Where was I all these days?

Thanks to the cybercafe in Frazer Town, Bangalore where I had the good opportunity to listen to Atif Aslam crooning "Adat" and when I enquired with the cybercafe's owner he replied the song's from "Ek Pal" but on a search on MusicIndiaOnline I stumbled across "Tere Bin" which I understand has become some kind of a "National Anthem" here in India. The song sung by Atif and composed by Mithoon is a must listen and has been used for the movie "Bas Ek pal". Mithoon the 21 year old composer of the song is from India whereas Atif hails from Pakistan. The combination has been deadly. I believe they are working on new material as well. "Bas Ek Pal", the title track sung by Kay Kay and Sunidhi is also a good number with some lovely guitar riffs and licks. Nice work by Mithoon, Vivek and Pritam.

The other song that I couldn't resist asking the cybercafe owner details about was "Aa Paas Aa" by Shreya Goshal from the movie "Ankahee" though the bass guitar reminded me of Harris Jayraj's "Zara.." or his Tamil original "Vaseegara".

I haven't listened to some good Indian music for long and what a relief to hear songs as these. You cannot afford to miss these lovely songs.

Lovely Hindi Songs

Though I liked "Mere Haath Mein" and "Chaand Sifarish" when the songs of Fanaa were released on MusicIndia online I thought I'd wait a little longer, but not any longer. After having watched the beautiful movie and replayed the songs countless times I highly recommend them. It's been a while since I liked the music in a film but the Jatin-Lalit duo really impress. It is also the first time I liked a Shaan number. Sunidhi Chauhan also does a great job on the duet "Mere Haath Mein" with Sonu Nigam. Check the songs and the film. They are worth it.

A smash hit from A R Rahman

It was out on Raaga.com and oosai.com but it took a day later to appear on musicindiaonline.com. Songs of Sillunu (Jillnu) Oru Kaadhal have been released. The song that is going to be on everyone's lips is "Munbe Va" sung by Shreya Goshal, Naresh Iyer and chorus. The piano is great on the song. You musn't be doing anything else but listening to this song right now. A R also sings another good number titled "New York", a slow number like the one he did in "Kannathil Muthamittal". This beautiful song and the good ones from the film "Godfather" can very easily bring A R Rahman back to where he always belongs - on the very top. Check out "Munbe Va". Lost count of how many times I've listened to it in the past three days.

For a change, a lovely Telugu number

Ever since I saw the lovely video of this song I have been trying to track the number and finally with a little help from my Telugu-speaking friends, I finally nailed it. Check out this gem from the Telugu movie "Okariki Okaru". The song is sung by Shreya Goshal, probably the best female playback voice there is in India today. The song is called "Nuvve Na Swasa". Never miss it.

Rock on Himesh

Before he can run out of ideas Himesh had better look for inspiration and new styles before his music turns out stale. Meanwhile he seems to be delivering hit after hit in the the Hindi film Industry. Check out the numbers below.

"Aashiqui Meri" from 36 China Town
(will post other movie hits soon)

By the way songs from the movie Gangster based on a Himesh formula seems to be making waves too. "Ya Ali" is a good one but it would hav been more acceptable had it been shorter.

One more lovely song for Yesudas from Jeychandran

Though the music of the song may sound familiar to music from Tamil songs I couldn't help enjoying this lovely number from music director M Jeychandran made for Yesudas for the Malayalam movie "Madhuchandralekha". Check it out. Lovely one.