Kambakkht Ishq Rajiv Vijayakar
Posted online: Jun 26, 2009 at 1329 hrs

: Eros, Rs 149
Anu Malik’s score will hit high on the charts if the film does well. However, it works even as a music score with its tangy blend of quintessential Anu blended with contemporary (sic) demands. The pick of the connoisseur would be Kyun (Shaan-Shreya), a steeply-melodious song in the genre of Anu’s intensely-romantic duets in Woodstock Villa and Maan Gaye Mughall-E-Azam.
Bebo main Bebo (Alisha Chinoy) is of course slated to be the next catchword, and KK-Sunidhi’s Kambakkht ishq blends Marathi folk with modern filmi requirements. Neeraj Shridhar’s Lakh lakh taare must be one of the most dignified Punjabi film songs to have come out in a long time, while RDB’s Om Mangalam isn’t half as offensive as most add-on songs that infiltrate into scores today.

New York
Yash Raj Music, Rs 149
With a track-record of Dhoom and Dhoom:2 and a Sharara level of chartbuster earlier in Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai, we expected a higher level of creativity from the Aditya Chopra-Pritam combo. But only Toone jo na kahaa (Mohit Chauhan) sounds above-average in the score, while KK’s Hai junoon is a song, through which both Pritam and KK could sleepwalk today. Pankaj Awasthi’s Aye saaye mere makes a fleeting impression.