2008 has been a fabulous year for Hindi music, better than some of the other years of the decade. This is due to the fact that Bollywood is getting intensely competitve year by year. With close to 10 films releasing in a month, all that producers can hope for is the Fri-Sat-Sun weekend to get back their money.
As far as the music is concerned, A R Rahman has been the undisputed king of 2008. It has been one of his best years ever. All his albums, namely, Jodhaa Akbar, JTYJN, Ada, Yuvvraaj & Ghajini were very good. Also, he's been nominated for the Golden Globe awards from Slumdog millionare and has made us Indians proud.
Pritam too has had a very good year. Music sales wise, he's been number one, with Singh is Kingh, Race & Jannat being the top 3 best selling albums this year, together selling 50 lac units .
Vishal-Shekhar have also done very good work and are among the most sought after composers today, after OSO gave them the big break. They have Bachna Ae Haseeno & Tashan to their credit this year,together selling 30 lac units.
SEL have had an average year with a superb Rock On (showing their amazing versatility), but a below average Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic has done them no good. But their 2 songs from CC2C were good, though not great. I'm eagerly waiting for Zoya Akhtar's Luck-by chance,which i hope will have a great soundtrack.
It was very difficult to pick out 10 best songsof the year; therefore i have picked out 10 best albums of the year and mentioned the songs i like in those albums.
My top 10(hindi) are:
1.Yuvvraaj : Dil Ka rishta,Tu hi meri dost hai, Tu muskuraa & everything else!
2.Ghajini : Latoo,Aye Bachu,Guzarish
3.Rock On : All songs
4.Jodhaa Akbar : Jashn-e-bahaara,In lamhon ke daamon mein,Khwaja mere khwaja
5.Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi : Tujh mein rab dikhta hai,Phir milenge chalte chalte,Haule haule
6.Dostana : Jane Kyun,Shut up & bounce, Desi girl
7.Fashion : Mar Jawaan,Fashion ka jalwa,Kuch khaas
8.Race : Race saanson ki,Pehli Nazar, Zara zara touch me
9.Singh is King : Jee karda,Bas ek king,Teri Ore
10.Tashan : Dil Haara,Tashan mein,Dil Dance maare
Those which I wanted to include but couldn't fit in are JTYJN, Bachna Ae Haseeno,Jannat & Karzzzz
THE song of 2008(hindi) : Dil Ka Rishta
And in Tamil, I don't think there were even 10 albums that were worth listening to. However the following are my favorites :
1.Vaaranam Aayiram : All songs
2.Bheema : Oru mugamo,Siru Parvayale,Mudhal mazhai
3.Dhaam Dhoom : Anbe en anbe,Sakiye
4.Dasavatharam : All songs
5.Santosh Subramaniam : Adada adada
THE song of 2008(tamil) : Oh Oh Sanam
As seen, it's been a Harris show all the way, except for some nasal intervention from Himesh, who produced a superb Dasavatharam.
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hey..absolutely correct...n its also been a treat to shreya goshal's fans if u start counting from the OSO period...rite from saawariya..oso..
i wud like to c more of rahman - shreya combo..they created magic in tu meri dost hain in yuvraaj..but in the other pritam's albums..it was just too gud..starting from ahista ahista in bachna eh..singh is king(teri ore)..were just superb..also this year saw the coming of new singers like mohit chauhan n others..atif aslam was too gud even though he featured in copied songs..:D...
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