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"We could well feel that RD Burman was there to guide us" - Vishal Dadlani Over the fortnight, the music video of the title song of Bachna Ae Haseeno has been playing on and the response has been simply phenomenal. Choreographed by Ahmed Khan and directed by Siddharth Anand himself, the video is the highlight of this Yash Raj production since it has Ranbir Kapoor sharing the same frame with three beautiful ladies - Bipasha Basu, Deepika Padukone and Minissha Lamba.
However, apart from the presence of these stars and some well-designed moves by Ahmed Khan, the factor responsible for this video turning out an excellent watch is Panchamda himself. Seems like he blessed the crew from up there in the heavens as the video was shot on the same date when he was born (June 27).
"Isn't that amazing? We could well feel that he was there to guide us in making sure that we did full justice to his song which has been a craze since three decades," says Vishal Dadlani who, along with Shekhar, has given a new spin to the yesteryear number by bringing on Kishore's son Sumeet Kumar as well behind the mike.
If this wasn't a good enough divine intervention, there was more coincidence to come. Although unbelievable, it is true that June 28 is Vishal's birthday and coincidently the day, the shooting of the music video was wrapped up. "Being a true R.D. Burman follower, I have always felt blessed to be born on a day after my idol. Now with Bachna Ae Haseeno, I also got a platform to celebrate my birthday on the film's sets. Even as the spirit of this evergreen number kept Ranbir and company charged throughout these two days, we knew that up there even Panchamda must have been smiling to see the spin the current generation has taken on his creation," says an emotionally charged Vishal.
Coming back to the song, while Ranbir does immensely well in jumping and dancing around to the beats of R.D. Burman/ Vishal-Shekhar, each of the three ladies too makes sure that their presence is very much felt as they burn the dance floor. No wonder, the film has managed to gather great momentum with the arrival of this song, which has ensured that next few days would be an interesting journey for everyone involved.
Trivia:
- Vishal-Shekhar's Jhankaar Beats (2003) starring Sanjay Suri, Rahul Bose, Juhi Chawla & Rinkie Khanna was sort of a tribute to RD Burman, wherein Suri & Bose play musicians who revere RD Burman & his music & whose music is influenced by Burman. There was a remix version of Burmans popular Kishore Kumar number 'Humein Tumse Pyaar Kitna' (Kudrat) which was integral to the film.
- Vishal and Shekhar had won the Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent for Jhankaar Beats.

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Music: Monty Sharma Lyrics: Sameer Singers: Abhijeet, Shail Hada, Amitrajit Bhattacharjee, Saleem Shahzaad Prem Raagi, Parthiv Gohil, Kalpana, Anaida, Sowmya Raoh, Vaishali Samant, Richa Sharma, Shreya Ghoshal
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God Tussi Great Ho

Music: Sajid-Wajid Lyrics: Jalees Sherwani, Shabbir Ahmed, Sajid Farhad, Deven Shukla Singers: Sonu Nigaam, Shaan, Sunidhi Chauhan, Neerag Shridhar, Shreya Ghoshal, Amrita Kak, Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, Wajid, Shankar Mahadevan
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Rock On

Music: Shankar Ehsaan and Loy Lyrics: Javed Akhtar Singers: Farhan Akhtar, Suraj Jagan, Raman Mahadevan, Caralesa Monteiro, Dominique Cerejo
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Hijack

Music: Justin-Uday Lyrics: Kumaar Singers: K.K, Shaan, Suraj Jagan, Shilpa Rao, Uday, Sunidhi Chauhan, Joi
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Bachna Ae Haseeno

Music: Vishal & Shekhar Lyrics: Anvita Dutt Guptan Singers: K.K., Hard Kaur, Himani Kapoor, Kishore Kumar, Lucky Ali, Raja Hassan, Shankar Mahadevan, Shekhar Ravjiani, Shilpa Rao, Sukhvinder Singh, Sumit Kumar, Sunidhi Chauhan, Vishal Dadlani
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Hum Phirr Milein Na Milein

Music: Sandesh Shandilya & Sameer Lyrics: Irshad Kamil & Vinay Jaiswal Singers: Udit Narayan, Sadhana Sargam, Nishant Mudgal, Sunidhi Chauhan, Neeraj (Bombay Vikings), Sonu Nigam, Sanjeevini
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Mukhbiir

Music: Karthik Raja, Shashi Pritam (Pritam & Sandeep Chowta as guest composers) Lyrics: P.K. Mishra and Iqbal Patni Singers: K.K, Sonu Kakkar, Hariharan, Sadhna Sargam
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Singh is Kinng

Music: Pritam Lyrics: Mayur Puri Singers: Ashish Pandit, Daler Mehndi, Hard Kaur, Labh Jan Jua, Mika Singh, Neeraj Shridhar, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Shreya Ghoshal, Snoop Dogg, Suzi Q
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Ugly Aur Pagli

Music: Anu Malik Lyrics: Amitabh Verma Singers: Anmol Malik, Anu Malik, Anushka, Hard Kaur, Mika, Mohit Chauhan, Shaan, Sunidhi Chauhan, Vasundhara Das
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Kismat Konnection

Music: Pritam Lyrics: Shabbir Ahmed and Sayeed Quadri

Singers: Adeel, Akriti Kakkar, Alka Yagnik,Atif Aslam, Hard Kaur, Mohit Chauhan, Neeraj Shridhar, Shaan, Shreya Ghoshal, Sonu Nigam, Suheil, Sunidhi Chauhan
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'Om Shanti Om' recalls music of an earlier age Film: "Om Shanti Om"; Music Director: Vishal-Shekhar; Singers: Shreya Ghoshal, Shaan, Sonu Nigam, K.K., Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Richa Sharma, Sunidhi Chauhan, Udit Narayan, Sukhwinder, Caralisa, Marianne D'Cruz, Nisha Mascarenhas, Rahul Saxena, Abhijeet; Ratings: *** Farah Khan's second directorial venture is ready to hit the theatres. While the movie is a much-anticipated one, the music is getting mixed reviews from all over. Composed by the contemporary duo Vishal-Shekhar, the soundtrack of "Om Shanti Om" is an amalgamation of songs that belong to an earlier age.

Moitra's magic continues with 'Laaga Chunari Mein Daag' Film: "Laaga Chunari Mein Daag"; Music Director: Shantanu Moitra; Singers; Shreya Ghoshal, Sunidhi Chauhan, Shubha Mudgal, K.K., Sonu Nigam, Babul Supriyo, Swanand Kirkire, Pranab Biswas, Mahalaxmi Iyer, Mita Vashisht, Rekha Bharadwaj; Rating: *** Shantanu Moitra returns after his classic "Parineeta" to compose a soundtrack for the multi-starrer "Laaga Chunari Mein Daag". While fans of Moitra's genre will be delighted with the album, others wouldn't be disappointed either as he creates a soundtrack that is different, encompasses melody and doesn't miss out on the Indian classical touch.

Songs of 'Bhool Bhulaiya' an absolute delight Film: "Bhool Bhulaiya"; Music Director: Pritam; Singers: K.K., Neeraj Sridhar, Tulsi Kumar, Shaan, M.G. Sreekumar, DJ Amyth, DJ Kiran, DJ G & Earl; Rating: *** The music album of "Bhool Bhulaiya" is an absolute listener's delight. Composed by Pritam and with lyrics by Sameer, the soundtrack is a pleasure to listen to and would definitely rope in huge profits.

'Aggar' tracks are decent and enjoyable Film: "Aggar"; Music Director: Mithoon; Singers: Qurram, Rup, Roop Kumar Rathod, Tulsi Kumar, Sharmishtha, Mithoon, Hamza, Shilpa Rao, Kshitij; Rating: **1/2 Composer Mithoon provides variety in the album, but one thing is common to all tracks - romance and passion.

Reshammiya's 'Nanhe Jaisalmer' disappoints Film: Nanhe Jaisalmer; Music Director: Himesh Reshammia; Singers: Himesh Reshammiya, Sonu Nigam, Sunidhi Chauhan, Vineet, Jayesh Gandhi; Ratings: *1/2 Though the pairing of music director Himesh Reshammiya with lyricist Sameer has produced major hits in the past, they fail to make heads turn with "Nanhe Jaisalmer". The soundtrack comprises a couple of tracks with some folk in it and also has classic Reshammiya numbers that hardly create a stir.

Instruments talk louder than vocals in 'Go' Film: "Go"; Music Director: Sneha Kanwalkar, Prasanna Shekhar, Amar Mohile; Singers: Kunal Ganjawala, Sunidhi Chauhan, Suzanne, Sneha Kanwalkar, Meenal Jain, Vinod Rathod, Priyadarshini, Farhad Bhiwandiwala; Ratings: ** Ram Gopal Varma's (RGV) music doesn't always get the cash registers ringing,yet his thriller background scores always make a mark. With his next film "Go", this, too, fails to happen. Let's see how.

Adnan Sami fails to impress in 'Dhamaal' Album: "Dhamaal"; Music Director: Adnan Sami; Singers: Adnan Sami, Shaan, Amit Kumar, Asha Bhosle, Naveen, Raghav Sachar, DJ Sandeep Shirodkar; Ratings: *1/2. All-boys seems to be the theme for Indra Kumar's "Dhamaal" - not only is the star cast packed with male stars like Arshad Warsi, Sanjay Dutt, Riteish Deshmukh, Ashish Chaudhary and Sohail Khan but the singers list too is crowded with men like Adnan Sami, Shaan and Amit Kumar. Varma's 'Darling' has some hummable numbers Film: "Darling"; Music Directors: Pritam, Himesh Reshammiya and Prasana Shekhar; Singers: Shaan, Himesh Reshammiya, Sunidhi Chauhan, Tulsi Kumar, Priyadarshini, Adnan Sami; Ratings: **1/2 It seems director Ram Gopal Varma is keen to be different with his film music; hence he has roped in Pritam as the main composer for the soundtrack of his film "Darling".

'Jahan Jaaeyega Hamen Paaeyega' music not worth it Film: "Jahan Jaaeyega Hamen Paaeyega"; Music Director: Aadesh Srivastav; Singers: Aadesh Srivastav, Udit Narayan, Sneha Pant, Sunidhi Chauhan; Ratings: * A terribly delayed film, "Jahan Jaaeyega Hamen Paaeyega" (JJHP) stars Govinda, Divya Dwivedi and Shivani Shivananda. As far as the music is concerned, JJHP is of the kind that would fade away without anyone realising the same. It has little chance of making it to any music charts.

'Chak De India' songs not catchy enough Film: "Chak de India"; Music Director: Salim-Suleiman; Singers: K.K., Sukhwinder Singh, Anushka Manchandani, Hema Sardesai, Marianne D'cruz, Salim Merchant, Shah Rukh Khan and Krishna Medieval Punditz; Rating: ** "Chak De India", a much-awaited Yash Raj Film starring Shah Rukh Khan, is set to hit the screens but the music isn't really making waves. Composer duo Salim-Suleiman have not done anything extraordinary or exciting.

'Marigold' music less than average Film: "Marigold"; Music Director: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy; Singers: Shaan, Vikas Bhalla, Alka Yagnik, Truth Hurts, Ali Larter, Nihira Joshi, Sneha Pant, Nikita Nigam; Ratings: *1/2 The music of the Salman Khan-starring Hollywood flick "Marigold" is quite a disappointment, especially when you know it has been composed by none other than Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, the ruling kings of Bollywood music.

'Heyy Babyy' - a feel-good album with moderate life span Film: "Heyy Babyy"; Music Director: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy; Singers: Shankar Mahadevan, Loy, Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal, Shaan, Neeraj Sridhar, Rehan Khan, Salim Shehzada, Sajid Khan, Pervez Quadir, Raman, Girl Band; Ratings: *** Sajid Khan's debut film's promos are out and going by the looks, the movie seems to be fun, youthful and full of energy like that of his sister Farha Khan's directorial debut "Main Hoon Na". And the music is not far behind as Khan has roped in Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy for the soundtrack.

Sunidhi is the saving grace in 'Cash' Film: "Cash"; Music Director: Vishal Dadlani, Shekhar Ravjiani; Singers: Sunidhi Chauhan, Vishal Dadlani, Shekhar Ravjiani, Anushka Manchandani; Ratings: *** "Cash" is all about loads of bikes, action, stunts and music. Directed by Anubhav Sinha, the soundtrack of the movie has been composed by Vishal and Shekhar who haven't really put their skills to good use. Only two numbers make their mark.