Second song in a row begins in such a way that you are bound to think if the composer is some old follower of Pritam. Anyway, KK sings the simple tune of Tere naam se in his lovely voice, almost reminding me of hothon se chhoo lo tum, mera geet amar kar do. I mean, I wonder how many songs have risen in standard simply because of the voice and the way of singing of KK. Not an exceptionally good track, but you’d most probably like to listen to it.

Reeky’s aana phir se aana with all the bands and slightly Atif’ish singing sounds more like a debut album song that tries hard to impress, and does it to a little extent, but never enough.

Aaj Ishq da Mausam of Master Saleem featuring Ritu Pathak is a nice Punjabi composition with some added rap and of course, that wonderful singing of Saleem, adding up to a nice, likable, danceable Punjabi number.

Mehroom hoon main, sung by Shaan and Manjeera Ganguly, is a bit old in its making, even though it has got added lyrics in English. A significant part of the song goes with the English words or ‘mehroom hoon main’ itself, not leaving very much to the song anyway. In short, old stuff, not really recommended.

Vipin Patwa, the composer of the album, features himself in the title song along with the singer of the song, Shreya Ghoshal. Anyway, the tune of the song is catchy and lyrics aren’t far behind. While Vipin takes on the fast paced portions of the song, Shreya does some quality singing at her own pace, and the overall result is worth listening to. Worth a try for sure.

The last song of the album is Maskara with Arun Daga, Sasha and Sadhu, more or less based on ‘kajra mohabbat wala.’ I guess on such a wonderful song, there could be some better work done. Strictly okay, even though no strictness is there in the song.

Overall, Vipin Patwa seems to have got an average style of composition and arrangements with some ups and downs, but mostly wherever he has got some really good singers, they have pulled off the songs, and hence, almost half of the album has got songs which are worth a try at least. I’d say give it a try, you might find a few good tracks, maybe even for the longer run.

The next song, Desi Jat Posse, sung by Mahi with Suhas, is again a typical Punjabi number with some twists added to it. The song sounds fine, but the original version may be a little low for a dance number, but then that is taken care of by the remix.

Dhruv Dhalla’s Mast Kalandar with some funny Punjabi lyrics and easy addictive music again has potential to become popular.

Siddharth-Suhas’s next, Door na jaana sounds like a level above other songs of the album. The song, with a nice melody has some nice arrangements as well and Suhas chooses to sing this one himself. The only song with no Punjabi touch, in both lyrics and music, quite stands out here anyway.

Dhruv’s next, Baraf mein tension milake pee ja, is another tapori-style dance number with not much of Punjabi. Likeable.

The last song of Siddharth-Suhas, Thap denge sung by Master Saleem, is not really an impressive composition, but Saleem’s voice puts some life in the song nonetheless, making the song okay to listen to.

The last song of the album is a composition of Master Mahavir Chopra, who sings his composition Oh Lalaji himself, with lyrics from Late Lakshmichand. This one, with very real village-like music and arrangements, sounds like a Bhajan in Haryanvi style of Hindi. Please let me know if I am wrong here.

Overall, Sahi Dhandhe Galat Bande is not really something new, but works on old patterns, most of it Punjabi, with some experiments in some places, and gives an okay, listenable result.

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The next song, that is the title track, is very Nadeem-Shravan’ish in its arrangements and is sung by Sanjeev himself with Shilpa Rao to support. The song is a good listen if you put it a few years back, but today, it seems the song could have been worked on a little more. Also, bringing in a professional singer instead of Sanjeev could be helpful.

The third track, Mera Maula Kare, sung by Roop Kumar Rathod, is a good one. The only thing that disappoints a bit is the climax of the melody after the lovely build up, but once you have heard it, the song does sound good. Sanjeev Darshan do create something worthy of their uncle’s voice here.

The next song, Shreya’s Main Zameen pe hoon, sounded like the most complete song of the album to me. Not that the song is the best of the album, but the way the composer duo have made this one, it doesn’t feel like there is anything left to do, hence giving a feeling of completion for the type of the song it is. Peppy, well sung, nice.

The Next track, bin tere we mahi, sung by Master Salim and Richa Sharma is a nice Qawwali’ish composition and though there is nothing much new in the song, it’s worth a listen as the singers have done a good job here.

The last track of the album, Chand wahi hai, is a nice sounding, seen and heard so many times, romantic track sung by Javed Ali and Shreya Ghoshal. Okay end to the album.

Overall, the album is not great and is kinda insignificant, but is not as bad as I had expected it to be. Sanjeev Darshan are yet to be good enough to compete with today’s composers and to an extent, still have to come out of ’90s phase, but it was a nice try from them here.

The album starts with Mika’s Pyaar do Pyaar lo, that you might have caught on TV. The oldie-newie song sounds more like a remix and looks very much like a try to redo apni to jaise taise from Housefull. I guess Pritam has been successful, but not so much as SEL were with theirs.

The next song, Razia, is sung by Saleem and Ritu Pathak, but Saleem can be confused for a girl with his high pitch here. Allah bachaye meri jaan ki razia gundon mein phans gayi sounds like a typical item song and Ritu sounds pretty good with her singing. Nothing new, just another good product from the Factory.

Pyaar tera pyaar mujhe = Main yahan bhi, main wahan bhi (Toh Baat Pakki). Next beat seems to be taken from Action replay. Even though I liked Neeraj Shridhar and Richa Sharma’s Full volume with it’s never-too-high notes, Pritam looks like he’s out of composition styles and trying to feed old things, though I don’t actually think it’s the case.

When I heard Sonu Nigam’s My Heart is beating, I was wondering why Thank You seems so inspired by Housefull. This one is sung by Sonu very much in Mohammad Rafi’s style, precisely like the ones the legend sang for Shammi Kapoor. With good promotion, song should do well. Liked Sonu’s singing in this one, and not bad work by Pritam as well.

Pyaar Mein is the last original song of the album, which is sung by Neeraj Shridhar and Javed Ali. Again, Pritam looks like captured in his own styles even while he gives a good song. While Javed Ali makes the song his own by singing it beautifully, Neeraj’s ‘chorus’ sounds lovely. But what fascinated me the most in the song was the backing vocals that appeared from the very start of the song. Unfortunately, I don’t know whose voice that is, though I presume it’s either Suzanne or Bianca Gomes as their names are mentioned for backing vocals in the album. Also, this is probably one song of the album which is good not only in music but also with words. Amitabh Bhattacharya is the guy holding the pen here. And another similarity with Housefull. OK. Excuse me for that.

And while I was looking for the backing vocals, one more thing I came to know was that Sachin and Jigar were among the programmers of the album. Nice to know that.

I didn’t try listening to the remixes especially they were all merely ‘remix’es and mentioned nothing more specific than that.

So overall, Thank you is an okay, run of the mill thing in which most of the songs are danceable while one particular song called Pyaar mein is something close to Tum mile’s level, but a bit lower than that, also because it’s so much similar. Quite what was expected from Pritam, or actually slightly better if you think of No Problem.

Well, Darling, the Russian connection of Vishal Bhardwaj is definitely a well composed, well sung piece and similarities as well as differences from Kalinka are quite beautifully done. While Vishal gets the music catchy and haunting, Rekha Bharadwaj sings the song once again with a new touch to her voice. But the voice that gets it the best there is that of Usha Uthup. Kudos to Vishal for using her voice with such precision. The last word on the song: Daaaarrrrrling…

Bekaraan hain bekaraan, aankhein band keeje na, doobne lage hain hum, saans lene deeje na. Well, if I tell you that the song is sung by Vishal Bhardwaj, you’d probably be able to even guess the tune. I mean, so very predictable, and predictably lovely and beautiful too.

Vishal Bhardwaj is back. From the days of Paanch. Yeah, Vishal gets KK back after years, and for something similar. KK rocks in this one, and though Vishal rocks, the slight negative is that like other songs of the album, you have something to compare with it already. This time I was thinking about Sar jhuka khuda hoon main while listening to the song. But then, khuda hoon main didn’t have Gulzar. The lines here are just awesome in some places. Like Gulzar. After all, he can rock too.

Awaara Awaara Awaara. Master Salim sings this one for Vishal and comes up with one of the best things of the album. The music, the words, and the depth in Saleem’s voice go along, making it an experience worth experiencing. Interestingly while the song reminds me of albela sajan ghar aayo re, it also reminds me of Naina and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan. And the greatness of the two songs is proof enough to how good the song would be. Na shaakh jude, na jad pakde, mausam mausam banjara.. aawara awara awaara.

The next in the album comes Suresh Wadkar’s solo Tere Liye. The six minute song is definitely a piece of poetry more than a song. Quite typical, but anybody who listens to the song probably knows in advance what it’s gonna be and expects it to be precisely what it is. Humne to parindon se, baagon ke saude kiye, tere liye. Yes. It’s all Gulzar.

Dil dil hai dil dil hai dil hai dil, Suraj Jagan, and Rock. Well, Vishal Bhardwaj completely goes into Paanch mode with raw rock as he composes dil dil hai. I won’t say it’s similar to any song, but just reminds me that if an average composer can compose in N genres Vishal Bhardwaj can do it in N square.

Rekha’s Yeshu is definitely NOT what I was expecting it to be. A prayer, that somehow doesn’t sound that heartfelt, and somehow gets a bit boring too, but then the song sounds fine, and maybe even good for the times when you actually want to listen to it.

The next in the album is Doosri Darling, which comes up with the original darling, that is Kalinka-Kalinka-Malinka-Moya. In case you don’t yet know, the song Darling is based on a Russian folkish song of 1860s, Kalinka. Actually this is the one you have been listening to in the promos.

Overall, Vishal Bhardwaj is as good as ever in 7 Khoon Maaf, but then, a little disappointment comes from the fact that there is nothing as new as was there in Ishqiya, or even Kaminey. Still, there is quality, and this time, some quantity too.

Oh, did you notice there is no Sukhwinder Singh in a Vishal Bharadwaj album, after years?

Dedh inch Oopar is a song written, composed and sung by Charu Moohan who makes a debut here, and a very impressive one at that. The song is a slow, soft, very relaxing kind that makes you feel like you’re relaxing yourself on a beach. A must listen thing.

The next composition of Charu, Faani Dayar is as deep and soulful as relaxing his earlier tune was. A complete contrast to Dedh Inch Upar, Faani Dayaar impresses you again. The song has a mix of folk and rock touches and Master Salim has done some seriously good singing here. Good one again.

When Nitish Pires launched his album some three years ago, I liked the title song, but never went ahead and he wasn’t to be seen for quite some time. And now he comes back with his compositions in Soch Lo.

His first composition, Kesara, is something like a Euphoria song, with say ten percent added visibility of rock. The song anyway sounds good. Worth a try.

Nitish’s second composition is Mera Yahan hai kaun which is there in female as well as male versions. Female version, sung by Bianca Gomes is a bit down on instruments and depends more on the beautiful tune and Bianca’s singing. Bianca’s voice sounds kind of fragile, something like that of Anusha Mani, adding something different to the song.

The male version, which is sung by Nitish himself, is a bit more aligned towards rock and which suits his voice pretty well. Though I don’t really get why he sings the title lines in the background. Anyway, another good piece if you like rock. If not, sticking to the female version would be better I guess.

The last song, a composition of Mehboob and sung by him, Save me destiny, is a purely ‘different’ piece again (after dedh inch upar). The song which has a wonderful composition/tune actually but the way it’s arranged is all to see. Don’t get taken away by the title, the song is a completely on ‘desi’ instruments with not much English words. Bad part, it’s a bit difficult to understand the words. Whatever, it’s a must listen thing. With apologies to Anurag and Amit, maybe close to Emosanal Attyachar in the ‘different’ appeal, though I don’t think the song is that attractive or addictive.

The end of the album comes with a fast paced four minute long, kinda espionage-ical, instrumental theme which doesn’t really have much worth mentioning. The album was probably too good for this theme.

Overall, Soch lo is something really worth a consideration. All I’d say is at the very least, give it a try. It has a potential to surprise.

01 – Udd Udd Dabangg – Sukhwinder Singh, Wajid
02 – Tere Mast Do Nain – Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Arshikha Loey
03 – Munni Badnaam Hui – Mamta Sharma, Aishwarya
04 – Chori Kiya Re Jiya – Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal
05 – Humka Peeni Hai – Wajid , Master Salim, Shabaab Shabri
06 – Tere Mast Do Nain (Part 2) – Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Shreya Ghoshal
07 – Munni Badnaam Hui (Remix) – Mamta Sharma, Aishwarya
08 – Tere Mast Do Nain (Remix) – Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Arshikha Loey
09 – Humka Peeni Hai – Wajid, Master Salim, Shabaab Shabri

The music for the album will be released in the first week of August. Most probably on 5th or 6th of the month.

The album opens with Khuda mere Khuda, sung by KK and Shreya Ghoshal, which is definitely good, the best of the album, and can be easily found on the TV. Though I don’t guarantee you can watch the video. So my suggestion is, get the music alone, without visuals. A typical KK song. With good music and some little, interesting effects by composers Sachin-Jigar.

Chhote tera birthday aaya, the next song of the album, as can be guessed from the title of the song itself, not meant to be long term. Talking of short-terms/movie-specific things, I’d say the music of the song is not too catchy. Sachin-Jigar have roped in good singers who try to help the average composition and the result is something that could do had the movie been good. But with the movie it is, the song is bound to be lost.

The third song of the album is Vande Mataram, just by name. The song sung by Jigar (one of the composer duo) is actually something between Rock and Hip Hop and vaguely reminds me of Rann. A good attempt but I don’t know how much the song fits into its lyrics. Still, with good picturization, the song can do well.

The next song of the album is Anushka. I mean, Anushka’s Firangi Paani. The item number from the very first word, Firangi Paani has some good-for-the-song lyrics and Anushka sings the song pretty, pretty well. The additional voices sound real. In short, here comes another good one. Go for it at least once if you like item numbers. And do that before you watch the video, cuz I feel there is a risk of video not being as good as the song.

Overall, Krantiveer is an above expectations album with two good songs. Especially if you see a promo and the actors on mute, you are definitely not going to bother about the album. But it’s worth bothering once. For Khuda mere Khuda at least.

For Sachin-Jigar, good work guys. But you need to go much higher.

Yup, Click starts exactly on the same note as Shamir Tandon’s first composition Rubaayi starts exactly like Atif’s Doorie even though it changes its path early. The song though is good, and all singers, especially Sunidhi sound well. Lyrics of the song are slightly better than average for a usual love song. Overall, other than Atif effect the opening song of Click is not bad.

The second song of the album, Aameen Suma Aameen Suma, sung by Shamir and Master Saleem is a westernized Sufi song filled with beats. The song doesn’t have much new but sounds okay. Saleem sounds good in the song which is one of the major strengths of the song. Wondering if the song would have been better had there been a different mixing, with less beats and a better Sufi effect.

The third song of the album Mehroom hua na dil kabhi starts with Shreya Ghoshal’s beautiful voice on a melody that would find itself completely in place in the ’90s, mixed with a tune that matches Shamir’s own Roshan Dil ka Jahan from Runway. Shreya and Shaan sing the word Mehroom sounding completely like Roshan from the Runway song. Now it’s not plagiarism when you copy from your own song but Shamir clearly lacks originality here.

The next song of the album which happens to be the title song of the album is sung by Adnan Sami while Shamir’s name appears on all songs anyway. The song is not really great but at least it’s one song that remotely sounds like made for the movie as it has more scope of fitting in the movie compared to previous songs. Also, at 5+ minutes the song looks bit too long.

The next song of the album, Yaadein Yaad Aati Hain, is expected to be the best song of the album as Shamir brings in Three big names together as KK, Vijay Prakash, and Sunidhi. But all those big names don’t make a great impact on you as the song starts. The good part, though, is that Shamir seems to be trying something new after four typical songs. The bad part is that for some reason Shamir decides to keep the music shallow and nothing reaches deep into your heart while it seems KK’s voice has been left largely unused. Vijay Prakash’s nainam chhindanti shastrani is ineffective. A song that could be good I guess. Makes me feel the composer has talent but is not coming out as it should.

The original songs of the movie end here. The next is a male only version of Rubayee, sung by Shamir and Raaj. Though there is hardly anything extra. There are two remixes of Yaadein Yaad aati hain and Rubayee at the end. No comments on them.

Overall Click is an average album with run of the mill songs. There is hardly anything new but whatever is there sounds okay. That is all I can say for now.