Milliblog!

Babu Rao aims to be street-smart, but something in its groove doesn’t really allow it to be. I am in love is KK’s show; brilliant one at that – delightful Pritam ballad template that hits all the right notes. Surprisingly, Karthik gets a version too – sounds mighty good! Pancham’s Duniya mein gets a Pritam-mix [...]

With 5 singers, the weirdly short Aage aage is mindless in a typical Pritam way – some convenient rhythms and a non-descript tune. The strong flavor in Gunji angana mein works solely because of Sunidhi’s lively vocals, while Kuke kuke recycles Pritam’s numerous songs, but is still good fun, with a mock’ish medley of [...]

Flawed. Nah, make it Contrived. With a capital C. Abhishek ‘Gattu’ Kapoor’s second film is amazingly similar to his debut, Aryan. While Aryan was about the protagonists’ reaction to a sport (boxing), in Rock On!!, its their reaction to music. What was so lovingly promoted as a film about (rock) music, merely acts as a [...]

Javed saab’s existential banter in Socha hai and the very colloquial, relatable lyrics in Pichle saat dinon mein come alive in Farhan Akhtar’s slightly old’ish, but adequately grungy vocals. The title song’s guitar riffs – courtesy Ehsaan Noorani – and the punchy tune are spot on! The ladies aren’t far behind either – they’re in [...]