A few years ago it was Himesh Reshammiya who could do no wrong, churning out hit after hit faster than one could blink. Practically every top-10 countdown bore half a dozen of his songs at any given time.
The mantle of Super-hit Composer has since been taken over by Pritam. His brazenness in keeping a straight face despite blatantly plagiarizing tunes is outrageous, but regardless he still reigns as the King of the countdown. Had it not been for him, I would perhaps have remained lost on so many beautiful tunes from Korean TV serials and Egyptian soap jingles.
Race, a movie from 2008 that promised slick tricks turned out to be a box office hit more because of its songs and zingy leading ladies than for the two childishly scheming brothers in the center of plot. Movie-casters can sometimes perplex you with their choice of faces. Not sure what genetic resemblance Saif Ali Khan and Akshay Khanna have in order to play brothers, but we'll overlook such trivial things for the more serious ones like Katrina Kaif and Bipasha Basu's looks, and of course some nice music.
Atif Aslam - the 'non-singer' - scored a huge hit in "Pehli Nazar Mein" in this movie and once again shut up all the 'singers' in the industry. It is amazing how he does it again and again, and more so with the help of Pritam. This eminently hummable song is a note-to-note copy of "Sarang hae yo" from the soundtrack of a 2005 Korean tele series titled, 'Kwae-geol Chun-hyang'.
Having not been able to frequent this blog lately, here is an attempt to keep it alive by making a hasty contribution. An improved version will come about as soon as possible. Until then bear with the half baked one below.
