Raftaar (2010)

Raftaar (also known as 24 x 7 Raftaar) is the next movie from Emraan Hasmi starring Neha Dhupia, Aditya Panscholi and Sagarika Ghatge. The film is directed by Shamin Desai where as the songs are from Pritam. I am listening 'Rooth Jaana' and it's appearing good.

1. Aaj Ki Raat / Preetha Majumdar
2. Allah Ji Allah Ji / Udit Narayan, Neera Joshi
3. Raftaar / Nisha Lalwani
4. Rooth Jaana / Kumar Sanu
5. Tere Ishq Ka / Sonu Kakkad, Saliv Baluchi
6. Tute Jaise Tara / Sukhwinder Singh

Paa (2009)

Paa is a film with an unusual story and music maestro Ilayaraja has composed tunes that gel well with the movie's subject. Director R. Balakrishnan's film stars Amitabh Bachchan as Abhishek's son Auro, who suffers from progeria that causes premature ageing. It also stars Vidya Balan.
The album begins with Mudhi mudhi ittefaq se. Crooned by Shilpa Rao, it has an instant connect. It is melodious but not very long. The song is currently doing the rounds on television channels and has become a hit.
Mudhi mudhi ittefaq se has two more versions - Udhi udhi, an extension of the original and "Gali mudhi" that has vocals by Shaan. It is slower in pace but equally nice.

1. Gumm Summ Gumm /K. Bavatharini, Shravan & Chorus
2. Udhi Udhi Iteffaq Se / Shilpa Rao
3. Hichki Hichki / Sunidhi Chauhan
4. Gali Mudhi Ittefaq Se / Shaan
5. Halke Se Bole / Chorus
6. Mere Paa / Amithabh Bachchan
7. Paa Theme (Remix) / Vickky Goswami

Love Guru (2010)

Love Guru is an upcoming movie directed by Rahul Kapoor. It's starring Rocky Sandhu, Monalisa and Tarun Arora in the lead roles. The music of Love Guru is jointly composed by D Nirmal, Daboo Malik, and Nazaqat-Sujaat. It has only four songs, give them a try. I am finding 'Dekhona Dekhona' as okay-okay. Hope you like them..

 

1. Dekhona Dekhona - Shaan, Soumya Rao
2. Non Stop Mujhe Pyaar Kar - Vaishali Samant
3. Uncho Uncho Mharo Ghagaro - Sunidhi Chauhan, Vinod Rathod
4. Pyaar Ki Nai Takrir - Shaan

Rocket Singh - Salesman Of The Year (2009)

Rocket Singh... is a nice album which has been surprisingly not promoted at all. Worse, the songs have been made available just days before the release of the film. Though the marketing team of Yash Raj Films may have their own good reasons to do that, the fact remains that for a movie starring Ranbir Kapoor in the lead; it truly leaves one perplexed about this decision. This is why in spite of some decent to good tracks, Rocket Singh... will hardly fetch any sales figures for itself. Ironical, because the lead protagonist of the film is being touted to be the 'salesman of the year'!

'Pocket Me Rocket' - Now that's one real interesting way to come up with a song's title. Benny Dayal sings this track which follows Salim-Sulaiman's sensibilities to the T, if one recollects the kind of funky background score they have given to quite a few albums. With a mix of English and Hindi lyrics, the song tells the story of a salesman who has his task cut out to fetch excellent sales figures for himself. Expect the track to play at number of junctures in the narrative and also make an impression. Though audio wise it isn't the kind of track that you would end up singing in entirety, it's the hook that stays on with you for hours at stretch.

 

1. Pankhon Ko / Salim Merchant
2. Pocket Me Rocket / Benny Dayal
3. Gadbadi Hadbadi / Vishal Dadlani

Dulha Mil Gaya (2010)

Not all songs in Dulha Mil Gaya make an equal impact with a couple of them turning out to be plain average. However, to the credit of Lalit Pandit, there isn't any bad song per se with title song 'Dulha Mil Gaya', qawalli 'Dilrubaon Ke Jalwe' and Pritam's 'Shiri Farhad' coming up trumps with a situational 'Aaja Aaja Mera Ranjhna' being a decent hear. Dulha Mil Gaya is a happy album with a celebration feel to it, something that goes with the film's story and setting.

This one is a voluminous album and the first track to come is 'Akela Dil' that has a groove similar to that of 'Gela Gela Dil Gela Gela' (Aitraaz). An unmistakable calypso rhythm is on the fore front here too, given the fact that the film is set in the Caribbean. Adnan Sami gets into an intoxicated and relaxed mood as per the demand of the situation and gets his own lazy style in place to sing 'Akela Dil' that has Anushka Manchanda giving able support. This is a kind of track that should add on to the visual appeal of the film. It's 'remix version' adds on the zing and should find a place in the clubs and discotheques.

1. Akela Dil / Adnan Sami Khan, Anushka Manchanda
2. Akela Dil On Line / Remix - Adnan Sami Khan Anushka Manchanda
3. Dilrubaon Ke Jalwe / Amit Kumar Monali
4. Dilrubaon Ke Jalwe / Remix - Amit Kumar Monali
5. Dulha Mil Gaya / Daler Mehndi
6. Dulha Mil Gaya / Remix - Daler Mehndi
7. Rang Diya Dil / Shreya Ghoshal
8. Tu Jo Jaan Le / Sonu Nigam

Pyaar Impossible (2010)

 

Due to its situational feel, one can't be expecting mega popularity for the album here. However, if one understands the intent of the album, the songs have been pretty much made to facilitate the album's narrative rather than being chartbusters that would get audiences in theaters. In this aspect, Salim-Sulaiman create a good situational album that may well drive the narrative rather than just fitting into it.

Anushka Manchanda is so effective in the way she begins 'Alisha' that one can almost sense Priyanka Chopra to be behind the mike. There is this husky feel about her rendition which brings in a certain attitude to the entire 5 minutes track. In fact Anushka is quite good in this Westernised track (later also appearing in a 'remix version') where she not just changes the pitch a couple of times but also brings in a different tone to her voice. Moreover, Salim Merchant too does a good job in coming behind the mike intermittently and brings on the key words Pyaar Impossible. A good situational track that could well have been a Vishal-Shekhar composition.

1. Alisha / Salim Merchant, Anushka Manchanda
2. Alisha - Remix / Salim Merchant, Anushka Manchanda, Abhijeet Vaghani
3. Pyaar Impossible / Vishal Dadlani, Dominique Cerejo
4. Pyaar Impossible - Remix / Vishal Dadlani, Dominique Cerejo, Abhijeet Vaghani
5. 10 On 10 / Anushka Manchanda, Mahua Kamat, Naresh Kamath
6. You And Me / Benny Dayal, Neha Bhasin

Chance Pe Dance (2010)

Chance Pe Dance is a good album that doesn't have a single bad/below average song and stays consistent for most of its duration. It does experiment with a song or two but doesn't veer away from giving all segments of listeners something to cheer about it. This is why other than a couple of fabulous dance numbers (Pe..Pe..Pepein..., Just Do It), there are also love songs (Pal Mein Hi, Rishta Hai Mera) that keep the balance on. Listen to this one, you won't be disappointed.

Even though Chance Pe Dance is an Adnan Sami album all the way, it is guest composer Pritam's 'Pe..Pe..Pepein...' which turns out to be the opening track. Written by Kumaar, who of late has been collaborating with Pritam on quite a few songs, 'Pe..Pe..Pepein...' has exactly the same hook that was last evidenced in 'Oh By God' [Ajab Prem Ki Ajab Kahani]. Though the song hadn't featured in the film, Pritam was obviously attached to the hook (based on the quintessential 'shehnai' tune that is heard in marriages) and put it to good use in 'Pe..Pe..Pepein...'. The results are expectedly fabulous as the song turns out to be far better than 'Oh By God'. With Neeraj Sridhar, Hard Kaur and Saleem Shehzada bringing in the kind of attitude which is just suited for a song belonging to this genre, 'Pe..Pe..Pepein...' (which later also arrives in a much welcome 'remix version') turns out to be a true dance number which is not just a chartbuster from the word 'Go' but is also all set to get further popular once it's music video is out.

1. One More Dance / Kunal Ganjanwala
2. Pal Mein Hi / Shreya Ghoshal, Soham Chakraborthy
3. Pe Pe Pepein / Neeraj Shridhar, Saleem Shahzaad
4. Pe Pe Pepein - Duet / Neeraj Shridhar, Tulsi Kumar, Saleem Shahzaad
5. Pump It Up / Vishal Dadlani
6. Pump It Up - Remix / Vishal Dadlani, Dj Myth
7. Rishta Hai Mera / Shaan, Tulsi Kumar
8. Yaba Daba Yahoo / Kunal GanjanwalaChance Pe Dance (2010)
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