Bollywood
Ekk Deewana Tha Music Review
Gautam Menon’s bilingual (Tamil/Telugu) masterpiece Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (VTV) and Yeh Maaya Chesave (YMC) is finally being re-made in Hindi as Ekk Deewana Tha with Prateik Babbar and Amy Jackson as the leads. The music of VTV/YMC, composed by A R Rahman, was given as epic a status if not more than the movie. So it […]
Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu Music Review
The forthcoming Imran Khan (I Hate Luv Storys) and Kareena Kapoor (Ra.One) starrer Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu has Amit Trivdei as its composer and Amitabh Bhattacharya as lyricist. The recent unveiling of the theatrical trailer points to a predictable new age romantic comedy trying hard to disguise itself as an off-beat/indie love story. In […]
Agneepath Music Review
Since the day Dharma Productions’ unveiled the first look of their 2012 remake of yesteryear hit Agneepath, one thing was for sure – that the film will be devoid of Dharma Productions’ trademark extravagant song sequences. That is, stars lavishly dressed in Manish Malhotras dancing to Farah Khan’s directions with 1,000,000 extras in the background […]
Don 2 Music Review
Compared with the hype surrounding Shahrukh Khan’s Ra.One, his second and last release for the 2011, Don 2: The Chase Continues (Don 2) makes its entry with a whisper rather than bang. While Don: The Chase Begins Again (Don 1) had immense pressure on the makers to aesthetically re-create the yesteryear favourite, the sequel has […]
Ladies vs Ricky Bahl Music Review
After the widespread success of Band Baaja Baraat, the same winning team is back with Ladies vs Ricky Bahl. Salim-Sulaiman and Amitabh Bhattacharya have reprised their roles as music directors and lyricist respectively. The album contains 7 tracks and features the vocal talents of Benny Dayal (Papu Can’t Dance – Jaanu Tu), Shilpa Rao, Shraddha […]
Tell Me O Kkhuda Music Review
Tell Me O Kkhuda not only marks the debut of one of Bollywood’s most beloved divas, Hema Malini’s directorial debut, but also marks Esha Deol’s return to the screen after a hefty break alongside legends such as Vinod Khanna, Rishi Kapoor and father Dharmendra Singh Deol. But whether Bollywood’s once dream-girl turns dream-director is a […]
My Friend Pinto Music Review
No offence to Mr Bhansali, but doesn’t all the melodrama and rona-dhona of his movies get a bit too much for him sometimes? Apparently it does! Hence, his forthcoming film My Friend Pinto, a comedy. However, this time Bhansali is only involved in the capacity of a producer along with UTV’s main-man Ronnie Screwvala, while […]
Mod Music Review
After Aashayein, which disappeared rather quickly, Nagesh Kukunoor is back with his latest offering Mod, starring Ayesha Takia (Wanted and Dor) and VJ turned actor Ranvijay Singh. The music of Mod has been composed by Tapas Relia (Hanuman) while Mir Ali Husain has penned the lyrics. It features the vocal talents of Shreya Ghosal (Bahara […]
Ra.One Music Review
The wait is finally over. After months of teaser promos and leaked mp3s the official soundtrack of Ra.One is now available for one and all. Ra.One marks yet another attempt by Indian Cinema to tackle the genre of high budget blockbuster films featuring superhuman beings saving the world akin to its American counterpart. How the […]
Hum Tum Shabana Music Review
Sachin-Jigar of F.A.L.T.U and Tere Sang fame are back on the front lines of Bollywood music with Hum Tum Shabana, a comedy starring Shreyas Tadpade (Golmaal Returns), Tushaar Kapoor (the Golmaal movies) and Minisha Lamba (Yahan and Bachna Ae Haseeno). The album is made up of seven tracks, inclusive of two remixes. It features the […]
Love BreakUps Zindagi Music Review
Diya Mirza, Zayed Khan and Sahil Sangha. What do these three individuals have in common? A brand new spanking production house trading as Born Free Entertainment which is making its debut into the Indian Film Industry with Love Breakups Zindagi. Indicative of being a romantic dramedy , Love Breakups Zindagi is directed by Sahil and […]
Force Music Review
The season of remakes continues with Force which stars John Abraham and Genelia D’Souza in lead roles. The film’s a remake of Tamil film Kaakha Kaakha starring Surya (Rakht Charitra) and Joytika (Doli Sajake Rakhna) which was also remade in Telugu as Gharsana. While the Tamil and Telugu versions were directed by Gautum Menon, the […]
Bodyguard Music Review
After the box-office smashing results of Wanted, Dabangg and Ready, Salman Khan is back again with Bodyguard. Bodyguard is a remake of the Malayalam hit of the same name which starred Dileep and Nayantara. Bodyguard has already been remade in Tamil and a Telugu remake is in the works, so it’s only fitting that Hindi […]
Aarakshan Music Review
After the roaring success of political thriller Rajneeti, Prakash Jha is back again with Aarakshan, a socio-political drama that addresses the controversial issue of caste-based reservations in Indian educational institutions. But more on that in the movie review, let us focus on the music of Aarkshan for now. Shankar-Eshaan-Loy (“SEL”), fresh from their success of […]
Singham Music Review
Its raining remakes and Rohit Shetty’s Singham (translation: lion) is no exception, it being a remake of a Tamil film of the same name. While the Tamil version starred Surya of Ghajini fame, Singham’s Hindi incarnation stars Ajay Devgn who by the looks of the promos is ready to knock some teeth in. Award-winning Marathi […]
Bbuddah Hoga Tera Baap
Bbuddah Hoga Tera Baap sees one of the biggest names in Hindi cinema, namely Mr. Amitabh Bachchan teaming up with one of the biggest names in Telugu cinema, Puri Jaganath. For those who are not aware, Puri is the man behind the nationwide hit Pokirri or as most of you know it as, Wanted. The […]
Kucch Luv Jaisaa
Kucch Luv Jaisaa is the latest offering from Vipul Shah, starring Rahul Bose and Shefali Shah. Pritam has composed the songs while Irshad Kamil has penned the lyrics, the pair behind the music of Jab We Met and Love Aaj Kal. The album consists of 7 songs and features the vocal talents of Mohit Chauhan, […]
Pyaar ka Punchnama
Pyaar ka Punchnama is a forthcoming no-holds-barred romantic comedy of sorts from Viacom 18 Motion Pictures and Wide Frame Pictures. The film is a major launch vehicle as it marks the debut of producer Abhishek Pathak, director Luv Ranjan and newcomers Kartikeya Tiwari, Rayo Bhakhirta, Divyendu Sharma, Sonalli Sehgal, Nushrat Bharucha and Ishita Sharma. The […]
Ready
After Wanted and Dabanng turning out to be both blockbusters and chartbusters, Salman Khan is set to woo the audiences again in Aneez Bazmee’s Ready, a remake of a Telugu hit of the same name. While Dabanng and Wanted had the hot-blooded duo of Sajid-Wajid in the music directors’ chairs, Ready has Pritam (Race, Jab […]
Love U…Mr Kalakaar!
The latest offering from the house of Rajshri is Love You…Mr Kalakaar, a film by debutant director S Manavsi, a romantic comedy featuring Tushaar Kapoor (The Golmaal franchise) and Amrita Rao (Vivah and Main Hoon Naa). In the music director’s chair is Sandesh Sandaliya (Socha Na Tha and Chameli) with Manoj Mutashir as the lyricist. […]
I Am
Fresh from worldwide tour of film festivals, Onir’s (My Brother Nikhil and Bas Ek Pal) I Am is all set to hit commercial cinema screens. Financed by donations from more than 400 different people around the globe, I Am is a collection of 4 short films, namely Omar Afia, Abhimanyu, and Megha, each inspired by […]
