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thisisdev4u
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man_rocking
HERE IS EXCLUSIVE REVIEW FROM MANGESH.. only on indiafm..LAGA CHUNRI MAIN DAAG. Great albums work…
HERE IS EXCLUSIVE REVIEW FROM MANGESH.. only on indiafm..LAGA CHUNRI MAIN DAAG. Great albums work in totality. Not three good tracks out of eight, not a great music director towering over his singers -- or vice versa, prima donnas taking entire tracks to show off their tonsil-wagging abilities. Laaga Chunari Mein Daag is the season's next Yash Raj release, and a great album it's not, by that definition. While music director Shantanu Moitra does a perfectly passable job, he's completely eclipsed by the lyricist here. Swanand Kirkire is the star of this show, often providing random words and distinctive rhymes. The music struggles to match. The album starts with the catchy Hum to aise hain, by Sunidhi Chauhan [Images], Shreya Ghoshal, Pranab Biswas and Swanand Kirkire, the latter also penning the playful smalltown lyrics that make this number a perfectly pleasant conversational number. The two-sister song works, from moustache-and-cow similes to paan spits to a fantastic 3-2-1-2-7-2 count, the female vocalists doing the upbeat words justice. Zara gungunalein chalo starts off most vaguely, with an operatic opening but then settles into a very 1980s feel. You know, the synth-heavy tracks that passed for 'disco' out here -- unending percussion, simplistic melodic lines and a could-be-by-anyone tune you'll forget in two seconds. Vocalist Babul Supriyo is significantly outclassed by Mahalaxmi Iyer on the track. It's interesting how distinctive Meeta Vashisht's voice is. The underrated actress starts this moody title track off with a few intoxicating lines of urdu, and one's hooked. This is interspersed by Shubha Mudgal singing verses from the original Roshan song. Mudgal overdoes the vocals (originally by Manna De), burying the song in a mistimed attempt to prove vocal prowess, and while Vashisht's shayari makes this Sahir Ludhianvi cover interesting -- the style very similar to Kavita Krishnamoorthy breathily mouthing Gulzar [Images] in AR Rahman's superlative Satrangi Re -- Laaga chunari mein daag doesn't entirely impress on first listen. Ik teekhi teekhi si ladki is the example of a frivolous boy-girl track marred by bizarre musical overkill. The track goes from casual to party, and while KK rocks Kirkire's lyrics -- vodka ke shot mein ek chhoti si mirchi hari, ek museebat hai jo sar pe hamaare padi -- Shreya Ghoshal sounds insufferable at most places. It's a happy song, and hopefully will be much improved by fun picturisation. Laaga Chunati Mein DaagThe masterful vocals of Rekha [Images] Bhardwaj take over for the semi-classical Ehi thaiyaa motiya. The sound is authentically period, evoking the choicest courtesan imagery as Bhardwaj's brilliant, nearly-slurred vocals complement the tablas very neatly. The track gets slower as it winds on, but emerges a well-crafted -- even if musically repetitive -- song overall. The album ends with Kachchi Kaliyaan, by Sonu Nigam [Images], Sunidhi, KK and Shreya. Despite a bad remix background, the singers give this song the vim it requires. The lyrics are fresh and fun, and if this song wasn't trying hard to be the album's only club-friendly number, it would have been much improved. Musically, it's a decent album, with not too much to complain about -- but then it's only 28 minutes long. Now, the words: it'd be really exciting to see a few other music directors get their hands on lyricist Swanand Kirkire and his unique phrase stylings. Good work, man.
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ankitojha
Pritam Has surely been a name in the recent years, be it for making us dance in Dhoom Again from…
Pritam Has surely been a name in the recent years, be it for making us dance in <i>Dhoom Again</i> from <b>Dhoom:2 - Back in Action</b>, or for creating one of the world's best rip-offs in <i>Ya Ali</i> from <b>Gangster</b>, he's always in the musical news, be it in this way or that. There were times when I regretted buying his soundtracks. Take for example the soundtrack of <b>Raqeeb</b>, or <b>Dhoom:2</b>. But he's a charm that always drives me to buy his soundtracks. And how can I forget <b> Life In A... METRO</B>? It had to be one of his best soundtracks in recent years, and by far, the best soundtrack of this year. I like the way he keeps re-inventing himself. But I guess I should move on.<p></p> The opening song, <i>Bhool Bhulaiyya</i> starts of with a faint chant of <i>Ram Ram</i> going on in the background. But that's only for starters. The real thing starts with the rap intro, followed by Neeraj Sridhar's amazing vocals. The lyrics by Sameer has the K. I. S. S. principle (Keep It Simple and Straightforward), making it easily understandable to the listeners, unlike those complicated urdu-based lyrics by Javed Akhtar and Sayeed Quadri and the likes. Please note that I'm not criticising them, nor do I hate them. But there's one simple fact: although the lyrics by the mentioned by these two writers are soothing to the ear, there might be very few like me who have the patience to understand Urdu. The <i>Hare Ram-Hare Ram-Krishna Hare ram</i> works big time, and rather than sounding retro like it did for <i>Dum Maaro Dum</i>, it sounds more hip and refreshing, and packs quite a punch. Expect your body to move while onto this song.<p></p> The next song, <i>Labon Ko</i> comes as a sharp contrast compared to the opening track: it's an out-and-out romantic track. The orchestral arrangements are just perfect, and you feel like switching the lights off and being lonely while listening to this track. It gives a soothing effect, thanks to Pritam Chakraborty's musical sense, and K. K. had to be the right choice, though I can't imagine Akshay or Shiney in the music video of this song. So I'm very much looking forward to it. But hey, I feel at times, that I'm listening to <i>Toh Phir Aao</i>.<p></P> Next comes <i>Sajda</i>. Nothing much to talk about it, except for the fact that it has a feel-good aspect to it, and that I love it. But the Star of the show comes in the form of Mere Dholna. It is SO UNLIKE Pritam. You've got to hear it to believe it. Go buy it right now. I order all you people to do so.
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