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.

Ishqiya is an entertainment package. While the story of the film is okay with an old cliche given a new form, the direction of the movie is good, acting of Naseer, Arshad and Vidya is high quality, Vishal’s music is awesome and Rekha’s voice is beyond words.

And then, there is Dil to Bachcha hai ji.

Ishqiya is a movie that is all about presentation. Two guys running from a bhai, stuck with a lady, who happens to be not quite as they think she would be and then twists and turns. The story of the movie is not that great but with all those twists and turns and the great performances, it’s easily good enough to keep one interested for two hours. The good part is that the director hasn’t stretched the movie to make it cross the standard two and half hours.

The best thing of Ishqiya is, still, the performances given by its actors. While Naseeruddin Shah is a natural since time immemorial, Vidya Balan too does a role that not only suits her, but she looks almost perfect there. Arshad Warsi again does a superb job after helping Sanjay Dutt in Munna Bhai series. Talking of acting, even Nandu, the village boy does it well. Seems like Vishal Bharadwaj ke gaon mein ****** dhone se pehle acting karna sikhate hain!

The bad thing of the film, though, is that the film is quite complicated, and gets more so especially near the end. While Vishal’s last movie, Kaminey, also got a bit complicated, this time his screenplay falls there a bit again though the acting makes up for many things. Dialogs of the movie are good again and at times, Arshad’s dialogs make the movie a laugh riot.

As expected, Ishqiya is colored in quite the same color of eastern UP as Omkara, but then, there are many larger differences in the two and the films are completely different. In fact, Ishqiya is a bit less sophisticated, more storyish and less real than Omkara, especially in the first half. But on the other hand, the movie talks about the caste differences openly and not just to show that in dialogs but to add to the story.

But then, the movie is interesting, entertaining, and overall worth a watch if you are okay with the language. In fact even in case you could not like Omkara due to language issues, you might like this one as the language is a bit easier here in most sequences. Go for the movie if you are okay with the idea of an offbeat commercial entertainer.