Whenever Caralisa Monteiro comes to sing for Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, there is generally something worth looking for. Kal Tum The Yahan of Hum Tum aur Ghost, sung by Shankar along with Caralisa is no exception. Kal tum the yahaan is a wonderful, slow, and absolutely lovable song on a beautiful melody that you will most probably love the very first time you listen to, provided you pay the song the attention it wants.
The lyrics of the song look good though I have not yet been able to completely understand the exact significance of words. My guess is that the song will be more meaningful and better once we see it in the movie.
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I was not very much willing to review the album after watching a few promos on the TV. But finally decided to go with it as I found a few songs worth trying. So here is a quick review of the album, composed by Praveen Bharadwaj.
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Tags: KK, Music Review, Praveen Bhardwaj, Rikkee, Shaan, Shilpa Rao, Sunidhi Chauhan
The soundtrack of Mittal vs Mittal, India’s first movie based on marital rape, is hardly a thing I was expecting much from, even though I expect something from the movie made on a such a strong topic. But then, the small soundtrack is not as bad as I thought. In fact all three songs of the album are worth a try. The soundtrack of the movie has three songs, two remixes, and a theme piece. The soundtrack also has a song by former Sa Re Ga Ma Pa contestant Mauli Dave. Here is a review of the album.
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Tags: Kailash Kher, Mauli Dave, Music Review, Sonu Kakkar, Sunidhi Chauhan
Raj Kanwar’s Sadiyaan has Adnan Sami as its music director. Now while most of the songs of the song are quite usual, Adnan ropes in a lot of singers in what seems like a try to make it look varied. Many of the song can also be found using Adnan’s trademark Tabla/other instruments with restrains, somewhat like in Bheegi Bheegi raaton mein or most songs of Lucky. The only thing I liked in the compositions of Adnan here is that the tunes are mostly melodious and some of his songs are likable even with his typical style’s strong presence.
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Tags: Adnan Sami, Kunal Ganjawala, Mika, Music Review, Raja Hasan, Rekha Bharadwaj, Richa Sharma, Sabri Brothers, Shaan, Shreya Ghoshal, Sunidhi Chauhan
So after Rahman, Sajid-Wajid and even Dabboo Malik, Adnan Sami comes up with a tune he thinks deserves the voice of Rekha Bharadwaj and gives her an eight minute and forty seconds long Sadiyaan ve, credited as Waqt ne jo beej boya, on the cover of the album, Sadiyaan.
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Tags: Adnan Sami, Lyrics, Rekha Bharadwaj, Song Review
When I heard it for the first time, I found myself wondering where I had heard the tune. But since the tune was so groovy and techno, I got no clue and kept enjoying the song as long as it was on. Only when the media player was turned off and I was humming the tune, it striked back. It was something as old as a V Shantaram movie. Yes, Meri banno hoshiyaar is quite a lift from the song Saiyyan jhoothon ka bada sartaj nikla of Do Aankhen Barah Hath as the first line goes the same in entirety. Still, the song has differences and the orchestration and mixing give a feel of a folk song on a hi-fi system, somewhat like Genda Phool. Ila Arun seems like the perfect choice for singer. And then, there is telugu counting okkati, rendu, moolgu, naalgu going in background too that sounds interesting.
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Tags: Ila Arun, Lyrics, Song Review
It was a bit strange Friday as neither of the two movies I saw today had a strong storyline even though both had strong actors. While Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge was expected to be so, Road, movie was a not-so-pleasant surprise as time and truck kept moving but not the story. Here is my review, or reviews as you may call it, of the two movies, in the order I saw them. So Atithi comes first.
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Tags: Abhay Deol, Ajay Devgn, Konkona Sen Sharma, movie review, Paresh Rawal
It’s not always that you get two back to back good movie albums within 24 hours. So good that I didn’t have time to listen to Shafqat Amanat Ali’s new album even though I loved his previous one, Tabeer. So here it comes, after Lahore, album of Well Done Abba, a Shyam Benegal movie.
The first song of the album is Meri banno Hoshiyaar sung by Ila Arun (with Daniel B George), who sings her own words on a tune that is almost Saiyyaan Jhoothon ka Bada Sartaj Nikla of V Shantaram’s Do Aankhen Baarah Hath, in a full folk manner, on an orchestration that reminds me of Rahman’s Genda Phool. But frankly, the song is completely new and has it’s identity completely different from both the songs I named here, something not at all easy. Ila is obviously superb in her singing and the Telugu counting in the background (Okkati, Rendu, Moodu, Naalgu…) is something in it’s own ranks. Must listen song.
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Tags: Ila Arun, Mohit Chauhan, Music Review, Raja Hasan, Rupankar, Shantanu Moitra, Shreya Ghoshal, Shyam Benegal, Swanand Kirkire
Ab ye Kafila starts with a solo, soulful rendition by MM Kreem as he starts singing Zameen chhod bhar aasma baahon mein, Parwaz kar nayi dishayon mein (leave the earth, take the sky in your arms, and fly in new directions), to be joined by Karthik and KK to make a song full of hope. Here are the lyrics of the song.
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O re Bande is the only composition of Piyush Mishra for the album Lahore, and is sung by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and Shilpa Rao. The song is a Qawwali with some wonderful restraints and makes Rahat do what he does best, singing a great Qawwali, without unnecessarily straining his voice, something that has almost become a trend with many composers just because he can do it and does it in most of his public performances.
Anyway, the song is a really good piece of music and while Piyush Mishra certainly is responsible for that, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan is equally important as he sings it wonderfully while Shilpa too plays her part superbly. The song catches you in the right mood from the very start but Jis mand si muskaan ke aage jhuki hain kudratein part gives the peak of the song which makes it certainly worth listening to.
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Tags: Lyrics, meanings, Piyush Mishra, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Shilpa Rao, Song Review
Sometimes big things come in small packages. Lahore’s soundtrack is one of those things.
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Tags: Junaid Wasi, M M Kreem, Music Review, Piyush Mishra
And then, I found this album called Na Ghar Ke Na Ghaat Ke, composed by Lalit Pandit. So here is a music review.
The album starts with the title song, Na Ghar ke Na Ghaat ke munna, sung by Remo Fernandes, who is singing rarely for Bollywood movies for quite some time. The song gets me quite some hope as it starts, but it gets kind of confused in between as the antara goes banal and Remo alone struggles to make the song what it started as, not really succeeding to get the same effect as comes in the first minute of the song. Still the song is a good try by Lalit and makes me feel that if he tries to do new things like this and does that with persistence, the results can be good. Try and listen to the song 2-3 times and then decide if you liked it. It may be a bit loud, but it’s not bad.
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Tags: Lalit Pandit, Music Review, Neeraj Shridhar, Remo Fernandes, Shreya Ghoshal
Frankly, I don’t think I am good enough to review an album that consists of only Asha Bhosle, Roop Kumar Rathod and Hariharan only. So you may consider this one as just my opinion about the album. The album is composed by Sudeep Bannerjee and lyrics are written by Jai Shankar Mishra.
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Tags: Asha Bhosle, Hariharan, Music Review, Private Album, Roop Kumar Rathod
Now that India has won its first match against Pakistan, we want to see more. So here is the schedule of the matches India will be playing in the Pool Stage of the World Cup Hockey 2010.
March 2 2010, 8:35 PM: India vs Australia.
March 4 2010, 8:35 PM: India vs Spain.
March 6 2010, 8:35 PM: India vs England.
March 8 2010, 8:35 PM: India vs South Africa.
The semi finals will be played on 11th March, at 6:05 PM and 8:35 PM. Finals will be played on 13th March, 8:35 PM. Hope I see India there.
All matches Indian Standard Time (IST). All matches to be played at Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi.
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