	Murder 2	Harshit Saxena	Harshit Saxena
3.	Rabba	Mausam	Rahat Fateh Ali Khan	Pritam Chakraborty
4.	Te-Amo	Dum Maaro Dum	Ash King, Sunidhi Chauhan	Pritam Chakraborty.
5.	Tum Ho	Rockstar	Mohit Chauhan	A R Rahman
6.	Kun Faya Kun	Rockstar	A R Rahman, Javed Ali, Mohit Chauhan	A R Rahman
7.	Phir Mohobbat	Murder 2	Mohammad Irfan, Arijit Saha & Saim Bhat	Mithoon
8.	Ishq Sufiana	Dirty Picture	Kamal Khan, Sunidhi Chauhan	Vishal-Shekhar
9.	Rab Raakha	Love Break ups Zindagi	Sonu Nigam	Salim-Sulaiman
10.	I love You	Bodyguard	Ash King, Clinton Cerejo	Pritam Chakraborty

Top 10 Dance Tracks of 2011

Rank	Song	Film	Singer(s)	Music Director
1.	Chammak Challo	Ra.One	Akon, Hamsika Iyer	Vishal-Shekhar, Akon
2.	Sadda Haq	Rockstar	Mohit Chauhan	A R Rahman
3.	Bhaag DK Bose	Delhi Belly	Ram Sampath	Ram Sampath
4.	Dhinka Chika	Ready	Mika Singh, Amrita Kak	Devi Sree Prasad
5.	Dhunki	Mere Brother ki Dulhan	Neha Bhasin	Sohail Sen
6.	Ooh la la	The Dirty Picture	Bappa Lahiri, Shreya Ghoshal	Vishal-Shekhar
7.	Character Dheela	Ready	Neeraj Sreedhar, Amrita Kak	Pritam Chakraborty
8.	Umrao Jaan	Damadamm!	Himesh Reshammiya	Himesh Reshammiya
9.	Aadat se Majboor	Ladies vs Ricky Bahl	Benny Dayal, Ranveer Singh	Salim-Sulaiman
10.	Mit Jaaye Ghum	Dum Maaro Dum	Anushka Manchanda	Pritam Chakraborty
10.	Bodyguard	Bodyguard	Band of Power, Salman Khan	Himesh Reshammiya

Compiling both the lists,

Top Ten Songs of 2011

10.)

Dhinka Chika

This popular song from Salman Khan starrer movie Ready was a huge hit among the youth in 2011. Music director Devi Sree Prasad redid his Telugu hit ‘Ringa Ringa’ into Dhinka Chika which was an instant Chartbuster among the masses. Salman Khan and Asin featured in the video.

Watch it here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y1V5up6ljw

9.)

Te-Amo

This song from movie Dum Maaro dum was really a change of genere for Sunidhi Chauhan from the ‘Shiela’ mode. Sweet and lovable number from the word go! Ash King supported Sunidhi beautifully. Filmed on Kunal Kapoor and Bipasha Basu.

Watch it here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzrHo-bqT5U

8.)

Dhunki.

This is the killer song from film Mere Brother ki Dulhan, rendered beautifully by Neha Bhasin. Surely, this girl is a promise to the future. Real rocking song which created airwaves among the youth.!! Filmed on Imran Khan and Katrina Kaif.

Watch it here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUAtP_tP3_I

7.)

Tum Ho

One of the best song from Rockstar, A R Rahman really comes into top gear with the album, and Mohit Chauhan’s smooth vocals turns the track into the gem of a song! Filmed on Ranbir Kapoor and Nargis Fakhri

Watch it here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xUubHh7vHo

6.)

Rabba Mein Toh

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan is in the helm of affairs with this sweet romantic track which yet again proves the talent of the artist. One of the best songs from Mausam, this proved to be a non mover in the charts. Filmed on Shahid Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor.

Watch it here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxozO1cv6qk

5.)

Bhaag DK Bose

This killer rock track from Delhi Belly was one of the greatest hits of 2011. Composed and sung by Ram Sampath, the song created controversy because of its double-meaning lyrics. Neverthless, the song was a big hit with the Indian youth. Filmed on Imran Khan

Watch it here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh1O8a-vs0s

4.)

Haal-e-Dil

Harshit Saxena made his Bollywood debut with a bang!! This Melodious and romantic track from Murder 2 was one of the USP of the film. A perfect song tailor made for Emraan Hashmi. It captured the emotions beautifully and proved to be an instant hit.!

Watch it here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vticTxVrxIU

3.)

Sadda Haq

Datz it. Sadda Haq..Eithe Raqq!! The youth anthem of 2011! From the very first day of Rockstar promotions the song created tremendous hype and after the song released, riding on the tremendous positive response, the song shot up the charts in no time. A R Rahman’s music and Mohit Cahuhan’s energetic vocals mixed with western artist Orianthi’s superb guitar work produced a song datz to be remembered for long.! Filmed on Ranbir Kapoor

Watch it here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6mraYuSELU

2.)

Teri Meri

The best melody of 2011, crossed 2 crore views in 4 months and topped the BBC Asian singles download chart for 20 weeks in a row! One of the most downloaded song of 2011, this Himesh Reshammiya musical is considerd as the comeback of the composer into mainstream music composing. The song was a USP of Salman starrer Bodyguard. Sung by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and Shreya Ghoshal, the song captures the nostalgia and emotion of lost loves. Filmed on Salman Khan and Kareena Kapoor.

Watch it here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyxswccv-VU

Song of The Year

Chammak Challo

Chamak Challo created news for many reasons.

1. It was the first Bollywood song of American pop artist Akon!
2. It was part of SRK’s most prestigious project Ra.One
3. It was leaked on the net months before the scheduled release date.

Everything proved ryt and after the album released, the song received tremendous positive response and topped the charts. Chammak Challo was named the most downloaded song and video of the year in a survey by wireless telephony major Airtel Of the total downloads of the song in India, 41.13% were by people in south India, followed by 30%, 16.75% and 11.85% in the west, east and north. The track was also rated as the best item number of 2011 in a Mid Day poll. Filed on SRK and Kareena Kapoor.

Watch it here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FteXhp7MZY