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MUMBAI SALSA
Big Music
It’s for teenagers…young and chirpy. Adnan Sami returns as music composer and he is in form here. The album opens with “Mumbai Salsa” sung by Adnan and Alisha Chinoy in their inimitable style. The song stays with you and the t
une is compelling enough to take the dance floor. “Friday” by Gayatri is another rocking number for those who like Hinglish lyrics and remixed tunes. Sameer, as usual, has no pretensions to write words which have a shelf life. He is good at writing verse that you can sing along and has done it again particularly in romantic numbers like “Choti Si” rendered by Adnan and “Pyar Se” by Shaan and Shreya Ghoshal. Overall, an average album to be left in the discotheque after a round of salsa.
MEHAK TERI
FRANKFINN, Rs.160 (CD)
It’s a season of endless talent hunts, the sort that leave you weary with their histrionics and high tension. So when you have to listen to a CD by yet another little star, you don’t really pitch your hopes high. But Vikas Bhalla’s
is a refreshing voice that stands out for its simplicity. The one thing you’re sure to notice about the album, “Mehek Teri”, is the use of the guitar – that instrument most Indian musicians seem to shun even in contemporary tunes – in tracks like “Jaana O Jaana” and “Mahiye Sohneya”.
Other songs worth mentioning are “Mehek Teri”, a soft popish number, “Lage Re Lage”, with its semi-folk spirit and good rhythm, and “Dooriyan Nazdikiyan”, with its youthful zest. The deadpan lyrics are the only downside to this album. After teaching them how to fly, Frankfinn is now helping promising talent soar. We understand the logic behind the exclusive contract with Bhalla. He’s one to watch out for.
PHIR BEWAFAAI
T-Series Rs.67 (CD)
Its better you don’t venture anywhere close to this album, even if you are the most frustrated soul on earth. Even if your girlfriend or wife has ditched you and you think your life’s coming to an end. Phir Bewafaai has no soul, is full o
f clichéd lyrics and bad repetitive music. It takes you back to those second rate songs of the B grade movies in the 90s. Singer Agam Kumar Nigam and Tulsi Kumar have typical stage performer’s voice and there’s nothing exciting about it. The lyrics by Praveen Bhardwaj and Prashant Vasl are repulsive.
“Woh Kisi Aur Kisi Aur Se Milke” is the first song of the album and “Har Kasam Tod Di Aaj Tumne” follows. You don’t realise when the first finishes and the next starts. “Ishq Na Karna” sounds like a bad version of “Subhan Allah” from Fanaa. Other songs are not even worth a mention. Just forget this album ever came.
MUMMY-JI she rocks!!
Universal, Rs.99 (CD)
It’s a film set in Punjab, so expectedly most songs are in Bhangra style. Its lyrics are penned by Sameer and music is scored by Aadesh Shrivastva. The title song sung by Richa Sharma, Arya and Neha Bhasin is a mix of rap and Bhanagra. It s a v
ery peppy number that the CD beings with. It is followed by foot tapping but tuneless “Kudiye Pataka” sung by Aadesh Shrivastva and Neha Bhasin. Gurudas man sings “Jashana Di Raat” with Neha in his inimitable style. Sonu Nigam and Shrddha Pandit sing “Maula Mujhe Pyar” which is techno-tune mixed with so called Sufi touch, a disaster hence. Hariharan comes as a refreshing change with tuneful, melancholic and philosophical song “Hum To Akele Reh Gaye”.
Go for it only if you don’t mind sweet and spicy affair tinged with a bitter topping!
(Compiled by A.K., M.R. and R.S.)
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