Karthik Calling Karthik, Teen Patti, Prem Kaa Game - Music

Songs to get in your musak player, songs to skip and some commentary

Karthik Calling Karthik (2010)

Music: Shankar - Ehsaan - Loy

1. Hey Ya! ---------------- 10/10
Best song of the movie. Romantic, but peppy and modern. Representative of the current trend where a song begins with English lyrics passing it on to Hindi lyrics smoothly. Always be on the lookout for Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and Clinton Cerejo pairing up. They have come up with cool songs. Rock On!!, Wake up Sid!....and now Karthik Calling Karthik

2. Uff Teri Adaa --------------------  8/10
Another party theme song from Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy. The change of beat in the song is fun, feels like a car slowing down on applying brakes.

3. Jaane Ye Kya Hua ---------------------- 8/10
Yet another soft and crisp romantic track by none other than KK

4. Kaisi Hai Yeh Udaasi -------------------- 6/10
Sad but not too bad. For Kailash Kher fans

5. Karthik Calling Karthik ---------------------- 6/10
Different, techno, but fails to make the cut. Caralisa Monteiro lends a nice voice

6. Karthik 2.0 ----------------------- 5/10
Energetic, but not noteworthy. It won't be remembered

7. Uff Teri Adaa (Remix) ------------------ 5/10
Really trashy remix. The fact that it is a remix of one of the better songs from the movie is it's only saving grace

8. Hey Ya! (Remix) -------------------- 5/10
Remixed Hey Ya! The original soundtrack is so much better than this

9. Karthik Calling Karthik Theme Remix ----------------------- 5/10
Not good just like it's original track

Anything worthwhile?
Yes. Numbers 1, 2 and 3

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Teen Patti (2010)
Music: Salim - Sulaiman

Salim - Sulaiman are coming up with very modern, 'multiplex-culture' music nowadays. This album smacks of the style of music score for Pyaar Impossible by them. Decent attempt in this movie, but overall fail to impress.

1. Neeyat Kharab Hai (Remix) ----------------- 8/10
One of the rare instances when the remix version of a song is actually better than the actual song. The remix is more techno and pacy compared to original track. Pleasantly good remix. Not a stupid remix that tests the bass of your speakers.

2. Neeyat Kharab Hai ------------------------  7/10
The original track. Might be good to ears to some than the remix

3. Intezar Mein Chupa Kahi --------------- 7/10
Just good enough. But very borderline

4.  5. Life Is A Game (English and Hindi versions) ------------------- 6/10
Not bad of an attempt. Nice start to the song and good beats, but fails to carry on the momentum

6. Teen Patti Ke Gulam  --------------------- 6/10
Ditto as 'Life Is A Game'. Also, the lyrics make the song very situation specific in the movie

3 more passable tracks

What say?
Get Number 1, Numbers 2, 3 is up to you

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Prem Kaa Game (2010)
Music: Raju Singh............yes Raju Who?

First of all, this is a movie that reached the senses of a very few movie buffs. The cast is all made up of low profile actors. But anyways back to the music:

• The music is not TERRIBLE as one would think
• But again most of the songs are just about average. Such songs will get some audience only if they were in some major release.
• Overall, a nothing-you-would-miss kind of album

Brownie points:

• Khan Ka Gyaan by Salman Khan is funny to listen to
• Tum Hi Mere is a decent song, if you are a Javed Ali fan