Dinanath Mangeshkar, her father, owned a theatrical company and was a reputed classical singer, a disciple of the Gwalior school. more>>
Pedestrian fare
Pedestrian music from the man who made one of the biggest musical hits of Hindi cinema with 'Dil To Pagal Hai'. more>>
Zabardast Music
Compilation albums featuring an assorted range of artists are all the rage now. more>>
Rousing Score
A.R. Rahman is at his commercial best in this album spinning out one chart topping tune after another. more>>
Desi pop
It's pop with a desi flavour. There's nothing earth shattering here but it's good timepass music.
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Malik is mediocre
He's been screeching from the rooftops about major awards eluding him. more>>
Soulful Melodies
The veteran singer, Asha Bhosle, is back in full form with 'Songs of my soul'. A rollickingly entertaining album from one of India's most beloved singers.
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Earth Sounds
In the deluge of western inspired Indi-pop, the traditional folk musical heritage of India appears to be dying a slow death. more>>
The Pari is Back
Suneeta 'Pari Hoon Main' Rao, undisputed Queen of the Indipop scene (with apologies to Alisha, Anaida and Sweta) is back.
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The Whole is Better...
What was that saying? "The whole is better than the sum of its parts". Certainly true in the case of 'Sunset Point'. Not that the parts are anything to be scoffed at.. more>>
Lucky Reflections
The languorous voice behind 'Ek pal ka jeena' and 'Kyon chalti hai pawan' from blockbuster movie hit, 'Kaho Na Pyaar Hai', is back' more>>
Rahman is in top form
India's top music director proves his versatility once again with an outstanding score for the Shyam Benegal directed film, 'Zubeidaa'. more>>
Rydhun Divine
India's First Family of Percussionists never stop, do they? Now it's the turn of late tabla maestro Ustad Allarakha's youngest son, Taufiq Qureshi to come up with his musical offering- 'Rydhun'. more>>
Musical Breakthrough
This is a music album with a difference. A classical singer, a folk singer, a polyglot singer; and the best thing (at least in our opinion ) is that they are all women. more>>
Another Nazia in the making?
It's time for another Pakistani export into the Indian pop music scene.
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'Fiza'
Everyone in Bollywood has their fangs out for 'Fiza'. The movie marks the directorial debut of film critic Khalid Mohammed. more>>
Darbar weaves his brand of Jadoo
Ismail Darbar's follow up to the outstanding musical success of 'Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam'. The title song of 'Tera Jadoo Chal Gaya' boasts Sonu Nigam in top form. more>>
Penchant for Punjabi songs
Sanjeev-Darshan, the musical directors of 'Deewane', are the sons of Shravan (of Nadeem-Shravan fame). The two did not have a particularly propitious debut in Indra Kumar's 'Mann'. 'Mann' fizzled out and with it so did their music. more>>
Hunting Unsuccessfully
Aadesh Shrivastava has scored the music for the much anticipated film 'Shikari' that marks the return of the hit duo of Govinda and Karisma Kapoor. more>>
Children's Capers
This is a lovely album for children. It narrates the well known, 'Karadi Tales' in song. more>>
Anu is 'inspired'
Anu Malik, as we all know, is 'inspired' by other music composers. In 'Ghaath', what the master flicker was 'inspired' by is anybody's guess. more>>
Shreeni sings
Srinivas is a popular playback singer from the South who's just released his maiden non- filmi Hindi pop album, 'Yeh Duniya Sabki' ('Parvai' in Tamil). He has a versatile voice that can tackle many tones and tunes. more>>
Jazzy goes Bhangra
I swear if I have to review another Indi-pop album with strong Punjabi/Bhangra influences, I might as well migrate to Jallandhar. more>>
Deluged with Dalers
First was Daler. Then came a steady stream of bhangra-pop clones. Now it's a veritable deluge of Daler wannabes. more>>
Another Feather in Aadesh's cap
An excellent effort from Aadesh Shrivastava. The melodies are light, catchy and full of zestful vigour. more>>
Get ready for some Ghazal Pop
Pankaj Udhas is a smart man. He's a smarter musician. The king of ghazals has moved with the times and has come out with an album that can, at best, be described as ghazal pop. more>>
For lovelorn adolescents
The Aryaans are a troika of unlikely musicians. more>>
Reflective Meditations
Jagjit Singh is the other half of popular ghazal duo- Jagjit and Chitra Singh. The Singh couple did much to popularise ghazal singing in the 80's. more>>
Tarkeib
Aadesh Shrivatsava has assumed the musical baton in 'Tarkeib'. more>>
Dil Kahin Hosh Kahin
There's a burgeoning music industry out there that doesn't have OST tagged to it. more>>