The next, Jaaniya, by Siddharth Basrur, is a lovely ballad with some captivating beats. May not sound too good immediately after a rocking Tum ho mera pyaar, but a wonderful song with its own identity, nonetheless.

The next song, tera hi hona chahoon, brings in Jojo with Najam Sheraz. The song that interestingly starts with a Tabla, later turns into almost full-fledged rock number. And I’d say kudos to Chirantan for pulling that off quite well. Third song in a row that is not bad, at the least.

Next comes Mujhe de de har gham tera, which is a sad song by its lyrics but sounds soothing by its music. Interestingly (for me at least), the combination generally makes a great, at least quite good song, in longer term. And I am liking the song already. Good, but takes time, as I said.

The next name is of Nikhil D’Souza, who comes up to sing You’re so beautiful, an expectably romantic, and not-so-expectably Hindi song, in his own typical style (yeah, he has one) which gives the album a little more variety, something the album kinda lacks even with such beautiful songs.

The end of album comes with the actress Tia Bajpai singing a song called Sau Baras, and quite admirably, she sounds good even with very few instruments playing in the background. The song is more like poetry, at least the first half of it. Nice, kinda gives the album it’s only song with a female as Tum ho mera pyaar hardly gives Suzi a chance.

So overall Haunted – 3D is a ‘not bad at all’ album which one would like to listen to even though it doesn’t have much new to offer. Probably because it takes you back to those days that you haven’t probably realized have passed, or maybe simply because of its good, if not ‘very’ good, quality. Wait, was that last sentence too philosophical for a review?

The album starts with a Sufi-rock Maula Samjha de Inhe, the song composed by Chirantan Bhatt and sung by Hamza Farooqui and Krishna. A combination that I have never seen yet but the way the song sounds all good and is running successfully, I will not be surprised if I see Hamza and Krishna singing together more in future. A complete like, with the plea made by the two leads showing up in the right attitude and the words sounding perfectly matching in the context of the movie.

The next song, kya hawa kya baadal, is composed by Kailasa, that is Kailash Kher, Naresh and Paresh, and sung by of course, Kailash himself. The song has Kailasa touch quite clear, with added electronica effects, which make the song align more to a theme type than a typical lyric-based song of the band, though the song still is a good deal about the lyrics, which is another good thing about the song. A thumbs up again.

The next, Rabba Rabba, composed by Tarun and Vinayak and sung by Ravi Khote, is at best a rock-theme with small traces of some songs here and there, nothing much worth saying. The low of the album I’d say.

The next song of the album, Mayoos, starts with Sunidhi Chauhan singing a slow number that ‘required’ Sunidhi Chauhan to sing it. I hope you get what I mean. The song is quite a composition to sing, and Sunidhi works really good on the track. An all Sunidhi thing that will work perfectly well as a background in the sad moments of the movie. Quite likeable as a soundtrack too if you like good singing with minimal music.

Kaala Jaadu of Ishq Bector is a very basic, beat-based, catchy song that may easily remind you of Khatta-Meetha’s bullshit. Nothing great, but listenable, likeable for a few times.

The last song of the album happens to be another, ‘full’ version of Kailash Kher’s Kya Hawa Kya Baadal. The song is almost the same arrangements as earlier version, but runs almost double in length. Like again.

Overall, Allah ke Banday can be considered a good album keeping in mind the limitations it has with the kind of story it has. While Maula rocks in a sufi style, kya hawa kya baadal is good and so is Mayoos. The only thing that disappoints is Rabba Rabba. Rest is, at the least, worth a listen.

Shaapit’s songs are not great but most are certainly good and worth a try. Son of prominent singer Udit Narayan, Aditya gives his voice to four songs out of seven in the movie and sounds fairly good if not a rock star. The interesting part is that Aditya is not just the hero and singer but even composer for a song. Here is a music review of Shapit.

The album opens with a rock version of Kabhi na Kabhi to miloge. The song is a typical Vikram Bhatt song molded into Rock mode. While the song is above average, Aditya is the one who is under the test as he sings his first song as a full fledged singer. Aditya and Chirantan do no big wonder but the song is worth listening to. If you were waiting for the boy to come, you won’t be disappointed.

The second song of the album is one by Nazam Sheraz. Nazam is good as ever as he sings Tere bina jiya na jaaye on his own tunes. You will like it the first time you hear it and the more time you give to the song, the more you will love it.

Next in line is a haunting Ajnabi Hawayein sung by Shreya. The good thing about the song is that Chirantan has not experimented much with the song and presented the melody in Shreya’s beautiful voice with almost basic music. Listen to the song if you are a Shreya Ghoshal fan.

The next song, Chahta tumko kitna dil tum nahi jaante, is my personal favorite from the album. No, it’s not something never heard-never seen type, but I simply loved Aditya’s voice in the song. The song is soft and Aditya’s voice in the song is quite beautiful, even though it has added effects. The song reminds me of the pop age that ran in India in the late ’90s to early 2000s.

And here comes the ‘typical’ version of Kabhi na Kabhi to Miloge at number five in the album. The song has some good old melodious music, the variant which is common in Vikram Bhatt movies. Aditya is fine here while others don’t get much chance. Try the song, you will get a bit old feel here but you might easily like the song.

Hayaati reminds me of Mehbooba Mehbooba from Sholay when it starts, but the music gets kind of too loud and mixed up and the result is nowhere even close. Still, the good part of Hayaati is it’s music that can be popular even with all its shortcomings if the album clicks. Still I would say Hamza Farooqi’s voice could be used for better things. I still remember Man tu talbat from Superstar.

The last song of the album is a wonder for a different reason. The track, Shaapit hua, is not just sung, but even composed and written by Aditya Narayan himself. The song is a good enough composition for a first timer who is the hero and singer as well, and Aditya gets good marks from me as he almost makes the full song on his own, singing it with Sunidhi. The best part is that Aditya has sung the song wonderfully and probably the best of his voice comes in his own compositions.

Overall, Shaapit is a good album with some songs that are more like those of five-six years ago but still work well enough. It may not be one of the best albums of Vikram Bhatt but if the music is anything to go by, Vikram has certainly given Aditya a great launch pad, and Aditya Narayan, till here, performs good enough for expectations, creating more of them.