Music: Amjad Nadeem, Anjjan (Meet Bros), Manmeet (Meet Bros), Harmeet (Meet Bros), Raju Singh
1. Baat Jo Thi (Yeh Dooriyan) --------------------------- 7/10
If you are an Atif Aslam fan and like his melancholy tracks, this one is sure to please your senses. However, there is more to it than just the fan-quotient. It is one of the best tracks by Atif who sings to his forte and reminds us all what genre of music owns. Although the mood of the song is slightly repentant, it is melodious. And yes, let's get the credit right: The playback singer of this track is Atif's clone: Omer Nadeem.
2. I Wanna Be Your Lover (Khushnuma) ----------- 7/10
Shaan brings us his peppy number. It has been a bit of a hiatus for Shaan, since he has truly entertained us. Overall, a pretty standard romantic track with a quick tempo, but the magic of joy portrayed in the song is quite contagious. Entertaining.
3. Let's Rock Sarsarahat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6/10
Sharp, zesty and a foot tapping rock track. The track fills us with energy and is perfect party starter. The lack of originality factor is what brings it's score down. Enjoyable nevertheless.
Brownie point:
- Ya Maula, Ya Maula (Female) - Another track in the maula series of songs. A track about the predicament of life and a call out for the almighty for help being it's premise, with a hint of Sufi musical style does justice to this genre.
Final verdict: Overall gets a 6/10. Counting all the remixes and alternate versions of the originals, this albums does not come up with any gems, but overall manages to keep the listener interested, and it is quite something for the entire album to achieve. A for effort.
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Phhir (2011)
Music: Toshi Sabri, Sharib Sabri, Raghav Sachar
With Toshi Sabri directing music for the album, it was quite interesting to listen to his album to find out if there were any good blues tracks. The result is, a decent album, but not good enough for any track to be a breakout success.
- Gumsum - Shreya Ghoshal can never get the melodies wrong.
- Love Is All I Got - A decent attempt at a western music styled romantic pop track
- Satrangi Saathiya - A trademark Toshi Sabri track: intense, intriguing, although a little insufficient. Nice attempt though
- Yaadein - Ditto as Satrangi Saathiya. But the more interesting part about the song is it's opening: feels like a rip off of Mahi Ve from Kal Ho Naa Ho and Fanaa from Yuvaa.
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Sukhmani - Hope For Life (2010)
Music: Jaidev Kumar
Unless there is a specific interest in Punjabi music, Punjabi folk music, there is not much hope for regular Bollywood music lovers. It's Punjabi folk music heaven spearheaded by perennial Punjabi singer Gurdaas Mann.
- Despite it's mainstream failings, Rabba Hai Rabba Tu Hatta is pleasant and melodious. It comes as no surprise that the playback singer is Shreya Ghoshal.
- Ramji Mere Ramji Kalyug Vich does justice to it's devotional genre.
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