sajid1891 on Thursday, May 21, 2015
The music kept this movie strong. Amit Trivedi did an outstanding job with
the project. Jazz music and Bollywood is a difficult task. Only Amit
Trivedi could do music like this. I think this takes his standard to
another level. Very knowledgeable and full with talent when you listen to
the music.

A lot of people did not like the movie because of the consistent plot. I
would agree slightly but still thought the movie was really good. Kashyp
brought the Western World to India and did well in my opinion. I think he
did well because it is hard to have the audience to buy-in to these kind of
movies. This was his "masterpiece", his story that he thought was the best
story to present to the audience.

Things I loved about the film:

-Performance by: Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Vivaan Shah. Ranbir played
a difficult role in my opinion with so many features and characteristics in
his character.

-Music Obviously: There was not one point in the film I did not stop
tapping my foot while the music was playing with legendary songs and a
classic background score.

-The setting that was presented in the film, the visuals, and how
everything looked authentic.

-Things I hated about the film:

Performance by Karan Johar was not good at all. Probably the worst part of
the film besides the inconsistent plot. I just felt that if they were gonna
put a villain, they needed a villain with pedigree and some type of style
to him. Karan Johar and acting cannot go in the same sentence. WHY NOT CAST
Manoj Bajpal? Bring some nastiness to that business style character.
Johar's character really bothered me.

Inconsistent storyline, I thought the flow of the film was not that great
but in the end I got what the story was, so that is why I am not gonna be
too harsh on that part.

Probably just me: I thought the ending could have been more spectacular. It
was the killing of a very "dangerous" man to the system that was in place.
The ending should have been more epic.

Overall, I liked the film, I would watch it again. Gotta go in with an open
mind and just have a utopia way of thinking. I would give the movie 3/5 ***
stars out of 5. I would recommend everyone to watch it because of the
music, performance, visuals. This is a very different film and I liked it,
highly recommend it.

Sumit Pandey on Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Anurag Kashyap is one man who doesn't care about the masses. He doesn't
serve mediocrity. He'll take chances but won't compromise with quality. He
sticked to the Jazz Genre of the 60s when he could have told Amit Trivedi
to make a few songs that appeal to the masses. #Respect
And who better than Amit Trivedi to serve the purpose. Wonderful playlist.
Strictly for pure music lovers.

This is either going to be a GREAT movie, a cult classic OR a failed
attempt. Regardless, Anurag Kashyap has to be appreciated for the positive
change he wants to bring in this Bollywood Culture.

Cationna on Saturday, April 25, 2015
Absolutely fantastic album! Though it's probably the instrumentals -
especially "The BV Theme" - that show off Amit Trivedi's brilliance best,
all the songs are great pieces. My favourite is probably "Ka Kha Gha". I
fell in love with Neeti Mohan's voice (not that other singers are any less
good; e.g. Shefali Alvares has this harsh quality that makes her sound
sassy and jazzy - to sum up, they are all matched up to the songs musically
and substantially very well). And I even for the first time see sense in
including a remix on an official tracklist.

Simon Thomas on Friday, April 24, 2015
This soundtrack is very evocative and artistically appealing, as an Indian
take on a declining 20th century American genre of music. Its fascinating
to listen to the talented Mr. Trivedi's spin on this genre.

But it's too niche, too foreign, too different, too mild to match the
colorful romantic highs that the blockbuster musical pageantry such as
mainstream Bollywood fare innately requires.

Considering Kashyap was trying to make a well-crafted but mainstream flick
maybe he ought to have gone for a more mainstream soundtrack.

arvind darwin on Monday, May 11, 2015
This is one of its kind for Bollywood and its sensibilities. Considering
there is so much at stake with anurag kashyap's 100+ crore budget, the
soundtrack is uncompromising to commercial masala sensibilities. That in my
opinion very brave.
"Mohobat buri bimari" repeated 3 times and once back to back is too much
for me.
As the album progresses one gets a feel of the era and jazz music.
Give it few listens and it does grow on you.
Btw where is fifi?