Latest Music Reviews from BollywoodHungama.com http://www.bollywoodhungama.com Hungama Feed Creator http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/templates/default/images/logo2.jpg http://www.bollywoodhungama.com Feeds provided by BollywoodHungama. Click to visit. http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/musicreview/13633/index.html Well, these are indeed exciting times for music coming out of Bollywood. Just recently we had Singh Is Kinng arriving with a bang and making a big impression. Now, within a few hours of its arrival on the stands, Bachna Ae Haseeno too has created a huge splash all over. The current year has seen music of number of films doing quite well. Race, Tashan, Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na, Jodhaa Akbar and Jannat are just to name a few. Now add Vishal-Shekhar composed Bachna Ae Haseeno to the list. This one is a solid winner from the word go and would scale greater heights over the weeks to come. Shilpa Rao gets a big break on her name with 'Khuda Jaane' where she pairs up with the man of all seasons, KK. Unlike Pritam who always ropes in KK for at least one song in each of his albums, Vishal-Shekhar have believed in using him sparsely and asking him to come behind the mike only in case of anything exceptional. Well, 'Khuda Jaane' is indeed an exceptional song and though it may seem quite good in the first couple of listening, it takes a brilliant turn once you have heard for a few more times. Write your own music review of Bachna Ae Haseeno A core Indian melody that has its beauty lying at the point where KK gets into a high pitch, 'Khuda Jaane' is a number that is an instant chartbuster material. Also notable is the way Shilpa compliments her co-singer with her unique voice that sets her apart from her contemporaries. A mesmerizing number that has a lot going for it in it's 'revisited remix version' by Abhijeet Nalani which takes the number from serene islands to a upmarket discotheque, 'Khuda Jaane' is a winner for the real and reel life couple of Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone on whom the song has been picturised. default-300x250.tpl 'Lucky Boy' is a club/lounge track that is unique in the way Sunidhi Chauhan and Raja Hassan (of 'Maari Teetri - De Taali' fame) rendering their parts. While Raja provides a Punjabi folk feel to the number, 'Lucky Boy' inherently stays on to be a club track with Bipasha Basu exuding all the oomph. Hardkaur too makes an appearance in the middle of the number but if at all the song is remembered after it is through, it is due to Sunidhi's voice in 'Lucky Boy'. This is one track that has a distinct Vishal-Shekhar feel to it and if you have liked the kind of sound which was heard in 'Mind Blowing Maahiya', then you would lap up 'Lucky Boy' even more as it has a much more classy feel to it. Yet another club number, though with an added zing and punch, comes in the form of 'Aahista Aahista'. From singers like Lucky Ali and Shreya Ghoshal, one expects a quiet melodious outing. Well, this one too has its own serene feel to it but it's the way the number has been orchestrated which makes all the difference. As Lucky Ali and Shreya seem to be oblivious about the kind of sound engulfing them through musical arrangements and just seem to be enjoying the melodic feel of 'Aashista Aahista', it is the contemporary attitude of Vishal-Shekhar which makes the song special. Notice the way the voices of the two singers overlap each other during the 'antara' portions! After some romance, it's time to get on a foot tapping outing with 'Jogi Mahi' which is a quintessential Yash Chopra song that we have been enjoying for decades now. While Shekhar Ravjiani himself begins the track and dominates the proceedings for a large part of the song, the man-for-the-situation Sukhwinder Singh too makes his presence felt. A celebration number that has 'dholak' and the other necessary instruments for a setting like this coming together, 'Jogi Mahi' has lyricist Anvita spinning a story through her lyrics. Towards the end, Himani Kapoor (who has sung most with Himesh Reshammiya in films like Dil Diya Hai, Aap Ki Khatir, Good Boy Bad Boy and Fool N Final) also joins the show and does a good job. In terms of style, one tends to remember 'Ticket To Bollywood' [Jhoom Barabar Jhoom] in the way 'Small Town Girl' has been composed. A Punjabi-rock track with Shankar Mahadevan as the man behind the mike, this one is essentially a fun song which isn't great musically but has a potential to do reasonably well if picturised well. A track about how even a 'small town girl' could go about making men dance to her tunes, the number seems to be paradoxical in nature as it features Bipasha Basu in a hot avtar! Lastly comes the trump card of the album that has resulted in all the frenzy for Bachna Ae Haseeno so far. In one of the first of its kind attempts in a Bollywood song, an original number has been fused with the current sound as the voice from the past is retained and amalgamated with that of another singer. Years back 'Bachna Ae Haseeno' was a superb number that saw the coming together of RD Burman, Kishore Kumar and Majrooh Sultanpuri. Well, Vishal-Shekhar add much more than just a bit to one of the best rock songs from the yesteryears and rope in Kishore Kumar's son Sumit Kumar to get his own rendition going. An amazing experience which has to be heard to be believed, 'Bachna Ae Haseeno' turns out to be the 'paisa-vasool' moment of the album as the fusion is truly flawless and makes one just put on the number in a repeat mode and forget about the rest. Vishal Dadlani writes and sings the rap that compliments that mood of the song and makes 'Bachna Ae Haseeno' a number which by itself would guarantee a great opening for the film when it arrives on 15th August! Not just would this album turn out to be one of the biggest successes of the career of Vishal-Shekhar (and in the process even give Om Shanti Om a competition, if the film does well), it would also ensure that Yash Raj Films would finally have their music doing a lot of talking before the film's release. After the release of Jhoom Barabar Jhoom, music of none of the YRF films has done any great business. Chak De India did well only after the film's release, music of Laaga Chunari Mein Daag and Aaja Nachle didn't sell at all while by the time Vishal-Shekhar created soundtrack of Tashan which started making an impression, the film was declared a failure. However, things would be indeed different in case of Bachna Ae Haseeno because even though the film is more than a month away from its release, the music has already started making a huge impression. One always wondered whether the frenzy would be restricted to the title song which is currently on air. Well, that's not the case to be as music of this Siddharth Anand directed film has enough ammunition to keep the flag high for the album that has lyrics by Anvita Dutt Guptan! Joginder Tuteja Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:08:38 EDT http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/musicreview/13720/index.html 'With big power comes bigger responsibility' is the saying that fits in perfectly well for a film like Singh Is Kinng. Reasons are aplenty, the stakes are really-really high and expectations have been unparalleled. Wanna reiterate the reasons? Well, this list is long. Read on. a) Singh Is Kinng is THE Akshay Kumar ever since Namastey London. Heyy Babyy was superhit but it also featured Riteish Deshmukh and Fardeen Khan. Bhool Bhulaiyaa was a superhit as well but left his fans asking for more, courtesy his entry only around the interval point. Welcome was a blockbuster but it was clearly dominated by Anil Kapoor and Nana Patekar. And though Tashan had Akshay Kumar as the best part about it, in entirety the film made for a miserable viewing. No wonder, Singh Is Kinng turns out to be THE film for Akshay Kumar that would further reinforce his hold amongst the masses. Write your own music review of Singh Is Kinng b) Vipul Shah and Akshay Kumar. Together they have given Aankhen, Waqt and Namastey London. Singh Is Kinng is undoubtedly their biggest and most prestigious project together. c) The Anees Bazmee factor. He has a superhit No Entry and a blockbuster Welcome with Akshay. The expected super-success of Singh Is Kinng should bring Bazmee - the entertainer, into a different league altogether. default-300x250.tpl d) Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif. After an average runner like Humko Deewana Kar Gaye, they haven't set a foot wrong with Namastey London and Welcome. Move over Priyanka Chopra, Katrina Kaif is the new darling of the nation when it comes to being paired with Akshay Kumar! e) Title of the film - With one masterstroke, Akshay and company have attacked a bulk of the mass audience across the globe. There is no reason why a catchy title like this shouldn't promise a blockbuster start for the film across India, UK and USA. f) And of course Pritam, the man who is entrusted with the responsibility of creating music for the biggest film of his career so far. After a smash 2007, he has Race and Jannat ruling the charts for months now in the current year. Along with one of his favorite lyricists Mayur Puri, he must have been under huge pressure to deliver a kind of score which would cut across boundaries, work amongst all age groups and turn out to be a true-blue commercial masala entertainer. Does the team deliver? Does the album meet the sky high expectations? Does it justify all the hype surrounding it? Does it guarantee a success for those who have invested crores in the music and the film? Does it turn out to be a true 'paisa vasool' entertainer? The answer to that is, as you would have guessed by now, a solid YES! Thump. Now that's sheer thump what you witness in the title song 'Singh Is Kinng' that marks the opening of the album. The song in picture is not the one which is currently on promos (the Pritam version) but the much hyped Snoop Dogg version. A RDB track composed by Calvin Broadus with Surjeet Singh, Manjeet Ral and Kuljeet Ral, 'Singh Is Kinng' is one such chartbuster number that ensures that you don't have to worry much about what would follow next. And that's quite a saying considering the fact that the 5 tracks to follow are composed by Pritam which itself promises an entertaining ride. However, sheer beats which accompany 'Singh Is Kinng' (which brilliantly amalgamates Western and Indian style) make this number deserving enough to be heard and seen on the big screen, let aside your own state of art home theater/music system. It's the power in the composition which ensures that the song is a chartbuster in the first listening itself. Now the wait begins for the music video of this track which one expects to be a nothing short of being brilliant considering it also sees Akshay Kumar singing a few Punjabi lines in the middle of the proceedings. Does he do well? Oh, yes of course he does. From here on Pritam takes over and his tracks from this point ensures that it doesn't turn out to be the situation that one saw last in Humko Deewana Kar Gaye [Remember how Himesh Reshammiya's title song version had camouflaged the remainder of the album which was composed by Anu Malik?). In case of Singh Is Kinng, that won't be the case even by anyone's wildest imagination as Pritam gives a great account of himself and creates a sound that keeps the Punjabi flavor of Singh Is Kinng intact. This is very much visible in his song 'Jee Karda' which has one of his favorite and most successful singer Labh Jan Jua arriving on the scene. But before his arrival it is Suzie.Q who steals the scene with her English rendition. It is a trademark Pritam sound that opens 'Jee Karda' which soon brings the Punjabi flavor on. While Labh pumps up the jam and in the process gives Akshay Kumar yet another hit song, Suzie.Q continues to make her presence felt and adds on to the cute-sexy-glamorous image of Katrina Kaif. This is followed by the Hyacinth created 'remix version' which requires just 30 seconds to establish itself into the collection of the season for all up market DJs. If the original came with its own thump, this one only takes the effect forward and makes sure that if a dance floor is unavailable, you won't mind hopping on to your car and hitting the highway for a long ride! Now this one throws in a surprise. Pritam composed title song 'Bas Ek Kinng' isn't half as enthralling on being heard on TV. But hear it on a high volume on a music system and chances are good that the number would leave you on a high. The comparisons are obvious and the fact also remains that the Snoop Dogg title song is indeed better than this one but by itself, 'Bas Ek Kinng' does turn out to be a number which would make an impression on the big screen. Yet another number which has the 'thump' factor keeping the album's mood upbeat, it has singers of varied sensibilities - Mika Singh, Neeraj Sridhar, Ashish Pandit and Hard Kaur (for rap) - coming together! In fact the way Hard Kaur begins her rap for the 'remix version'; you know that it is going to be indeed different from the routine remixes. Termed as a 'Tiger Style Mix', this one turns out to be a better version and one now waits to see if the makers would opt for yet another music video here! Welcome to the North belt and the areas dominated by Punjabi in overseas! Daler Mehendi's 'Bhootni Ke' is so rooted to the Punjabi folks that one wonders whether Pritam had perhaps resided in Punjab to truly imbibe the culture, mood, folk and flavor of the state in his sound and then create the song! This one is foot tapping from the word 'Go' and is about a bunch of friends teasing the groom on his marriage. Mayur Puri's lyrics are perfect as per the situation and are witty while giving Pritam enough fodder to make sure that the song doesn't come with a single dull moment. Let the song's promotion begins and it should soon find a place amongst marriage processions and other festivities, at least up North! Later DJ Amyth arrives with his 'remix version' of the song and transports the song from the fields of Punjab to the discotheques in metros! Yes, this one works too! Surprisingly, after all the 'josh' created successfully by Daler Mehendi, the makers also incorporate a 'Tiger Style Mix' version by Mika. However, one wonders if this was indeed required as Daler version was in any case a winner and though in isolation the Mika version would have worked too, here it turns out to be 'just another' version! It's a complete about turn after four dance numbers with the arrival of romantic 'Teri Ore'. If you have liked 'Bol Na Halke Halke' [Jhoom Barabar Jhoom] and 'Falak' [Tashan], then chances are quite high that you would love 'Teri Ore' which has Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and Shreya Ghoshal proving yet again that they are an unmatchable couple when it comes to delivering a romantic duet. The duo takes the listeners to the interiors of India which is distanced from the hustle-bustle of the city life and makes this well written Mayur Puri track a delightful hearing. Not to leave the urban audience behind, Clinton and Eric Pillai arrive with their own 'Lounge Mix' version and create a setting which would allow you to settle down on a couch with dim lights, a candle dinner and a bottle of wine! Yet again Shreya Ghoshal and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan demonstrate their standing in the music scene and ensure that when it comes to singing, it is sheer quality that attracts them! Pritam's lucky mascot Neeraj Sridhar arrives in the very end with whom he has given countless hits till date. This time around it's the time to get into a club with a demand for a drink and getting high while singing 'Talli Hua'. With Labh Janjua for company, Sridhar's 'Talli Hua' (that again has a strong Punjabi flavor) may not turn out to be another 'Teri Aankhen Bhool Bhulaiyaa' but still manage a good standing for itself to make Singh Is Kinng an overall package album that would be lapped up in dozens by the masses. A club number about friends making merry, it later sees a 'Jay Dhabi Mix' version with Style Bhai arriving after a long time with his rap. The add-on effect only aids in keeping the tempo high for this album that more or less stays consistent in the kind of sound which it brings with it. Singh Is Kinng boasts of being a chartbuster album - there are no doubts around it. While the 'Bas Ek Kinng' is already popular, the Snoop Dogg version of Singh Is Kinng would register tremendous hype for the film and the album once it is out. 'Bhootni Ke' and 'Jee Karda' are sure shot chartbusters which wouldn't take much time to be grabbed by the masses while 'Teri Ore' and 'Talli Hua' have all in it to be popular once the film releases and is accepted by the audience. The album is another highlight of Pritam's career and would ensure that his super-success run continues. Singh Is Kinng could have taken a bumper start at the music stands had it seen a uniform release across the globe. Since it has seen a scattered release both within and outside the country, it may not open at the #1 position that it truly deserves. However, in a week's time once the album is available all over, it would be time for the music company to uncork the champagne once it starts ruling the charts all over. Joginder Tuteja Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:35:08 EDT http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/musicreview/13631/index.html Anu Malik is having quite a few albums of his hitting the stands in recent times. While Love Story 2050 and Ugly Aur Pagli have managed to make an impression, Hastey Hastey and Anamika haven't. With Good Luck (that has music by Sameer) not quite making one feel enthused about the music, especially due to the look of the project which isn't anywhere close to being exciting, one plays on the album with hardly any expectations. It's a dull beginning for 'Main Sajda', which takes it's own time to come to the point before Sukhwinder Singh begins his rendition. However, even as the song is close to two minutes through, one still doesn't know where it is heading. The song swings between being a carnival track to a love song to a kind, which has a Middle Eastern background, and by the time Shilpa Rao comes on the scene, one is clearly bored of the proceedings. Write your own music review of Good Luck One wonders whether Anu Malik has indeed created this composition, which seems to be a kind of tune that he may have dumped in his backyard at least a decade back! Surprisingly, the song is also repeated towards the middle of the album. One wonders why though? Yet another listless number arrives in the form of 'Nazar Mein Hai Chehra' which surprisingly is so bland even in it's 'remix version' that one wonders how would the original version sound? Looking at singers like Lucky Ali and Vasundhara Das, one expects an exciting outing with some great tune complimenting their voices but none of that really happens. default-300x250.tpl A stage number, which features Lucky Ali along with Sayali Bhagat, 'Nazar Mein', is one of those standard tunes, which Anu Malik tries to pep up with contemporary arrangements but to no avail. The original track is heard at the very end of the album but what can one expect from a tune that ceases to hold your attention after a few seconds itself? 'Give Me A Kiss Oh Miss De De Chumma' - Now these are the golden words written by Sameer for the title song 'Good Luck' which makes one wonder whether it should be time to say 'Good Luck' to the makers of the film? Ok, so we know that good luck in the film's plot comes in the form of a 'kiss' that acts as a lucky charm but the song itself is so boringly orchestrated that one wishes to walk up to Anu Malik and ask him that what made him come up with an apology of a song like this? In fact, more one hears this Adnan Sami-Sunidhi Chauhan duet which also appears in a 'remix version', more one feels that this is a kind of soundtrack that Malik would have restored from a back-store sack and plain and simple handed over to the unsuspecting makers of the film. The worst is kept for the end with Krishna sung 'Soniya Aaja Ni', which makes one eject the music CD in two minutes flat. Not just is the tune really bad, even the music arrangements are poorly done which makes one feel that the song would have been created in the cheapest of studios. Also, don't even bother abut the 'remix version'. Good Luck has Anu Malik at his lowest point and actually makes some of the average soundtracks that he has churned out earlier this year seem far better. As the first half of the year comes to a close, Good Luck turns out to be one of the fore runners for being the worst albums of the season. Joginder Tuteja Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:36:35 EDT