Music Review: Phata Poster Nikhla Hero (Hindi)

Composer(s): Pritam Chakraborty
Film: Phata Poster Nikhla Hero

Almost similar to Desi Boyz's Subha Hone Na De (albeit a tad slower), Tu Mere Agal Bagal Hai (Mika Singh) is strictly okay'ish, while Atif Aslam and Chinmayi get their parts right in the adequately mellifluous Main Rang Sharbaton Ka. Arijit Singh makes it even more appealing with his first-rate rendition in its Reprise version. Excusing the absurd lyrics, Hey Mr. DJ is catchy electro-pop despite its similarity to Dil Na Jaane Kyun (Jayantabhai Ki Luv Story, Sachin-Jigar). And when you have the ever-exuberant Benny Dayal, Shefali Alvares and Shalmali Kholgade to croon the track, do you need anything more? The guitary Mere Bina Tu is fantastic melody riding on Rahet Fateh Ali Khan and Harshdeep Kaur's superb vocals, its other soft-rock variant working equally well to some extent. If Dhating Naach (Nakash Aziz, Neha Kakkar) is raucous dance material bordering on South Indian kuthu, Janam Janam's (Atif and Sunidhi Chauhan in separate versions) gorgeous orchestration makes it a beautiful listen. Pritam delivers an almost perfect concoction of melodies and dance-worthy tunes with Phata Poster Nikhla Hero!