Ek Tha Tiger - My Exclusive Music Review

Ek Tha Tiger Music Review

Expectations

Just Like any Salman Khan Project the music of ETT was also eagerly awaited & anticipated mainly because all his films have chartbuster songs catering to the masses. The expectations regarding ETT music even higher [apart from being a Salman Khan project]because

It’s a Yashraj Film

1.Salman for the 1^st time as a hero in a YRF film !!

2.Sohail Sen who gave superb music in ‘MBKD’ last year

3.Katrina Kaif who also has a track record of chartbuster songs

Review

Mashallah - Wajid, Shreya Ghosal [Music by Sajid-Wajid]

This was the first official song/video to be released by YRF & it proved to be instant chartbuster. A Song which looks like set in Egypt has a strong flavor of Egyptian/Arabian music which has been perfectly blended to suit Bollywood style. The Video has already crossed 20 lakh views in YouTube & the song is topping the charts in TV, FM, iTunes etc. , so don’t think there is any need to tell more.

Banjaara - Sukhwinder Singh

This was the most awaited track of the album, thanks to the small leaked clip on YouTube & looks like its going to be the song of the year. An absolutely infectious track sang superbly by Sukhwinder Singh. Groovy music, superb singing – One Word – SONG OF THE YEAR!! Can’t Wait for the Video !!!

Saiyaara - Mohit Chauhan & Taraannum Malik 

Just like Banjaara colud the all class song of the year, Saiyaara could very well be the Romantic song of the year. Mohith chauhan is back in business after ‘Rockstar’ to bowl over masses & classes. Superb singing,  nice orchestration great feel & lyrics – Another chartbuster

 Laapata - K.K., Shreya Ghosal

This song could take some time to top the charts. It need multiple listening to get into the groove of the song, once video is out it will be there in top as well. A feel good song shot in Cuba. KK & Shreya has done a good job.

Overview

The music of all recent Salman Khan films has been chartbusters, but it took multiple listening or video to reach the heights it did, but in the case of ETT the songs are already a rage among everyone within hours after the audio released in stores & available digitally [iTunes, Ovi etc]. It’s the best album of the year easily along with Cocktail & the best album, among big mass highly anticipated films, to hit stalls since Ra.one.

Rating: 4/5

Verdict: Buy it !!!!

NB: I am just an ordinary Indian Music Lover with no Musical expertise, so all my rating are purely based on likeability after listening to the songs multiple times. Also not a fan of Remix songs, so not rating them.

Arike - Exclusive Movie Review [*ing Dileep, Mamta, Samvrutha]

Have only seen few of Shyamaprasad's work before & only Ritu was entertaining among the lot. But still went to watch Arike FDFS due to the star cast, the refreshing trailer and good music and now after watching the film i should say i made the right choice - a good, sweet entertaining love story.

The story is of Shanthanoo [Dileep] who is love with Kalpana [Samvrutha] & Anuradha  [Mamta Mohandas] who acts as a mediator/messenger between the other two. Santhanoo & Kalpana are madly in love and are planning to get married soon, if her parents object to it, while Anuradha even though is helping these lovebirds, has no idea of getting in a relationship due to a bitter past. What happens in the life of these three forms the rest of the story.

Personally this is Shyamaprasad's most entertaining flick, better than ritu. There was no intention from the director to give this an 'arty' touch [Thank God !!]. The film has been beautifully shot and presented. Its runlength is also short. The beautiful script is backed well by very good performances from entire cast. The music is good and used beautifully. Camera & editing were also good.  Sync sound has been used perfectly , looks like the technology advanced a lot from the 'loudspeaker' days. A month ago Dileep came witha crass/mass 'Mayamohini' which created history at the box-office, one month later he gives us Arike one of his career best performance which i personally think shouldn't go unnoticed. It  also features the career best perfomace of both Mamta & Samvrutha. Go enjoy this slow superb modern romantic tale

Positives

Script, direction

Music, BG, editing

Performance from entire cast

Music

Sync sound

run length

No Arty feel

Negatives

little bit dragging @ parts

no mass elements

not everyones cup of tea

.Verdict:

Go watch this short, sweet modern love story with a clear mind. Recommended for lovers of good movies sans any elements of a regular commercial potboiler 

Rating 

3.5/5

Box Office

A multiplex Hit [may be]