Hindi music reviews

Om Shanti Om
Various artistes
Choreographer-turned-filmmaker Farah Khan has her finger firmly on the audience's pulse. On her second mega-venture with Shah Rukh, she does away with Anu Malik (who composed the music for her debut film Main Hoon Na) and ropes in new talents Vishal-Shekhar, who repay her faith with this colourful soundtrack.

The album opens with KK's soulful Aankhon Mein Teri. Sukhvinder's power-packed dance track, Darde Disco steps it up a notch.

Abhijeet-Shreya Ghoshal's Dhoom Tana keeps up the disco nostalgia while Shaan's Om Shanti Om is reminiscent of the Karz classic Ek Haseena Thi.

The explosive party song, Deewangi, by Shaan, Udit, Rahul, Sunidhi and Shreya; Main Agar Kahoon by Sonu Nigam and Shreya Ghoshal; and the folksy Jag Soona by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and Richa Sharma are also worth listening to.

The movie is widely expected to be a blockbuster; the soundtrack already is.

Manorama: Six Feet Under
Jayesh Gandhi
Jayesh Gandhi's independent venture as a composer is not very impressive. The songs Woh Bheege Pal (Jayesh Gandhi-Zubeen Garg) and Tere Sawalon Ke (Roopkumar Rathod- Mahalaxmi Iyer) lack originality. Composer Raimond Mirza seems to have done much better in Kailash Kher's Dhundla Jo Sama.

Mind Blowing Hits
Various artistes
This album contains some hot and happening dance tracks such as Mind Blowing Mahia (from Cash), Move Your Body (from Johnny Gaddar), Talwar Re (from Chhodon Na Yaar), Ticket To Bollywood (from Jhoom Barabar Jhoom) and Ab To Forever (from Ta Ra Rum Pum). Sunidhi Chauhan's renditions dominate this compilation.

Phuchal
Lehmber Husainpuri
UK-based singer Lehmber Husainpuri dishes out some high-energy dance tracks such as Phuchaal, Tappe and Putt Sardaran De. Produced by the likes of Simon Nandhra, DJ Vix, Popsy and Metz N Trix, these tracks, which fuse bhangra with modern elements, are just right for dance floors everywhere.