Monday September 8, 2008 22:21
Lalit Sen’s Khwaishein rings of Euphoria’s Maeri, but Aneek does well in this folk-tinged number. The composer lets the young lad down in his other two tracks though. Jatin Sharma’s energetic backgrounds and soulful tune in Aye zindagi doesn’t really suit Aneek’s range. Composers Shib Narayan Biswas and Indrajit Adgiri compose five tracks out of [...]
Monday September 8, 2008 21:44
There’s something distinctly retro about Guru Sharma’s work! While Bhai aa gaya sounds like a terrifying combination of 80s pop and Mika’s brand of rap, Meri yaadon mein has an extended Latino theme, but in an embarrassingly early 90s Anu Malik tune! Hari hari puttar goes a few more years back to rock-n-roll and is [...]
Monday September 8, 2008 21:18
‘Speed of Sound’ contribute to the trite bhangra version of the title song and an even more boring Tera woh pyar. Sameeruddin’s version of the title song is considerably better with an ambient sound, much like his Ye jo pal, a zingy track sung by Akshay Verma. His three other tracks, including the English song, [...]
Monday September 8, 2008 21:18
Why did Google ‘leak’ the news about Chrome on Labor Day holiday? Is it because the new browser has features seemingly borrowed from IE 8 Beta (single tab crashes, private surfing)? Whatever the reason, I really appreciate Google innovative effort at marketing Chrome with a comic book that reveals the innards of this browser built [...]
Monday September 8, 2008 21:15
Randolph Correa’s two tracks – Abhi abhi and Mujh mein nigaah daal are poles apart. The former is a breezy track sung beautifully by Javed Ali with neat vocal effects that make it unique while the latter is a Sean Paul-styled, mess of a muddled track. But even that sounds blissful when compared to the [...]