Climb on the ROWDY RATHORE Musical Ride

Taking the risk of sounding snobbish or of disappointing some readers, I have to own up to the fact that Sajid-Wajid have seldom been my favorite soundtrack composers. I acknowledge that they are talented and I do believe they have their moments of brilliance but I have sadly never been 100% captivated by a full album of theirs and have always thought that creating a high quality masala soundtrack is a titanic task. The Rowdy Rathore soundtrack however has the merit of having definitely caught my attention and I therefore could not ignore the opportunity of writing something positive about the composers. What follows is a brief account of each track and our recommendations.

'Dhadang Dhang' sets the tone with a powerful and fun groove sung by Wajid and Shreya Goshal. Both the melody, rendition and singing styles transport us to the 1990s and its masala sound. We think the song will be doing the rounds of radio stations and have people humming "dhadang dhang" day in day out.

 'Chinta Ta Ta Chita Chita' is another more modern sounding masala track with the characteristic Mika Singh style sticking the repetitive tune in our memory, occasional bansari and all.

"Rowdy" is the proper adjective for 'Aa Re Pritam Pyaare' and the combination of Mamta Sharma's voice with a fast paced background filled with percussions and creative arrangements where there are just the right amount of instrument and rhythm layers to give the listener the impression of rich sound without overwhelming.

The 1990s are clearly paid homage to in 'Chamak Challo Chel Chabeli' which could have been taking right out of one of that decade's film hits. It is an absolute delight to listen to Shreya Ghoshal paired with  Kumar Sanu. How this blogger wishes to listen to him more often in new soundtracks! 

The homage continues in full fledged fashion through 'Tera Ishq Bada Teekha' with a lovey performance in 90s style by Javed Ali and Shreya Ghoshal.

Yes, I am a Shreya Ghoshal admirer but I have to say I am still to find a performance by her where I find true flaws. 'Chandaniya (Lori Lori)' has a quiet charm that could only be enhanced by Shreya's voice.

Akshay Kumar provides thunderous dialogues for the final 'Rowdy Mix', which brings us back to 2012. The Mix provides the nightclub sound that will promote the film throughout India's young hangouts and should possibly be given a "music video" picturization. 

All in all, the Rowdy Rathore soundtrack pledges full allegiance to the 1990s sound in Bollywood and should be enjoyed by all those who enjoy that masala 90s vibe!

Purchase the Rowdy Rathore soundtrack

ROWDY RATHORE

Cast: Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha
Director: Prabhudeva
Music Director: Sajid-Wajid
Lyricist: Faiz Anwar, Sameer Anjaan, Shiraz Ahmed, Sajid 

Singers: Mika Singh, Wajid, Shreya Goshal, Javed Ali, Kumar Sanu, Mamta Sharma

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Agni Varsha 2002: Listen Old Hindi Songs Online Free

Agni Varsha was directed by Arjun Sajnani  in the year 2002.

Star Cast:

The movie stars Jackie Shroff, Nagarjuna and Raveena Tondon in lead roles. Other supporting star cast includes Prabhu Deva, Mohan Agashe, Amitabh Bachchan, Zul Velani, Milind Soman, Sonali Kulkarni, Kumar Iyengar, Ashfaq Rauf, Veena Sajnani, Khalid Siddiqui, Pradeep, Ashok Kumar and Rajiv.

Movie Review:

This bollywood movie is categorized as a drama film with fantasies.The story of the movie Agni Varsha is a fantasy movie woven around the family of a Bhramin, the story of the movie is filled with mythological powers and rituals. The story of the movie revolves around the life of a old man called Raibhya ( Mohan Agashe ), he was the highest priest in the temple and knew many magical powers. He was the father of two young sons Arvasu ( Milind Soman ) and Parvasu ( Jackie Shroff ), but he never liked them. Soon the two kids were all grown up and Parvasu was married to a beautiful girl called Vishaka ( Raveena Tandon ). While Arvasu wwas in love with a girl Nittilai ( Sonali Kulkarni ) and wanted to marry her.But Nattilai wanted to take the consent of her parents for the marriage. In the meanwhile the area that they lived in didn’t received any rainfall for a long time and hence Parvasu decided to impress Devraj Indra ( Amitabh Bachchan ), by conducting long prayer so that he can give them a nice rainfall. In the meanwhile Yavarki ( Nagarjuna ), an old lover of Vishaka returned back after his 10 years long prayer of Bhrama. But he was shocked to find her as someone else’s wife. When Raibhya learnt about him he sent one of the most powerful magical daemons to kill Yavarki, which it accomplished very easily. But things take an ugly turn when Parvasu killed his own father and blamed his younger brother Arvasu for the murder.The movie is good and was popular. It did good at Box Office and is a one time watch.

Music And Singers:

Music of the movie is given by Sandesh Shandilya and Taufiq Qureshi. Songs are sung in beautiful voices of  K K, Alka Yagnik, K. S. Chitra, Ustad Sultan Khan, Jaspinder Narula and Pamela Jain.

Here are the mp3 songs of the movie:

To listen the songs of  Agni Varsha 2002,

online just click on the link.

01 – Anchal Ki Chhaya
02 – Chal Re Sajan
03 – Din Andhiyaare
04 – Dole Re
05 – K K – Dole Re
06 – Prem Ki Varsha

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WANTED film review

Today we are glad to feature one of the fantastic reviews being written by the Italian Cine Hindi blog. We are thus very proud to have Diana's insightful review of "Wanted", Salman Khan's latest mega-hit film. A big hello to the knowledgeable team in Italy, with whom we are happy to be establishing a more regular collaboration. Ciao a tutte!

(The original review , written in Italian may be found here).

‘Wanted’ is the Hindi remake of the highly successful Tamil film, ‘Pokkiri’ which was directed by Prabhu Dheva, in charge of directing also the current Hindi version.

‘Wanted’ was released in September last year and may be considered as the most exciting film to be released in 2009. The audience’s acclaim immediately catapulted it to super-hit status within the first week of its release. Critical acclaim additionally ensued, resulting in ‘Wanted’ sweeping away competition from 'Dil Bole Hadippa!' which had released the same weekend. This is undoubtedly due to the film’s perfectly scrumptious mix of action, humour, music, romance and drama in true Indian style: Voilà! Bollywood in all its glorious splendour!

THE PLOT

Radhe (Salman Khan) is a professional killer working for the mafia bosses that share the control of organised crime in Mumbai. He is involved in their gangland wars but works only for money.

Amongst corrupt politicians, crooked cops and criminals, he meets Jhanvi (Ayesha Takia), young, beautiful and naïve, with the vital statistics of a pin-up girl. The two fall in love but the odds are stacked against Radhe, a killer, and the gentle Jhanvi.

‘Wanted’ is an action film with a fluid and enthralling plot. The story’s characters are well-conceived, particularly the despiteful Inspector Talpade (one would have a difficult time imagining a more smarmy policeman). The soundtrack and choreography are also very pleasant and enjoyable. The same amount of attention and care has been put into treating both the romance in the film and the inventive and enthusiastic shoot-outs and brawls. The entire cast has delivered fine performances. Humour and entertainment in spades, ‘Wanted’ is definitely a film not to be missed.

WHAT WORKS:

* Salman Khan, Salman Khan, Salman Khan: a vibrant dancer, an invincible fighting machine, a lovable but caustic boyfriend.

* Salman Khan again, who in the 33rd and 57th minute takes the flowers from a small vase and drinks the water.

* All the action scenes

* All the scenes between Radhe and Jhanvi

* The soundtrack, in particular the ‘Dil Leke’ track, which has been picturized in breathtaking Santorini, creating the perfect atmosphere for a passionate love story or a romantic honeymoon. (Note from HCB: Check out the video of the song and the lyrics, translated to English, by clicking here)

WHAT DOESN’T:

* Nothing!

Perhaps, purely for the sake of argument, the ending between the two lovers could have been more impassioned, but there is already talk of a sequel. To see more of Radhe and Jhanvi together, we will just have to be patient.

TRIVIA TIDBITS

* The picturization of ‘Jalwa’ features a nice cameo performance from Prabhu Deva, Govinda and Anil Kapoor.

* Both Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan are named in the film.

* Wanted by Prabhu Deva is the Hindi remake of ‘Pokkiri’, also directed by Prabhu Deva. ‘Pokkiri’ in turn, is a Tamil remake of ‘Pokkiri’ a film made in Telugu and directed by Mahesh Babu.

Cast
Radhe/Rajveer Shekhawat - Salman Khan
Jhanvi - Ayesha Takia (No Smoking, Dor)
Inspector Talpade - Mahesh Manjrekar (Slumdog Millionaire)
Gani Bhai - Prakash Rai
Golden - Aseem Merchant
Ashraf Khan - Govind Namdeo
Inder Kumar - Ajay
Vinod Khanna - Shrikant Shekhawat
Daniel Malik - Landlord
Mishal Mlaik - Jhanvi's Mother

Directed by Prabhu Deva


Produced by Boney Kapoor


Music by brothers Sajid (Main Aurr Mrs Khanna) and Wajid Ali (Welcome)
Buy the ‘Wanted’ soundtrack on Itunes.


Choreography:
Raju Sundaram (Kaminey)
Vaibhavi Merchant (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi)
Rajiv Surti (Main Aurr Mrs Khanna)
Vishnudeva (Fast Forward)

Released: 2009

Distributed by Eros Enterainment
 

Written by: Diana

Edited by: Aline CineHindi

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