Top recent listens

1. Song : Muddugaru Yashoda, Aha Naa Pellanta
Movie: Village lo Vinayakudu
Singer : Sooraj, Baba Sehgal
Music Director : Manikanth Kadri

Although both of them are remixes, I have enjoyed them thoroughly. While Muddugar Yashoda reminds you of how much you used to like the version from Padamati Sandhyaragam, Aha Na Pellanta makes you realize what made Baba Sehgal famous. Now, if you want to remix an old song, this is how you should do it.

2. Song : Happening
Movie : Main aur Mrs Khanna
Singer : Sunidhi Chauhan, Farhad, Raja Mushtaq
Music Director : Sajid-Wajid

Thanks to the high publicity this song is having, this song has crept up to my top listens. I am glad that Sunidhi Chauhan is among good songs again. This Qawwali styled number has been compared to Kajra Re but I think it deserves lot more than that. A quite peppy song.


3. Song : Tak Dhina Dhin
Movie : Aladin
Singer : Shaan, Shankar Mahadevan
Music Director : Vishal Shekar

Shankar Mahdevan breathes life into this peppy number with his energetic performance. It would be really awesome to catch a live version of this song some time.

4. Song : Chak de Phattey, Intezaar Aitbaar
Movie : Khosla ka Ghosla
Singer : Kailash Kher, Qadar Niazi Qawwal, Soumya Rao
Music Director : Bapi, Dhruv, Tutul

How can you not love Kailash Kher's unique voice ? While Chak de Phattey does not necessarily need his voice, he gives it a unique twist by singing it in his inimitable style. Soumya Rao makes Intezaar Aitbaar an instantly likeable song. It is one of those soft melodies that you would want to last for a while. I am not sure I like Qadar Niazi Qawwal's interruption in between. Although this is not a recent movie, I just recently heard its songs and liked quite a few of them.

5. Song: Kuru Kuru
Movie: Couples Retreat
Singer: A R Rehman
Music Director: A R Rehman

I dont care whom this CD credits for this song, but it sounds like Rehman. And I love this song. Unfortunately it will probably be reduced to a barely audible background song for an insignificant 10 secs in the movie. I applaud Rehman for gaining so much respect among the international community that he can insert a Tamil song in a English comedy movie!

Su Che

Song : Su Che
Movie Name : What's Your Raashee ?
Singer : Bala Shende, Sohail Sen
Music Director : Sohail Sen

Priyanka should get the credit for this song, for making you consider a second listen. It is tough to make your way through 10+ songs of a new movie without tiring yourself out. I liked "Aaja Lehraate" initially and wrote off the rest of the album. That is, till I saw the video for this song, and a lively Priyanka bouncing along. Given the fact that I did not understand a word of the lyrics, the video gave me some context to appreciate this song better and its now one of my favorite new songs. Bala Shende has a winner following her "Mann Mohana".