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Bombai nagariya is yet another track extolling the virtues of Mumbai. Bappi da’s rendition does make this street-smart track interesting. Vishal Shekar try to relive their better melodies in the middling Ek nazar and Aazmale. Unsuccessfully. Adnan’s accent annoys in Meter down, the tune and style of which sounds completely forced. Shaan shoulders the responsibility of making Bekhudi - that boasts of some great lyrics - a winner. Kunal impresses while Harshdeep gets to mouth Punjabi again in the Robert Miles’ish Udne do. Changing Lanes’ remake does not require songs in the first place. Not such sub-standard ones, at least.

Keywords: John Abraham, Nana Patekar, Milan Luthria, Rohan Sippy, Bappi Lahiri, Sameera Reddy, Sonali Kulkarni, Hindi film songs

Ranjit Barot’s trademark sound, heard recently in Holiday, dominates the title track. The other Barot track, Dono jahaan has a distinct 80s pop sound a la Take That! In the Shaan-composed lot, the impressive ones include the spanish-sounding Badal gaya, the carribean-styled Chippe chippe and the mellow Shuruaat. Jhoom le annoys with its Britney’isque sound, while Pyaar ka safar continues the trend with its noisy orchestration. Koi to hoga invokes strains of Sunita’s Paree, but falls flat. The duet with MLTR, Take me… sounds equally pointless. The album fails to impress. Partly the Barot-effect. And the lack of better tunes.

Keywords: Indipop, Michael learns to rock

Aadesh does an Ismail Darbar in Dank maare, but with sad results. He also takes up crooning in Kitni sardi and makes it a surprisingly good track! Dulhan dulhan has shades of dum-a-dum mast kalandar. But Vijeta-Mrs.Aadesh-Pandit does a neat job in this song which attempts to depict the new bride’s blush. Saregamapa contestant and Aadesh protege makes a knockout debut in the thumri, Jab jab saiyyan. Maha kali and Taandav are rather noisy and evoke everything other than religious fervour! One more Aadesh soundtrack. And he firmly remains rooted in the fringes, with just no hope of going mainstream.

Keywords: Sushmita Sen, Kalpana Lajmi, Mithun, Anuj Sawhney, Aadesh Shrivastava

Egire is trademark Yuvan, with the unusual instruments and humming. Neat track that mixes a light melody with catchy interludes and orchestration. Chal re is very catchy and sung impressively by Clinton. The rustic Ossa is intentionally coarse to accomodate Allu Arjun’s energetic dance movements. Yuvan tries his version of Gharshana’s Cheliya and impresses in Nee kosam. An uninspiring tune mars I hate you. The title song is predictable with cheesy lyrics, but with an addictive tune and orchestration. Yuvan makes a fairly decent debut in Telugu and it’s good to see him not reusing any of his Tamil tracks!

Keywords: Allu Arjun, Genelia, Bunny, Telugu film songs, Yuvan Shankar Raja

60s Tamil music is what comes to your mind when you listen to the pleasant Poovaanathil. Sudum nilavu welcomes back Unnikrishnan with an interesting tune that I feel uses Reetigowlai. Summa kidantha has an inviting, lazy tune combined with appropriately relaxed orchestration. Sung indulgingly too! Ennamma, the only non-melody, is slow by present standards and laced with good synth and lyrics. The 2 bit songs Kanavaa and En kaadhal impress too, despite being small. Vidyasagar truly seems to be riding a fantastic wave with impressive back-to-back soundtracks. This one shuns noisy kuthu tracks to offer us soft melodies. And impresses!

Keywords: Madhavan, Pooja, Seeman, Che Guevara, Tamil film songs

Undivil is a raucous kuthu track, but very catchy. Asai dosai spells ‘item’ and has forced-raunchy vocals. The tune’s simple and instantly catchy though. Natchathira’s tune and rhythm is infectious with neat orchestration and excellent use of kids’ chorus. Thangakkili is Raja’ish and also echoes Vidyasagar’s Malayalam tracks. A competent melody with excellent chorus backing and that mild Hindustani touch. Oru kili’s tabla backdrop and pleasant tune impresses big time. Kannan’s carnatic base is accentuated by a fab selection of voices. The theme track is psuedo-patriotic, besides being filmi and artificial. First Aadhi. Now Paramasivan. Vidyasagar is going great guns.

Keywords: Ajith, Laila, P Vasu, Vidyasagar