You can buy the soundtrack on iTunes here. Familiar Rahman sounds abound in the anthemic Nenjae Yezhu, complete with that signature scale change in the second half. But the orchestral grandeur (particularly the strings) and ARR’s own rousing rendition ensure that the song works as it should.  Sonapareeya has its appeal built around the nifty [...]

(This is a review of the Tamil soundtrack; not posting a separate one for Malayalam since the tunes would appear to be the same. In case of differences, shall post an addendum here.) Although most of Pistah’s fun lies in the borrowed gibberish originally rendered by the legendary Jagathi Sreekumar in Kinnaaram (still unsure if [...]

Not often do Pritam’s massy tracks work for me, but Badtameez Dil has been a delightful exception. The fun trumpet-led arrangement, Amitabh Bhattacharya’s nonsensical lyrics and a stellar job by Benny Dayal on vocals, assisted by Shefali Alvares. Special points for not having a remix! I wasn’t impressed with Balam Pichkaari much when I saw [...]

Pretty much everything about Baby Doll induces a heard before feel – Vishal Shekhar’s arrangement, Sukhwinder Singh’s rendition alongside Udit Narayan, even the English-Bhojpuri(?) combo lyrics. Having said that, each of those factors has an engaging side to it which makes the song fairly enjoyable. Vishal Dadlani’s singing is interesting in Pehn Di Takki, but [...]

Amit Trivedi had Motorwaada in Luv Shuv.. last year, and this year Sachin Jigar give us Babaji Ki Booty in Go Goa Gone. Equally wacky and imaginative arrangement, and hilarious lyrics from Priya Panchal  Amitabh Bhattacharya, as corrected by @nishant_rising (that conversation in the second interlude is the clincher)! And the composers themselves get behind the mic and [...]

Thank you all for an awesome response to the opening edition of On Sound Cloud 9! We promised a monthly series, and in keeping with that here is volume 2. The mix is once again random, and the download permissions are as set by the individual uploader. As we said before, if you know of any artist/track [...]

You can listen to the soundtrack here. Respect for Big B and other related sentiments apart, there is nothing particularly special about the tribute song Bachchan. Amitabh Bhattacharya’s lines are well written (with nice additions of Bachchan’s own dialogues in between), Sukhwinder Singh’s rendition neat, but the tune is severely lacking in freshness. Amit Trivedi [...]

You can listen to the songs here. Tum Hi Ho is as beautifully haunting as a Bhatt-Mithoon product ever gets – soft piano-led arrangement and a soulful rendition from Arijit Singh. Meri Aashiqui converts Tum Hi Ho into a duet with some nicely imagined verses added to it, that Palak Muchhal delivers with finesse. Mithoon’s [...]

After Hemant Brijwasi last year in Arjun the Warrior Prince, another SRGMP Li’l Champs product to make a super debut with Sapna Re Sapna is Padmanabh Gaikwad. Gulzar’s thoroughly endearing lines rendered with equally endearing sincerity, and a simple tune to go with. Kaali Kaali has Clinton Cerejo (who also produced the soundtrack along with [...]

You can listen to the songs here. Lutt Jaawaan follows the techno Punjabi template to the tee, and gets bogged down by the same factor; Dhruv Sangari’s commendable singing notwithstanding. Mungda is an improvement, the composer Manan Shah building smartly on that seeming nod to the Rajesh Roshan-Majrooh-Usha Mangeshkar hit, with some interesting use of [...]