Ten most underrated songs of the year
We all know the hit numbers and the shit numbers. But with so many music channels and fm stations playing music all the time, the hit numbers starts hammering after a point. The only reason why i could never enjoy chal chaiyaa chaiyya (dil Se) and kajrare kajrare ( Bunty aur Babli). Overplay always does this for me. It kills the song.
This year it was bahut-zyada-dard-e-disco song that made me insane. The joy lies in discovering the unknown gem. One that your friends still havent heard and when you make them hear they want a copy or play it in infinite loop then and there. And whenever i discover a new song or a new voice that people havent heard much, am always on seventh heaven. Feel like shouting from there to tell everyone about that voice/song. So, here’s my list of songs that i loved, played in infinte loop but they never made it to the “popular charts”. The under-rated ones…which should have got more air time, more space….in no particular order….
1) Guru ( Shauk hai ) – When Guru does it, the whole world knows about it. But somehow this song didnt make it to the album. Jaage hain and aye hairathe are my favourites and are pure bliss. But dont why Shauk hai never got released. It was used as background music in the film. But thnx to youtube, its out now. And sowmya raoh…wow. Though have nver been big fan of hers but this song did the magic for me. So, close your eyes and listen to one more gem from Guru….
lyrics : gulzar /// music : rahman
http://youtube.com/watch?v=k1vAu0c96yY&feature=related
2) Jhoom Barabar jhoom ( bol na halke halke ) – This is one voice that always works for me. Raahat Fateh Ali Khan. And this is the song which was least promoted during the film’s release. It was out on tv channels only post-release. Every time, this song plays on radio channels, one or other freind ask me…have heard the song somewhere. dont remember where. Here is Khansaab on stage…
lyrics : gulzar /// music : shankar ehsaan loy
http://youtube.com/watch?v=0sMgubQ5V9c
and the film video…
http://youtube.com/watch?v=m7VdebfKyNg&feature=related
3) Eklavya ( jaanu na ) – Ok. We all know about the film and the hype and the controversy. Dont think many bothered to check its soundtrack though. Only the lullaby chand re was used in the film and was pleasing to ears for sure. But the song that i like most is jaanu na. Sung by sonu nigam and swanand kire, its an intersting duet with two voices that are so different, so extreme. One raw and earthy, other extremly polished and so sugar coated. But the voices together….hmm…check out here
lyrics : swanand kirkire /// music director : shantanu moitra
http://www.mp3hungama.com/music/index.php?action=album&id=850
4) Jab We Met ( aaoge jab tum ) – This song was again never promoted on music channels. Dont know why. All others made it to the charts…mauja hi mujha, nagada nagada, tum se hi, yeh ishq hai. But this was the one which i played in infinite loop. Bit of sadness and some hope. When Rashid Khan sang aaoge jab tum o sajna, i just closed my eyes and could see everything….barsega sawan, jhoom jhoom ke….palkoon pe jhilmil taare hain, aana bhari barsaaton mein….who said for every romantic number you need sonu nigam. wish more music directors would use Ustadsaab.
lyrics : irshand kamil /// music : sandesh shandilya
5) Laga Chunari Me Daag ( ehi thaiyya motiya ) – If one great song which was butchered mercileslly on screen, then this has to be the thumri ehi thaiyya motiya. The song was the only reason that i was little bit excited about pradeep sarkar’s second film. But, it disappointed me there also. Anyway, sometime back wrote a separate post on this song and the singer rekha bharadwaj…its here. And to check out the song click here
lyrics : swanand kirkire /// music : shantanu moitra
6) No Smoking (Kash laga) – After beedi jaliye le, Bipasha sizzlep up the screen again with phook de. But for me kash laga is the one. Never before i have been so tempted to hold a cigarette in my hand. This song has the mood of male-bonding as in chappa chappa charkha chale (Macchis) and huzoor is kadar bhi ( Masoom). Three freinds singing the philosophy of life….ye jahan…bulbula hai, paani hai…bulbuloon pe rukna kya…paniyoon me behta ja…kash laga. Sukhwinder singh, Daler mehendi and vishal bharadwaj…have they sung anything before…all together ??
lyrics : gulzar /// music director : vishal bharadwaj
the youtube link has bad audio…check the full song here
7) Sona ( abhi nahi aana) – My roomie bought this cd because he liked the title track. Never bothered to check it until i discovered abhi nahi aana. Munna Dhiman…he is the lyricist am putting my money on. In our songs, lovers have always cried…..jiya dhadkaye, raha nahi jaye, jaldi aao piya, main mar jaongi….here’s somone who took a U turn and wrote…abhi nahi aana sajna, abhi nahi aana…mohe thoda marne de…intezaar karne de……sona’s voice did the rest. And the simple and soothing music video captured the mood well.
lyrics : munna dhiman //// music : ram sampath
http://youtube.com/watch?v=BC2q9BJoO5A
8) Agnee ( Kabira jab paida huye they ) – I dont listen to remixes. Not at all. But there are hundred ways to put the old wine in new bottle as Agnee did with Kabir’s dohas. The band was back this year with a new album and some great sound. I even like sadho re and shaam tanha from the same album.
lyrics : kabir /// music : agnee
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8-vUzgmN7p0&feature=related
9) Namesake (yeh mera deewanapan ) – The original one is by Mukesh, susheel raman recorded this one for one of her albums…dont remember which one. But this year it was used brilliantly in Namesake…remember that quirky spontanoeus honeymoon dance number by Kal Penn and his girlfreind. Susheela’s husky voice and a unique accent (m thinking its….nri + trained in carnatic singing + bollywood number) creates something that is unmatchable. Here is the song and the original video…(if m not wrong )…ok…as someoen pointed out in d comments…teh video has no connection.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=sU4RcVdJ64o&feature=related
10) Nah…its difficult to have this list with only ten songs. So, instead of 10th one, here are few more…Delhi Heights ( Rabbi’s..aur delhi bus), Manorama Six Feet Under ( the kailash kher song…dhundla jo shama bandha ), Johnny Gaddar ( bhule bisre geet..recreating 70’s..ghadi ki suiyaan and more) and Water ( aayo re sakhi )
Am sure and confident that i have missed many more. So, do add on your favourites…the song which you liked but didnt get the attention it deserves. Am waiting eagerly to discover few more.
Anurag Kashyap
Abhay Deol
Dibakar Banerjee
Hansal Mehta
Khalid Mohamed
Kundan Shah
Anish Kuruvilla
Jaideep Verma
Manish Gupta
Navdeep Singh
Bhavani Iyer
D. Santosh
Onir
Ashvin Kumar
Ramu Ramanathan
Sudhir Mishra
Pankaj Advani
Revathy
Saurabh Shukla
Shilpa Shukla
Sujoy Ghosh
Suparn Verma
Santosh Sivan
Shashank Ghosh
Shivajee
Pavan Kaul
Partho Sen-Gupta
Prroshant Naryannan
Sam Langoria
Satish Kasetty
Barfaan; The Blue Umbrella
Sakhi Piya; Khoya Khoya Chand
Sehlenge Hum; 1971
(And of course…)
Kholo Kholo; Taare Zameen Par.
I have a complete different list from you….
Not in any order, just remembering..
1) Kitni der tak, Delhi heights
2) Maula mere le le, Chak de..
3) To se naina laage, Anwar
4) O re pakhi, Khoya khoya..
5) Tu meri jaan hai, Kailasa phir jhoomo
6) Main agar kahoon, OSO
7) Pyar ki yeh kahani suno, Honeymoon Travels..
8) Thode badmash ho tum, Saawariya
9) O meri jaan, Metro
10) Mera pehla pehla pyaar, MP3
Dont know abt underrated songs of the year.. wud need sometime on that
but the most under rated singer of Bollywood is KK
Amit,
I dont think all those songs listed by you are under rated especially 6,7,9
Alone ..i totally agree with you ..His awaarapan is a gem ….u can listen to it for endless times ….
ya rabba …(kailash kher salame-ishq ) ..
sau dard (Sony Nigam Janeman)
@Goonda…sakhi piya..agree. But kholo kholo is playing everywhr. never liked sah lenge. Blue umbrella…love the title n keshu song but they got noticed.
@Amit…agree about kitni der tak n o re pakhi. Others got good attention. But yes…talking about jhoomo re..missed a sexy song…saiyyan..
I think ‘Rozana’ is the most underrated song of the year. Everything is great about it…great lyrics, great music and equally gerat rendition by Big B. What say?
hmmm.. may be, Alone.. but others songs from these movies stole the limelight. Its all relative.. Jab bhi cigarette jalti hai, Adnan verison would be one another under rated song.
‘Yeh mera deewanapan’ has been originally sung by Mukesh and the video is not related to the song.
Is Kholo Kholo really been played a lot in India? I did not know that!
Kailasa Jhoom Re! Awesome album! It would be good to see A R Rahman featuring in one of their song…
By the way, have you heard Rahath’s new album Charkha?
Yea dude.. rightly said.. I simply love that song..
KK has a huge list and this guy has “THE RANGE” ..Listen to Tadap Tadap ( Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam) and Awarapan ( Jism).. Lagta hi nahi hai its the same singer
Check out Ankhon mai teri -OSO and then check out Sar jhuka, khuda hoon main – Paanch
Dum Hai Bande mai
@ Mainak Dabba and d pac for Sure
some indie rock .. i mean raw mallu rock !!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADD7ga9Bs_k
Any Wadali Brothers fan here? His son came out with an album this year, and one of the song – ‘Charkha’ and his dad Ustad Puran Chand Wadali featured in the song…. it is sort of fusion between Rajesthani and Punjabi folk music, no?
Link
My fav songs are
1)Saiyaan
2)Maula mere maula
3)In Dino(”life in a metro” as an album also was very nice)
TRAIN had a pretty cool soundtrack, bro.
so did awaarapan….Imran hasmi gets all the good songs
i am surprised your ten underrated songs didnt include Khoya Khoya Chand.. title song..
@phoenixnu
thanks for ‘abhi nahi aana’, wasn’t aware of its existence. nice song.
listen to ‘more baank chhaliya’ fron Dil Dosti etc. definitely underrated.
I think all songs of No smoking are highly underrated except for Rekha Bharadwaj’s Phook de. That, in my opinion, is the worst track of the album. what was AK thinking?
Few more that I can think of right now: Jaage hain (Guru), Gudgudee (Just Married), Chale aao saiyyan(Khoya Khoya Chaand). You have already included Aaoge jab tum in your list
I like the way ‘doob ja mere pyaar mein’ (Johnny Gaddar) starts, but then something goes wrong as it proceeds.
PS: does ‘bol na halke halke’ qualify as underrated?
Beete Lamhe – KK
O Re Pia – Rahat Fateh Ali Khan.
Mausam – Mithoon
Loved Aaoge jab tum which has been mentioned
Thank you so much for posting these 10 underrated songs. I enjoyed listening to them very much.
@Neeraja: Abhi nahin aana……..Go Sona!!
Sona is the middle sister of the famous Mahapatra Sisters,also the prettiest.
Tina [ Pratichee ] is the youngest, one of the VIVA gurlz.
The eldest Mona married Ravi [ from the Varma family,yes of the RGV fame ]
Navy kids.
& We all lived in the 90s in Sainikpuri, Sec’bad.
i loved “tose naina lage ” from anwar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP0MXBEjGuw
ignore the video, just listen to the audio, simply divine
I’m really enjoying “Koi Patthar Se Na Maare” from Aaja Nachle. It’s very moving and I think qualifies for overlooked.
Perhaps I’d add to your excellent list “Mere Dholna” from Bhool Bhulaiyaa.
Definitely, Kash Laga from NS deserved more attention, and I also agree with whoever suggested Rahat Fateh Ali Khan’s O Re Piya.
Kavita ^:)^
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How do you know so much! but of course you lived with them in sainikpuri. Sainikpuri?
merci beaucoup pour l’information
(I am learning
by the way, now that I have heard it enough, I think the music could have been better.
I am still going with ‘more baanke chhaliya’ as the most underrated song of the year.
And they were ALL head girls at
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Kendriya Vidyalaya Trimulgherry……
[ I did NOT study there, therefore
Sainikpuri : dream place for pretty women in 90s:)
We all went to the same club, same bakery, same ….
Hey Phoenixnu the song from Namesake ‘yeah mera dewana pan hai’ was originally sung by Mukesh not Rafi…nonetheless the soundtrack composed by Nitin Swahney for Namesake was remarkable… especially
Songs!? I wonder how many songs released this year, whether over-rated or under-rated I’m gonna remember or cherish in years to come….
Bicycle Thief
That soundtrack was great no doubt. But all Nitin had to do was go back few years when ASIAN UNDERGROUND took the streets of England by storm & just select some of its best tracks. Most of the songs are from that movement.
The best alternative Soundtrack in indian movies belong to BOOM. Check out the song Zindagi by Sukhwinder. Its amazing. His Bombay Boys also had great soundtrack.
Waqt par bolna title track, Hariharan
Chandni raat hai saiyyan , Amit Kumar and Asha ji creating that magic again.
Well.. I can’t seem to stop myself from posting :P. Thanks for starting this thread, Phoenixnu.
But “Mera Jahan”, from TZP.Wow! Adnan Sami seems to have come of age, what voice quality, totally different from his earlier sleepy-husky tone.
Hi guys,
Love lot of songs but listing only those which I think were underrated. Do check these songs out:
1. Some of the songs mentioned above. Don’t wanna repeat.
2. Chaand Re & Dil ka Tarana (Apna Asmaan)
3. Home (Bow Barracks Forever)
4. Roya Re (Dhokha)
5. More Baanke Chhaliya (Dil Dosti etc)
6. Aaja Soniye (Dus Kahaniyaan)
7. I’m Coming Home (Hattrick)
8. Gudgudi (Just Married)
9. Tere Sawalon Ke (Manorama – Six Feet Under)
10. Aye Dil Pagal – Sunidhi (Naqaab)
11. Jab Bhi Cigarette (Trance) – Sunidhi (No Smoking)
12. Almost all songs from the movie Savalee (Donno whether this one is a Marathi…The title is Marathi, but the songs are in Hindi…maybe ‘coz most of those are thumri’s and khayal’s)
There are some good instrumental pieces and theme music in quite a few movies released this year. The ones I like are:
1. The 6 tracks (Apna Asmaan)
2. The Bright Young Love Theme (Bow Barracks Forever)
3. Piano Piece (Khanna & Iyer).
Most Underrated songs, IMO, Yeh Ash tray and Rozana.. and most understand Music Director: Vishal.. In fact he was better than ARR this year, IMO.
An educating discussion, I’m glad I tuned in, one I’d like to add is Yeh Pyaar Hai sung by Shaan in the film Marigold
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.. is mein emotion hai, drrama hai.. uh you get my point
The mistake that people who watch only hindi movies commit…..
Please change the topic to “Ten most underrated HINDI Songs of the year”….
Hope PFC is the platform for all Indian Movies..
phoenixnu
quote – The only reason why i could never enjoy chal chaiyaa chaiyya (dil Se) and kajrare kajrare ( Bunty aur Babli). Overplay always does this for me. It kills the song. – unquote
whatever the reason, if you haven’t enjoyed chaiyaa and kajrare kajrare,it is punishable by court crime ~X(
a safe conclusion can be drawn that. you yourself never overplay the song yourself. it means this overplaying is done by radio fm tv etc.
its kind of sad, which song you will enjoy, which song you will not enjoy, is decided by broadcasting companies. they play a good again and agin. and in this way they kill the song for you.
:-&@};-@};-@};-:-s
jdoe/bicycle thief…thnx for correcting me. gt confused i guess. will change. also had no clue about the video. got this one while seraching for the song.
Goonda..yes…all the songs r getting good play. Infact the music has picked up big time after the release of the film.
Raja…agree. Mithoon did a great job in Anwar also. but these songs made to the charts. i never discovered any of these myself.
Badmash..i love kkc’s title track. but it good play.
Neeraja…ya ya…more banke chaliya. compltly frgt while writing d post. But doob ja was all over.
Amit…thnx. Nobdy is stopping u. go on. gimme more. m loving it too!!
A…love teh title track of bow barrcks. Infact anjan dutt is one of my favourt bong singer. But..aur kya kahein.
Sivakumar T…sir this is not article in any mainstream medium. Its a blog. Just a blog. hindi or non-hindi…these r the songs that i discovered this year…on my own…songs that i think r underrated…song that i liked…of cousre m not talking about songs in every lanugage…can anyone do that. so let me live with this mistake.
And pfc definitely is place for cinema and song of every langugae. Nobdoy is stopping u from writing.
vishrant…yes…after a point i can take the songs. Because its constantly bombared from every direction. Discover a song by urself…a song that ur freinds havent heard yet…the fm n music channels wud not play…u will understand what m saying.
phoenixnu
i prefer to listen to the song tasted by time.
ragas thousand of years old.
‘vishnu shahstranam’ by M S Subbalaxmi. listened millions of times by people. and will be playing even when i am gone.
taste it. at musicindiaonline, under devotional/sanskrit.
:x
http://youtube.com/watch?v=w9VZ-CA5oG8&feature=related
listen this pt. bhimsen joshi, rag deshkar
vishrant dear…will check out. Now thats a complete differnt tangent. in that loop, my fav is pt. channulal mishra!!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=eEgEqWDyJxA&feature=related
listen to this. pt bhimsen joshi, rag multani
ek ek taan per bees bees elton john kharch ho jayenge.
gulzar made a documentry on pt. ji for film division of india.
Such a pointless and stupid article ! Wondered why write such stuff but was silenced by the readership and comment traffic. Maybe PFC is just a platform for bored 9 to 5 jobbers to indulge in a little pseudo-intellectual warm-up on tea-breaks provided by their employers. Hardly see any serious professionals !
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Y1y-qvSwzDU&feature=related
this is a piece of that documentry. pt ji is singing with his daughter. you can listen the gulzar’s voice at the end.
P(L)AYBACK
man you look frustrated #:-s
anything wrong %-(
@ Vishrant … No man ! I thought PFC was a serious film appreciation site. Instead we have people writing yarns like ” Why I painted my toes orange last winter !”… Ridiculous !
vishrant…thnx for the link.
Playback, you are contradicting yourself, by rubbishing articles such as “Spoorloos” (& others) and then going about “I thought PFC was a serious film appreciation site”.
Heck, we should not have published your article, if we go by your definition of passionforcinema.com.
You do not need to define everything. There are other people to do it, so leave it to them.
“Everything ” ? What “else” did I define ? And I wasnt even “defining”. But wonder “WHO” are into defining ?
I am voicing my opinion against niched personal reflection. Thats pretty much it. Mabe this is a good time for you to define what “your” PFC stands for ! 
“Heck, we should not have published your article” … Heck ! I am indebted ! Can I ever repay the favour ?
You weren’t raising your opinion against niched personal reflection? You said, in your words, “I thought PFC was a serious film appreciation site”. So what you saying now does not make sense to what you said a couple minutes back?
Raise your opinions – if you think something is shit then say it – and if I think what you are saying is shit – then I will say that. So stop shitting about.
PFC = passion for cinema.
playback, i don’t think you can. you’ve published the same comment on four different posts. trust me, you’re counting your days on PFC now if you think you can keep this up and get away with it. keep your nonsensical comments to yourself or find another “serious film appreciation site” where you’ll be way more appreciated than you are here.
PLAYBACK- what a pointless existence you lead, when you have nothing better to do than stupidly post the same inane comment on three different articles. It doesn’t matter what you think or thought- PFC is no hem-hem ’serious film appreciation’ site- we are a diverse bunch of people passionate about cinema and not necessarily scholars.
And no, PFC is not a platform for bored 9 to 5 jobbers to indulge in a little pseudo-intellectual warm-up on tea-breaks provided by their employers, nor is it a platform for pseudo-smart-alecs who are depressed, bored or perhaps, just don’t get enough sex.
kya karein controll nahien hota
http://youtube.com/watch?v=z_L4fiy1GA0&feature=related
listen to this pt. bhimsen joshi, rag darbari kanada
close your eyes (when listening music be totally behind your ears) .. aur doob jayo. agar kaleja na hil jaye to nam palat dena.
you tube is a blessing. you can find rare clips like jugalbandi betwen pt. ravishankar and ustad ali akbar khan with ustad allarakha on tabla
@ Honahaar,…keeper of PFC,…where is the “film appreciation” in the articles I attacked ?
@ Striker,….dont tickle me !
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And just a correction- Aaoge Jab Tum (Jab We Met) is composed by guest composer Sandesh Shandilya, and not Pritam.
@ Jahan,… “it does not matter”….what matters then ? … u making small talk while u stich a woolen sock on lunch break ?
So have you actually read “spoorloos-what-a-disappearing-act”? My English or Film knowledge ain’t that good to comprehend what the article is all about, but it is quite obvious that article is about film(s). He has written an article on film(s). No?
Now this article is about songs, which is a big part of Indian Films. Besides, you do not like niched personal reflection, so you should not have had any objections here.
The third article you rubbished discussed on ‘film appreciation’ – why cannot people appreciate this film or that film, etc. And film personalities.
And as I have said, who is telling you to define passionforcinema.com as a Film appreciation society? We have not defined that.
@ Honhaar,…As regards defining, you said : “There are other people to do it, so leave it to them.”….I wanna know who they are !
People who have a bit more common sense than you ;-)
:d/ I can’t stitch (not stich) for peanuts…but you seem to be getting quite hyper and riledx(…Anyway, I won’t really bother say anything more, what matters is that we keep our sanity, unlike you- so my advice to Hoonhar is just ignore…though on second thought PLAYBACK people like you do provide some fodder for amusement, lest we get bored with ’serious film appreciation’! I’m off to have my dinner :-h
@ Honhaar,…in that case I am in great company here ! Please lemme stay on !
@ Jahan,…the only “food for thought” u will ever have is DINNER ! :D … so go ahead !
just in case
www.riyazstudio.com =d>=d>
Not related to this topic.. But wanted to know opinion of PFCites on this
http://sureshmehcnit.sulekha.com/blog/post/2007/12/listening-movies.htm
Phoenixu, I have to listen to Yeh mera diwanapan once everyday… It has that kind of effect’s’ on me… Susheela is very good but what Nitin Sawhney does to the interludes is incredible… Good list agree most of it… Aaoge jab tum is the track of the year!
ok, this is not a film song but I noticed this enchanting number in the recent vodafone ad. Searched for the song and discovered that its been composed especially for this ad. Anybody know who did this…?
well, I can play the acoustic guitar a teeny weeny bit and I am always partial to those songs which can be done some justice to using that instrument. So here’s my list of favorite ‘guitar-able’ songs of the year in no particular order-
1. Woh Bheege Pal (MSFU)
2. Tumse Hi (Jab We Met)
3. Tera Mera Rishta (Awaarapan)
4. Kholo Kholo (TZP)
5. Johnny Gaddar
6. In Dino (Life..in a Metro)
7. Dilli (Delhi Heights)
8. Dil Kya Kare (Salaam-e-Ishq)
9. Aakhri Alvida (Shootout at Lokhandwala)
10. Aa bhi jao (Awaarapan)
Very nice post by the way, phoenix…
D&C, I love In Dino. Was it truly underrated?
@Mainak… Nitin himself was an important artist during the asian underground movement… He has used a Talvin Singh track in the movie (and has credited him for the same) was a famous track during the movement.But if you listen to other tracks you wont see the asian underground influnce. And yes the trackax Zindabad by Sukhvinder from Boom is very good. Zindagi? Is there any such track by Sukhvinder in Boom?
@ Bicycle Thief
Finally someone who knows Zindabad. I am amazed that there are so many fans of Sukhwinder but hardly anyone talks of that song. I think its the only authentic Indian Rock Song. Not just a copy of western rock. The lyrics are so good too.
I know about Nitin’s role in that Movement. He is the only one who survived that movement. Talvin is ofcourse the biggest name & face of Asian Underground. But he seemed to have dissapeared completely.
I remember having this album called EASTERN UPRISING, which was a compilation of all these great songs from the movement. It’s very hard to get. Try getting your hands on it.
Here is the Amazon link for it
http://tinyurl.com/2fd6ur
@Phoenixnu
can’t thank you enough for ‘abhi nahi jaana’ >:d< and doob ja was everywhere? ok! didn’t know that but it doesn’t deserve to be. its really just the starting, its awful after that.
oops… it’s ‘abhi nahi aana’ :D
@Mainak..are ye the same person who wrote the ‘Discoveries of 2007′ blog?
I think all the songs of Metro are way underrated, its a pure pleasure listening to the tracks infinite no of times, and it will remain a groundbreaking hindi rock album for sometime to come!
Alongwith this ten, I can list another twenty may be. But the fact is, no one cares about creating a long-lasting classic anymore. Unfortunately, the directors/producers of the movies are not interested in the lasting value of the song, but they are interested in the hook-value of the music or instant gratification index of the music, so that it can prop the movie publiity. Music suffers! Nothing against Vishal Shekhar, but there will be no dard left in Dard-e-disco 4months from now!
Bicycle Thief
Yes Discoveries of 2007 is my post.
But why do you ask?
Sigur Ros happens to be one of fav band. Started listening to them the year Vanilla Sky was out. Since then I hardly met anyone who heard their music or about them. Tried their new album and its fantastic.The album art is intriguing.
Do ye listen to Radiohead?
@Mainak…. The above two comments are for ye
@Phoenixnu
“This song has the mood of male-bonding as in chappa chappa charkha chale (Macchis) and huzoor is kadar bhi ( Masoom).”
So true..reminds me of one gem of a song from Ghulami, peele peele, sung by Manhar Udhas, Suresh Wadkar and Shabbir Kumar(or was it Mohd Aziz?). I wish I could find a link to it!
Akele Tanha from Darling.
@Amit…if u get it, do let me know.
@bollywood++…compltly agree. cant bear dar-e-disco anymore. meto is surely one of the albums with all good songs. but underrated, dont think. got good play n teh music did good business as well.
@Neeraja…u r welcome. can understand. happned with me when i first dicovered the song. was the same with few other freinds who discovered it later on. but i love the title track of johnny. the starting point sounds like kill bill.
@DnC…thnx and n guitar-able list….wow, love all the songs.
@Pratim…agree…agree…same with me. either i go to bed with susheela raman or wake up with that voice. or sometimes it keeps on playing in loop thru out the nite.
@jahan…thnx for the correction. frgt about sandesh compltly. he is again one underrated composer. has composed some damn good songs.
@playbck…why r u wasting ur time here. or someone forced u.
Pardon me if I go a bit farther in the past (80s/90s)….anybody heared “Main aawara hi sahi”(Abhijeet’s first ever song/Anand aur Anand/1984)?….or “Kaheen to milegi muhabbat ki manzil”(again by Abhijeet/Milan/1994)…or “Kabhi bekasi ne maara” (Kishore Kumar/Alag Alag/1985)…”Tum se badhkar duniya mein”(Kishore-Alka Yagnik!!!/Kamchor/1982)…or “Rangshala mein seekhne gaana”(S.P. Balasubramaniam/Shubh Kaamna/1983)…
Hey guys, Its so nice to know that there is a whole bunch of people like us who discover and discuss these underated songs, and i am glad they are underrated otherwise their overdoze of TV, Radio wud make them so Boring..
There are two songs from movie MAIN MERI PATNI AUR WOH (Rajpal Yadav), not many have seen the movie and even worse not many have heard of its songs… its song Gunja (Gazal) and Baadlo ke paar is reallly awesome. Infact i was not getting its audio cd, nor did get these songs on website… but finally got them transferred frm a fren! If you guys can… do listen to these songs!!
Imaan Ka Asar from Dor.
hey man my bad
i dint know about this site i juz had a saved html file from somewhere .anyhow sorry for it.and i hv put it down frm dere .peace.
“GUncha koi” from Mein, meri patni aur woh is a superb track…powered by the sheer melody of the singer’s voice…the singer of “Tum se hi” fame.
“MORA SAIYAAN MOSE BOLE NAA” is another less heard of track….Listen to this song once and you will get addicted to it.
The song from Dasvidaniya “Awara rahi ghumshuda” is sure a beautiful track sung by Sonu Nigam…