Bunty aur Babli: The rhythm gonna get you

Most of the songs from the film have a zingy feel and touch a chord somewhere.

Album: Bunty aur Babli
Lyrics: Gulzar
Music: Shankar Ehsaan Loy
Label: Yash Raj Music
Price: Rs 55
Rating: ***

Finally here’s an album that you’d like to cherish. Nothing out of the ordinary, but most of the songs have a zingy feel and touch a chord with you somewhere. Chupke se chupke se is sublime and one of the most romantic duets you’ve heard in recent times. Brace yourself for the mandatory Punjabi marriage anthem, Naach baliye.

Shankar Mahadevan, Sowmya Raoh and Loy Mendoza’s enthusiasm in this number is almost infectious and this is expected to be your floor-burning number. And before you thought the album wasn’t urban enough, there’s a rap

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song (probably one of the firsts in a Hindi film album): B n B where Blaaze, Shankar and Loy sound cool.

Alisha Chinai springs a surprise in a qawaali-western item song

Kajra re

(no prizes for guessing who this is shot on: Aishwarya Rai). The best song is without doubt,

(Sunidhi Chauhan and Udit Narain).

An album that’s full of joie de vivre.