MUMBAI: The word versatility is coined for Sunidhi Chauhan. Romantic, peppy, seductive, sad or happy, Sunidhi has aced all of it with immense aplomb. We have experienced her virtuosity in recorded songs but her live performance on Friday was nothing short of phenomenal.
read moreMusic: AR Rahman Lyrics: Abbas Tyrewala Label: Saregama HMV Rating: 2.5/5 After creating some fun and romantic numbers for Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, The jodi of Abbas Tyrewala and champion composer AR Rahman is back with Jhootha Hi Sahi. Rahman has composed seven tracks plus two remixes that encompass many different styles, moods and flavours.
read moreMusic: Pritam Chakraborty Lyrics: Kumaar Label: Sony Music Rating: 2.5/5 When you talk of Emraan Hashmi, you cannot miss the number of lip locks the serial kisser has had with all his co-stars. Similarly, when you talk of music director Pritam, you cannot stop counting the number of hits he has lent Bollywood. But you are definitely speechless when a film has the trio Emraan, Pritam and Bhatt working on it. It has to deliver soundtracks that top the music charts.
read moreMusic: Vishal-Shekhar Lyrics: Vishal Dadlani, Shekhar Ravjiani, Irshad Kamil, Kausar Munir, Neelesh Misra, Kumaar, Amitabh Bhattacharya, Anvita Dutt Guptan, Caralisa Monteiro. Label: T-Series Rating: 3/5
read moreMusic: Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonca Lyrics: Irshad Kamil and Anvita Dutt Guptan Label: Sony Music Rating: 1.5/5 Can two women staying under one roof make a happy home? Karan Johar's We Are Family, the desi adaptation of the Susan Sarandon-Julia Roberts starrer, Stepmom pops out with this question.
read moreMusic: Indian Ocean, Ram Sampat, Nageen Tanveer Lyrics: Sanjeev Sharma, Swanand Kirkire, Noon Meem Rashed, Gangaram Sakhet Label: T-Series Rating: 3/5 When perfectionist Aamir Khan is a part of a film, you can surely expect it to be like a jack-in-the-box. You have no idea of what might be coming your way, but you are sure that there is something unusual about it.
read moreMusic: Pritam Lyrics: Irshad Kamil, Neelesh Misra, Sameer and Amitabh Bhattacharya Label: T-Series Rating 2.5/5 True that Pritam had many plagiarism accusations thrown at him, but all that seems to be now buried under his back-to-back commercial hits. The sound and music of his latest film Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai has his trademark hook and feel as expected, with some surprises thrown in.
read moreMusic: Vishal Shekhar Lyrics: Anvita Dutt Guptan, Vishal Dadlani and Kumaar Label: Sony Music Rating: 3 Some of us may hate love stories and the entire hulla hoop surrounding it - thanks to bollywood, and the important role it plays in adding to our imagination. The music too, of such films was often exaggerated, but interestingly, the music I Hate Luv Storys has a good connect value and is not something one can/should miss.
read moreArtiste: Shakira Song: Waka Waka (Single, 3 versions) Label: Sony Music Rating: 4/5 It doesn't take too long to get hooked onto singer Shakira's official FIFA world cup song Waka Waka (This time for Africa). The song features South African band FreshlyGround along with the Columbian pop star. After the song was released, and played on radio stations, South Africans were miffed since they preffered to have someone from their own country singing it.
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