The title song, with its catchy stage musical-like sound works instantly. Mohit Chauhan is in his elements, given the lovely tune, but it is Swanand Kirkire who surprises not only with his own version, but also in the absolutely delightful lyrics, invoking Murphy Radio and Radio Ceylon! With its backgrounds sounding almost like Zindagi Na [...]

Phir se ud chala’s tune almost feels like a free-form flight, beautifully accentuated by Mohit’s vocals, George Doering’s mandolin and a literal take-off half-way into the song. Jo bhi main and Sadda haq offer anthemic tunes – the former with a moody rock base and the latter as a bombastic, angst-laden outburst with particularly expressive [...]

The Pancham touch is smart and subtle in the title song‘s background; the enthusiasm quotient, in large part by Nikhil D’Souza and Monali Thakur’s vocals, is obvious and addictive. The second title song, featuring Vishal and Shilpa Rao is completely different and fuses Vishal Shekhar’ish rock with the Indian impressively! Lucky Ali completely rocks Hairat; [...]

Rajneeti is one of the few movies that I recall getting almost all round positive reviews and that was one of the reasons why I chose to see it too. The film is racy and riveting for most parts and Prakash Jha does a good job in converting the Mahabharat thread into contemporary Indian politics [...]

Pritam’s Bheegi si is surprisingly South Indian, like a time-tested Vidyasagar track – frothy and catchy. Aadesh Shrivastava’s Mora piya is predictable and functionally decent, getting better solely due to the exposure. Kavitha Seth’s trance version however misuses her vocals. Shantanu Moitra delivers the soundtrack’s best – a thoroughly enjoyable, fabulously arranged item number, Ishq [...]

The title Pocket mein rocket sounds terribly obscene, till you listen to the catchy, highly enjoyable song – it’s a simple, addictive tune and the choice of Benny Dayal is something the composers should be proud of – bang-on! Gadbhadi hadbhadi too is high on energy and Vishal Dadlani, in his tru style relishes singing [...]

Main tera dhadkan is noise aggravation; Hard Kaur’s Follow me, even more so! The noise quotient carries through to Oh by God and Prem ki naiyya too – pointlessly loaded with predictable sounds. Atif’s solo Tu jaane na is oddly underwhelming – the bhajan-like ballad just doesn’t work, even in its other two ambitious versions! [...]

The title song is immensely sing-along’ish and despite that mild monotony via Shankar’s vocals, makes for a lovely listen, particularly the exuberant title call-out. In Kya Karoon, the highlight is clearly Clinton Cerejo’s vocals – brilliant choice, since his largely non-filmy texture adds a fabulous layer to the already soothing track! Aaj kal zindagi is [...]

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 [...]