Music Reviews – Planet Bollywood

Rewind Dor: One of the best soundtracks by Salim – Sulaiman has released on vinyl and it sounds as wonderful as ever

Anish Mohanty

In the ‘90s Salim – Sulaiman composed and produced songs for many popular non-film albums. Their journey as background score composers started with the Saif Ali Khan – Kajol starrer…

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Uunchai Music Review

Anish Mohanty

Whenever a Sooraj R. Barjatya directed film is about to release, one keenly looks forward to the kind of music it will have. The director has had a very good…

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Double XL Music Review

Anish Mohanty

T-Series is one of the most proactive production houses in the Hindi film industry. As a music label, the company was always very active. However, in the last 5-6 years,…

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Phone Bhoot Music Review

Anish Mohanty

Horror comedies do have scope for music. This is a fact that has been exhibited by some of the films released in this genre. ‘Phone Bhoot’, the new horror comedy…

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Doctor G Music Review

Anish Mohanty

Given the premise of the film, one expects ‘Doctor G’ to be one of the quirkiest films done by Ayushmann Khurrana in the recent past. The film traces the journey…

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Goodbye Music Review

Anish Mohanty

Out of the four films directed by Vikas Bahl, three (‘Chillar Party’, ‘Queen’, ‘Shaandaar’) had music by Amit Trivedi. While Vikas got Ajay – Atul to compose songs for ‘Super…

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Laal Singh Chaddha Music Review

Anish Mohanty

‘Dhoom 3’ (2013) was the first Aamir Khan starrer that had music by Pritam. After this film, Pritam went on to compose a good, thematic soundtrack for Khan’s home production…

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Raksha Bandhan Music Review

Anish Mohanty

One always looks forward to the music of a film produced or directed by Aanand L Rai. He is one of the very few producers/directors who has largely stuck to…

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Judaa Hoke Bhi Music Review

Anish Mohanty

Vikram Bhatt reinvented the horror genre with ‘Raaz’ (2002). The film, which went on to become one of the biggest successes of the year, paved the way for several more…

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Good Luck Jerry Music Review

Anish Mohanty

Though the Tamil language film ‘Kolamaavu Kokila’ didn’t have much scope for music, Anirudh Ravichander managed to put together a very engaging album for the film. While the original film…

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Dr. Arora Music Review

Anish Mohanty

You are not quite sure what to expect when the album of a digital streaming show, which revolves around a sexologist in a small town and the people around him,…

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Khuda Haafiz: Chapter ll – Agni Pariksha Music Review Music Review

Anish Mohanty

‘Khuda Haafiz’ had a rather underwhelming soundtrack by Mithoon. While one or two songs left a mark, the album didn’t make much of an impression. In ‘Khuda Haafiz Chapter II…

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Ittu Si Baat Music Review

Anish Mohanty

Music director Vishal Mishra and lyricist Rajshekhar have collaborated on a bunch of films including ‘Qarib Qarib Singlle’, ‘Saand Ki Aankh’ and ‘Bamfaad’. On two of the films (‘Saand Ki…

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Prithviraj Music Review

Anish Mohanty

Shankar – Ehsaan – Loy composing for a period film was something a lot of their fans would have been looking forward to for years. Shankar Mahadevan, after all, is…

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Modern Love: Mumbai Music Review

Anish Mohanty

The rise of digital streaming platforms has led to more music being heard. Many of the films and shows being made for these platforms also have a soundtrack to accompany…

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Jayeshbhai Jordaar Music Review

Anish Mohanty

In today’s times, Yash Raj Films is one of the very few production houses that still believes in releasing the music of their films several days before the latter arrives…

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Attack Music Review

Anish Mohanty

One doesn’t expect to come across a lot of songs in a film that has been designed as an action thriller. However, in the past, there have been many action…

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Jhund Music Review

Anish Mohanty

Ajay-Atul first collaborated with filmmaker Nagraj Manjule on the Marathi film ‘Fandry’ which marked the latter’s debut as a feature film director. After that, they collaborated with each other on…

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Gangubai Kathiawadi Music Review

Anish Mohanty

The music of the first three feature films directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali – ‘Khamoshi’, ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’ and ‘Devdas’ – boasted of very high standards. Even ‘Black’…

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Badhaai Do Music Review

Anish Mohanty

Though ‘Badhaai Do’ is not exactly a sequel to the 2018 hit ‘Badhaai Ho’, it is a part of the franchise spawned by Junglee Pictures. Amit Trivedi is known for…