Lamhaa, Tere Bin Laden - Music

Lamhaa (2010)

Music: Mithoon

Considering the genre of the movie, the music is accordingly chosen for this film. There are no energetic and casual tracks. Most of the tracks are heavy in meanings and emotions. So, if you are looking for some soul-touching and 'serious' music, whether it be romantic or sad, this album is for you. Overall, a 6/10 album.

1. Rehmat Zara ------------------------------------- 6/10
This is a song, as far as I can tell, for guys only. It is more a 'call for help' kind of a song with good use of bass guitar and good rhythm. Cuteness factor or melody quotient is zero.

2. Madhno, Sajnaa --------------------------------- 6/10
Two exactly identical tracks. The only difference is the lyrics, the specific words used for the love interest. I am assuming Madhno uses more Kashmiri/native-language words and Sajnaa is a 'Hindi' version. The songs are really slow, but melodious and very long. If you liked Maula Mere Maula from Anwar, you might be in for some treat here.

3. Main Kaun Hoon ------------------------------------------------- 6/10
This is again a decent song which has a great resemblance to Strings kind of music, especially the title track of Zinda. It has not been sung by Strings though. If you dont know who sung it, and are up for some trivia, listen to the song and post who you think the artist is in the comments. I would say, somewhere in between the song, the singer's style is very evident, so it may be simple. Hint: Dr. ***** ***
Anyways, back to the song. The song is a little too long, and I think it takes a bit too long to get to the good part. By that time, the song has lost you.

Final verdict: Only the ones mentioned above have some potential of being liked. Can safely ignore the rest. The album borders on being good, without actually being one. In all the aforementioned songs, there is a common style: the songs pause for a second before the final encore, which is kind of cool.

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Tere Bin Laden (2010)

Music: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Dhruv Dhalla

A not-so-much-of-a-mainstream movie with goofy songs. Since the movie is supposed to be a comedy, the songs don't lend themselves to being much serious either. Nothing of great value here.

Brownie points:

• Welcome To Amreeka, I Love Amreeka and all of it's remix versions are pretty much the same song. But it is a fun-can-listen-to-it-once kind of a song. Shankar Mahadevan's version is better of the lot. Further, the tune created out of telephone beeps is cute and Akriti Kakkar singing it out is even cuter. Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy have done this before in Karthik Calling Karthik.
• Ullu Da Pattha - Ditto for UDP. Funny.