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Music Review | Padmaavat (formerly: Padmavati) | Sanjay Leela Bhansali

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[1] While Padma n is heroic, Padma avat is majestic. Padma n is driven by story, Padma avat is driven by story-telling. Padma n has music, Padma avat IS music. The bar is set high by the director-music composer himself - Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Can he outdo himself? Let us find out! Music Release Date: 21st January 2018 Listen to the album on: Saavn Gaana YouTube Ghoomar Singers:  Shreya Ghoshal , Swaroop Khan Lyricist:   A. M. Turaz,   Swaroop Khan This song is meta . It talks about the Marvadi  dance form of ghoomar while being a ghoomar itself . This song has been out for a while now. The song paces up appropriately. I started to swing my head to the beats and ended up listening to this song for 45 minutes straight. During those 45 minutes, I enjoyed Rajasthani folk,  Shreya Ghoshal's intoxicating voice,  watching Deepika dance,  dancing to the beats myself(reminded me of Navratri)  and Swaroop Khan.  It is not often we get to hear Swaroop Khan. This albu

Music Review | Padman | Amit Trivedi

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Akshay Kumar brings in good stories, Amit Trivedi brings in good music. When both of them come together, it is only fair to expect an album with great meaningful lyrics that supplements the movie. So let us get started! Music Release Date: 26th December 2017 Listen to the album on: Saavn Gaana YouTube Aaj Se Teri Singers:  Arijit Singh Lyricist:  Kausar Munir This song is about a sanskari joru ka ghulam. It is about a coy man confessing his love. The dholak throughout the song, gave an essence of something real and not orchestrated. Arijit Singh's voice is not too overpowering to hijack the song and blends in well with the music. The Pad Man Song Singers:  Mika Singh Lyricist:  Kausar Munir He is not the superhero we want, but he is the superhero we need. A real life superhero minus the melodrama and antics of reel life superhero. I like the fact that the lyrics remain realistic and didn't go overboard talking about his qualities. This song has one of my pe

Music Review | Mukkabaaz | Nucleya, Rachita Arora, Vineet Kumar Singh

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[1] Just as Emraan Hashmi and amazing music go hand in hand. Same can be said for Anurag Kashyap's movies. The last time he handed over the mantle of music to a female composer, the album created history and has a cult following even today. While rest of you'll get excited for his movies, I get excited for the music in his movies. So let us get started. Music Release Date: 21st December 2017 Listen to the album on: Saavn Gaana Wynk YouTube Paintra/Paintra Extended Version Music Composer: Nucleya Singers:  D IVINE, Ravi Kishan Lyricist:  Vineet Kumar Singh How have I been living my life without listening to such an amazing Hindi rap song until now? I have always wished for a proper Hindi rap song from Bollywood. Yo Yo Honey Singh and Badshah are just pseudo rappers. Real rap songs have deep meaning. DIVINE has drawn the first blood with this song in the Hindi rap genre that is going to rise over next couple of years. This song motivates you to make a move ahea

Music Review | Kaalakaandi | Sameer Uddin, Shashwat Sachdev

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[1] Welcome back in 2018. What better way to start than an album that screams fun, masti and pranks through its title. So without further ado, let us get started! Music Release Date: 26th December 2017 Listen to the album on: Saavn Gaana Wynk YouTube Swagpur Ka Chaudhary Singers:  Akshay Verma Lyricist:  Akshay Verma With electronic beats on Haryanvi lyrics, this song is a perfect representation of gaanv ka gawar trying to be sophisticated.   This is one of those promotional songs that ride on the Hinglish chorus. Some of them click well, some don't. This one definitely doesn't click it right. To add to that, the looping beat is picked up from  A Little Less Conversation by Elvis Presley and Junkie XL Kaala Doreya Singers:  Neha Bhasin , Raxstar Lyricist :  Folk This  Punjabi folk song  is about the fight between bhabhi-devar. Obviously, using this song as is wouldn't be a good decision considering the theme of the movie. So they repackaged it with