Main Aur Mrs Khanna
Main Aur Mrs Khanna is a combined venture by Sohail Khan Productions and UTV Spot Boy. Their last venture Kisaan failed to set box office on fire but this one promises to be a blockbuster with star cast consisting of unmatchable Salman Khan, younger brother Sohail Khan, lady of the season Kareena Kapoor and comedian No 1 Govinda. Movie also has Preity Zinta in a special appearance. The music has been composed by talented duo of Sajid-Wajid. The duo has given music for Salman’s recent movies like Mujhse Shaadi Karogi, Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya and the latest Wanted. The music of these movies proved to be a hit with the masses. Going by the track record of the combination, an expected hit is in pipeline.
The album starts with 'Don't Say Alvida' which is nothing if not ear pleasing, simple and sweet melody. It is a beautiful composition that is sure to tug at your heartstrings. We can’t really say, it is an outstanding and innovative tune but yes, it is definitely pleasing and will stay with you for a while. The composition will remind you of Jatin-Lalit and Nadeem-Shravan era. Sonu Nigam has done a commendable job. This song also has a sad version sung melancholically by Shreya Ghoshal. Quite an emotional song it is.
The next number, ''Happening'' is quite a happening track. It is a dance number that has been picturised on glamorous Priety Zinta. The song is more like a techno qawwali. Voice has been rendered by Sunidhi Chauhan and I must say she is in top form. ‘Rabba’ has been sung by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and this is as soulful as it can get. It is a heart-wrenching song with sad lyrics. ‘Tum Ne Socha’ is kind of soft rock love ballad and slowly it grows on you.
The album ends on a high note with funny and situational theme song, 'Mrs Khanna'. All in all, movie has potential to be a musical hit and you can go for it.
Devotional songs
One musical genre that has always remained in demand is devotional songs. These songs are in existence in centuries. No matter what, even though time has drastically changed, people’s preferences have totally changed and yet this one genre refuses to go out of fashion. If we go back to history, devotional songs have remained the hot flavour throughout the civilization. Devotional songs were first seen in form of prayers used to offer to Gods. There was a certain rhythm and harmony in the mantras chanted for God. Going forward, middle age witnessed mesmerising poets and singers like Surdas and Tulsidas who composed huge numbers of songs dedicated to almighty. By singing devotional songs, one gets a chance to offer his gratitude and prayers to the supreme almighty. There are no fixed rules or forms for such songs. It could be in form of Bhajans, Qawali and now a days even devotional pop songs. Just listen to one song ‘Barso Yaaro’ in the movie London Dreams. It is a fast, rock songs and yet you will be hearing rock version of Hanuman Chalisa and you are sure to love it.
Indian movies have remained the best platform for proliferation of devotional songs. Some of the devotional songs shown in movie have acquired cult status. Remember, ‘Sukh ke sab saathi dukh mein na koi’ or ‘Allah tero naam ishwar tero naam’? These devotional songs can never go out of fashion.
Some of the popular devotional songs are, ‘Sant Samaagam Kije Aarti’, ‘O Paalanhaare Nirgun Aur Nyaare’, ‘Mai Toh Aaratee Utaru’, ‘Yaha Waha Jaha Taha Mat Puchho’, ‘Tumhi Ho Mata Pita Tumhi’, Ek Tu Hi Bharosa’, and ‘Ishwar Allah tere Jahan Mein’ etc. These songs have been sung by singers of different religions and that reflects ubiquitous appeal of these devotional songs.
Blue – Music Review
The movie ‘Blue’ is generating right buzz in the filmy circle. The movie has many ‘Firsts’ to its credit. It is the first Hindi movie that has been extensively shot underwater with the entire crew indulging in scuba diving. An action adventure movie, the movie gives you exquisite view of the sea. Produced by Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision and directed by Anthony D'Souza, BLUE has songs by Oscar winner A. R. Rahman. It is also the first time that music maestro has composed music for Khiladi Kumar. That kind of is surprising because despite being in the industry for almost two decades, both had never worked with each other. Australian pop sensation Kylie Minogue has also lent her voice for the first time for any Hindi flick. With keeping all things in mind, movie is bound to create some buzz and lots of expectations. One more thing, Resul Pookutty, another Oscar winner, is the sound engineer for BLUE. What else we can ask for?
Let’s talk about the most talked about song of recent times and sung by Kylie Minogue ‘Chiggy Wiggy’'. We can safely term it as a dance track with elements of bhangra, soft pop and earthy tunes. Kylie has a sung in a sensuous tone and that naturally sets the tone for rest of the album. Song is sure to rule party circuits for a while. The next number is 'Aaj Dil Gustakh Hai' can be termed as a true Rahman number. The song is magical and is quite romantic. Sukhwinder has done a commendable job in the song.
'Fiqrana' is the next number and is almost like a theme song. Vijay Prakash and Shreya have performed really well in the song and the tunes are in sync with Rahman’s signature style. Moving on to 'Bhoola Tujhe', the song has hit combination of Rahman, Abbas Tyrewala and Rashid Ali (of 'Kabhi Kabhi Aditi' (JTYJN) fame). A beautiful 'Sufi' based composition; the song will enthrall your senses. The album has few other songs as well and you can’t help but mesmerize at the talent of Mozart from Madras. A must have for your collection.
Hits By Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
One of the best things that happened to Hindi film industry was arrival of hugely talented Rahat Fateh Ali Khan. Nephew of legendary singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Rahat was born in Faisalabad, Pakistan. Since the time, he has emerged on the bollywood musical radar; he has kept giving one soul-stirring song after another. His forte is Sufi songs and almost all the sung by him are memorable. His songs have this knack of touching your heart and that makes listening to his songs a memorable experience. Rahat Ali has also sung several ghazals and has even released his album. It is said that, for no less than 600 years, Rahat’s family is in qawwali performance and that says a lot about his lineage. Since childhood, Rahat was interested in music and performed his first musical show at a tender age of eleven.
Some of his hit bollywood songs in films are:
O re piya o re piya - Aaja Nachle
Lagan lagi tumse mann ki lagan - Paap
Tujhe dekh dekh sona tujhe dekh kar hai jagna maine ye zindgani sang tere bitaani Tujhme basi hai meri jaan hai jiya dhadak jai - Kalyug
Haal-e-dil - Haal-e-dil
Koi chala Jaa raha hai - Woodstock Villa
Dhaage tod laaon chandani se noor ke, ghoonghat bhi bana lo roshni ke noor se - Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
Chann se toote koi sapna jag soona soona laage koi rahe na jab apna jag soona soona laage - Om Shanti Om
Main jahaan rahoon main kahin bhi hoon teri yaad saath hai - Namastey London
Naina – Omkara
Rabba- Main Aur Mrs Khanna
Khwab Jo- London Dreams
Wake Up Sid – Music Review
Well, before saying anything let’s take a look at the credit line of the movie; Karan Johar, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy (SEL) and Javed Akhtar. Phew! What do you expect then? Some urbane, peppy and memorable song? True that. The music of ‘Wake Up Sid’ has already been released and it is gaining entry into chartbusters. For further effect, Amit Trivedi has also composed for the movie. Directed by Ayan Mukerji and starring Ranbir Kapoor, Konkona Sen Sharma, Rahul Khanna, Anupam Kher, Shikha Talsania, Supriya Pathak and Namit Das, the movie promises to catch the fancy of youngsters.
The trio of SEL has had a mixed year so far with some hit and some miss. That explains why they have put their best foot forward in the music of this movie. The gifted trio can never be blamed for lack of effort and that’s why we can see how much effort they have put into the music of this urban flick. The first song of the album ‘Wake up call’ is a breezy one with ample usage of loud guitar strumming and thrilling percussions. The song boasts of upbeat rock music and backup vocals give the song a true urban feel.
The club mix of the same song has been made more thematically. Quite a high tempo song, one can feel like grooving on it. Definitely seems to be a chartbuster. 'Kya Karoon' is more on sentimental side and will remind you of bygone era. The next number is 'Aaj Kal Zindagi' and this is more like a motivating song. ‘Iktara’ has been composed by Dev D fame Amit Trivedi and the song is a very different one. It touches you and that is the beauty of this song. 'Life is Crazy' is a song on the mould of a carefree life. The album has all the essential ingredients of becoming a musical hit.
All the Best – Music Review
Rohit Shetty earlier made hit comedies like Golmaal and Golmaal Returns. Both were well received by the masses and the pair of Ajay Devgan and Rohit Shetty hit on the purple patch. They wish to continue the momentum with their new release ‘All the Best’. Movie promises to be a laugh riot and stars Ajay Devgan, Bipasha Basu, Fardeen Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Mugdha Godse, Asrani, Mukesh Tiwari, Ashwini Kalsekar and Johnny Lever. Music has been composed by Pritam and movie is a typical masala one. One can eagerly wait for elements like breath-taking stunts, splendid VFX, bankable face value with cool splash of rollicking thrust of rock-music and plenty of comedy. Pritam has been a roll with hits like New York, Dil Bole Hadippa and recently released Love Aaj Kal. So expectations are running high and ne expects Pritam Chakraborty to deliver big time in tune with large star cast of this larger than life flick.
Let’s begin with the track, ‘Dil Kare’. With blazing guitar playing in the background and accompanied by roaring vocals, this is sure to be a pulsating track. Concert lovers will love the feel of this song. Vocals by Suraj Jagan and Rupam Islam, dil kare will be in demand for some time. 'Haan Main Jitni Martaba' is a romantic track with varied tempo and supple vocal harmonies. Pritam wonderfully uses electric guitars, bass guitars, pianos and keyboards fillers in the songs of ‘All the Best’.
Title track 'All the Best' is totally fun with musical effect ruling the rust. Sung by Rana Mazumder, Soham Chakrabarthy along with Antara Mitra, this song thrives on ‘Samba’ music and rock music. 'Kyon' is a melodious song that I well sung by Clinton Cerejo. This number is most likely to touch your heart. The final offering is ‘You Are My Love' that is filled with fun and quite a racing number it is. The album in its totality is definitely Paisa-Vasool.
Golden Songs
Music plays a stellar role in Hindi movies. It is really hard to imagine a bollywood movie without any songs. Yes, we can see few movies without any songs but they more or less belong to art category. Many movies thrive on good soulful tracks. Some movies get a good opening at box office solely on the basis of good songs. Consequently, an album is released before the release of the movie and if songs managed to become chartbuster, then there are high chances of movie doing well. In such light, it would not be an exaggeration to admit that music is the life line of Indian movie. If we look back at bollywood history, we will come across numerous movies with amazing songs. Right from the era of K L Sehgal to R D Burman, there are countless gems.
Talking about some of the popular oldies, they still make us go all nostalgic. Lets have a look at some of most popular old songs.
Main Ban Ke Pancchi
Aayega, Aayega Aanewala
Awara Hoon
Mera Joota Hai Japani
Bol Radha Bol
Jaane kyaa tuune kahii
Ai mere pyaare vatan
Ab ke baras bhej bhaiya ko babul
Wahan Kaun Hai Tera
Phuulon ke rang se
Kuch Toh Log Kahenge
Chandan saa badan, chanchal chitavan
Jab Pyar kia toh darna kya
Man re, tu kaahe na dheer dhare
Chalo dildaar chalein
Tere mere sapne ab ek rang hain
Din dhal jaaye, hai raat na jaaye
Roop tera mastana
Meri Hansini, Kaha udd chali
Mere Sapno Ki raani
What’s Your Rashee? – Music Review
Almost all of Ashutosh Gowariker's movies have been identified with strong themes and wonderful music composed by Mozart from Madras, A R Rahman. But surprisingly this time, his movie ‘What’s Your Rashee’ does not have Rahman as composer. A new composer Sohail Sen has been roped in to compose music for this much anticipated movie. And needless to say, the chap has done a commendable job. The movie has Priyanka Chopra and Hurman Baweja in lead roles and movie was released recently. It’s a three hour long movie and has generated quite a buzz.
New composer Sohail Sen is the son of Sameer sen, himself a leading composer. The movie has wonderful songs belonging to different genres. There are romantic songs. Folk tunes, pacy numbers and rabic songs as well. Overall, this seems to be a good package. The film has total 134 songs and one song each for 12 zodiac signs (as per the theme of movie). Even Gowariker has sung in the movie.
The album starts with soft number and already a hit among masses ‘Jao na’. The composer Sen himself has sung the song along with Tarannum Malik. Definitely a pleasing song, it is intriguing as well. Young generation is sure to be appealed by the theme of the song. The next one is ‘Aaja lehrate’ sung by Shaan and Bhavya Pandit. Fast in nature, the song is quite peppy. However, it will fail to keep your attention for long.
‘Bikhri bikhri’ is the next song rendered by Sohail Sen and Marianne D. Cruz. Quite a soft and soothing song. Next in the list is ‘Mannunga mannunga’ that has been rendered by director Ashutosh Gowariker himself. The next track is ‘Sau janam’ which is basically a love ballet sung by Udit Narayan, Madhushree and Sen. Definitely one of the best songs of the album.
‘Aa le chal’ is the next one sung by Aslesha Gowariker which is an average one. Next in the list is ‘Pyaari pyaari’ sung by Alka Yagnik and Sen. A melodious song. ‘Su Che’ is sung by Sen and Bela Shende and is a fast-paced. ‘Salone kya’ is more into Arabic mould. Rest of the songs is ‘Dhadkan dhadkan’, ‘Pal pal jisko dhoonde’, ‘Koi Jaane na’ and ‘Chehra jo dekhe hain’. Overall, a decent album that you should try at least once.
Downloading Songs
Popularity of Hindi songs knows no bounds. Indian masses just love listening to Hindi songs, especially movie songs. They say, entire India thrives on movies and cricket. But here, we will need to add third passion of songs and mind it this is not a new age fashion. Indian have always loved music and that is quite evident if we look back at the ancient times. Folk and classical music were hugely adored by Indian masses in ancient and medieval eras. What made this a true mass thing was advent of visuals on screen. It all began with 1940s when ‘Alam Ara’ became the first Hindi speaking movie to be released. Soon afterwards, songs became an integral part of Hindi movies. Playback singers started to emerge and then onwards, Hindi music did not remain the same. Apart from Hindi movies, other movies in different languages also focussed upon this crucial cog of songs and it became a pan-India phenomenon. Songs are popular across the length and breadth of India. The phenomenon was also helped by new technological revolutions like radio, television, satellite, FM channels, iPods etc.
The popularity of Hindi songs was further pushed by advent of internet. One search on Hindi songs produces millions of results. There are numerous websites solely dedicated to Hindi music. Users can even listen to these songs and download it as well. It is all possible with one click of the mouse. One can find almost anything on internet. Right from old songs, new songs, folk songs, instrumental music to pop, indi-rock or even remixes; music aficionados can have them all. Most of these songs are available in MP3 format. Apart from these websites, several websites of established music companies offer quality, legal downloading. One can pay a small nominal amount and can download his preferred songs.
New York – Music Review
The movie ‘New York’ ended bollywood’s dry run by becoming a modest success. The movie did a good business in different parts of the country including abroad. New York is often referred as ‘City of Paradise’ and is associated with flamboyance. Kabir Khan, the director after his critically acclaimed ‘Kabul Express’ did manage to step up the tempo and gave a good movie catered around the universal theme of terrorism. The music of the movie is composed by talented Pritam and stars John Abraham, Neil Mukesh and beautiful Katrina Kaif. Produced by Yash Raj Films, movie has terrific songs and was well received by public.
The song ‘Hai Junoon’ has been sung by hugely talented Kay Kay Menon and many consider as the best song of the album. Lyrics have been written by Sandeep and song thrives on mild rhythms on synthesized percussions-guitars. Singer has done wonders with the song. The song proved to be a chart buster and even the remix version was for long remained a party circuit favorite. The second song ‘Mera Sang’ has been rendered by Sunidhi Chauhan. The song is worth listening again and again. There is certain lazy elegance about the song. Sunidhi has like always delivered a commendable job.
‘Tune Jo Na Kaha’ has been sung by emerging star Mohit Chauhan and I must say, this guy has got oodles of talent. He has recently delivered one hit after another and there is no stopping this guy from scenic place Himachal Pradesh. Truly a mesmerizing singer he is. Next song is ‘Aye Saaye’ and the vocal is by Pankaj Awasthi. It is sufiana song that has elements of contrast which makes it even more appealing. ‘Sam’s Theme (Instrumental)’ is the next number with vocals by Caralisa Monteiro. The last number in the album is ‘New York Theme’ which is quite a different one. It has elements of hard rock and percussions. Overall, the album is worth having a dekko.