Friday, January 23, 2009

Dil Gira Dafatan - Delhi 6

Playback - Ash King & Backing Vocals by Chinmayee

Music - A.R.Rahman

Lyrics - Prasoon Joshi

A musical delight is what I think of this track of Delhi-6. Awesome beats of the guitar streaming through and supported by the violon & mandolin (I think) in bits.. Simple, soft and outstanding!!

I like the way the song starts with 'Dil mera'.. and a little bit of the singing nakhra :)
Extremely well sung by Ash King who is an upcoming artist (in Bollywood).. with some pretty interesting work done in the past with Hard Kaur (Look for me - Jaane Kaun Hai Wo)

Find him and his work on MySpace here

Listen to this brilliant piece of work by A.R.Rahman here.

Delhi 6 looks like a promising film with atleast 2 nice songs so far.. and I guess a film 2 people will bank on big time.. Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (After his last big film Rang De Basanti) & Abhishek Bachchan after a string of flops. Keep listening.. and let's wait for Delhi 6.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Masakalli - Delhi-6

Playback - Mohit Chauhan

Music - A. R. Rahman

Lyrics - Prasoon Joshi

To begin with.. I think A.R. Rahman has just taken over Bollywood with a bang!
We had Yuvvraaj, Ghajini, Slumdog Millionaire & Delhi-6.
Wow.. that's 4 in a row with good songs.. some typical A.R. Rahman and some just beautiful.

My current favorite is Masakalli... it's such a feel good song and is actually about a dove!
Wasn't meant to be part of the film.. but is .. and I'm glad it is..

Picturised on Abhishek Bachchan and Sonam Kapoor with both of them looking nice in the promos.. I like the way AB does the forward hand move :)

It's got nice music especially the harmonica & lyrics too which you have to sing along with .. here goes :

Aye Masakalli Masakalli, Ud Matakalli MatakKalli
Aye Masakalli Masakalli, Ud Matakalli MatakKalli

Aye Masakalli Masa Masakalli, Ud Matakalli MatakKalli
Masakalli Masakalli, Ud Matakalli Matakalli

Zara Pankh Zhatak, Gayi Dhool Atak aur Lachak Machak ke Door bhatak

Ud Dagar Dagar Kasbe Khooche Nukkad Basti Mein yeaaiyeee yaaiyeee

Atri se Mud, Ada se Ud.. Kar Le Poori Dil ki Tamanna,
Hawa se Jud, Ada se Ud, Ud burr burrrr tu Heera Panna Re..

Masakalli Masakalli, Ud Matakalli Matakalli

Masakalli Masa Masa Masakalli, Matak Matak Matak..

hahahaha...

Ghar tera Saloni, Badal Ki Colony,
Dikhla de thenga in sabko, jo udna na Jaane

Udiyo, na Dariyo kar man mani manmani manmani
Badiyo, na mudiyo kar nadaani...

Udiyo, na Dariyo kar man mani manmani manmani
Badiyo, na mudiyo kar nadaani...

Kad Taan le, Muskaan Le.
Keh sannananananana.. hawa..
Bas Thaan le, tu jaan Le.
Keh sansannananananana.. hawa..

Aye Masa kalli Masa kalli, Ud Mata kalli Matak Kalli
Aye Masakalli Masa Masa Masakalli,
Masakalli Masa Kali..
Ud Matak Matak Matak..

Tujhe kya gum,
Tera Rishta Gagan ki bansuri se hai,
Pawan ki guftgu se hai,
suraj ki roshni se hai,

Udiyo, na Dariyo kar man mani manmani manmani
Badiyo, na mudiyo kar nadaani...

Udiyo, na Dariyo kar man mani manmani manmani
Badiyo, na mudiyo kar nadaani...

Kad Taan le, Muskaan Le.
Keh sannananananana.. hawa..
Bas Thaan le, tu jaan Le.
Keh sansannananananana.. hawa..

Masakalli Masa Kali..
Ud Matak Matak Matak Kali..

Masakali Masa Masa Kali
Matak Matak Matak.

hahahahahaha

Monday, January 19, 2009

Love Mera Hit Hit - Billu Barber

Playback - Neeraj Sridhar & Tulsi Kumar

Music - Pritam

Lyrics - Gulzar

Love Mera Hit Hit is a song with extremely unusual lyrics like the title itself - love mera hit hit soniye.. and to add .. the chorus has :

To phir kaise khit pit soniye..
To baby badi fit fit soniye..
Na kar aisi khit pit..

Featuring Deepika Padukone & Shahrukh Khan for the second time after the Box-Office blockbuster - Om Shanti Om which was Deepika Padukone's debut film..

Both of them look nice and fit fit in the song!

The music & singing style which is a little like an echo seem familiar.. but overall a nice song which will catch up with people the more they listen to it!

Watch the video here :

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Marjaani - Billu Barber

Playback - Sukhwinder Singh & Sunidhi Chauhan

Music - Pritam

Lyrics - Gulzar

Marjaani is a grandly picturised song with large dance troops, lavish sets & exquisite outfits.
Lots of color, energy and beats is what makes this song a winner.

Shahrukh Khan plays a big star in the film who goes to shoot a film in his friend's home town who is Billu (Irrfan Khan) who plays a barber.. and that's from where we get Billu Barber and how life changes.. and the rest we'll have to wait for the film!

Marjaani features Kareena Kapoor who is one of the 3 top bollywood actresses doing a dance number for Billu Barber .. the other 2 being Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra.

Lots of controversy also surrounded these dance numbers like doing the songs free of charge because it's for SRK.. well.. ya .. such are the stories of Bollywood :)

There's a Kilogram Balkan Version of Marjaani as well which has awesome violon beats at the beginning of the song.. and a much faster version. Also.. sung by K.K and Akruti Kakkar.

My recommendation - must listen.

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Jai Ho - Slumdog Millionaire

Playback - Sukhwinder Singh, Tanvi Shah & Mahalaxmi Iyer

Music - A.R. Rahman

Lyrics - Gulzar

Slumdog Millionaire is one film which has been highly talked about in the recent past.. with a lot of involvement of Indians from our very own Bollywood. Namely.. A.R. Rahman, Anil Kapoor, Irrfan Khan amongst others.

Subhash Ghai will not be a very happy man after Jai Ho is topping most music countdowns and charts and has caught on with most people..

Jai Ho was to be part of the Salman Khan starrer Yuvvraaj...

Jai Ho is a song with nice music - typical A.R.Rahman.. with a very nice tempo and feel.
It's also got a bit of Spanish lyrics in addition to the nice Hindi lines.. which talk about spending nights struggling.. and keeping the sleep away :)

Slumdog Millionaire is based on the life of a slum dweller who actually becomes a millionaire on the show 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire'.. and how he falls into trouble because it's hard to believe that a slum dweller knows all answers in a quiz show..

Let's wait for the official Indian release and I do want to watch it.. some people love it, some not so much because it shows a lot of the dark side of Mumbai city... let's wait and watch.. till then.. Jai Ho.. Jai Ho!

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Baawre - Luck By Chance

Playback - Shankar Mahadevan & Loy Mendonsa

Music - Shankar - Ehsaan - Loy

Lyrics - Javed Akhtar

Shankar Mahadevan + Javed Akhtar's lyrics + S-E-L's music and picturised on Hrithik Roshan makes Baawre a total musical delight!

Baawre sounds like a Rajasthani folk song in some parts with words like 'maaro, thaaro & baawre'. If you listen to the verses carefully and the music playing along, you'll find some resemblance to the songs of "Mission Kashmir".

All in all, Baawre is a well packaged song and I think Hrithik Roshan is like a dancing god!
Looks great, dances great & just lights up the screen :)

There is a remix version of this song which is also pretty good.. I actually at times enjoy it more than the original composition because of the faster beats!

Luck By Chance is Farhan Akhtar's sister, Zoya Akhtar's debut film as director.. she did contribute to Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd as producer and Bride & Prejudice as lyricist!

Multi talented family I must say :)

I am looking forward to watching Luck By Chance.. I think it should be a good watch!
In theaters on 30th January,2009.

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Sapno Se Bhare Naina - Luck By Chance

Playback - Shankar Mahadevan

Music - Shankar - Ehsaan - Loy

Lyrics - Javed Akhtar

Sapno se bhare naina... eyes full of dreams.. is what this song is about.
Farhan Akhtar plays a struggling actor and his dream is to make it really big in life!

There must be millions who come to Mumbai (Bollywood) each year in hope that someday, they'll be a superstar.. fortunate or unfortunate - not all of them really make it!

In Sapno se bhare naina, I really like the background score and the beats with which the song starts.. reminds me of Jaane Kyun (Dil Chahta Hai) - similar beats there too.. listen to both songs back to back and you'll know what I mean .. maybe it's a particular instrument which is why it seems similar.

My recommendation - do listen to Sapno se bhare naina & live your dreams!

Songs from 2008...

Chori Chori - EMI
Playback - Sunidhi Chauhan
Featuring Malaika Arora Khan in this item number.. the song sounds better than it actually looks!

Aaja Aa Bhi Ja - EMI
Playback - Shaan
Another song from EMI picturised on Arjun Rampal, with some groovy beats.. good listen!

Chakkar Ghumyo - Aamir
Playback - Amit Trivedi
Very ghumaoing song.. nice music (especially the beats which are like playing on a claypot (matka)).. Aamir - supposed to be a good watch, missed it.. was Rajeev Khandelwal's (of Sujal fame) debut film!

Dilruba - Aamir
Playback - Kailash Kher
Nice qawali type song..

Jogi Maahi - Bachna Ae Haseeno
Playback - Sukhwinder Singh, Shekhar Ravjiani, Himani Kapoor
Totally Bollywood kind of song.. with Punjabi feel with Ranbir Kapoor & Minissha Lamba looking nice!

Alvida - Dasvidaniya
Playback - Kailash Kher
Slow, soulful and a little sad song when you're in one of those moods.. nice song to listen..

Drona - Drona
Playback - Lucky Ali
Fast paced song with good music and well sung, lousy movie is what I've heard and read about.. not too sure.. I skipped it :)

Latoo - Ghajini
Playback - Shreya Ghoshal (doesn't sound like her!)
I don't like Jia Khan, but I think the song is pretty catchy and can grow on you after quite a few listens... hmm..

Hello - Hello
Playback - Mika Singh
Decent song, decent movie.. Sharman Joshi was good!

Bang Bang - Hello
Playback - Wajid
Whatever it means.. it's a tp song!

Mannata - Heroes
Playback - Sonu Nigam & Kavita Krishnamoorthy
Sweet song for your lover.. lots of Punjabi in it.. and good job Sonu Nigam!

Lut Jaoon - Karzzzz
Playback - Himesh Reshammiya
Total uthao from "Punjab" but a pretty decent song..good flute music.

Khalballi - Khalballi

Playback - Neeraj Sridhar & Wajid
I like Khalballi from Rang de Basanti a lot... I like this Khalballi too!

Mission Mission - Mission Istanbul
Playback - Hamza Farooqui
Fast song.. catchy music.. can listen.


Jo Gumshuda - Mission Istanbul
Playback - Shaan &
Nice love song..

Jugni - Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!
Playback - Des Raj Lachkani, Party
Upbeat song, Punjabi style!

Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!
Playback - Mika, Amitosh Nagpal
Senseless movie.. good work by Abhay Deol.. time pass song.. like the line "single hai ya bachelor?" :)

Shano Shano - Yuvvraaj
Playback - Sonu Nigam, Srinivas, Karthik, Timmy, Sunaina, Vivienne Pocha, Tina
Lots of singers.. nice beats.. I like the bit of main ka pyala.. or whatever that is!

Hai Rama - Meerabai Not Out
Playback - Sukhwinder Singh, Neha Kakkad
Mandira Bedi's undying love for cricket with a film now! Skipped the movie.. decent song..

Wow.. that's a whole lot of songs which could have made it to individual posts in 2008.. I guess I just got lazy!!