February Track-list

Here's some of the tracks that I frequented during February. Again, they're in no particular order.

1. Click - Rubayee (Male):

This is the only track which deserves a mention from this album. Its sung by Raaj; the vocals are haunting and the lyrics are deep. It has another duet version with Sunidhi Chauhan, along with Raaj, but its not as good as the male one.

2. Birugaali - Madhura Pissumathige(Kannada):

This is the only Kannada song of Mohit Chauhan I've heard, and I loved this one too. Being a huge fan of Mohit, and following all his songs, right from the Silk Route time, I was a bit late in discovering this one. The song is beautiful; the female vocals are touching and Mohit is enchanting.

3. Akcent - That's My Name, Stay With Me:

Akcent is a Romanian band, whom I came to know through Edward Maya's songs, as he has produced music in some of their songs. Both the songs have awesome beats, and will make your feet tap. That's My Name sounds a little similar to Stereo Love, the first few times you hear, but it will make its own place in sometime.

4. Chris Brown - I Can Transform Ya, Memories:

I Can Transform Ya has good techno beats, and has lots of energy pumping. Memories is a proper foot-tapping dance number.

5. Prince - O Mere Khuda, Tere Liye (Unplugged), Kaun Hoon Main:

Prince is an album overloaded with Atif Aslam, but the best part is - his songs are the ones which are good. O mere khuda is usual Atif Aslam material, but is still good to listen. Tere Liye(unplugged) sung by the composer Sachin Gupta himself is pretty good, its better than the original version by Atif Aslam.

6. Shaapit - Chahata Dil:

Aditya Narayan's debut and he's already composing, writing lyrics, singing and acting in the movie. WOW. This songs makes a good listen. Its a romantic dance number.

7. Train - Hey,soul sister:

I haven't heard any songs by Train before, but I fell in love with this one, the first time I heard it. Its a nice easy listening track. Just for the records, soul sister is someone who is very close to you, and NO, it doesn't necessarily mean your sister.

8. Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind(Pt 2 - Broken Hearted):

After doing the same track with Jay-Z, Alicia Keys comes up with her own version of Empire State, and it is beautiful. Its a slow version, with light hearted lyrics, and piano composition.

9. Jason Mraz - I'm Yours, Lucky(feat Colbie Caillat), Make It Mine:

He is known as the 'geek in the punk' of music. He's a brilliant musician. I'm Yours is soft, with good lyrics and a beautiful video. The acoustic version also deserves a mention. Lucky is again a ballad, this time with Colbie Caillat, but again has really good wordings and vocals. Make It Mine is also a pleasant number to listen to.

10. Timbaland - Morning After Dark, Marching On, Undertow, Tomorrow in the bottle:

Timbaland, with Shock Value 2, comes up with another awesome soundtrack. Most of the songs have featured artists, but he makes a good choice of the singers. Morning after Dark has Soshy and Nelly Furtado, with some groovy vocals and check out the video, for some more groovy expressions by Timba. In Marching On, he teams up with One Republic(after Apologize), and comes up with a nice song. Undertow features The Fray and is another nice track. Tomorrow in the bottle has groovy tune, and catch Chad Kroeger(of Nickelback) going techno with this one.

11. Kanye West - Heartless, Heartless cover by The Fray:

Its a weird song, but I still like it for some reason. Probably it gets out the feelings a lot better. The cover version by The Fray is also worth a mention, it is deep and haunting.

January Track-list

Ok, this is how its gonna be - every month I'll release a list of the songs played most by me, during that particular time. I shall do it, by the end of that month, or max by the first week of next month. The playlist will include songs from everywhere, that I come across and get addicted to. I'm pretty late for this. But, I still want to keep a list of the best songs that I've heard in a particular month, and since, the year's just started, I wanna include a list for Jan too. Here, goes the Jan list (in no particular order):

1. Kesha - Tik Tok:

I started listening to this in December, but this was that perfect New Years' Eve song. This was the first single from her debut album Animal, which otherwise has not so good compositions.

2. Owl City - Fireflies, Vanilla Twilight and Hello Seattle(Remix):

Owl City is one artist that I got completely hooked onto after watching Fireflies video, and then discovering some other songs of his. Fireflies has everything perfect - lyrics, the syntho-pop music and the video. Vanilla Twilight is a beautiful composition - yearning for the one who isn't with you, and still putting it so beautifully in a happy way. Hello Seattle (remix) has nice beats, and catches pace as it progresses.

3. My Name is Khan - Tere Naina, Noor-e-Khuda:

The problem with MNIK soundtrack is that, most of the songs sound similar, in terms of music and even lyrics. But, Tere Naina and Noor-e-Khuda, still stand out, to certain extent. Tere Naina's is crooned by Shafqat Amanat Alis' vocals. Noor-e-Khuda is pleasant, again because of the trio of Shankar-Adnan-Shreya.

4. Striker - Cham Cham, Bombay Bombay:

This is one album, with which I'd no expectations at all, and never even knew about this film, but after seeing names like Amit Trivedi, Yuvan Shankar and Vishal Bhardwaj on the credits list, I was compelled to listen. Cham Cham has Sonu Niigaam at his best, after so many days, the lyrics are equally pleasing. Bombay bombay has a catchy tune, and the tapori one-liners about Bombay just make it more worth to listen to.

5. Karthik Calling Karthik - Hey Ya, Uff Teri Ada:

Hey Ya starts off really well, with vocals by Clinton Cerejo, in English, and then holds on to it till the end. Uff Teri Ada works wonders because of Shankar's and Alyssa Mendosa's vocals, it gets you in trance mood.

6. Toh Baat Pakki - Phir Se:

The only song that I liked from this film. The first version is by Sonu Niigaam, but the second one, by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, is much better.

7. 3OH3! - Starstrukk (feat Katy Perry):

The song isn't that great, but there is still something, that keeps me hooked on to it. Its probably the lyrics or the video. Just something, I still can't figure out well.

8. Edwar Maya - Stereo Love Extended (feat Alicia):

This song is definitely one addiction. I've heard it like a zillion times already. Some guys have actually started hating it, because it was played so many times. And they hold me responsible for making it popular among some other friends who are hooked onto it. The tune is just magical, especially the part when the saxophone kind of instrument comes into action.

9. Jay Z feat Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind:

I started liking this song, after seeing its video so many times on VH1. The tunes catchy, and Alicia Keys makes it special.

10. Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya(Tamil) - Omana Penne:

I can't believe I just liked one song from an A R Rahman album. But, seriously, the others didn't appeal that much to me. Benny Dayal sounds sweet here.

11. Kedi(Telugu) - Short and Sweet:

Sandeep Chowta himself gives vocals, and yeah the song is not so short, but definitely sweet.

12. Michael Buble - Whatever It Takes and Haven't Met You Yet:

Michael Buble chooses the right words to express the right feelings. And he's so good in executing them. Both of the songs are pretty good.

13. Karl Wolf - Carrera and Yalla habibi (feat Rime and Kaz Money):

Both are catchy hip-hop/ RnB numbers by the Canadian Lebanese artist. Yalla Habi has a video shot in Dubai.

14. Sona - Pass Aao:

This song is yet to release, but I loved it the first time I heard it on Close-up ad, and then later on when Sona performed it on MTV Desi Beats Rock On! I just love the vocals of Sona.

15. Rihanna - Russian Roulette:

This is not the same hip-hop Rihanna. Her vocals are deep and touching. The video is equally compelling.

16. Ronald Jenkees - Throwing Fire, Outer Space:

This guy is really talented, I have already posted an article on him.

17. Just Maat Maathalli(Kannada) - Baanina Haniyu, Ee Kannali:

Raghu Dixit is just awesome in this album. I've loved most of the tracks that he has made till now, including his album Antaragni and some other Kannada tracks. This is one addition to them. He sings both of them, and does good job.

RARE INDI-POP MELODIES

Here’s a list of the “not so famous” Indi-pop songs which are really good. I don’t see any new good pop albums these days, well there are one or two albums which are decent enough but nothing compared to the time when the likes of Lucky Ali, Shaan, Adnan Sami, KK and Sonu Nigam ruled the charts. They’ve all delivered hits, but there are many songs of theirs and others which went completely unnoticed. So, here’s a post to all those rare songs which deserve a mention.

(not in any particular order)

1. Agnee:

This is one Indian band which very few guys have heard of. And to whatever they’re known, we should really be thankful to MTV, for publicising their acts and bringing out their talent to audience. Till date, Agnee has released just one album, but most of the compositions from that are really good. My top pick among them would be Shaam Tanha– it is such a lovely ballad, it always lifts my mood when I’m alone. The lyrics are perfect, the video is great and the vocals are awesome.Among the other songs, Sadho Re is really haunting and so is Ujale Baaz. The MTV Roadies theme perfectly suits the mood of the series; the quotes by Raghu are funny. Recently, they have done a single, atheme for MTV Splistsvilla. This doesn’t have any lyrics, it is just the humming by the lead vocalist, but the guitar chords are really nice and it sounds great.

2. Amit Sana :

I still believe that the first season of Indian Idol had the best contestants - Abhijeet Sawant, Amit Sana, Rahul Vaidya and Prajakta Shukre to name a few. Whereas Abhijeet Sawant walked away with the glory, it was Amit Sana who raised many a heads with his awesome vocal range. The title track of Chal Diye was no doubt good, but I really liked Mohabbatein Lutaonga just for its awesome lyrics (written by Vishal Dadlani, music by Vishal – Shekhar):

“.....mushkilon mein zindagi se kabhi jo na hare, bigda naseeba yahan wohi to sawaare....kehkashan wo khwabon ka zameen pe utaare, bujhi bujhi akhiyon mein umeedon ke khwab phir se main sajaaonga...jo haar gaya wo jung jeet ke aaonga......ek pal hai gham ka to doosra khushi ka,khile raat ki baahon mein rang chandni ka....saath mein andheron ke hai saaya roshni ka,neele neele ambar se chahaton ka chand tod ke laaonga....jo haar gaya wo jung jeet ke aaonga....mohabbtein lutaaonga....”

Of his other album (Yaadein), ‘Woh ho tum’ and ‘Khalish’ are really good piece of work.

3. Avadhoot Gupte :

I haven’t heard many compositions from this guy, have just come across two of them. First one being “Tujhe dekh ke meri madhubala” and the other one “Khamakha” . The first one is just okay, but I really liked Khamakha when I saw its video for the first time on TV.

4. Ganesh Hedge :

This talented guy took all of us by storm when he released his album G. The video of Main Deewana was par excellence. I wonder as to why he didn’t release two or three other videos from this album. There were two really good songs – “Zindagi” and “Aa Bhi Jaa” . The former one is a soothing number which has some really inspirational lyrics, whereas the latter one is a fast paced emotional track, Kailash Kher and Sowmyah Rao have given backup vocals for this one.

5. KK:

His first album Pal had some really nice tracks – Pal, Yaaron and Aapki Dua to name a few. After like years, he released his second album Humsafar, which didn’t do that well. Just during this time, he had come to our college (NIT-K) for our cultural fest and all of us had this craze about his songs. So, we checked out all of his songs and that’s when I came across this beautiful track - “Raina Bhai Kaare (Maajhi)”. This track describes the path of a river and compares it to our lives. Here are the lyrics:

“sagar ko jaati hai, dhoonde hai ye kinara, deewani ye nadi gaati hai har dhaara, behte hi jaana,jism jhoome kisiki,raahein banana jaise ho tum nadi (palamdani palamdani)....behte huye raahon mein kabhi mile phoolon ke sang pathar kahin, kabhi unhe baha ke le chali, kabhi to woh bach ke bhi chali, magar ye ruki na kabhi......sagar ko jaati hai.....dil maajhi hai, zindagi hai nadi, sapnon ki nau sajde hi chali, ye haule haule jhoomegi kabhi, ye hichkaule khayegi kabhi, magar ye toote na kahin.....haath tore more maajhi, bole more raja, zindagi ki nayya nadiya kinara....raina bhai kaari kaari, din ujyaara, nayya to dekhe nadiya ki dhaara,haath tore maajhi zindagi ki nayya...”

6. Raghu Dixit Project:

Again, thanks to my college, I came across this artist. His album Antaragni had some really interesting compositions. “Thousand voices”, “No man will ever love you”, “Father (wish u were here)”and “Hey Bhagwan” to name a few. “Thousand voices” is just like A.R. Rahman and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s “Gurus of Peace”, though it isn’t sung by Raghu Dixit, but by some children.

7. Silk Route:

This is one band which I felt should have gone a long way, but it’s no more, except for Mohit Chauhan. They released two albums – Boondein and Pehchaan. Their debut track, Dooba Dooba was a runaway hit, but none of the other songs did well. One song which I really liked from Boondein was Humsafar, it has great lyrics:

“hum jo chale tum bhi chalo saath, phir kya khabar ke din hai ke raat, bas mein nahi rahenge jazbaat, tum jo sanam hamare chalo saath, hum jo chale....sur se saji geeton se tere yaad, tujh bin sanam bhaaye naa koi baat, kaise kaho akele chaloon aaj, aao sanam soone hain dil ke saaz, kaisi bhi raahein ho kaisi dagar ho, koi bhi rasta ho koi safar ho, chalte rahe hum jo tu humsafar ho...hum jo chale...din ye kahe baitho hamare paas, aao idhar ishaara kare raat, humko magar chahiye wahi shaam...hooo...jis par sanam likha ho tera naam, chandni raatein ya khilti seher ho, chahe din ka wo koi peher ho, chalte rahe hum jo tu humsafar ho...hum jo chale tum bhi chalo saath...phir kya khabar ke din hai ke raat, bas mein nahi rahenge, galiyon mein phirta banjara dil ye, tujh ko hi dhoondega awara dil ye, karta hai jaane ishaare kya dil ye....galiyon mein....”

Some of the other songs of Silk Route which deserve a mention arePaheli, I’m just a child, Sapnay (Ek Pal), and Woh Subah.

8. Sona Mohapatra:

This is one artist whom we should hear more often. Her first album Sona was, literally, a gem and still very few know about it. Songs likeTere Ishq Nachaya, Abhi Nahi Aana, Bolo Naa, Aaja Ve andSapnay are awesome piece of work. The music for this album was given by Ram Sampath (her husband). Tere Ishq Nachaya is an excellent adaptaion of the original one. Abhi Nahi Aana sweetly describes the joy of waiting, whereas Aaja ve is the just the opposite of it. Bolo Naa and Sapnay are equally good. Apart from these, Sona had released a single with Aussie band INXS – Afterglow being the song. The original is a masterpiece, but the one with Sona is equally mesmerising. The use of Sitar and Sona’s vocals bring Indian touch to the song.

9. Zubeen Garg, Shafqat Amanat Ali and Chitra:

His album Zindagi was a decent piece of work. The main track Jia re Jia was good, but the tracks which I really loved from the album were Shafqat Amanat Ali’s Tu Hai Tu Hai and Chitra’s Pal Pal Bekal, though I wonder why these two songs were included in Zubeen’s first solo album.

10. Shaan:

He’s the perfect Indi-pop package; he writes his own song, makes his own composition and, of course, sings for them. His albums include Loveology, Tanha Dil, Bhool Ja, Aksar and Tishnagi, apart from whatever he has sung for Dance Masti (or is it Instant Karma?). Some of his good songs which went unnoticed are Har Taraf (Aksar), Is Pyar Mein (Aksar) and Shuruaat (Tishnagi). Har Taraf features Samira Said, a renowned Arabic singer – the song is decent, check it out to hear Shaan sing in Arabic. Shuruaat was featured in The Chronicles of Narnia OST, it has beautiful lyrics. Shaan is one artist who has done quite a few songs with international artistes, like Kya Maine Socha(with Blue) and Take Me To Your Heart (with MLTR) and the other one being Har Taraf (with Samira Said).

11. Shubha Mudgal:

Everyone knows about her songs Ab Ke Sawan, Aayo Re Aayo Maro Dholna and Pyaar Ke Geet. Some other songs like Ali More Angana, Bairie Chain and Kya Yeh Pyar Hai are equally good.

12. Sonu Nigam:

I still remember his album Deewana, all the songs from that album were really good. Of the albums which he released later (Jaan, Yaad, Chanda Ki Doli, Classically Mild), none did as well as Deewana. But there were few good songs from these albums like Mohabbat Kabhi Maine (Yaad), Chanda Ki Doli’s title track (really love the shehnaipart in this one) and Sochta Hoon Main (Classically Mild).

13. Lucky Ali:

Most of his songs are known to everybody. There are these three songs which not many know – Nahi Rakhta Dil Mein, Tu Kaun Haiand Behti Nadi. Tu Kaun Hai describes the nature of wind whereas Behti Nadi describes the flow of a river. Nahi Rakhta Dil Mein is a sweet melody with adorable lyrics :

“nahi rakhta dil mein kuch, rakhta hoon zuban par, samjhe na apne bhi kabhi, keh nahi sakta main kya sehta hoon chupa kar, ek aisi aadat hai meri, sabhi to hai jin se milta hoon, sahi jo hai in se kehta hoon, jo samjhta hoon, maine dekha nahi rang dil aaya hai sirf ada par, ek aisi chahat hai meri, bahaaron ke dhere se laya main dil sajaa kar, ek aisi sohbat hai meri, saaye mein chaaye rehta hoon, aankhein bichaye rehta hoon, jin se milta hoon...kitnon ko dekha hai humne yahaan, kuch seekha hai humne unse nayaa....pehle fursat thi ab hasrat hai sama kar ek aisi uljhan hai meri, khud chalke rukta hoon jahan jis jagah par ek aisi sarhad hai meri, kehne se bhi main darta hoon, apnon ke dhun mein rehta hoon, kar kya sakta hoon, de sakta hoon main thoda pyar yahaan par, jitni haisiyat hai meri, reh jaaon sabke dil mein dil ko basa kar, ek aisi niyat hai meri, ho jaaye to bhi raazi hoon, kho jaaoon to main baaki hoon, yun samajhta hoon....raste na badle na badla jahaan , phir kyun badalte kadam hai yahaan.....”

Tracklist - June-July, 2009

Well, here's a list that I've compiled of all the latest good hindi songs, check them out. You might like them. Here it is (in no particular order) :

Welcome to Hollywood - Anushka Manchanda & Karsh Kale This song is composed by Salim - Sulaiman (the only song in the movie to be composed by them) and it is the only song I liked in the whole soundtrack of Kambakht Ishq. Although its a pretty short track, but it has everything going its way, the vocals of Anushka Manchanda and Karsh Kale perfectly suit the mood of the song. The english lyrics are also pretty decent by Sabbir Khan, the director himself, as he knows what the theme should be.

Baawari Hoon Main (both versions) - Shreya Ghoshal / Raja Hasan The first time I heard it, this song really appealed to me, although its from a pretty unknown movie " Dekh Bhai Dekh". I wonder how many have actually heard of this movie. The music is given by a newcomer Shahdaab Bhartiya (never heard of him before). There are two versions of the song, one by Shreya Ghoshal and the other one by Raja Hasan. Shreya Ghoshal's version is really sweet, whereas the latter one highlights the husky voice of Raja Hasan. Both are decent listens, give them a try.

Sapne Bhaye Hain - Rahat Fateh Ali Khan & Rajab Ali When the song starts off, it doesn't sound all that great, maybe because of Rajab Ali's vocals, but as it is taken over by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, it starts getting that lift. The music director has made some interesting choices for the vocals of all the songs and even the instrument arrangements, combining the western and Indian ones is pretty interesting. The lyrics are pretty good, by Moazzam Azam:

" kaahe sataaye, nindya udaye, laaj ke saaye, parde uthaye, nazron ke haathon se mal kar, tan ki kiran ko aise chudaye. kar de kaali dopahri......nainon ki nadiya gehri...."

Main Chala - Nouman Javaid Never heard of this guy before, but he seems to be getting it right here in this film. This track is really soothing, with some nice lyrics(written by Nouman himself) and guitar chords. This is the perfect track when you're feeling low or something.

Nazrein Karam - KK & Shreya Ghoshal Well, very rarely does it happen that you take KK, and the song doesn't go well. He's so very reliable and gives his best everytime. This is yet another great song by him, Sharib-Toshi have chosen the right voice, and Shreya also does a good work with back-up vocals. The song "Aaya Re" also deserves a mention here.

Chaandan Mein - Kailash Kher Well anything said about this guy is less. After coming from a humble background, he goes global with this album (its being released in US by a sister concern of Putmayo Records). After 3 really awesome albums (Aawargi, Teri Deewani and Kailasa Jhoomo Re), he does it yet again this time with Kailasa Chaandan Mein. This track starts off slowly, will take sometime to get on to you, but then it wont get off you.The music is by Kailash, Naresh & Paresh, and the lyrics are by Kailash himself. The video is also pretty decent.

Bheeg Gaya Mera Mann (Cherrapunji) - Kailash Kher This one is the pick of this album for me. This would be in my list of all time favourite rain songs. I didn't know Kailash Kher could also pen down such beautiful lyrics. The music arrangements are just perfect and Kailash, as always is awesome with his vocals. I'm eagerly waiting for a music video of this song, and just hoping it would be as beautiful as the song itself. Here are few lines from the song which I liked: " mastiyon ke ghoot pee, shaukiyon mein tair jaa,

ishq ki galiyon mein aa, in palon mein thehrjaa,

rab ka hai ye aaina, shakl haan isko dikha,

zindagi ghud-daud hai, do ghadi lele mazaa.

chamke chamke ye jharnon ke dhaare,

tan pe malmal si padti phuharein, ped hain manchale se, patte hain chulbule se........ bheeg gaya mera mann"

"dagmagati chandni has rahi hai, josh mein aur patange ga rahe raag-maal, kauns mein ban ke naache behaya besharam pagli hawa, zindagi milke gale has rahi de de dua... barse barse re ambar ka paani, jis ko pee pee ke dharti deewani, khilkhilane lagi hai, muskurane lagi hai.....bheeg gaya mera mann....."

Na Batati Tu - Kailash Kher Well this song is so much of fun. It reminds me of Tauba Tauba from his album Teri Deewani. It is a really upbeat track, the lyrics don't play much of part here, its just the music arrangement and the vocals.

Rang Rang Ma - Kailash Kher This song is really contagious (as mentioned by reviewer Amanda Sodhi). Well it surely is !! The Sitar part is really cool, along with the western instruments used. The lyrics are decent.

Jaana Hai - Mohit Chauhan There is something with Mohit's voice. I end up liking most of his songs. This song starts with a tune similar to "Kholo kholo" from TZP, but when Mohit takes over, it sounds somewhat different. The best part about this song are its lyrics, I absolutely loved them, they're really encouraging.

" ek haath khud ka utha kar kandhe pe apne rakha hai, haaregi humse ye uljhan khud se yeh humne kaha hai, hum chale the banane mitti ka aashiyana, kaale baadal usi din chahte phir barasna..... jaana hai jaana hai baadalon ke paar, woh jahan peeli dhoopon ko, dhoopon ko hamara intezaar...... dhoop mein chale to chaaon hone di parayi, bharke hausle ko seene mein tu kar ladaai, hai khada tu ye sawaal leke is tarah se, intiha ye bandagi khuda ne khud banayi......"

Twist - Neeraj Shridhar

This song starts off with the tune of "Mann dole tann dole" by Lataji ( Decibel copied it from this!!! ). This song is gonna be a big hit, because its this proper foot tapping number which will be used for many dances and stuff. Irshad Kamil's lyrics are mediocre in this song, with a combo of Punjabi-English-Hindi. Neeraj's and Pritam's combination hitting it right once again.

Aaj Din Chadheye - Rahat Fateh Ali Khan

This is a really nice song, very sweetly sung by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan. I guess this song might be picturised on the Punjabi character of Saif Ali Khan. Lyrics are nice in this one.

"baqsha gunaahon ko, sunke duwaon ko, rabba pyar hai tune, sabko hi de diya, meri bhi aahon ko, sunle duwaoon ko mujhko wo dila maine jisko hai dil diya....... woh jo mujhe dekhte hase paana chahoon raat din jise rabbba mere naam kar use tainu dil da vaasta "

Ye Dooriyan - Mohit Chauhan Another Mohit Chauhan song, and I like it again. Pritam had given us Tumse Hi, and this is a pretty similar number to that (similar not in the sense, lift). Well, its not as good as Tumse Hi but the closest it can reach to it.

Aahun Aahun - Neeraj Shridhar It starts off with a really peppy guitar chords and that is the highlight of the song. You just hope that it should've lasted for a bit long. The Punjabi part is really good, with some really nice beats, but it goes back to the same trademark Neeraj thing after he takes over it, though the Punjabi "Aahun Aahun" sounds fun. The mixing and the transition from Punjabi to Western is appreciable.

Main Kya Hoon - KK

This one starts off with a trance feel to it. A different sort of song, probably my favourite from this soundtrack. KK does it yet again with this one. Really well sung by him, especially when going on the higher notes. Pritam does a great job in this soundtrack. Take a bow, Sir (and I'm not being sarcastic this time).

Meethi Meethi Baatein - Shaan & Shreya Ghoshal

This song is the pick of this monsoon for me. Really lovely lyrics, and beautifully sung by Shaan & Shreya. The music and lyrics properly go in accordance with the season.

" meethi meethi baatein, hari-bhari shaam, chai-vaai chhodo, kaheen chale hum rim jhim paani bole kahani, aao sune mil kar boondon ki cham cham "

Kal Nau Baje - Sonu Nigam & Alka Yagnik

Feels so good to hear the veterans in some good song after like so many days. S-E-L gives the music for this film. Its very rare that they give a weak soundtrack like this, except for this single track in the whole movie. You'll like it right from the start, a proper romantic duet. The lyrics are really sweet.

Tune Jo Na Kaha - Mohit Chauhan

With all the lifting controversy surrounding Hai Junoon track, I guess this track is not getting the publicity it needs. Its really well sung by Mohit, he tries to bring out all the emotions. The lyrics are perfect for the film's theme. " jaane kiski hamein lag gayi hai nazar, is shahar mein na apna thikana raha, door chahat se apni chalta raha..."