‘Jashnn’ packs in peppy, soft numbers (IANS Music Review)

October 6th, 2009 Film: "Jail"; Music Directors: Shamir Tandon, Sharib Sabri and Toshi Sabri; Lyricists: Ajay Garg, A.M. Turaz, Sandeep Nath and Kumaar; Singers: Sonu Kakkar, Lata Mangeshkar, Sharib Sabri, Toshi Sabri and Neil Nitin Mukesh; Rating: *** After the success of "Fashion", Madhur Bhandarkar returns with "Jail", which stars Neil Nitin Mukesh and Mugdha Godse.

September 18th, 2009 Film: "London Dreams"; Music Directors: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy; Lyricists: Prasoon Joshi; Singers: Vishal Dadlani, Roopkumar Rathod, Abhijit Ghoshal, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Shankar Mahadevan, Zubeen Garg, Feroz Khan and Mohan; Rating:*** Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy's music rarely disappoints. And they have lived up to people's expectations once again with great tracks in "London dreams".

September 11th, 2009 Film: "All The Best"; Music Director: Pritam Chakraborty; Lyricist: Kumaar; Singers: Rana Mazumder, Soham Chakraborthy, Antara Choudhary, KK, Yashita, Clinton Cerejo, Suraj Jaggan, Rupam Islam, Kunal Ganjawala, Neeraj Shridhar, Alisha Chinoi and Megha Sriram; Rating: *** The songs of Ajay Devgan's "All The Best" have all the qualities to become chartbusters. Pritam Chakraborty has churned out racy and power-packed songs as well as slow, melodious numbers.

August 24th, 2009 Film: "What's Your Raashee?"; Music Director: Sohail Sen; Lyricist: Javed Akhtar; Singers: Aslesha Gowariker, Shaan, Bhavya Pandit, Sohail Sen, Marianne D. Cruz, Tarannum Malik, Rajab Ali Bharti, Bela Shende, Ashutosh Gowariker, Pamela Jain, Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan and Madhushree; Rating: *** Ashutosh Gowariker's films are synonymous with A.R.

August 22nd, 2009 Album: "Wake Up Sid"; Music Directors: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy; Lyricist: Javed Akhtar; Singers: Shankar Mahadevan, Kavita Seth, Amitabh Bhattacharya, Clinton Cerejo and Uday Benegal; Rating: *** Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy have done it again. The trio, known for their hit and melodious soundtracks in films like "Kal Ho Naa Ho" and "Taare Zameen Par", have composed another interesting music album in "Wake Up Sid", a Karan Johar film that stars Ranbir Kapoor and Konkona Sen Sharma.

August 13th, 2009 Film: "Fox"; Music Director: Monty Sharma; Lyricist: Sandeep Nath; Singers: Kunal Ganjawala, KK, Akriti Kakkar, Sunidhi Chauhan and Shreya Ghoshal; Rating: ** Composer Monty Sharma, who had created soulful numbers for Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film "Saawariya", could not re-kindle the same magic with his latest offering "Fox". The film that stars Sunny Deol, Arjun Rampal and Udita Goswami among others has five tracks.

August 6th, 2009 Music Review- Thiru Thiru Thuru Thuru Production- Satyam Cinemas and Real Images Direction- Nandini Star-casts- Ajmal, Rupa and others Music- Mani Sharma Lyrics- Yughabharathi and Lalith Anand Cinematography- Sudhir Chowdary Art- Kiran Editing- M.S. Suryah Produced jointly by Satyam Cinemas and Real Images, ‘Thiru Thiru Thuru Thuru’ had the audio launched today morning by Padmashree Kamal Haasan.

July 15th, 2009 MUMBAI - Adhyayan Suman had to call co-star Shahana Goswami a whore in one of the first scenes he shot for upcoming "Jashnn", and the young actor says he felt "awkward" to mouth the expletive. "Yes, there is a scene like that in the film where in a fit of anger I end up calling Shahana, who plays my sister, a whore.

July 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Adhyayan Suman, son of actor Shekhar Suman, says the story of his third film "Jashnn" has a lot of similarities to his own life - as a budding actor and choosing career over love. " 'Jashnn' in many ways is similar to my life story.

July 9th, 2009 Album: "Kaminey"; Music Director: Vishal Bhardwaj; Lyricist: Gulzar; Singers: Sukhwinder Singh, Vishal Dadlani, Mohit Chauhan, Kunal Ganjawala, Sunidhi Chauhan, Rekha Bhardwaj, Suresh Wadkar, Kailash Kher and Vishal Bhardwaj; Rating: *** Filmmaker and composer Vishal Bhardwaj had set high standards for himself after the hit music of "Omkara" and he has fulfilled all expectations yet again with "Kaminey". Full of punch, experimental and hummable, the soundtrack of the film is a must hear.

June 30th, 2009 Album: "Luck"; Music Directors: Salim Merchant-Sulaiman Merchant; Lyricists: Shabbir Ahmed and Anvita Dutt Guptan; Singers: Sukhwinder Singh, Satya Hinduja, Salim Merchant, Shruti Pathak, Naresh Kamat, Shruti Haasan, Clinton Cerejo, Anushka Manchanda and Robert Bob Omulo; Rating: *** Composer siblings Salim and Sulaiman Merchant have once again churned out a potential hit album with "Luck". The soundtrack of the film, which stars Sanjay Dutt and Imran Khan, is powerful, hip, edgy and very impressive.

June 26th, 2009 MUMBAI - Budding actor Adhyayan Suman has done a course in direction and has always nurtured a desire to call the shots for a film. And his wish came true when producer Mahesh Bhatt let him go behind the camera for shooting a crucial scene for forthcoming film "Jashnn".

June 26th, 2009 Album: "Love Aaj Kal"; Music Director: Pritam Chakraborty; Lyricist: Irshad Kamil; Singers: , Sunidhi Chauhan, KK, Neeraj Shridhar, Mohit Chauhan and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan; Rating: *** After the hit score of "Jab We Met", director Imtiaz Ali has collaborated with Pritam yet again for the music of Saif Ali Khan's production debut "Love Aaj Kal". Pritam has left no stone unturned in creating soulful melodies.

June 18th, 2009 CHENNAI J - Following the footsteps of Tamil actor Ajit, southern actress Shriya Saran too has decided not to endorse any soft drink brands. "I did a soft drink ad some time back.

May 29th, 2009 MUMBAI - On screen they are playing siblings in "Jashnn" and off screen Adhyayan Suman and Shahana are romancing. Some suggest it's all a publicity gimmick to support the film but Mahesh Bhatt scoffs at the idea.