Music Review: Dhoom Dadakka

Seeing the suspect cast and that Roop Kumar Rathod made the music, I knew this album was hopeless. I wonder why he even makes music? Is there such a shortage of musicians that singers (such as Roop Kumar Rathod and Sukhwinder Singh) have to make music for films?

Movie Review: Tashan

After hearing so many negative ratings on this film, I thought to myself can it really be that bad? After all its a Yash Raj film starring mega stars Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan and Anil Kapoor. Even if the story is weak, can’t these four join together and deliver perfomances that save […]

Music Review: Anamika

The reason this movie caught my eye is because Anu Malik is doing the music. I know that majority of people believe that his best days are behind him, but I am in the minority who thinks who still has something left. I still remember the gold old days in the 90s when every other movie had music composed by him. Despite his heavy workload during that decade, Anu Malik was consistent in delivering hits.

In 2006 he impressed me with Jaaneman and then disappointed with Zindaggi Rocks. With Jaaneman he proved (to me at least) that he still has something left in the musical bank…

Movie Review: U Me aur Hum

U Me aur Hum was hugely publicized, but it had high hype too. So, let’s see what the hype was about.

* Ajay devgan makes his directorial debut.

* Kajol’s onscreen paring with husband Ajay Devgan after a very long time. They were last seen together in their home production Raju chacha.

* Kajol appears on the big screen after almost three years. She was last seen in Fanaa.(I’m not counting the special appearances she did in Om Shanti Om and Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna)

You may ask, ‘with all the hype and publicity, does ‘U Me aur Hum’ live up to the expectations?’ The answer is ‘yes’.

Music Review: Jimmy

Mithunda’s son, Mimoh Chakraborty, makes an entry into Bollywood with a movie called Jimmy. Usually when the son of a star makes his entry into Bollywood, there is a lot of hype before the film releases. Not so much in this case.

Anand Raj Anand could have helped by giving some good music. Usually a reliable music director, he goes completely off the mark in this one.

Bappi Lahiri had his time - remember Gori Hain Kaliyaan (Aaj Ka Arjun) and Mahiya Teri Kasam (Ghayal)? But I fail to understand why he is still composing because it is quite evident he has lost his mind.

Vijay Verma also composes one song in the album. Who is he? Chances are, we will never know.

Music Review: Tashan

I would start off by saying how big the expectations are from this film and its music, but I won’t. Because Yash Raj were once the best banner when it came to quality music. But now with every passing movie their standards fall lower and lower. With Tashan, the slope continues downward. Sad thing is that putting together such a great cast isn’t easy. And when they do come together they deserve at the very least a memorable soundtrack…

Movie Review: Race

It’s been sometime since I wrote any movie review, so I decided to watch Race yesterday. First things first…Race is one of the finest thrillers made in recent times (I mean in Bollywood). So what makes it so good? Well, everything from star cast, direction, screenplay, dialogues to action. Abbas-Mustan, the director duo, have […]

Music Review: Jannat

Mukesh Bhatt’s films may be very good or very bad, but they always provide something different. His films almost always have copied music, but it is always good music.

Emraan Hasmhi showed us in Awaraapan that he is a great actor. Music-wise his films have never disappointed. In fact it would be hard to find another actor with a music resume better than his.

Pritam is the hottest musician in Bollywood right now. And for good reason. He may be the biggest copycat in the history of Bollywood (even overtaking Anu Malik!) but you cannot deny the fact that this man dishes out hits after hits. His music is always popular amongst the masses.

So when all three of these men come together in a film…how can it ever go wrong?

Music Review : One Two Three

Movie Title: One Two Three
Producer: Kumar Mangat, Sunil Lulla
Director: Ashwani Dheer
Starring: Suniel Shetty, Upen Patel, Esha Deol, Sameera Reddy, Tusshar Kapoor, Paresh Rawal, Tanishaa
Music: Raghav Sachar
Lyrics: Aditya Dhar, Munna Dhiman
Singers: Raghav Sachar, Kunal Ganjawala, Earl Ed, Kaptan Laadi, Kshitij Tarey, Kailash Kher, Aditya Dhar, Shilpa Rao, Sunidhi Chauhan, Mahalaxmi Iyer and Ninad Kamat
Raghav Sachar…is […]

Music Review: Krazzy 4

Movie Title: Krazzy 4
Director : Jaideep Sen
Producer : Rakesh Roshan & Sunaina Roshan
Music : Rajesh Roshan
Lyrics : Asif Ali Beg
Cast: Arshad Warsi, Irrfan Khan, Dia Mirza, Rajpal Yadav, Suresh Menon, Rajat Kapoor, Zakir Hussain, Juhi Chawla, Hrithik Roshan, Rakhi Sawant, Sunil Pal, Shahrukh Khan
Some people just know how to get publicity. What better way then […]

Music Review: U Me aur Hum

Movie Title: U Me aur HumProducer: Devgan Entertainment Software Ltd. (Ajay Devgan)
Director: Ajay Devgan
Starring: Ajay Devgan, Kajol, Divya Dutta, Isha Shervani, Sumeet Raghavan, and Karan Khanna
Music: Vishal Bharadwaj
Lyrics: Munna Dhiman
Singers: Adnan Sami, Shreya Ghoshal, Sunidhi Chauhan, Vishal
The real life husband and wife are back together in their home production, U Me aur Hum. It is […]

Music Review: RACE

Movie Title: Race
Music Director : Pritam Chakraborthy
Lyricist : Sameer
Cast : Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Bipasha Basu, Katrina Kaif, Anil Kapoor & Sameera Reddy
Director : Abbas Burmawalla & Mustan Burmawalla
Producer : Kumar S Taurani & Ramesh S Taurani

 
There is no need for me to tell you that this is a BIG film. I […]

Music Review: Jodha Akbar

Movie Title: Jodha Akbar 
Music Director : A R Rahman
Lyricist : Javed Akhtar
Cast : Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai
Director : Ashutosh Gowarikar
Producers : Ashutosh Gowarikar and Ronnie Screwvala

Is AR Rahman the same composer he once was? Remember the time when he was churning out hit after hit? Nowadays he does no more than one or […]

Movie Review: Showbiz

Sometimes after watching a film you ask yourself - why did I just watch this? This is the question I had in my mind after watching Showbiz.

I will not say that the movie is entirely bad. There are some good parts. Kind of.

The movie is about a pop sensation named Rohan, played by the newcomer Tushar Jalota. Just what the industry needs, another Tushar.

Movie Review: Welcome

Movie Title:
Welcome

Star Cast:
Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Paresh Rawal, Anil Kapoor, Nana Patekar, Feroz Khan and Mallika Sherwat

Director:
Anees Bazmee

Producer:
Firoz Nadiadwala

Music Director:
Sajid-Wajid, Anand Raj Anand and Himesh Reshammiya

Dialogue/Story:
Praful Parikh, Rajiv Kaul and Anees Bazmee

First of all, No Entry is one of my favorite comedies from the last few years. It may not make any sense, but […]

Movie Review: Taare Zameen Par

Movie Title: Taare Zameen Par
Star Cast: Aamir Khan, Darsheel Safary, and Tisca Chopra
Music Directors: Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani, Loy Mendonca and Shailendra Barve
Producer: Aamir Khan
Story / Writer: Amol Gupte
Director: Aamir Khan
First thing to note is that the main purpose of this film is to inform rather than to entertain. If you are looking for […]

Music Review: My Name is Anthony Gonsalves

Music Directors : Pritam and Himesh Reshammiya
Cast : Nikhil Dwivedi, Amrita Rao, Mithun Chakraborty
Director: E. Niwas
Producers: Bhushan Kumar and Shah Rukh Khan

 
This film has been fairly low key which is surprising considering it has “hidden” star power. Perhaps they should have advertised the fact that this film is co-produced by SRK and has Himesh Reshammiya […]

Music Review: Sunday

Movie Title: Sunday
Music Directors: Shibani Kashyap, Sandeep Chowta, Suroor (Pakistani Band), Daler Mehndi, Raghav Sachar, Joy-Clint & Dj Suketu
Lyricists: Farhad Sajid, Kamran Bari, Daler Mehndi, Virag Mishra, Aditya Dhar & Joy
Star Cast: Ajay Devgan, Arshad Warsi, Ayesha Takia, Irfan Khan
December has not been a good month for Bollywood music thus far. Unfortunately the arrival […]

Music Review: Bombay to Bangkok

Movie Title: Bombay To Bangkok
Music Directors : Sukhwinder Singh, Ronnie Shirish, Salim-Sulaiman and Pritam
Lyricist: Mir Ali Husain, Ibrahim Ashq and Shabbir Ahmed
Cast: Shreyas Talpade and Lina Christianson
Director: Nagesh Kukunoor
Producer: Subhash Ghai, Elahe Hiptoola and Rahul Puri.
Here is something interesting - this movie has 4 songs and for each song a different music director. And […]

Music Review: Showbiz

Movie Title: Showbiz
Music Director: Lalit Pandit
Lyricist: Sayeed Qadri

Cast: Tushar Jalota, Mrinalini Sharma and Gulshan Grover

Producer: Mukesh Bhatt
Director: Raju Khan
Do you remember who Lalit Pandit is? He is from the genius duo “Jatin-Lalit” who brought us some of the best music in the 1990s. Dilwale Dulhania Le Jaayenge, Yess Boss, Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha, […]