Overlaying a familiar, repetitive sapera-been piece to a hyper-energetic tune in Twist is a total winner all the way; Neeraj Shridhar rocks in the catchiest track of the year, so far! Chor bazari too works with its foot tapping and spunky arrangements, but to a lesser extent, since the tune isn’t as interesting. Main kya [...]

Marjaani is a thumping, high-energy item song, but Love mera hit hit is Pritam pushing his luck – age-old hooks and stock rhythm. Neeraj is much better in the relatively slower You get me rockin, but for the auditory diarrhea in music; a similar problem in the rambling Ae Aa O too. Raahat Fateh Ali [...]

Kailash, Paresh & Naresh serve an ace in the earthy S.I.D.H.U, peppered with lively lyrics by Kailash, but their other track, Chak lein de, despite all that techno-sound and inspirational theme, is passable. The other trio, Shankar Ehsaan Loy, get both their songs right – the striking title song with the right tinge of mock [...]

KK and Shilpa Rao complement each other beautifully in Khuda jaane – a sweeping melody accentuated by excellent chorus, while Lucky boy, follows a predictable tune, but with a catchy rhythm that works. With Jesse Cook-like guitar and Khuda hafiz’ish tune (Lucky Ali factor?), Ahista ahista too is interesting. Shekhar’s voice differentiates the otherwise trademark [...]