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Adaa sets the tone very well. Despite its familiar tune, its incredibly catchy! Chori chori has that dancy Pritam touch and is a lot of fun to listen but sadly is lifted off Dr Zeus/ Balwinder Safri’s Hai Rabba. The 2nd version by ‘Punjabi MC’ Labh Jajua is even better thanks to his fab vocals! Kiss me baby and Falak dekhoon are routine. Dil samundar is lifted from Turkish singer Tarkan’s Kuzu kuzu, particularly the catchiest (dooba dooba) parts! This seems to be Pritam’s season. And he uses it well! Pity that he’s following the Anu Malik/ Nadeem Shravan way.

Oh no, another Himesh release. The title song and its 3 versions clearly aim to be a modern-day Tumse Milke of Pyar Jhukta Nahin. Passable, but the multiple versions kill any interest. Kunal is made to sing the same damn way, all over again, in Dil keh raha hai and strangely that’s precisely what saves this song! Ditto for its racy remix. Outdated orchestration and tune irritate in Dil ke badle, while Aa Jeele just drags. Jhatka maare is catchy and expect the typical Priyadarshan style picturisation here. Just 3 words of wisdom for Himesh this time – Take a Break!

Despite his Dad’s legacy I did see promise in Srikanth Deva when I heard his song from Doubles, Adi Kaadhal Oru Kannil. But he has consistently churned out utter rubbish, ever since. Including Pambara Kannaley. Except the startlingly different En Kaadhalum which should hopefully be handled appropriately by the director, the rest just reinforces the hopelessness. 2 versions of Om Muruga, a situational & noisy medley of old tracks in Mana Magaley, a terrible sounding Sunitha Sarathy in Thakadhimi, 2 terrible front-bencher tracks in the title song and Koruku Pettai – all of them just fall flat and annoy big time.

After the overrated score for Aashiq Banaya Aapne, here’s another soundtrack by Himesh. Seene mein dil, Tere dil ka rishta and Kabhi na sukoon – all three reek of Karan Johar with repetitive and maha-dumb lyrics. Himesh invokes Nusrat’s Aafreen in Aadat ho chuki quite blatantly, the only novelty being that the remix precedes the original! Give Baandh pairon mein a easy skip. And you’re left with a Ek pyaar ka naghma hai (Shor) clone in the title song, which again heads nowhere. Himesh has mastered this art of churning albums by the dozen. And most of them are utterly pointless!

High on current Malayalam film music trend of sounding pleasantly techno, but still lacking the finesse of, say, Jayachandran (the composer, not the singer!), this album is a let down. Except Hariharan’s Mazhaye mazhaye, the rest just plays by. Usha Uthup does sound like the plump Saritha you see on screen, but the song is no great shakes. Gayatri Varma’s Anbe anbe doesn’t excite. Yeno sounds like a situational song gone awry. Sujatha’s version of Mazhaye is just about listenable. Sharath is definitely more welcome than Devi Sri Prasad, but this might not be his ideal launch pad in Tamil!