Aryan - The Unbreakable (2006)

Here is some great music from Anand Raj Anand. He has done a great job. Like most new Hindi music albums, here is some influence of western music styles seen in Aryan. In fact, there are very few music directors left who are not much affected by the western styles of music. Lately, most Hindi movie soundtracks are created with imitations of western music genre's, specifically Rap and Hip Hop. But that doesn't mean their music isnt great.

The movie is directed by Abhishek Kapoor and stars Sohail Khan and Sneha Ullal. Enjoy the songs, and tell me what you think.

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1. Jaaneman
   
2. It's A Beautiful Day
3. Ek Look Ek Look (Remix)
4. Rab Ne Mere
5. Teri Te Me
6. Ek Look Ek Look
7. Lamha Lamha
8. Unbreakable Theme - Instrumental
9. Ek Look Ek Look (Dhol Mix)

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Sarhad Paar (2007)

Sarhad Paar - A New Dawn is a recently released patriotic film by Raman Kumar and stars Sanjay Dutt, Chandrachur Singh, Mahima Chaudhary, Tabu and Rahul Dev. It hasn't seen much of a success in the BoxOffice so far, as the Movie Toic guys would put it, "Paisa Barbaad"!

The music director of Sarhad Paar is Anand Raj Anand. I found it to be a pretty average album, the best song being BLABLAH. Don't hasitate to tell me us what you think. I hope you like the songs.

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1. Teriyaa Mohabbatan / Anand Raj Anand
2. Nit Khair Manga / Smriti
3. Ae Zindagi - Duet / Sunidhi chauhan, Wadali Brothers
4. Sona Chandi / Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan
5. Mere Rabba / Poornima, Anand Raj Anand, Jaspinder Narula
6. Aadha Sach / Poornima
7. Ae Zindagi - Male / Wadali Brothers
8. Sona Chandi - 2 / Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan

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Shootout At Lokhandwala (2007)

Shootout At Lokhandwala (you might already know this) is a film based the true story of the clash between the Mumbhai Police and five members of gang members. The police squad were lead by inspector Khan (Sanjay Dutt) and the gangsters by Maya (Vivek Oberoi). Other actors who have played major roles in this film are Amitabh Bachchan, Sunil Shetty, Arbaaz Khan, Tusshar Kapoor, Aarti Chhabria, Rohit Roy, Neha Dhupia, Diya Mirza, Amrita Singh and Abhishek Bachchan. Shootout is directed by Apoorva Lakhia. It is quite a good movie. It is not for you, if you are a little weak in heart because there's quite a lot of blood and death. There is one thing I would like to complain about and that is Tusshar playing Buwa's role. It just doesn't seem right; Buwa in reality was one of the coldest killers and Mr. Kapoor doesn't quite portray that. In fact none of the actors playing the gang members have acted up to the reputation of the actual gangsters, turning them into nicer people instead of the ruthless killers that they were. This probably is an intentional effort by the director, but this results in the viewers sympathizing with the gang members. Anyway, it is a very entertaining film, specially for the fans of the gangsta genre.

Contributions have been made multiple composers/directors in the music department including Anand Raj Anand, Mika, Biddu and Strings. The diversity in music direction and style has played quite well for Shootout. I hope you like it.


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1. Mere Yaar / Anand Raj Anand, Sunidhi Chauhan
2. Aakhri Alvida / Strings
3. Ganpat / Mika
4. Unke Nashe Mein [Video]/ Anand Raj Anand, Mika, Sukhwinder Singh
5. Live By The Gun / Biddu
6. Sone De Maa / Palash Sen
7. Ganpat Rap / Mika
8. Aakhri Alvida (Club Mix) / Strings
9. Unke Nashe Mein (Club Mix) / Anand Raj Anand, Mika, Sukhwinder Singh

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Welcome (2007)

Welcome is a comedy movie directed by Anees Bazmee and stars Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Paresh Rawal, Nana Patekar, Anil Kapoor, Mallika Sherawat, and Feroz Khan in major roles. It's about the marriage of Akshay and Katrina's characters and the opposition to that marriage by their families. One being from a strict and educated family while the is from a gangster family. Akshay's been hitting us with so many comedy movies lately. Who would think that Mr. Khiladi would one day be a funny man.

Music of is composed by Himesh Reshammiya and Anand Raj Anand. Thanks to Anand's participation, we only get to hear Himesh in one song. However, it's Anand who is singing 3 of the songs this time. Fortunately, his voice is not as annoying :)


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1. Welcome / Shaan, Soumya Rao
2. Hoth Rasiley / Anand Raj Anand, Shankar Mahadevan, Shreya Ghoshal
3. Insha Allah / Shaan, Krishna, Akruti Kakkar
4. Kola Laka Vellari / Himesh Reshammiya
5. Uncha Lamba Kad / Anand Raj Anand, Chorus
6. Kiya Kiya / Anand Raj Anand, Shweta Pandit

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