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DepartmentWhat do kids do when they get a new toy? Well, they experiment with it. What does a director who is…
Mr. Bhatti On ChuttiNot every film releases as planned and, at times, it could be years before it emerges from the…
Love Lies & SeetaAn unconventional love story set in a New York summer, this film follows the lives of three…
Chalo CannesAnurag Kashyap is ecstatic as his film, Gangs of Wasseypur (GoW), is going to the Cannes film…
Department DisappointsThis week witnessed the release of Ram Gopal Varma’s Department featuring Amitabh Bachchan…
Balan On Rakhi Sawant In TDP’s Bengali RemakeNow we all know that Rakhi Sawant will step into Vidya Balan’s shoes in the Bengali version of…
Sujoy Ghosh To Direct Vidya, Prosenjit In His Next?Vidya Balan is at the top of her game right now and is even being called the “new hero” in our…
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Music Reviews
Rowdy It Is
Dhadhang dhang(Wajid, Shreya Ghoshal) is a tacky number, straight out of a Govinda film from the ‘90s. In fact, the track seems like an extension of O lal dupatte wali (Aankhen). The composers wrap Sameer’s cheesy lyrics (strongly yeh tera jaado mujhpe chal gaya) arounda clichéd drum bed to create ...
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Tagged Akshay Kumar, lyrics, MAMTA SHARMA, Rowdy Rathore, Sajid-Wajid, Sameer, Sonakshi Sinha, SONGS
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Appalling!
There was a time when a Ram Gopal Varma flick guaranteed good music (Kshana Kshanam, Shiva, Rangeela, Satya and Mast). But in the last few years, not one of his films has had a single noteworthy song. Sadly, the soundtrack of Department is no better.
Composers Dharam-Sandeep lift the ...
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Tagged Bappa Lahiri, Department, Dharam- Sandeep, T-Series, Viacom 18 Motion Pictures, Vikram Nagi
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Electrifying!
Ishaqzaade opens marvelously with the evocative notes of a horn, setting the mood for a mesmerising romantic number. Amit Trivedi ropes in mainstream singers like Javed Ali and Shreya Ghoshal to render this mellow ballad.
Ali, who takes centre-stage for most parts of this number, is particularly soulful. The ...
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Tagged Amit Trivedi, Chokra jawaan, Ishaqzaade, Pareshan, Shalmali Kholpade, Shreya Ghoshal, Vishal Dadlani
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Repeat Winner
Back in 2008, Jannat, a small film about match fixingin cricket, made a killing at the box office. And Pritam’s melodies had played a vital role in drawing the crowds to this Emraan Hashmi-starrer.Five years later, the same team returns with Jannat 2, this time tackling the issue of illegal ...
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Anything But!
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan is an outstanding singer. That’s a fact. But how we wish he would refrain from singing every song that came his way. Tere bina is a typical love ballad that one has heard Khan sing innumerable times. The ordinary melody and trite lyrics like Tere bina ...
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Fails To Charm
Pulkit Samrat, who charmed his way into Indian households by playing Laksh Virani in the legendary TV soap Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, makes his film debut in Bittoo Boss. The first promos of this film had generated quite a buzz on social networking sites due to its bawdy ...
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Tagged Bitoo Boss, Bittoo sab ki lega, Gajendra Verma, Kabootar, Kaun kenda, Mika, Natalie De Luccio, Neeti Mohan, Raghav Sachar
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Brings The House Down!
Sajid Khan returns with Housefull 2, a sequel to his madcap comedy Housefull, which released in 2010. Though panned by critics, the star-studded original raked in some serious moolah. This time around, the cast is bigger and if the promos are any indication, the gags more asinine. Khan replaces his ...
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Tagged Anarkali disco chali, Heyy Baby, Housefull, Housefull 2, Sajid Khan
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Bloody Good!
Music director duo Jeet and Pritam went their separate ways after composing some lilting melodies for films like Tere Liye (2001) and Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hain (2002). Since then, Pritam has established himself as a hit music maker in Bollywood while Jeet found his groove in Bengali films. With ...
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Tagged Blood Money, Jeet, Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hain, music, Pritam, Rana Chakravarthy, Tere Liye
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A Success Story
Usha Uthup is on a roll. Post the exuberant Darling (7 KhoonMaaf) and the sophisticated Maya (Don 2), the diva completes her hattrick with a fierce Aami shotti bolchi. This wonderful ode to Kolkata, in complete contrast to the city’s perceived image,opens spectacularly in Broadway style and soon becomes a ...
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Tagged 7 KhoonMaaf, Aami shotti bolchhi, Anvita Dutt, Clinton Cerejo, Darling, Sandeep Srivatsava, Vishal Dadlani
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Just Trippin
The surprise package of the soundtrack of London Paris NewYork is leading lady Aditi Rao Hydari. The actor makes an impressive debut as a singer here. Her delivery of ‘Voh dekhne mein’, although a little raw, is assured and fresh, but it’s her rendition of’ Thehree si zindagi’ that truly ...
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Passes Muster
In a short span of time, Sachin-Jigar have managed to make quite an impression in Bollywood with their songs in films such as Prince, F.A.L.T.U. and Hum Tum Aur Shabana. Their latest score is for Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya, a romantic comedy starring real-life couple Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia ...
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Enjoyable
Ashwini Chaudhary brings together the unusual pairing of Bipasha Basu and Madhavan for the first time in Jodi Breakers. This romantic comedy features five original compositions by music directors Salim & Sulaiman. The brothers are in urgent need of a superhit soundtrack, given that their last few albums didn’t generate ...
Breezy Fun- Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu
Ek main aur ekk tu (Benny Dayal, Anushka Manchanda, Shefali Alvares) is a bouncy, teen pop number with a carefree spirit. Bhattacharya’s lyrics, though straight out of a nursery rhyme, are in perfect sync with the song’s upbeat rhythm. The auto-tuned vocals add to the appeal of this breezy title track. ...
Musically Redeemed
Agneepath won a lot of critical acclaim including a National Award for leading man Amitabh Bachchan when it released in the ‘90s but it didn’t qualify as a box-office hit. In its remake, Hrithik Roshan reprises the iconic role of Vijay Dinanath Chauhan. The film, scheduled for release in January ...
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Top 10 Songs Of The Year
In the second part of our special series, we take a look at five scintillating songs that brought in the audience to the movie halls. Chartbusters that helped create a mammoth buzz around the movies.
Chammak Challo (RA.One)
A heady mix of Middle Eastern and mainstream Bollywood ...
Top 10 Songs Of The Year
This has been the year of the BIG chartbusters – loud, paisa vasool songs designed to provide instant gratification. There was no room for subtlety in the lyrics or in the melody. Everything had to be glitzy, catchy and forceful. Most of the big-ticket films that released this year had ...
Better Than Ordinary- Players
Director duo Abbas Mustan are renowned for their super-hit musical thrillers. Over the years, the brothers have mastered the art of dishing out superbly entertaining masala fare by incorporating elements like intrigue, thrills, glamour and chartbuster songs in their films. The latest from their stable is Players, a remake of ...
A Good Time Pass: Jo Hum Chahein
Jo Hum Chahein seems to be an urban coming-of-age romance starring newcomers Sunny Gill and Simran Kaur Mundi. Sachin Gupta, known for the glitzy soundtrack of Vivek Oberoi-starrer Prince (2010) has been roped in to compose the songs for this film. The album consists of five original compositions featuring prominent ...
Lacks Zing- Don 2
The soundtrack of Don – The Chase Begins was funky and superbly entertaining. Songs like Main hoon don and Aaj ki raat became extremely popular, enjoying massive airplay on radio stations and in clubs. Composers Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy have always been Farhan Akhtar’s first choice when it comes to ...
Missing The Romance
Band Baaja Baraat (BBB), a relatively low-budget film about marriage planners, charmed the audience last winter and raked in the moolah at the turnstiles. The successful team of that film returns with another rom-com, Ladies VS Ricky Bahl, in December. The music of BBB, composed by brothers Salim-Sulaiman, played a ...
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Tagged Anushka Sharma, Ladies V/S Ricky Bahl, Ranveer Singh, Salim-Sulaiman
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Patchy But Fun- The Dirty Picture
The excitement hasn’t stopped ever since the first promo of Milan Luthria’s The Dirty Picture hit theTV screens. Besides Vidya Balan’s audaciousact, what also caught the viewer’sattention was the sweetly outrageous buthugely catchy number Ooh la la.
Sung with solid enthusiasm by Bappi Lahiri and Shreya Ghoshal, this retro ...
Pedestrian- Desi Boyz
Veteran David Dhawan’s son Rohit makes his debut as a director with Desi Boyz. The promos suggest that the film is a colourful tale of two male strippers played by Akshay Kumar and John Abraham. Pritam, who composed some simple but effective melodies for Mausam recently, has created the soundtrack ...
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Tagged Amitabh Bhattacharya, Desi Boyz mucis review, Irshad Kamil, Kumaar
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Rocking- Rockstar
JO bhi main, kehna chahoon, barbaad kare alfaz mere – Irshad Kamil’s simple yet insightful lyrics sets the mood for this outstanding soft-rock number by A R Rahman. The whole track has a ‘live’ feel, almost making it seem like Mohit Chauhan has done a whole lot of ad-libbing here. ...
Miley Naa Miley Hum Zzzzzz…
Miley Naa Miley Hum
Banner: Maverick Productions
Label: T-Series
Music directors: Sajid and Wajid
Lyrics: Javed Akhtar
Sajid-Wajid haven’t had much success since their sensational soundtrack for Dabangg last year. They now join hands with renowned poet Javed Akhtar to create the music for Chirag ...
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Tagged Javed Akhtar, Kangna Ranaut, Maverick Productions, Miley Naa Miley Hum, Sajid and Wajid
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Game
Making a whodunnit is not everyone’s cup of tea. I...
Making a whodunnit is not everyone’s cup of tea. I...
Next Stage?
Now, the Prithvi Theatre crowd is often freckled w...
Now, the Prithvi Theatre crowd is often freckled w...
Always Kabhi Kabhi
Popular TV and radio host Roshan Abbas makes his d...
Popular TV and radio host Roshan Abbas makes his d...
Tezz is 95 per cent complete
The shooting of United 7 Entertainment Ltd’s Tezz ...
The shooting of United 7 Entertainment Ltd’s Tezz ...
Aarakshan
The album opens with the light-hearted Achha lagta...
The album opens with the light-hearted Achha lagta...
Sanjay Dutt Is Currently Dubbing for Rascals
Sanjay Dutt is currently dubbing for Sanjay Dutt P...
Sanjay Dutt is currently dubbing for Sanjay Dutt P...
Rocking- Rockstar
Verdict: Possibly the album of the year. Must buy.
Verdict: Possibly the album of the year. Must buy.
A Good Time Pass: Jo Hum Chahein
Jo Hum Chahein seems to be an urban coming-of-age ...
Jo Hum Chahein seems to be an urban coming-of-age ...
Anand Rai On Tanu Weds Manu Sequel
Kangna Ranaut will be seen playing not one but two...
Kangna Ranaut will be seen playing not one but two...
Tezz
Anil Kapoor is dubbing for Venus Worldwide Enterta...
Anil Kapoor is dubbing for Venus Worldwide Enterta...
Tezz
The Digital Intermediate and VFX of United Seven E...
The Digital Intermediate and VFX of United Seven E...
Tezz
Anil Kapoor has completed his dubbing for Venus Wo...
Anil Kapoor has completed his dubbing for Venus Wo...
