'London Dreams' promises chartbusters (IANS Music Review)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".
'Tum Mile' has only male singers but appeals nevertheless (IANS Music Review)September 14th, 2009 Film: "Tum Mile"; Music Director: Pritam Chakraborty; Lyricists: Sayeed Quadri and Kumar; Singers: KK, Mohit Chauhan, Javed Ali, Neeraj Shridhar and Shafqat Amanat Ali; Rating:***1/2
Composer Pritam has churned out appealing tunes for the album of "Tum Mile", which stars Emraan Hashmi and Soha Ali Khan. The score is an all-male domain as none of the tracks features a female playback singer.
'All The Best' music will rock the charts (IANS Music Review)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.
'Main Aurr Mrs Khanna' offers good and bad music (IANS Music Review)September 10th, 2009 Film: "Main Aurr Mrs Khanna"; Music Directors: Sajid-Wajid; Lyricists: Junaid Wasi, Suzanne D'Mello, Jalees Sherwani and Arun Bhairav; Singers: Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal, Suzanne D'Mello, Wajid, Sunidhi Chauhan, Raja Mushtaq, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Bappi Lahiri, Shaan and Neuman Pinto; Rating: ** 1/2
After "Wanted", composer duo Sajid-Wajid returns with the music of another Salman Khan starrer, "Main Aurr Mrs Khanna". The album cannot be considered a sure-shot hit but is decent in parts.
'Wake Up Sid' another musical hit by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy (IANS Music Review)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.
Nothing extraordinary about 'Daddy Cool' music (IANS Music Review)August 16th, 2009 Album: "Daddy Cool"; Music Directors: Raghav Sachar and Farhad-Sajid; Lyricists: Prashant Ingole, Aditya Dhar and Farhad-Sajid; Singers: Raghav Sachar, Paroma P. Dasgupta, Neha Bhaseen and Farhad; Rating: **
The music album of the film "Daddy Cool" just has three numbers.
Monty Sharma's 'Fox' a flop show (IANS Music Review)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.
Music of Varma's 'Agyaat' disappoints (IANS Music Review)July 14th, 2009 Album: "Agyaat"; Music Directors: Bapi-Tutul; Lyricists: Prashant Pandey, Sandip Singh and Sarim Momin; Singers: Runa Rizvi, Earl, Banjotsana, Shweta Pandit, Vickey B. Joshi, Bapi, Keka Ghoshal, Jankee Parikh, Imran; Rating: *
Ram Gopal Varma's movies like "Rangeela", "Satya" and "Mast" offered great songs that went on to become huge hits, but the music of his latest venture "Agyaat" disappoints.
'Love Aaj Kal' has peppy, soulful numbers (IANS Music Review)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.
'Short Kut...' not best work of Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy (IANS Music Review)June 19th, 2009 Film: "Short Kut - The Con Is On"; Music Directors: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy; Lyricist: Javed Akhtar; Singers: Shankar Mahadevan, Shreya Ghosal, Javed Ali, Sonu Nigam, Alka Yagnik, Nikita Nigam, Kirti Sagathia and Hrishikesh Kamerkar; Ratings: **1/2
"Short Kut - The Con Is On" had everything going right for it - famous composers, best lyricist and talented singers like Alka Yagnik and Sonu Nigam going behind the mike. Yet the music of the film is not as interesting as one expected.
'Jashnn' packs in peppy, soft numbers (IANS Music Review)June 17th, 2009 Film: "Jashnn"; Music Directors: Sharib Sabri-Toshi Sabri; Lyricists: Kumaar, Nouman Javaid and Nilesh Mishra; Singers: KK, Shreya Ghoshal, Nouman Javaid, Shaan, Toshi and Sharib; Rating: ***
Music has always been the high point of films churned out by Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt's Vishesh Films. "Jashnn" too has some nice renditions, which make the soundtrack something to look forward to.
Music of 'Kambakkht Ishq' good only in parts (IANS Music Review)June 15th, 2009 Film: "Kambakkht Ishq"; Music Director: Annu Malek; Lyricists: RDB, Anvita Dutt Guptan and Sabbir Khan; Singers: RDB, Neeraj Shridhar, Alisha Chinai, KK, Sunidhi Chauhan, Shaan and Shreya Ghosal; Rating: **1/2
After a long time, music buffs will be able to savour the compositions of Annu Malek through the much-awaited film "Kambakkht Ishq". The music of the film, which stars Akhshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor and Hollywood stars Sylvester Stallone, Brandon Routh and Denise Richards, is good only in parts.
'Karanjji': recommended for the musically inclined (Kannada Film Review)June 13th, 2009 Film: "Karanjji"; Cast: Vijaya Raghavendra, Gauri Karnick, Chandrashekhar, Sudha Belawadi, Nanjunda; Producer: M.N. Suresh; Music Director: Veer Samarth; Director: Sreedhar; Ratings: ** 1/2
Top of the line performance by Vijaya Raghavendra, extraordinary musical content provided by Veera Samarth and competent visual support by Guruprashanth Rai are the major highlights of "Karanjji" which traces the journey of a Kannada music band.
Nothing special about the music of 'Morning Walk' (IANS Music Review)June 13th, 2009 Film: "Morning Walk"; Music Director: Jeet Ganguly; Lyricists: Sanjeev Tiwari, Dibyendu Mukherji and Nida Fazli; Singers: Ustad Rashid Khan, Shreya Ghosal, Joi Barua, Dibyendu Mukherji, Shaan and Nargis; Rating: **1/2
The music of "Morning Walk", a film that brings together veteran actors Anupam Kher and Sharmila Tagore after 25 years, is not impressive. The soundtrack is by debutant composer Jeet Ganguly, who was earlier associated with music director Pritam Chakraborty.
'New York' impresses with nice, hummable tracks (IANS Music Review)June 11th, 2009 Film: "New York"; Music Directors: Pritam Chakraborty and Pankaj Awasthi; Lyricists: Sandeep Srivastava and Junaid Wasi; Singers: KK, Sunidhi Chauhan, Mohit Chauhan, Pankaj Awasthi and Caralisa Monteiro; Rating: *** 1/2
After being starved for Bollywood music for quite a few months owing to the stand-off between producers and multiplexes, music buffs finally have something really worth listening to. The music of Yash Raj Films' "New York" is youthful and interesting.