Jashn-e-bahaaraa – Jodha Akbar (A.R.Rahman, Hindi) This song is the triumph of a fantastic tune set amidst very limited music. It does require a captivating voice and Rahman’s choice of Javed Ali seems to have delivered commensurate results. A lovely sing-along-ish track, this. Jalsa – Jalsa (Devi Sri Prasad, Telugu) Simple, mindless fun. Devi sure [...]

Gone Baby Gone tests a recent, but amazingly well-ingrained – by our films, what else? – theory, espoused best in Maniratnam’s Nayagan – a wrong is no wrong, if it helps the proverbial four! Casey Affleck’s Patrick Kenzie stands to lose so much in choosing a line between the right and the wrong, towards the [...]