7 Khoon Maaf, Aashiqui.in, For Real - Music Review

7 Khoon Maaf (2011)
Music: Vishal Bharadwaj

It is almost pitiful to think of Vishal Bharadwaj as a music director first and a movie director next. This is how he started his career. But there is a good reason I think, why he is doing more of the latter than the former. If you don't believe me, just listen to the soundtrack of this movie. A pretty poor album, in that not any song has a distinct quality that could make it nice in a particular genre or mood. The style of music very clichéd, the two rock tracks: Dil Dil Hai and O Mama are flat and the opera-like folk song Darling is plain annoying.

Strike 1.
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Aashiqui.in (2011)
Music: Nitin Kumar Gupta, Prem Hariya

This album perfectly fits the bill of a second rung movie with second in class style of music. The music is such that it feels that it was good enough for a take off, but just ran out of steam before it did.
Brownie points:

• Tere Bina and Ruk Ke Jaana are decent
• Lichu Lichu - I would never recommend anyone this song, however the cheesiness of this song is plain hilarious.

Strike 2.
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For Real (2010)
Music: Zakir Hussain, Deborah Mollison

Yawwwwwwn! Don't people understand the age of jazz is over? What kind of a time warp are they living in?

Strike 3.