8 days ago
'Teen Patti' soundtrack offers dark, edgy music
Film: 'Teen Patti'; Music Director: Salim Merchant-Sulaiman Merchant; Lyricist: Irfan Siddique, Asif Ali Beg and Ajinkya Iyer; Singers: Sunidhi Chauhan, Naresh Kamat, Salim Merchant, Sonia Saigal, Abhijit Vaghani, Anushka Manchanda and Joe Alvares; Rating: ***Composer duo Salim and Sulaiman Merchant have crafted an apt soundtrack for director Leena Yadav's suspense thriller 'Teen Patti' starring A ... read more

1 year ago
Few high, mostly low notes in 2008 for music trade
New Delhi, Dec 14 - Music legend A.R. Rahman's Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Score in British director Danny Boyle's film 'Slumdog Millionaire' has brought much-needed cheer for the Indian music industry in a musically lacklustre year. The good news comes at a time when the Rs.7.3 billion Indian music industry is plagued by piracy, struggling to keep pace with technology rapidly chan ... read more

1 year ago
Yash Raj Films unveil song promo to mark SRK birthday
Mumbai, Nov 3 - Yash Raj Films decided to give a special birthday gift to Shah Rukh Khan - in a departure from tradition, the production house unveiled the first promo of the superstar's upcoming film 'Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi' before its music release. 'This is for the first time that we are releasing a song promo before the music release. We thought of doing so because the occasion was special,' sa ... read more

1 year ago
Yash Raj Films unveil song promo to mark SRK birthday
Mumbai, Nov 3 - Yash Raj Films decided to give a special birthday gift to Shah Rukh Khan - in a departure from tradition, the production house unveiled the first promo of the superstar's upcoming film 'Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi' before its music release. 'This is for the first time that we are releasing a song promo before the music release. We thought of doing so because the occasion was special,' sa ... read more

1 year ago
'Roadside Romeo' - more innovative music from Salim-Suleiman
Film: 'Roadside Romeo'; Music Director: 'Salim-Suleiman'; Lyricist: Jaideep Sahni; Singers: Kunal Ganjawala, Gayatri Iyer, Naresh Kamath, Jugal Hansraj, Anushka Manchanda, Earl, Salim, KK, Sudesh Bhonsle, Sunidhi Chauhan, Javed Jaffrey, Marianne D. Cruz, John Stewart, Saif Ali Khan; Rating: *** Music director duo Salim-Suleiman has composed an interesting and fun soundtrack for Yash Raj Films' f ... read more

1 year ago
'Fashion' songs will delight listeners
Film: 'Fashion'; Music Director: Salim-Suleiman; Lyricist: Irfan Siddique, Sandeep Nath; Singers: Salim Merchant, Neha Bhasin, Sukhwinder Singh, Shruti Pathak, Robert Bob Omulo, Satya Hinduja, Mohit Chauhan; Rating: ***1/2 Composers Salim-Suleiman have created great music for the film 'Fashion'. And the success or failure of Madhur Bhandarkar's movie at the box office wouldn't change the fate of ... read more

2 years ago
'Chak De India' songs not catchy enough
Film: 'Chak de India'; Music Director: Salim-Suleiman; Singers: K.K., Sukhwinder Singh, Anushka Manchandani, Hema Sardesai, Marianne D'cruz, Salim Merchant, Shah Rukh Khan and Krishna Medieval Punditz; Rating: **'Chak De India', a much-awaited Yash Raj Film starring Shah Rukh Khan, is set to hit the screens but the music isn't really making waves. Composer duo Salim-Suleiman have not done anything ... read more

3 years ago
Music of 'Dor' stands out from 'clutter'
Album: 'Dor'; Music directors: Salim-Sulaiman; Lyrics: Mir Ali Hussain; Music Label: Universal. Rating: ***1/2Salim-Sulaiman's compositions for 'Dor' are exactly like what director Nagesh Kukunoor had to say: 'Salim-Sulaiman and I were looking to break the rules. To make songs that stood out from the clutter and something that was different from the item numbers or the boring love ballads. This is ... read more