Don: The Chase Begins

Another nice album to come after Woh Lamhe and Bas Ek pal....bollywoood this year has seen great albums Fanaa, RDB, Zinda, KANK, Woh Lamhe, Bas Ek Pal, Gangster, PKSE, Ahista Ahista with still Dhoom 2, Jaaneman, Salaam-e-Ishq to follow....

Don begins with the title track "Main Hoon Don" sung by my fav Shaan......the music and vocals are so different from the original but yet it brings up sweet memories of the original track....the music is very stylish.....Full marks to SEL and Shaan for this track

Next to strike is "Yeh Mera Dil" sung by Asha Bhosale of this decade Sunidhi Chauhan...she does complete justice to this track and this track is as good as original though not better...lets see how Kareena dances to these tunes in the movie....


"Maurya re" is a situational track and didnt sound great on first hearing....but still waiting to see Shahrukh dances during Ganesha procession in this song....

"Khaike pan banaraswaala" leaves a lot to be desired....this track could have been better...Udit Narayan sings this song well yet there is something missing.....

"Aaj ki raat" is the best album of the track sung by Sonu, Mahalaxmi and Alisha....it has traces of Raat Baaki from Namak Halaal and Main shama tu parwana from Khiladi..

the theme music and the signature tune are also good......

Now waiting with bated breaths for this movie to release.......2006 is surely going to be remembered as the year of blockbusters

2 amazing albums

Check out Woh Lamhe and Bas Ek Pal.... best albums of the year....

Woh Lamhe is just an extension of Gangster and more than matches up to it....watch out for Kya Mujhe pyar hai...the track is truly haunting with great vocals by KK and excellent chorus....So Jaaon main is another gem of a track...shreya is truly awesome...there is no doubt but to crown her as the Lata Mangeshkar of the coming years..chal chale is also a good number rendered by James (the guy who sung Bheegi bheegi in Gangster)

I have sky high expectations from Bas Ek Pal coz its directed by Onir....the guy who gave the best film of last year (in my opinion) My Brother Nikhil....moreover it has my favourite ensemble...Juhi, Urmila (my all time fav....dunno why she isnt doing many films), Sanjay Suri and Jimmy shergill.....coming back to the music check out Hai Ishq ye which has a pacy dance number...moreover the song looks really good onscreen......Tere Bin is sung by Atif (he sang Wo lamhe and Aadat)...this too is brilliantly rendered.....the title song is also a song to watch out for so is Ashq bhi....all in all a great album....such albums should not go unnoticed....far better than any of Himesh's album this year.....

Kabhi Alvida na kehna: Movie review

Avoid it...atleast in theatres....its a 3.5hr mental torture....though some of the dialogues/scenes are praiseworthy the editing leaves a lot to be desired

shahrukh as usual hams a lot (must say that he has considerably improved in hamming)...he is not his usual self as was the case in other romantic films like Mohabbatein,K2H2, DDLJ...Rani has acted really well but she cried a lot in the movie...still dunno why she was unhappy with her married life with Abhishek....

Abhishek is again a revelation.....he has shown considerable improvements in the past 2 years and he really looks cool...preity is ok..no big shakes.....amitabh is highly effective....

Songs look good on screen.....picturisation of Tumhi dekho na and rock n roll is the pick of the lot...cinematography was a bit patchy....

Karan really needs to pull his socks for the next venture and try out some kinda experimentation similar to the Yashraj banner..though the movie will send record opening in 1st week (maybe the first Bollywood movie to cross 30 crores in 1st week) it still does not match movies like K2H2, DDLJ

Note: almost 25% of the movie seems to be shot at the New Haven Union Station and the rest in New york..though NYC was not portrayed properly....

Shantanu Moitra: Composer to watch out for

Move aside Himesh and Anu, Shantanu is here in Bollywood to stay for a long time.....music in all his films has been nothing short than a classic.....It started with Leela where he composed the excellent ghazals 'Jaag ke kaati' and 'tere khayal ki' rendered in the silken voice of Jagjit Singh.....

Even before Leela happened, Shantanu had composed the signature tune for Uncle Chips "Bole mere lips, i luv uncle chips'....this was followed by the pop album Ab ke sawan (Shubha Mudgal) where he composed rustic songs like Ab ke saawan....

After Leela, they came up with Hazaaron Khwahishein Aisi which had brilliant numbers like Mann yeh baawra, Title song.....This album brought them into limelight.....this was followed by the best album of last year Parineeta...all the songs were great....be it the ever hummable Piyu bole or the eternally playful Kasto Mazaa or the heart wrenching Raat hamari to.....this album was way better than Bunty aur babli which grabbed all the music awards......

After Parineeta they again turned up aces with Yahaan...the songs of this film went unnoticed....check out the songs Urzu urzu durkut and Naam ada likhna....these songs had a definite Kashmiri touch in them......dunno why such albums are not given due recognition....if there is an album which impressed me after Parineeta then it has to be Yahaan........

Now they have returned with a tapori track in Munnabhai lage raho....some of the songs are really good such as Aane char aane (sang by the versatile Karunya of Indian Idol 2 fame) , Pal pal har pal (sang brilliantly by Shreya) , Bande mein tha dum (tune is same as Aao bachcho from Jagriti) and the title song....though not as good as Parineeta and Yahaan this album still proves that Shantanu can come up with a variety of tracks.....

Another composer which impresses me nowadays is Vishal Shekhar who are more famous for funky techno tracks......