Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi Music Review

Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi Music

Music Director:   Jeet Ganguly

Lyricist:    Amitabh Bhattacharya, & Faraz Alir (Song # 6)

What I expected? : Jeet Ganguly is simply an innovative music director, so from him, some very good fresh songs.

Ishq Main Tere Bina by K.K. & Shreya Ghoshal is a simple light romantic outing with basic softrock arrangements and soulful singing by both singers, but of less shelf life. Worth a hear!

Khatti Meethi by Shreya Ghoshal must probably have the heroine dreaming about something pleasent, given the lyrics, which is strange in a way(Hinglish) and tender singing by Shreya with a light and fresh sounding background setup makes up a Good hear!

Kaafir Andhere by K.K. makes a start with melancholic guitar along with slow soulful singng by KK, before it changes to the rock mode and back again, moving with good lyrics, ending up again with a good song but which won't be playing long.
Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi by Neeraj Shridhar is the theme song which is peppy, funny and somewhat catchy.
Kuku Duku by Mohit Chauhan has a funny sounding Mohit behind the mike, singing this quirky piece of a song with intersting arrangements! Good hear! 
Rhamba Mein Samba has Usha Uthup singing this heavily arranged funny track, quite catchy, but needs a good visual to work. Good hear!


Verdict : As, Milliblog points out, Jeet has redone his original Bengali songs for the movie, which is somewhat good, ending up with a decent album which is light on ears. Try it!


3/5

Ek Tha Tiger Music Review

Ek Tha Tiger Music

Music Direction : Sajid-Wajid (Song # 1) & Sohail Sen

Lyrics : Kausar Munir (Song # 1), Neelesh Misra & Anvita Dutt Guptan

What I expected : Its Salman Khan, its Sohail Sen and Sajid-Wajid, its Yash Raj, so nothing but an excellent album.!

Mashallah, sung by Wajid and Shreya, sole song done by Said-Wajid, is basically a bland composition with Arabic belly dance loops mixed with predictable vocals, cliché guitar arrangements and average lyrics, adding up to a forgetful affair! Remix is nothing good.

Laapata by K.K. & Palak Muchhal has quite a catchy setup with impressive rendition by KK and Palak, with cleverly arranged Latino music background. Good hear!
Remix is just fast paced.

Banjaara by Sukhwinder Singh showcases the singer again in an easy high pitch mode with a stunningly good Celtic/Irish inclined addictive arrangements! Good hear!
An equally good remix with increased tempo is included!

Saiyaara by Mohit Chauhan & Taraannum Malik, is the best song of the album, tailor made for Mohit with melancholic vocals by Ms Malik supporting beautifully, ends up being a perfect romantic outing with soulful arrangements and fabulous lyrics. Grt hear!

Tigers (Theme) composed by Julius Packiam is Don-Theme infused wannabe Hollywood-ish track with a heard before feel at many parts. Still an engaging one!

Verdict : Ek Tha Tiger is a good soundtrack with Sohail Sen clearly spilling his magic over the three tracks he got. Sajid-Wajid disappoints(again!) through Mashahllah, but minus that, the album is an enjoyable ride. Go for it!

3/5

 

Gangs Of Wasseypur 2 Music Review

Gangs Of Wasseypur 2 Music

Music Direction : Sneha Khanwalker
Lyrics : Varun Grover & Piyush Mishra

What to expect? : Nothing but excellent, given GOW1 was outstanding!

Chhi (Chha Ledar) by Durga is a funny, peppy and addictive folk song mixed with electric backgrounds, with hilarious vocals and lyrics! Grt hear!

Kaala Rey by Sneha Khanwalkar is true blue gem of a song with the tender sounding melancholic Sneha, along with slight soft rock imaginative arrangements.! Song of the album. Grt hear!!

Electric Piya by Rasika D Rani is a quirky folk item number-ish song with only Dholak and Harmonium in the background, which holds your attention for its funny occasional Hinglish lyrics and rawness. Good hear!

Electric Piya (Fused) by Rasika D Rani has more modern electric  arrangements and thats it!

Bahut Khoob - Instrumental is a chaotic mix of random village children sounds. Donno wat to say, it doesn't qualify as a song.

Bahut Khoob 8 Bit by Shubhankar Dutta. Electro mix of the word Bahut Khoob a 1000 times along with other random words and strange electro sounds.!

Taar Bijli by Padmashree Sharda Sinha is that kind of hardcore village song where people(here, all women) sit in a group and sing along basic instruments, which is damn catchy and folkish! Grt hear!

Aabroo by Piyush Mishra & Bhupesh Singh is another strange hardcore village dance song with dholak in the background, which is strictly situational but works for its purpose.! Good one!

Perpendicular (Theme) - Instrumental takes another route in mixing random sonds which is, must say, not that catchy.

Moora by Sneha Khanwalkar & Robbie Styles has a low singing soulful Sneha with Calypso influenced arrangements. Good hear!

Moora (Morning) - Instrumental is surprisingly pleasant and fresh with enhanced electric arrangements.! Good hear!

Tunya - Instrumental. Strange.
KKL by Sneha Khanwalkar  is as a final say, with folkish mix of Keh Ke loonga, hell lot of sounds, electric loops with occasional vocals shows what Sneha Khanwalker is. This is one of her signature styled tracks.!


Verdict : GOW2 is a very good outing, but pales compared to GOW1, which had more variety of genres in it. Neverthless, Sneha Khanwalker as a composer scores second time in a row, and her prowess is never to be underestimated! This one is imaginative, innovative funny and simply beautiful. Go for it!


3.5/5

Aalaap Music Review

 

Aalaap Music 

Music Direction : Agnee 

Just my brief review as time restricts me from writing a detailed one. 

Aalaap is a full on rock music outing except for one track. 

Ek nayi Roshni by Mohan is hard rock, engaging in parts and a worthy listen.  

Dil yeh awaaz de by Meera Shenoy, Mohan and Varun Venkat is progressive rock influenced which is thoroughly entertaining and captivating! Good hear!  

Paa para paa by Nikhil Bonnie nd Dhruv is Jazz infused rock and ends up being a delightful track with careful arrangements. 

Soniye by Mohan has pure sufi-Rock backdrop ending up with a winner with multiple listens! 

Shuruvaat pyaar ki by Nikhil and Yamini is a dreamy soft rock romantic gem of a song! 

Chadhti Jawani by Kanika and Bonnie is a peppy and well executed desi item number track. 

Verdict : I don't understand rock music much but I definitely enjoyed Agnee's Aalaap with a wide variety of songs! This one's a winner! 

 3.5/5

Jism 2 Music Review

Jism 2 Music

Music Direction : Mithoon, Dr.Arko Mukherjee, Rushk, Abdul Baasith Saeed

Lyrics : Neelesh Misra, Dr. Arko Mukherjee & Munish Makhija

What to expect? : Given the genre of the film and considering that Jism was an excellent soundtrack, nothing less than a very good erotic romantic ride.

Abhi Abhi (Male) - K.K. Soft rock love song in sync with the Bhatt camp. Sadly, apart from KK's open throated singing, the song has nothing new to offer. Arrangements and lyrics are average. Even the tune was not so catchy for me. Still manages a repeat. 

Hum To Haare (Abhi Abhi) - K.K. & Shreya Ghosal. Hear an unconventional Shreya while she tries to bring that low pitched rough erotic edge to her voice which is actually nice on ears, and comes back to her old self. KK remains the same, implies that this version is better because of Shreya.

Yeh Kasoor - Sonu Kakkar. Keyboard based romantic track with Sonu's voice dominating the scene, with a haunting effect intended but works in vain. Sonu's singing is atrocious and fails to capture the mood of the song, clearly this was not a song which is suited for the voice setup of a singer like Sonu Kakkar. Nothing to mention about the arrangements and basic tune. Worth a hear for the lyrics.

Maula - Ali Azmat. Strange sufi-rockish sad track which works mainly due to Ali's rendition with pain, giving an effect of really crying out loud, the beats, catchy loops and sudden up and down  changes in notes. Good hear!
Ye Jism Hai To Kya - Ali Azmat. Loved it! Ali's painful high pitched rock singing continues in this beautifully tuned and arranged track with a sad, nostalgic backdrop, which works to a great extent.! Ali has poured his heart out in the track which has the feel of internal rage and stress of love(lust?)!Waiting to watch this on video. Grt hear!

Darta Hoon (Adhoora) - Rushk. Rehash of the song 'Adhoora' by Pakistani band Rushk. The arrangements are a bit reduced from the original loud noisy Gothic metal setup to somewhat progressive metal backdrop, but Nazia's singing manages to maintain that secretive, sad, haunting nature. Ziyyad and Uns Mufti supports beautifully. Good lyrics.! Repeat! Good hear!

Hey Walla - Unoosha. All English nightclub track sung by Maldivian artist Unoosha which has addictive beats, excellent orchestration and super cool rendition! Good hear! Sad it doesn't come with a remix!

 
Verdict : Jism 2 does not live up to the expectations, but 2-3 good tracks make it a worthy hear. Some songs as standalones are a letdown, but most probably will work when infused with the situation of the movie. Have to watch out! Give the album a try!

3/5


Update : The female voice in the beginning of Abhi Abhi duet is NOT Shreya Ghoshal as tweeted by Shreya. Shreya takes over to the end of the track only.
Thanks to my friend Arjun K R for pointing this out.

Update 2 : The uncredited female singer in Abhi Abhi duet is Akriti Kakkar.
Courtesy : Musicaloud.com

Update 3 : After repeated listens, Yeh Kasoor turned to be somewhat enjoyable, unlike what I said in my first review. But the rating remains unchanged.

Mere Dost Picture Abhi Baki Hai Music Review

Mere Dost Picture Abhi Baki Hai Music

Music Direction : Sukhwinder Singh, Rajendra Shiv, Subash Pradhan & Parvez Qadar
Lyrics : Sameer, Ravi Chopra, Swasti Shree Sharma & Taabish Romani

What to Expect? : No Idea.

Picture Abhi Baki Hai - Shabaab Sabri. A fun song with a desi touch, strictly situational. Catches your attention to an extent. Worth a hear.

Salaame-E-Ishq - Sunidhi Chauhan. Yeah. Item number track. Thankfully this one's a bit techno- groovy, so rises up a level from the usual item numbers roaming around now. I loved it actually, with club beats, the English pop infused with Sunidhi's haunting longing vocals. Good hear!

Chala Hai Joshi - Parvez Qadar. A strange soft rock track, slow and haunting vocals, with a jazz outlook. Its actually good. Can't help shaking your head! Good hear.!

Koi Na Samjha - Parvez Qadar. Slow sad soft rock song with guitar dominated basic arrangements. Lyrics are average, good rendition which actually captures the feel of the setting. Composition stands out along with singing. Good hear!

Its Rain Rain - Sukhwinder Singh & Sunidhi Chauhan. Outdated track, seems like a track from a 1990's Bolly romantic movie. Its rain rain, its fail fail.!

Sanam Sanam - Shaan & Shraddha Pandit. The starting "oooooooooooh" resembles a Himesh Reshammiya track. This is another outdated romantic track with irritating repeated loops. Worth a hear.

Zindagi Mere Paas - Sukhwinder Singh. Slow sad song with old outfit. Apart from excellent singing from Sukku ji, it has nothing to offer.
 
Verdict : 2 good songs, 1 OK song, fails to live up as a complete album. Average.

2.5/5

From Sydney With Love Music Review

From Sydney With Love Music 

Music Direction : Sohail Sen,Thor Patridge & Nabin Laskar

What to expect : No Idea. It came out of nowhere. But one of the MD is Sohail Sen so expect some real cool tracks with intelligent backdrops.

Feeling Love In Sydney - Sohail Sen. A modern urbane song thats breezy with a nice tune, yets seems like milking on Sohail's own 'Choomanter'(MBKD). Nice hear! Remix is added, which is super fun with funny dialouge pieces added. Good one!

Ho Jaayega - Mohit Chauhan. Guitar dominated romantic track. Mohit is excellent behind mike. Also the uncredited female singer. Has a good tune. Arrangements are nothing special. Anyway a good hear! Remix is added, which is outstanding with bettr arrangemets. Original should have borrowed a bit from this.

Khatkaa Khatkaa - Mika Singh. Qawaali infused fast Indian dance track with modern arrangements. Mika is in high pitch in most parts as usual, but goes down at times. Good arrangements and definitely worth a repeat. Good listen!

Naino Ne - Palak. A sweet romantic track with an engaging tune, Indian flavour and impressive orchestration. Good and promising singing by Palak and the unknown male voice is good too. Has a heard before feel. Grt hear!!

Item Ye Hi Fi - Neeraj Shridhar. Very Neeraj Shridhar-ish dance track with modern club beats and a lot of things mixed together. A harmless song with nothing special. Worth a hear.

Pyaari Pyaari - Brooklyn Shanti. This one's something. Light hearted song sung superbly with highly addictive loops and a cool bit of  European feel arrangements and lyrics. You'll find yourself shaking your head. Grt hear!!

Verdict : From Sydney With Love is a nice package of  good songs, that won't leave you dissappointed. Good hear!

3/5 

Kya Super Kool Hain Hum Music Review

Kya Super Kool Hain Hum Music

Music Direction:   Sachin-Jigar, Meet Bros.Anjaan & Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy

Lyricist:    Mayur Puri (Song # 1) & Kumaar (Song # 2, 3, 4, 5)

What to expect : Looking from the perspective of the movie, some cool modern peppy tracks.

Dil Garden Garden Ho Gaya - Vishal Dadlani. Music By Sachin Jigar. Starts off with cool club beats. A peppy fun song with slight romantic outlook. Vishal gives that rock-ish rendition which is grt! Catches your attention. Good One!

Remix is almost the same with slight change in arrangements(beats with more bass). Good.

Shirt Da Button - Sonu Nigam & Anjjan - Meet Bros. Music by Meet Bros. Sonu Nigam is soulful behind the mike for this lovely romantic Qawaali. Orchestration is impressive! Weird lyrics, and song has a heard before feel(Mere dil bhi kitna pagal?), but overall manages to be a good song which asks repeat hearing. Good one!

Shirt Da Button (Version 2) - Kailash Kher & Meet Bros. Anjaan. A bit more modern but intelligent arrangements. This one catches your attention, mostly because of Kailash's topnotch singing with a classical touch which suits the Qawaali setup and the difference in mood. Liked this version more. Its sad and nostalgic. Grt hear!

Hum Toh Hain Cappuccino (U.P. - Bihar Lootne) - Sukhwinder Singh, Daler Mehndi, Riteish Deshmukh & Swaroop. Music By Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy. Long time since SEL has done a song in Bollywood. Anyway this is not an original, rather a rehash of their own song, the once highly popular 'Mein Aayi hoon UP Bihar Lootne' (Courtesy : Shilpa Shetty :P). Needless to say the song is instantly catchy, with SEL giving an extra coating in the form of  'Hum Toh Hain Cappuccino'. Sukhwinder is first class in rendition and the song works for multiple reasons. The excellent singing, the 'nach le' mood created by the beats and the outstanding orchestration. Its more rich and has that namkeen feel to it! Loved the change of mood in the middle. Waiting to watch this on video.Grt hear!!

Volume High Karle - Neeraj Shridhar. Music by Meet Bros.Mr Shridhar gets his usual club dance song which he sings effortlessly, but the song asks for repeat in vain. Original itself seems like a remix with so much things added together that nothing is clear. Uninspiring tune. Didn't work for me. Remix is added.

Verdict : Except for Volume High Karke, the rest songs work big tym. Hum Toh Hai has the potential to become a chartbuster(again!) if promoted well. The composers have done a good job. Its Kool! Go for it!

3/5

Yeh Jo Mohabbat Hai Music Review

Yeh Jo Mohabbat Hai Music

Music Direction : Anu Malik

Lyrics : Anand Bakshi, Faiz Anwar, Kausar Munir & Anu Malik

What to expect? : When Anu Malik comes as the music director, one looks forward for some good melodies. With the tracklist featuring all the biggie names in Bollywood, album is great in expectations.

Pyar Karna Na Tha (Male) - Mohit Chauhan. Singer of the season. Light romantic melody with a highly catchy tune and simple, beautiful arrangements.(Especially liked the usage of Veena in the interludes.) Mohit's singing is first class and sonorous. Long tarck with a running time of 7 mins.! Wonderful lyrics by the late Anand Bakshi. Grt hear!!

Pyar Karna Na Tha (Female) - Shreya Ghoshal. The tune is so beautiful and Shreya is mesmerizing behind the mike. The same arrangements as of the former, this one is dreamy and an absolute winner!! Grt hear!!

Tere Bina Jee Na Lage - Mohit Chauhan & Suzzana Demello. Starts of with the pop-ish English piece by Suzzane and once Mohit comes in between, the track turns to be an outright romantic and delightful melody. Oh the arrangements.! The beats, keyboard, guitar and flute is perfect! Suzzane's "come back to me.." gives a European, nostalgic feel.Good lyrics. Winner!!

Naina Thak Thak Haare - Roop Kumar Rathod. Its delightful to see the name of Mr Rathod as one expects a soul stirring melody. And here it is a sad, nostalgic track sung perfectly by Rathodji with a slight Arabic infused soulful Indian arrangements. Lyrics are supportive of the song mood and the song flows accordingly. Mesmerizing! Grt hear!!

Kyon? Kyon? - Shaan & Shreya Ghoshal. Peppy romantic track with a heard before feel. Hated the "kyon kyon kyon..' part. Club-ish haunting arrangements and singing is in the same mood. Singers do a good job, but song is average. One time hear. 

Big Fat Indian Wedding - Neeraj Shreedhar & Anmol Malik. Wedding-Fun dance track which takes a dig on the 'big-fat-Indian wedding' :D. Lyrics are funny and Neeraj and Anmol are good in rendition. Good North Indian arrangements. Loved it! Good one!

Angel My Angel - Sonu Nigam & Alisha Chinai. The flute in the beginning is absolutely gorgeous.! The slow-swaying romantic tune, excellent use of Keyboard, Violin and Cello with the tender tender vocals of Sonu Nigam and Alisha makes a perfect nighttime hearing track.! A song with the refreshing western classic feel and lyrics that you keep chanting on and on. You'll love it! Grt hear!!

Verdict : Yeh Jo Mohabbat Hai is a very good full fledged romantic album which leaves the listner delighted. A good deal of superb songs with great repeat value and great potential if promoted well. Anu Malik is in the helm of the affairs and is back with the same calibre he had shown in the 90's. Good work! Go for it!! 

3.5/5

3 Bachelors Music Review

3 Bachelors Music 

Music Direction : Daboo Malik

What to expect? : No Idea.

Dag Mag Dag Mag : Shaan & Sunidhi Chauhan. Outdated and uninspiring romantic song with od style beats. Singers do justice but forgetful.

Dhoom Dham : Arvinder Singh and Kalpana. Dance song with some catchy dholak beats. This one catches your attention to an extent. Kalpana gives a very 'namkeen' rendition. Good arrangemets. Good hear!

Shankeriya Shankeriya : Vinod Rathod & Mou Mukherjee. Another outdated sounding track. But I enjoyed it, seems like a track from the early 2000's. May not go with the masses. Good singing though.

Verdict : 3 Bachelors has 3 old sounding songs that does not go with current music scenario. Below average.

2/5

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Thattathin Marayathu Music Review

 

Thattathin Marayathu Music

Music Direction : Shaan Rahman

Anuragham(F) : Divya S Menon.

Anuragham(M) : Rahul Subramanian. One of the sweetest romantic track in the recent malayalam music scenario. Everything just works. The wonderful composition, Rahul's and Divya's seamless rendition and the perfect arrangements(wonderful guitar in the BGM in M version) with intelligent lyrics. The F version is a bit more keyboard based. Divya is a singer to be watched out. The song moves in a delightful mode in overall. Grt hear!! Highly recommended.!

Anuragathin Velayil : Vineeth Sreenivasan. The 'love at first sight song'. Starts of with a dialouge piece by Nevin Pauly which is outright romantic. Another great tune compiled by the composer. Vineeth is easy behind the mike singing in low pitch while the arrangements are quite basic with tabla beats which are great. 

Grt hear!!

Muthuchippi : Sachin Warrier, Ramya Nambeeshan. Hindustani at core. Ghazal infused love song. Catchy tune, while the singers do justify the song. Ramya's rough voice surprisingly just gets along with the mood of the soong. Sachin has done a grt job too. Grt hear!!

Namosthuthe : Arun Alat. Devotional track in an unplugged mode. Good singing. but the orchestration is quite unlike we have heard until. Slow drum beats, cello and keybord. Its strange as the song moves like a romantic track while the lyrics are devotional. As if like the hero is worshipping the heroine. Holds the attention of the listner in a grt deal. Winner!!

Praanande Naalangal : Yasin Nizar. Starts with 'vande mukunda hare' but then we hear some unconventional orchestration for a Malayalam song. Surprisingly short track sung aptly with quite good arrangements. Just works! Good one!!

Shyamambaram : Vineeth Sreenivasan. Another romantic track with simple lyrics and simple tune. Vineeth is low pitched and romantic. Good lyrics which gives that longing feeling. Good arrangements. Good hear!!

Thattathin Marayathe : Sachin Warrier. Slow romantic track which stresses on the lyrics and singing which are more than impressive. Arrangements are good with keyboard and violin dominating. Grt Hear!!

After a good Malarvadi Arts Club with Vineeth Sreenivasan, Shaan Rahman storms into the music scenario with Thattathin Marayath. Not one song lets you down in the whole album. Every track manages to stand out in its own way. It just reflects the pain and homework done by the composer and the depth of his creativity. Kudos to Shaan Rahman. We look forward to more outstanding works like this. Musical feast.!Go for it!! 

4.25/5 (Its the first time I've given a rating above four!)

Maximum Music Review

Maximum Music

Music Direction : Amjad Nadeem , Daniel , Vikram-Sawan, Devi Shri Prasad

 Aa Ante Amalapuram - Malathy. Desi item dance track. Hindi version of Devi Shri Prasad's Telugu song. I hated the telugu version. No change of heart here. Absurd lyrics. Don't work. Forgetful.

Maan Qunto Maula - Raaga Boys. Music by Vikram Sawan. Sufi soft rock track. Orchestration is first class with the clearcut fusion of genres. Nice singing by the Raaga boys. Lyrics are good. Loved it!!

Ya Maula - Shafqat Amanat Ali. Music by Amjad Nadeem. Begins with the soothing sound of shehnai which continues throughout the track. A slow moving pure sufi song. Basic but apt arrangements.Singing by Amanat Ali is low pitch and haunting. Lyrics hav that longing feeling. Good One!

Aaja Meri Jaan - Tochi Raina & Ritu Pathak. Music by Amjad NAdeem. Fun intended romance track. Amit Trivedish. Singing is good. Arrangements are modern and good too. Ends up as an above average track. Good hear.

Sutta - Nadeem Khan & Tulsi Kumar. Music by Daniel. Dance track with desi flavour. Funny lyrics. But fails to hold your attention. Forgetful.

Namami Shamishaan - Bandini Sharma. Devotional shiv vandana song gets rehashed with only keyboard and violin in the background. Singing stands out. Extremely sensitive track which just flows. Good one!

Verdict : Maximum came out of nowhere, but has three very good songs which you'll totally love.! Ignore the dance tracks. Have to watchout whether the music will work or not. 

3/5

Cocktail Music Review

 

 Cocktail Music 
 Music Direction : Pritam Chakraborty

Tumhi Ho Bandhu - Neeraj Shridhar & Kavita Seth. Surprisingly delightful peppy song. Kavitha Seth's voice stands out. Its hard to drive out of your head the phrase 'tumhi ho bandhu sakha tumhi' sung aptly by Neeraj even if you have heard the song only once. Arrangements are modern and electric still okay but the songs gonna be a chartbuster!! Grt hear!!

Daaru Desi - Benny Dayal & Shalmali Kholgade. Another modern and funny and lazy song. Breezy singing by Benny Dayal and Shalmali. This is too comes with a terrificly simple and catchy tune. Find yourself singing it in the middle of something. It doesn't makes you dance, but you'll sway to the music. Get a fresh feel after hearing this. Grt hear!!

Yaariyan - Mohan Kanan & Shilpa Rao. Soft rock romantic song. Nice tune. Painful singing by Mohan. It just holds your attention as Pritam takes you to the 'Life in a Metro' zone. Shilpa gives a sufi edge. Hear it and forget everything. Just let it flow... More than impressive!!

Yaariyan (Reprise) - Sunidhi Chauhan & Arijit Singh. Starts with piano and moves slowly in an unplugged mode. Sunidhi is first class in rendition.! The feel she puts in is unmatched. Arjit Singh gives the same style singing he gave in Agent Vinod. Soulful and high pitched humming. Superb!

Second Hand Jawaani - Miss Pooja, Neha Kakkar & Nakkash Aziz. This is pure desi at core. Dholak beats with funny lyrics and suited slow singing. Find yourself shaking your head.! Have to watch out for the video. Good one!

Tera Naam Japdi Phiran - Javed Bashir, Nikhil Dsouza & Shefali. Club song and DJ beats. Javed's singing is but Indian with the Punjabi-infused lyrics providing the same feel. Nikhil and Shefali give the club singing. So kind of R&B feel. Good one! 

Tera Naam Japdi Phiran (Remix) - Javed Bashir, Nikhil & Shefali. Well a good remix but nothing innovative. Heard before arrangements.

Luttna (Saif Ul Malook) - Masuma Anwar, Sahir Ali & Anupam Amod. Sufi song. No wait, you can hear DJ beats.! I don't know what genre this song belongs to. Masuma Anwar gives a hardcore desi sufi rendition. The co-singers chorus comes with tabla. But electric arrangements dominates. And it goes perfectly smoothly and its haunting. Strange really! Pritam expiriments. But good one!

Luttna (Version 2) - Masuma Anwar, Sahir Ali Bagga & Anupam Amod. Different beats. A bit more soulful arrangements. Singing is the same. But I feel this version's better. Good one!

Jugni - Arif Lohar & Harshdeep Kaur. This one has a bit Pakistani in it. Rock song with  Punjabi-Urdu lyrics and singing is the same way too. Sounds a bit like Falak's songs. A bit too long but grabs your attention with the repeated high pitched loops. Good singing(in a way). Good one!

Main Sharabi - Imran Aziz & Yo Yo Honey Singh. Bonus track. Trance track. Must find its way into discos. Funny lyrics. Coated in modern arrangements. Chorus 'mein sharabi' is addictive again. Good one!

Verdict: Pritam has always done magic with Saif. Love Aaj Kal, Agent Vinod and now Cocktail. You can find almost every musical ingredient in Cocktail. Fresh, modern, desi, peppy. Pritam has again come up with a heavily loaded album which soul stirring songs.!! Go for it!

4/5

Bol Bachchan Music Review

 

Bol Bachchan Music
Music Direction : Himesh Reshammiya, Ajay-Atul.

Bol Bachchan - Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan & Ajay Devgn. Title track. Absurd but funny english lyrics. Catchy tune with grt Indian flavour. Amitabh, Abhishek are good behind the mike. Will linger for some time.Good One!
Remix comes with enhanced beats. Nothing new.
Chalao Na Naino Se - Himesh Reshammiya & Shreya Ghoshal. HR behind the mike again. This tym with the peppy dance romantic song. Average singing, Shreya is pretty good but gets only less scope. May work once video is out. Remix is just a remix.
Nach Le Nach Le - Sukhwinder Singh & Shreya Ghoshal. By guest composers Ajay-Atul. This one will put your legs on fire. Furiously fast and over the top singing by Sukku ji and Shreya supports beautifully. Perfect arrangements with the traditional desi feel. Go for it! Yeah, remix is there.
Jab Se Dekhi Hai - Mohit Chauhan. This is one song HR will sing himself if needed for one of his acting films. Sufi infused slow moving song with a lot of feel. Mohit has done a good job. Kind of nostalgic track, perfect for sitalone night time hear.! Good one! Could've avoided the remix.

Verdict. Above average album. Himesh lets down with Chalao Na. But the title track will catch up and Jab Se will be too. Have to watch out for Nachle. Come up with more innovations HR.

2.5/5

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

Shanghai Music Review

Shanghai Music
Music Direction : Vishal Shekhar

This is another late review. So just giving the tracklist.



Bharat Mata Ki Jai - Kirti Sagathia, Vishal Dadlani & Mandar

Imported Kamariya - Richa Sharma, Vishal Dadlani & Shekhar

Duaa - Nandini Srikar, Arijit Singh & Shekhar Ravjiani

Khudaaya - Shekhar Ravjiani & Raja Hasan

Morcha - Raja Hasan & Vishal Dadlani

Bharat Mata Ki Jai (Remix) - Kirti Sagathia & Vishal Dadlani

Khudaaya (Remix) - Shekhar Ravjiani

Mantra Vishnu Sahasranamam - Srivatsa Krishna

Excellent soundtrack from V-S with a variety of sounds and engaging songs.! Each one stands out. This one gonna play in my music player for a long tym. Go for it!

4/5  

Rowdy Rathore Music Review

Rowdy Rathore Music
Music Direction : Sajid-Wajid

This review is late too. But better miss this than late.

01. Dhadang Dhang Dhang - Wajid, Shreya Ghoshal

02. Chinta Ta Ta Chita Chita - Mika Singh, Wajid

03. Aa Re Pritam Pyaare - Mamta Sharma, Sarosh Sami

04. Chamak Challo Chel Chabeli - Kumar Sanu, Shreya Ghoshal

05. Tera Ishq Bada Teekha - Javed Ali, Shreya Ghoshal

06. Chandaniya (Lori Lori) - Shreya Ghoshal

07. Rowdy Mix - Akshay Kumar, Sarosh Sami

After a disastrous Housefull 2 nd a poor Tezz, Sajid-Wajid are improving, still getting nowhere. Try it if u want some 80's 90's masala music.

2/5 

Ishaqzaade Music Review

Ishaqzaade Music
Music Direction : Amit Trivedi


I know its late, but wasn't able to write reviews due to lack of time. But didn't miss this wonderful soundtrack from Amit Trivedi. Its late, so I'm just giving the track list and my rating.



Ishaqzaade - Javed Ali & Shreya Ghoshal

Chokra Jawaan - Vishal Dadlani & Sunidhi Chauhan

Pareshaan - Shalmali Kholgade

Jhalla Wallah - Shreya Ghoshal

Aafaton Ke Parinde - Suraj Jagan & Divya Kumar

Pareshaan (Remix) - Shalmali Kholgade (Remixed By Abhijit )

Jhalla Wallah (Remix) - Shreya Ghoshal (Remixed By Abhijit)

Verdict : A very good soundtrack from Amit Trivedi after a low-key Ekk Mein Aur Ekk Tu. Engaging! Loved it!

3.5/5

Dangerous Ishhq Music Review

Dangerous Ishhq Music

Music Direction : Himesh Reshammiya

Tu Hi Rab Tu Hi Dua - Rahat Fateh Ali Khan & Tulsi Kumar. Sweet romantic track. I have a feeling that among the current music directors, only Himesh knows how to use Rahat to the maximum extent. Has a 'Kyon Ki'  feel somehow, the same beats, but its catchy. Tulsi has done a grt work too. Winner!

Has an R&B Remix and a reprise featuring the same singers. Good work.

Naina Re - Himesh Reshammiya, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan & Shreya. The combo has done magic whenevr they came together. Remember Teri Meri? Well Naina Re belongs to the three of them because all the three singers has done justification to their respective roles. There is soothness in Shreya, pain in Himesh, and feel in Rahat. Somehow, it takes you back to Himesh's earlier compositions at the time of Aap Ka Surror. Its good to see Himesh in his old self. A nostalgic track with haunting beats and pretty good lyrics. It grows on you.Good one.!

Has a remix with a 90's club feel and a reprise which is essentially the same as original.

Ishq Mein Ruswaa - Anweshaa. Mujra track. Anweshaa is a singer to watch out because she sounds so much like Shreya and her singing is so good and mature that you can't take the song out of your head. Good and soulful composition, but its not the first time HR is doing this. Winner!!

Remix was not necessary.

Umeed - Amrita Kak & Shahab Sabri. Club song? Dance track? Sufi song? No idea. The song changes from mode to mode in turns and do not essentially belongs to any specific genre. Amrita has done a Sunidhi, neverthless good. Shahab Sabri was OK. Anyway, a good one time hear. Remix is added.

Lagan Lagi More Piya - Shreya Ghoshal & Shahab Sabri. This one belongs to Shreya. She has done an excellent job in singing this slow romantic painful tune with feel so that it stands out as the best song in the album. Shahab has sung well too, but its Shreya who dominates. The beats are good and haunting and  its a perfect nighttime-sit-alone song! Winner!

Overall, Dangerous Ishq has a very good music score with each song having an identity of its own. Umeed is a let down, so excluding that the album works as a whole anyway. But if you have a feeling that Himesh has borrowed ideas from his previous compositions and made a rehash, its true. I'm getting that too. Not one of the best works of HR, not bad either. Except Umeed every song has grt potential if promoted well. Go for 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

Hate Story Music Review

Hate Story Music
Music Direction : Harshit Saxena

Mahe Jaan : By Harshit Saxena. Slow romantic softrock track. Has a heard before feel. Singing is average too. Harshit has to work on his tunes. Comes with a rock version too.
Dil Kaanch Sa : By Krishna. Krishna does a Fateh Ali Khan effort, and neverthless impressive. Dil kaanch sa is a has a feel good tune which works as a sufi number. Not great. Not bad either. A Heart&Soul version by Harshit Saxena is added.
Raat : By Sunidhi Chauhan. Slow haunting track, which does turns nostalgic in parts. But feeble effort with the singer concerned. Remix is nothing special.

Had more expectations from "Haal-e-dil.." composer Harshit Saxena. He comes up with an average album, with Dil Kaanch sa being the saving grace.

2.5/5

Tezz Music Review

Tezz Music

 Music Direction : Sajid-Wajid

Tere Bina : By Rahat Fateh Ali Khan. Routine FAK love number. Too simple tune with too simple lyrics with too simple beats. Music, arrangements lyrics all below average. No repeat quality at all. And surprise is that the song repeats in as many as 5 versions!! Tere Bina (Female) by Shreya Ghoshal has a hoarse sounding and unimpressive Shreya. Then there is a slow sad version, a remix and an indian version with dholak beats. Unimpressive.

Tezz : Theme song probably. This song has also as many as four versions. First one by Sunidhi Chauhan has a very nasal and irritating Sunidhi. Unimaginative tune which leads to nowhere and absolute absurd lyrics like "everybody tezz". waste of tym. Male version by Shaan is a bit better for ears still nothing special. Then there is Tezz Female remix and Tezz Male remix! I wonder, why so many remixes for a song so bad?

Main Hoon Shab : Mohit Chauhan gets his usual slow track, but he is sounding very shrill and trying hard to make notes meet. Clearly this one is not intended for Mohit Chauhan. More suitable for a conventional singer like Shaan.

Laila : Sunidhi Chauhan. Of course. Item number, so silly and boring. Comes with remix too.

After a gloriously bad Housefull 2, Sajid Wajid comes up with something better but nothing satisfactory. Clearly, the duo is unable to do a suspense thriller kinda music. In the Tezz theme song, there is a line "everybody wanna win the race". Its nothing Race. Not even Players.

1.5/5