| Song: Do Panchi Do Tinke Album: Tapasya Type: Bollywood Singers: Kishore Kumar, Aarti Mukherjee Music Director: Ravindra Jain Lyricist: M.G. Hashmant Rating: 4.6 A really, nice mellow love song. I love Aarti Mukherjee’s harmonies. She of the “Do Naina Aur Ek Kahani” (Masoom) National Award fame. |
| Song: All I Really Want To Do Album: 20 Essential Tracks From The Boxed Set Type: Pop-Rock Singers: The Byrds Rating: 3.6 A nice little cover of Bob Dylan’s original. The Byrds have probably sung the best Dylan covers ever. iTunes US iTunes UK iTunes Canada Flipkart |
| Song: Beqarar Dil Album: Door Ka Rahi Type: Bollywood Singers: Kishore Kumar, Sulakshana Pandit Music Director: Kishore Kumar Lyricist: Irshad A Rating: 4.9 Lovely soulful number. Some cool piano. The transition to the bridge in the middle seemed a little abrupt. iTunes US iTunes UK iTunes Canada Flipkart |
| Song: Chal Akela Album: Sambandh Type: Bollywood Singers: Mukesh Music Director: O.P. Nayyar Lyricist: Pradeep Rating: 3.5 An off-form O.P. Nayyar and a morose Mukesh (despite some inspiring lyrics). iTunes US iTunes UK iTunes Canada |
| Song: Witchy Woman Album: Greatest Hits Type: Bollywood Singers: The Eagles Music Director: 3.5 Easy on the ears. iTunes US iTunes UK iTunes Canada Flipkart |
| Song: Kaathali Album: Avvai Shanmugi Type: Kollywood Singers: Hariharan Music Director: Deva Lyricist: Vaali Rating: 3.9 Rock influenced sugam track with prominent lead guitar. Awesome vocals. iTunes US iTunes UK iTunes Canada |
| Song: Valkannezhuthiya Album: Paithrukam Type: Mollywood Singers: Yesudas Music Director: S.P. Venkitesh Lyricist: Kaithapram Rating: 3.5 A no-frills semi-classical song |
| Song: Sloshed Album: Mumbai Mast Kallander Type: Bollywood Singers: Neeraj Sridhar, Saru Maini Music Director: Teenu Arora Lyricist: Prashant Ingole Rating: 2.6 Indistinguishable from a dozen other pop/hip-hop tracks that have flooded Bollywood. Also tries to ride the trend of “different” lyrics. Fails on both counts. iTunes US iTunes UK iTunes Canada Flipkart |
| Song: Maduraikku Pogathadee Album: Azhagiya Tamil Magan Type: Kollywood Singers: Benny Dayal, Archith, Dharshana Music Director: A.R. Rahman Lyricist: Pa. Vijay Rating: 3.6 Cool, foot-tapping folk-inspired song. |
| Song: Dheeme Dheeme Album: Zubeida Type: Bollywood Singers: Kavita Krishnamurthy Music Director: A.R. Rahman Lyricist: Javed Akhtar Rating: 3.9 Rahman keeps it simple (by his standards). Dafli, flute and strings; and a nice melody. Kavita tones it down and sounds really nice. iTunes US iTunes UK iTunes Canada Flipkart |