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Department Music Review

Thu, 17 May 2012 05:16:12 GMT

Rating: 2/5
After a near year long break, following Not A Love Story, Ram Gopal Varma is set to get back to Bollywood with Department. The film is a return to roots for Ramu, who gets back to his core cops-politicans-gangsters oeuvre four years since his last triumph in Sarkar Raj. That Ramu has cast Amitabh Bachchan and Sanjay Dutt in starring roles here should give cinegoers another reason to catch this latest release, just to see the sparks fly when Big B and Baba come face-to-face. The music of...
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London, Paris, New York Music Review

Mon, 20 February 2012 05:16:13 GMT

Rating: 2.5/5
Before he debuted as the ambitious, but scheming reporter in Tere Bin Laden, Ali Zafar was already a sub-continental sensation as Pakistan's leading singing, songwriting pop star. The surprise success of the indie comic satire, and Zafar's second lead in Mere Brother Ki Dulhan, meant that while he's a known face in India too now, few on B'town's shores are really aware of Zafar's musical roots. With his third Bollywood release, though, Anu Menon's London, Paris, New York, he's looking to change ...
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Gali Gali Chor Hai Music Review

Wed, 01 February 2012 05:16:13 GMT

Rating: 2/5
Last year saw Anu Malik score an early hit in January with his contribution to the Deol-starrer 'Yamla Pagla Deewana'. Though not quite a monster hit, 'Tinku Jiya' got a fair few feet tapping with its infectious rhythm and groove. It was a success that Malik needed, given that his last big release before that came years earlier, in 2006's 'Jaan-E-Mann'. Now, this year, 'Chhanno' in tow, Malik is looking for success again with the 'Gali Gali Chor Hai' soundtrack, though whether he finds it or not...
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Jodi Breakers Music Review

Wed, 25 January 2012 05:16:19 GMT

Rating: 2.5/5
It's an odd pairing, between R. Madhavan and Bipasha Basu. But then, that pairing is half the reason why most people are curious about Ashwini Chaudhary's Jodi Breakers. With the romantic comedy set for a late February release, the film's soundtrack, composed by Salim-Suleiman, with lyrics by Irshad Kamil, is beginning to gather some fair buzz of its own now and deserves a look into. There's something irresistible about the wedding shehnai-like hook right at the beginning of kunwara, wh...
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Agneepath Music Review

Wed, 04 January 2012 05:16:19 GMT

Rating: 3.5/5
Vijay Dinanath Chauhan. It is, perhaps, the definitive role for Amitabh Bachchan's storied film career. The bloody rivalry between Vijay Chauhan and Kancha Cheena made Mukul S.Anand's Agneepath one of the few true crime epics of Bollywood. So, when Karan Johar, whose late father Yash Johar produced the original, decided to remake the classic, the huge buzz around it was only natural, especially with his decision to cast Hrithik Roshan and Sanjay Dutt in the central roles of Vijay and Kancha resp...
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The Dirty Picture Music Review

Wed, 30 November 2011 05:16:20 GMT

Rating: 3.5/5
With a positively voluptuous-looking Vidya Balan taking centre stage, director Milan Luthria's The Dirty Picture has been in the news for more than a couple of years now. The main attraction, more than Vidya herself, is the character that she plays in the film, an '80s sexy starlet, purportedly based on none other than the legendary Silk Smitha. The buzz around the film has only increased ever since the promos of the film started doing the rounds of theatres and online, on videosharing sites, wi...
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Don 2 Music Review

Tue, 22 November 2011 05:16:20 GMT

Rating: 2.5/5
Along with the just-released RA.One, Don 2 has been one of the most anticipated film of the year. This isn't in the least because both star Shah Rukh Khan in topline roles, but, in Don 2's case, it's also because the film will expand on the classic Don mythos. Directed by Farhan Akhtar, the film stars, apart from SRK, Priyanka Chopra in a leading role again. The crime thriller's soundtrack is composed by Shankar Ehsaan Loy, who seem to attempting a concept album of sorts here. The concept ...
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Rockstar Music Review

Tue, 11 October 2011 05:16:21 GMT

Rating: 3.5/5
(Ratings: Poor * Average ** Good *** Very Good**** Excellent *****) Since his Oscar win two years ago, many a Bollywood watcher has been lamenting the fact that the Mozart of Madras, A.R.Rahman has taken to virtually ignoring the Bollywood music scene. Indeed, since his win, Bollywood has only seen the release of four Rahman soundtracks, the last being 2010's Jhootha Hi Sahi. So, it must be 'music' to Hindi cinegoers' ears that the master is returning to the B'town soundstage with no less than ...
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My Friend Pinto Music Review

Wed, 05 October 2011 05:16:21 GMT

Rating: 3.5/5
(Ratings: Poor * Average ** Good *** Very Good**** Excellent *****) With some of the most lavish productions in recent Bollywood history to his credit, Sanjay Leela Bhansali has rightfully earned a reputation for infusing fine art into his cinema. This artistic aspect crosses over to the music of his films too, with his soundtracks ranking amongst some of the biggest hits in the last decade. With his latest release, My Friend Pinto, however, Bhansali is choosing to take a different path, handin...
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Love BreakUps Zindagi Music Review

Wed, 28 September 2011 05:16:21 GMT

Rating: 3/5
(Ratings: Poor * Average ** Good *** Very Good**** Excellent *****) With albums full of hits behind them, Salim-Suleiman are perhaps one of Hindi cinema's most successful music composing duos to emerge in the last decade. Through soundtracks like Kurbaan and Band Baaja Baaraat, the twosome have developed a trademark sound of their own while keeping their variety intact. Their latest release is Love BreakUps Zindagi, and it waits to be seen now, what the latest chapter in their prolific discogra...
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