Sunday, April 3, 2011

Thank You, Help, Satrangee Parachute - Music Review

Thank You (2011)
Music: Pritam

Pritam comes to us with a goofy album for a probably goofy movie. Most of the songs are frivolous and really make no effort to please our musical senses. It is mostly commotion, confusion and concocted retro music. Sonu Nigam, who has had a recent success in Phir Milenge Chalte Chalte from Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi and YPD Title Track from Yamla Pagla Deewana, falls flat in My Heart Is Beating. Despite it's failings these two songs stand a chance:

1. Pyaar Mein --------------------------------------------------- 7/10
Typical Javed Ali track. Starts out with a nice operatic musical piece, and then Javed Ali takes care of the rest while Neeraj Shridhar plays a nice supporting role in the chorus creating a nice harmony.

2. Razia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6/10
Almost feels like a remix version of its self. However, if you are looking for some fun, and are looking to update your dance mix with something new, this could be what you were looking for. Master Saleem is one of the best in business in adding a qawwali angle to a track. Slightly repetitive, but fun.

Final verdict: Get 1 above in this otherwise forgettable album. No Thank You please!
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Help (2010)
Music: Ashu, Gourov Dasgupta

1. Kyun Gum Hai Khushiyan -------------------------- 8/10
2. Kyun Gum Hai Khushiyan (Remix) -------------- 8/10
A very pleasant grunge track. Quite an antithesis. One of the best grunge songs of 2010 that went unnoticed. Only intended for the fans of this genre of music. Starts out in a tense mood, lends out a cry of despair and leads the listener in it's self-assured beats and tempo.
Now, the Remix version is a totally different story. Begins with a quick tempo, and the bass beats are plain phenomenal. If you wish to test out your new speakers high bass, play this song and you will not be disappointed one bit. I could probably rate it a 10 on good bass speakers, otherwise gets 8. Once again, high bass and good speakers can only do justice to the Remix version.

The other tracks, Help and Kehna Hai try to support the album, but fail to do so.
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Satrangee Parachute (2011)
Music: Kaushik Dutta, Shamir Tandon

Either the kids genre movie songs don't blend well with adult liking or the songs themselves are not great. It seems former is the case, because it has been a while any such movies have had songs that were anywhere close to good. In this bland album, Udd Jaa Udd Jaa is a decent track.
Pyaar Mein - Thank You Razia - Thank You Kyun Gum Hai Khushiyan - Help Kyun Gum Hai Khushiyan (Remix) - Help

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