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Last movie that Sohail Khan produced was Partner –> super hit music !!

Last movie Puneet Sira directed was Jai Veeru –> Few hit songs !!

Last movie music director Dabboo Malik [Anu Malik's brother] worked on was Kisse Pyaar Karoon & Team-The Force –> All super flops !!

Why did Dabboo Malik step into the hit combination of Sohail Khan & Puneet Sira is unknown to me.. But my expectations from the soundtrack of Kissan just took a plunge into cold water because of his presence…

Hum Tumhaare Hai Sanam & Kasoor are the only two hits in his career and that too ages ago. Why does he still keep getting work is something we will have to decide after we listen to the music of Kissan.

With a cast of the likes of Jackie, Arbaaz, Sohail, Dalip Tahil, gorgeous Dia Mirza & the cute Nauheed Cyrusi the expectations are high from the music of Kissan. Also, the topic of the movie caters to the majority population of India that is farmers. It thus needs to have a total traditional feel to the soundtrack with a lot of Punjabi influence so it can appeal to the millions of farmers working in their fields and have this playing on their radio sets in the background

Let’s find out what this 6 track album has in store for the international audience…

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Review

Track 1 – Punjabi Munde – This track implies a decent start to the album. It sounds like a number of Bollywood Punjabi tracks with a bit of english rap. The beat is almost similar to Sambhale from Ek-The Power of One but this one is better for sure as it is more catchy with the ”Punjabi Munde honde hain kamal” punch line. The difference is with the number of singers on this track. Labh Janjua, Shakti Singh, Sunidhi Chauhan, Siddharth Singh, Parthiv Gohil, Earl D & Dabboo Malik himself give their voice but none of them stand out. It’s like a chorus throughout the song !! Nothing extra ordinary about the performances, lyrics [by S.R. Bharti & Kanwar Juneja] or composition of this song but I guess the video will decide if this song turns out to be a hit. 7/10 .

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Track 2 – Humko Rehna Hai – A typical Bollywood romantic song with stars running around in the fields in their traditional clothes.. mannn I can visualise the full thing…. Well the composition, instrumentation & arrangement of this song makes it easy to guess the sequence. The lyrics by Panchi Jalonvi are basic but conveys the message adequately. Shaan & Shreya Ghosal sound totally like villagers with their pronunciations & thus sweet in a way. It is not a hit song but not a bad one either. 5.5/10.

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Track 3 – Jhoomo Re Jhoomo – Yet another multi-singer number for a festive village scene. Ad Boyz, Abhijit Ghoshal, Tarranum, Sujata Majumdar, Pavni Pandey & Dabboo Malik sing the below average lyrics of Panchi Jalonvi. Althought this song is groovier than the Track 1 in many compositional & instrumentation ways it lacks decent performances by any of the singers in the huge list. This song can play well in Dandiya & garba parties but lacks overall commercial appeal. 6.5/10 .

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Track 4 – Neeche Sari Duniya – This might be the main title song of the movie & is with a religious twist. It describes farmers & the hard work they do in very suttle words penned by Salim Bijnori. What makes this song special are the vocals of Room Kumar Rathod. He is just the best for such thematic songs with his deep voice. He is supported by Harshdeep Kaur with the chants & harmonies. I love the instruments used & their arrangement in this song. Credits to Dabboo for that.. 7/10.

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Track 5 – Waqt Ki Dhoop – This is a short sad interlude for the intense dramatic scenes in the movie for the turning point in the script. Toshi sings this with determination in his voice as if he is feeling those emotions. Very well performed as you can feel the character. Lyrics by Panchi are good too. The music is basic but the chorus is deep & soulful. Short & nice.. 6.5/10 .

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Track 6 – Punjabi Munde (Remix) – We couldn’t have had a Bollywood soundtrack without a remix !! But frankly we could have done without this average ‘sounding like million other remixes’ track… Brother number 3 – Amal Malik is responsible for this. But at least this can now be used by DJ’s in desi wedding sets. 6/10 .

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FINAL WORD

Simply Average – 6/10.

Well I can at least say Dabboo Malik can continue to get work in the industry as he can do a decent job unlike many others. But when it comes to doing something new or producing hits, neither HE nor this album go a long way. It’s purely an average listen with no big numbers. Lyrics, music composition & all vocals sound similar to many others that you have heard before. All songs are purely situational with relevance in the movie & thus at least make sense & are not out of place. Buy this OST only if you have a thing for early 90′s Bollywood sound.

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Runway seems to be the movie with a lot of careers on it inspiring to take off to the skies. Actor Amarjeet could be another star in the making & is making a come back after a low budget flop back in 2006.

Its exactly the same situation for producer Reeta Shukla who is family to Amarjeet & partner in crime for the flow Iqraar in 2006. They seem to be taking another shot at making it big in Bollywood together.

Director Sunil Tiwari’s story is not quite different either with his directorial debut back in 2003 with a movie called 2nd October. He disappeared after that on the Bermuda Triangle & has some how found his way back to the Bolly land Runway.. lol. Lets see if he can take off skywards again..

Even all the supporting cast like Deepal Shaw, singer – Lucky Ali & cute Tulip Joshi need a hit somehow to be able to sustain in this industry.

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The only established person in the team is music director Shamir Tandon who has done projects like 99, Mission Istanbul, Superstar & also Page 3 back in the good ol days. He is known to strike an off beat sound..

Lets find out what he has done with lyricist Shabbir Ahmed on the soundtrack of Runway…

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REVIEW

Track 1 – Khuda Ke Liye – The album opens beautifully to the soulful voice of Mustafa Zahid [lead singer of Pakistani band Roxen] who sang the amazing hit “Toh Phir Aao” back in 2007 in the movie Aawarapan. The acoustic start of the song create an ambience around you with just his deep sufi rock voice. Shamir keeps the music simple with acoustic guitar & a simple drum pad beat. He lets Mustafa’s voice be the instrument & the medium for some brilliant lyrics by Shabbir Ahmed. This is the kind of a song you usually hear in a Mahesh Bhatt movie & is a definite hit. Am loving this track. Repeat .. repeat.. repeat… 8.5/10.

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Track 2 – Teri Yaadein Leke Dil Mein – A soothing romantic song with a simple melody that works. KK is back in the game with this song as he has been giving average performances in most songs these days. But this is definitely better. It is the not best of him but his voice fits perfectly in the entire setup of this song. The music is good as it relaxes you..  & the rest of the calm is induced by the lyrics. Romantic lyrics with a cross of Kishore Kumar’s “Musafir Hoon Yaaron”. Definitely worth a good audience & international radio airplay. 7.5/10 .

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Track 3 – Roshan Dil Ka Jahan – Now this is a disappointing song.. Nowhere as good as the above two although it has Shaan & Sunidhi providing the vocals on it. The reason I feel for this is the composition of the song. Shamir Tandon fails to give this song any character although it has decently good lyrics & vocal performances. Not my taste.. 6/10 .

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Track 4 – Pyaasi Machuriya – Another very crude item number by Sunidhi Chauhan & almost sounds like “Beedi” from Omkara on her vocals. Ravindra Upadhyay on the supporting vocals is totally wasted. The music is purely rubbish & thus in the final mix the music has been left in the background with full focus on the vocals of Sunidhi. But this song does not have any substance to it. It is neither fun nor sexy. The video will be crap too I recon… Skip this track & save yourself the misery. 4/10.

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Track 5 – Roshan Dil Ka Jahan (Dance Mix) – Now this is not as bad as the Track 3. The reason being they have changed the male lead singer to Raaj with Sunidhi on this. Somehow his vocals suit better on this melody. But the overall remix is average with not much future for it. 6.5/10.

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Track 6 – Teri Yaadein (Remix) – DJ NYK is one of my fav guys in the recent Bollywood remix circuit because of his deep electro house basslines. He makes a good team with DJ Chetas and they make some good stuff. This is one of them. They keep the original melody & excellent vocals of KK intact and just add a good electro beat & keyboard solo to it. It creates a good dancefloor vibe altogether.. & I love the drop in between with just KK’s vocals.. Love it overall & a definite track on forthcoming club mix CD’s…. 7/10.

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Track 7 – Khuda Ke Liye (Remix) – This is a good mix too !! A little too good & grows on you as you listen to it more .. but that is only if you have a thing for electro house cause this is purely Electroooo.. !! The overall psychedelic vibe is funky & a definite spinner in all house sets. Once the original song picks up & is labelled as a hit song.. this remix will become a cult for it. Make sure you ask the DJ to play this song next time to at a desi party.. in case he forgets.. Well done to NYK & Chetas. 8/10.

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FINAL WORD

Average on a whole with a couple of good tracks – 6.5/10.

The soundtrack for Runway is riding on 2 good tracks. Khuda Ke Liye is a definite winner with Teri Yaadein a close second. These two songs definitely deserve 15 MB space on your Ipod’s & your text requests to your favorite radio stations. Other than these 2 & their remixes, the rest of the album is a waste. Shamir makes an impression with the music on these 2 tracks while lyricist Shabbir does a good job on all of them. Mustafa Zahid & KK are the stars of the album & give personality to this OST. If not the CD.. make sure you atleast buy the above two songs of Itunes.

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Paritosh Painter is a well known name in the comedy circuit. He is now making his directorial debut with Paying Guests with the massive production hand of Mukta Arts above him with the talented Mr. Subhash Ghai leading the way.

Subhash Ghai has not been very successful recently with his last 2 movies Yuvvraaj & Black & White being labelled as flops with poor scripts. But with a bunch of sexy girls like Neha Dhupia, Celina Jaitley, Riya Sen, Sayali Bhagat & Delnaz Paul there is not much of a script required anyway this time..   Plus the presence of actors like Javed Jaffery, Shreyas Talpade, Johnny Lever, Chunky Pandey & Ashish Chowdhry adds that extra comic zing to the movie. But the trailers still look very sleazy & ‘not so’ funny.

We’ll come to investigating the movie in due time after it hits the screens but for now lets find out if the work of music directors Sajid Wajid holds any potential. Their last couple of attempts were average doer’s like Kal Kissne Dekha & Dhoondte Reh Jaaoge and were nearly of the same young-comic genre. The lyrics of Paying Guests are by Jalees Sherwani, AK Upadhyay & Wajid.

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REVIEW

Track 1 – Jack & Jill – Shaan & Earl D’souza set the tone of the album right from the word go.. And that tone is total sleazy slapstick humour. lol. Sajid Wajid have produced a very interesting take on the kindergarten poetry with a funky groove to it & a romantic twist on the lyrics. It surely got fun in every element & Shaan’s vocals are spotless yet again. I don’t know if I hate or like this song.. It’s funny but irritating !!  The video sure is irritating with all actors dressed as school kids.. So overall irritating I say.. 5.5/10 .

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Track 2 – Paying Guests – The title song is almost an exact musical copy of Sajid Wajid’s previous work on tracks like Salma-o-salma & Nako-re-nako from Dhoondte Reh Jaaoge. The vocals of Wajid are of the exact same texture too. It seems Sajid Wajid are obsessed with the Mumbai Marathi beat structure as they use it on almost all of their soundtracks. The lyrics are irritating & cheap. Overall the song totally fails.. 4/10 .

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Track 3 – Ya Rabula Rabbi – The title sure sounds different & thus I was intrigued & waiting to listen to this. The song though .. does NOT sound very different! It’s catchy for sure but the music arrangement has traces of “Your my Love” from Partner which is Sajid Wajid’s work as well. So it seems these dudes are just going around in circles & re-creating their own work… My enthusiasm of hearing something new on this OST is dead by now !!

Sonu Nigam & Amrita Kak’s vocals are average. This probably will be the song with the maximum radio & TV airtime from this soundtrack as it has good lyrics & music formula that has worked well before. Plus it has the advantage of having all the hot couples in the video doing their thing.. Fairly decent track but lacks creativity except the title. 6.5/10.

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Track 4 – Nazar Se Nazaria – Sounds like a crude item number from the lyrics & Sunidhi Chauhan’s vocals. I wonder which of the hot leading ladies is in the video.. Well atleast we have something to look forward to cause this soundtrack is almost over with nothing more to offer. This song fails to keep you listening for long & makes no impression for you to come back to listen to it again. The vocals are average.. lyrics are prude & crude. The music is inspired yet again from a number of songs that I can spend the day listing. 4.5/10.

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Track 5 – Jack & Jill (Remix) – DJ A_Myth is back after a while to Bollywood remixes but with nothing super. I like the rap on this mix but the beat is not hard or attractive enough to be played in a main club dance set. This remix can find it’s way to night start up sets to empty dance floors but no where else. This remix does not make anything better for the average original. 5.5/10.

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Track 6 – Nazar Se Nazaria (Remix) – I fail to understand why they decide to put remixes on their soundtrack except ‘filling up the CD’ reason. This is a totally useless remix by A_Myth. It’s difficult to make out if he has even done anything to the original except add a light electro bass line. What a waste of 3 minutes 29 seconds !! 3.5/10.

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FINAL WORD

Below Average – 4.5/10.

Sajid Wajid are loosing touch. Their music is either inspired from others or from their own work. The music of every song on this OST is copied. The comic element in the songs is tending more towards sleazy rather than funny. The vocal performances are average by the best singers in the industry. The new Indian Idol participants can sing better than this.. The remixes are a total waste of time & CD space. Do you need more reason’s to avoid Paying Guests OST??

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From what you can make out of the trailers..  this looks like a CCC movie..  Cheesy Cheap Comedy !!  Neither the music or the movie has been released in the UK. I’d say be happy about that.. cause its not worth the Pounds..

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I hear the movie is a copy of Saving Silverman. If only they had decided to keep the copy similar to the original in regards to ‘no music’ then this waste of an album would have been saved!! Daboo Malik is the brother of Anu Malik who has never been able to make a mark in mainstream Bollywood. He does obsolete sidelined flop movies soundtrack. I guess that’s why he’s on Kisse Pyaar Karoon now .. lol.. with lyricist Shabbir Ahmed.

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Review

Track 1 – Kisse Pyaar Karoon – It has the amazing Shaan along with music director Daboo Malik at his worst!! Such a lousy title song. The lyrics are purely below average and the music has no heat. A simple loop with barely any variation or creativity. 4/10 .

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Track 2 – Aahoon Aahoon -Sonu Nigam and Sunidhi Chauhan sing this romantic belt-er. It reminds of late 90′s – early 2000′s Bollywood music only to a funkier slower beat. Good vocals but the composition lacks the oomph. The lyrics are good too but the overall package is average yet again. This track can get somewhat decent airplay on Asian radio stations in UK in the non-prime hours as the punch line is catchy. 6/10 .

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Track 3 – Sanam Sanam – Probably the worst thing you will hear on this album. So damn cheaapp.. You will notice how bad Daboo’s music work is. His work sounds worse than the worst bedroom producers in this country. The beats sound polyphonic and the lyrics are rubbish. Shaan & Shreya Ghoshal are wasted. Take a pen and scratch the CD because of this song.. 2/10 .

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Track 4 – Chunar Chunar – Shreya comes on with Rahul Vaidya on this track. It sounds as if it was made and is set in the the early 90′s. I can visualise proper Bollywood run around the bushes on this one. Daboo and Shabbir prove once again that they are simply crap at what they do.. 3/10 .

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Track 5 – Jahan Tak Ye Meri Nazar – Finally some decent vocals by Shaan and Shreya on this OST. Albums like this prove that even seasoned singers like these have a ‘bad hair day’ with highs and lows. Although better than the others on this OST, this song is still the the worst work compared to their other songs. It simply implies Daboo needs lessons from his brother Anu Malik. 3/10.

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Track 6 – Kisse Pyaar Karoon (Remix) – DJ Aqeel has been out of the scene for a while now. If he is counting on making a comeback with this.. then I hate to break his bubble. Although a few thousand times better than the original but still the song has no future. 6/10 .

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Track 7 – Aahoon Aahoon (Remix) – Remix by Amal Malik ‘never heard of’. I prefer the original cause this man tries to make this a Spanish romantic song for a Bollywood movie. So not happening.. 5/10 .

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FINAL WORD

Rubbish – 3/10 .

Never heard of production this bad. The compositions and instrumentation’s are simply horrid.. Lyrics and vocals are below average. The album is torture to anyone with even the slightest musical discretion. Recommended tracks – NONE. Should you buy this album - Might sound rude.. but you need to be MADDD..

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A couple of songs by Pritam & they expect the album to do well. Doesn’t always work.. Considering most of his work is “inspired”. No doubt the man has got talent .. but Gourav Dasgupta easily outdoes Pritam on this OST with his songs sounding much better compared to the ones done by the great Pritam…

Gourav Dasgupta is an upcoming name in the Bollywood music scene with the likes of Amit Trivedi. I think this man too has some mettle & a long way to go…

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A Sci-fi thriller with the title of a R.D.Burman & Anand Bakshi classic, with the cast of sexy Bipasha Basu in the role of a DJ… & “Mr. Do it Different” Neil Nitin Mukesh along with a new director Jehangir Surti under the Eros banner does build up a lot of expectations. You would expect the psychedelic beats and the ambient lounge that goes with the futuristic fast music taste. Well… lets see how it does..

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REVIEW

Track 1 – Gazab – I like the production of this song. Sounds nothing like a typical Pritam song. Sunidhi Chauhan & Shaan give some really good vocals to average Irshad Kamil lyrics. It’s a fun song with a catchy Bass & beat pattern on the music side and a ‘grow on you’ chorus which will sound very familiar. This song can do well in London Bollywood parties as a warm up party starter. Glad to see Pritam experiment with arrangements and instruments. Like it – 7/10 .

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Track 2 – Rock The Party – Here we go down the Sci-fi ‘Love Story 2050′ route with Sunidhi Chauhan’s average vocals. Although a fast party bop-per song, it has a certain calm and softness about it. I think that comes from Sunidhi’s vocals. A catchy chorus & punch line again. I think the whole song has been created around Bipasha Basu who plays the role of a club DJ in the movie. Will be quite interesting to see how it’s been shot. the lyrics are average yet again this time by Avishek, Ravi & Sheershak Anand. Decent work by Gourav Dasgupta. Although I don’t see this song working too well in UK Asian market. 6.5/10 .

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Track 3 – Power – Gourav Dasgupta experiments with this track & I think it fails !! Dibyendu Mukherjee is a brilliant singer but sounds like he is trying to change his voice in this song compared to track 4. Sure it demonstrates his versatility but whole concept does not work. This song is a slower deja vu of Paisa Paisa of Victory & many other such songs that talk about the power of money & it’s intoxication. The lyrics by Syed Gulrez & Prashant are not new or brilliant. Skip this track if you want- 5/10 .

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Track 4 – Aa Dekhen Zara (Lounge) – After the great R.D. Burman made this song a rage.. there have been endless number of remixes of it. This is by far the best version of the song I have ever heard. Dibyendu Mukherjee & Gourav Dasgupta are the stars of this epic work. Kudos to them !!!  I know people who have heard this song & fallen head over heals for Dibyendu for stunning vocals. Even backing vocals by Shweta Vijay are really good. Gourav plainly uses a tambourine, re-verb’ed electric guitar and Congo percussion’s. He easily outdoes any other lounge producer in Bollywood by miles. I could listen to this song a repeat endlessly. It surely has place in the next Buddha Bar compilation. Fantastic song – 9/10 .

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Track 5 – Mohabbat Aapse – Another romantic in Pritam style but finally with some good original lyrics in this OST by Irshad Kamil. Most noteworthy & outstanding in this song are the vocals of Aakriti Kakkar… This Delhi girl is not just good looking but the next Shreya Ghoshal of Indian female vocals. She’s already done some really good songs but I think this is the best of her. The best thing about her is that she sounds fresh and like a new voice in every song she does. Track 5 is all about her with lot of credit to Irshad too. Pritam’s musical work is average but a great choice of picking up Aakriti & Irshad of this song. Good listen – 8/10 .

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Track 6 – Power Club Mix – The song is crapppp… But the version is at least better than the original Track 3. It’s a mix of house with trance and a tinge of rock to it. I guess we will see it as a background track through the fast paced scenes in the movie. Skip again.. – 5/10 .

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Track 7 – Gazab Club Mix – DJ Sanj doesn’t do much to this song except for give it a Michael Jackson’s Billy Jean beat and then resort to a more Indian beat on the chorus. Still prefer the original. I will still play Track 1 compared to this version. Wasted mix.. – 5/10 .

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Track 8 – Aa Dekhen Zara – Neil Nitin Mukesh decided to sing this song himself… and he does a decent good job. We have heard Amitabh, Aamir, Sharukh, Sanjay Dutt.. etc. do a bit on the mic … so nothing new here. Singer Sunaina joins in where we hear Bipasha was originally supposed to sing this. But I guess Gourav decided to drop her. We have seen the trailer’s for this song on TV & so we know the club trance feel to it. The music does full justice to what the Director wanted to achieve visually. This song sure has a future in the London clubs & also is on high rotation on Asian radio channels. It surely has the potential to be big. 7/10 .

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FINAL WORD

Overall Average – 6/10 .

The music sure complements the movie theme and requirements and delivers to the expectations of what we expected it to be. That is what is disappointing about it… No surprises & no outstanding work. A couple of terrible & a couple of good ones make it a balanced average album.Worth a listen no doubt.. and the Aa Dekhen Zara (lounge mix) is a must keep on your Ipod’s.

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One of Bollywood’s most expensive film venture – “Victory” has cameo’s by some of the biggest names in Cricket. Likes of Allan Border, Brian Lara, Bret Lee, Shoaib Malik & many more drop by in the movie & that’s what I guess makes this movie one of the most expensive films ever in Bollywood !!

So much so, I think first time director/writer/producer Ajit Pal Mangat got overwhelmed & lost track of his finances and forgot to pay anything to his Music team. You can critisize .. but cannot doubt the musical talent of music director – Anu Malik. But what was he thinking this time !!!!

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At the time when the young Indian cricket team is on a winning & record breaking spree.. comes out another sports film at the start of 2009 about a small town Rajasthani boy who dreams & makes it big in Cricket. You would expect the music to have a certain standard & feel to it. But…

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REVIEW

Track 1 – Money Money Money - I cant think of a worse track to start the album with. He Tried to give it trance dancy feel to it. But got no where. Forget playing in a club.. I wont even play it in an empty loo. If you buy this album start listening from track 2 else after listening to this you might just switch off. Enough said..

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Track 2 – Balla Utha Chakka Laga – By far the best track on the album. Still not very good. It has the Punjabi sportie feel with powerful vocals by Daler Mehndi & Sukhwinder Singh. The song reminds you of ‘Halla Bol’ from ‘Dhan Dhana Dhan Gol’.  The composition is a good blend of excitement, climax tension, patriotism and all the fun & emotions that go along in a game of pride. This song might become the highlight of the movie if shot well and can also deliver a visual message.

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Track 3 -Aisa Toh Socha Na Tha – Singer KK proves his musical range & ability once again on a song with age old composition. Nothing new or noticiable in the track except for the lyrics & singing. the composition, orchestration & flow of the song is average & predictable. It sounds like a million other sad songs made in Bollywood. Anu get your act up together. You just wasted some good lyrics & vocals !!

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Track 4 – We Love Kirket – I love the way Kailash Kher says “Kirket”. It’s a good upbeat song which sums the love of cricket in India. Very strong lyrics with sentences like “Diwali & Eid come once a year but we celebrate the festival of Cricket throughout the year”. The raw rural feel to the song is well done by Anu Malik with some traditional Rajasthani string instruments. Kailash Kher is great as always. I can imagine this song becoming a cult at cricket stadiums across India as has the capacity of becoming a hit with the masses of India especially rural.

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Track 5 – Tu Ne Re – You might want to skip this track the first time you hear it as it is a very slow romantic song. But listen to it again & again… It will grow on you. The music score reminds you of Pehla Nasha from JJWS. I am not saying it is even close to as good as that but yess… it does a fair job. A good romantic song with piano, acoustic guitar & light orchestra along with good lyrics and Shaan at his best with deep romantic vocals.

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Track 6 – Victory – You might just sit wondering when this track will get over as its quite long. Very repetitive music unless you pay attention to the vocals which are drowning in the music anyway. Great vocals by Dibyendu Mukherji & suit the song lyrics & feel. But not a song I will listen to again.

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Track 7 – Mazaa Aa Gaya – This is a difficult song to comment on without watching the movie. It sure is a family festive song of celebrations. Veeeeeery cheesyyyyyyyyy !!! Like all the other songs in this album I think this one is saved by all the brilliant singers on it as well. A fun song with low average vocals to a dhol beat. I can visualise Anupam Kher being the fun himself in this song. It is very situational & I can’t imagine it being played at your family get togethers unless you are pissed cause then the punch line Mazaa Aa gaya will blend in just right.

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FINAL WORD

Average !!  – 5.5/10

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After delivering some really good songs in his last 3 movies Love Story 2050, Ugly aur Pagli, Maan Gaye Mugall-e-Azam.. you would have expected something brilliant from Anu Malik in a movie which is on a subject that touches almost every life in the Asian Sub-continent. But not a single song stands out in this album of 7 average & below average songs. The rating of 5.5 is for songs 2, 4, 5 and a little for track 7. Excellent singer choices by Anu Malik and they save the album by delivering on every song. Compositions, instrumentation & arrangements are poor. The only saving grace to get any radio or TV airplay for songs of Victory would be if they have been picturised well and deliver visually. Else… give this album a miss.. !

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