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Posted: Dec 26, 2008 at 1553 hrs IST The five best scores, in terms of content and calibre, would be Jodhaa Akbar, Karzzzz, Rock On!!, Yuvvraaj and - well, we would have a definite tie between Race and Black And White for the sixth position. Subhash Ghai clearly emerges as the most musical filmmaker of the year (with both Yuvvraaj and Black And White) while Rahman had an edge among the music directors.
The other average to above-average scores were Jaane Tu…Ya Jaane Na, Kismat Konnection, Golmaal Returns, Hello, Hijack, Dasvidaniya, Welcome To Sajjanpur and Tashan. That's it - among about 75 films! Five top music directors
The ratings of the top composers have not changed since the year before. Pritam remains the most popular and the most prolific with seven releases and four films of others with add-on songs by him. Easily the most mass-oriented, sometimes admittedly unoriginal, he scored Race, Kismat Konnection, Golmaal Returns and Jannat besides Singh Is Kinng.
A.R. Rahman did his best with musically-conscious filmmakers like Subhash Ghai (Yuvvraaj) and Ashutosh Gowariker (Jodhaa Akbar), besides a hit score in Jaane Tu…, while the track Guzarish from Ghajini has also become a rage.
The choosy Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy came up trumps with a mass rock score in Rock On!! but were clearly out of sync in Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic.
Himesh Reshammiya, now restricted musically to his own acting vehicles, scored a high with Karzzzz but the overdose of his vocals (as detractors saw it) and his 'mass' orientation followed by the failure of the film diverted attention from the merit in his compositions. The same happened with his Tamil film, Dasavathaaram.
But Vishal-Shekhar, whose creative graph was booming from the 2006 Taxi No. 9-2-1-1 to the early 2008 Tashan, went on a creative tailspin despite stray songs in Bhoothnath and Bachna Ae Haseeno. And Sajid-Wajid and Salim-Sulaiman are waiting in the wings. Five top singers
Sonu Niigaam continued to be the most respected male singer, in a league of his own, though he has become very selective. He was even responsible for the only non-film album of merit this year, Classically Mild. Udit Narayan was around in just a few films, but made a mark with his songs in Black And White, Mere Baap Pehle Aap and above all Tashan.
The regular top five male singers in alphabetical order again were KK, Kailash Kher, Kunal Ganjawala, Shaan and Sukhwinder Singh. The female ranking would be led by Alka Yagnik (in selective but super fettle in Kismat Konnection, Love Story 2050, Mere Baap Pehle Aap and Yuvvraaj), Mahalakshmi Iyer, Shilpa Rao, Shreya Ghoshal and Sunidhi Chauhan. Five top lyricists
Nothing much changed on the lyrical scenario either - with Sameer remaining the busiest, Gulzar and Javed Akhtar the most respected and Prasoon Joshi as the most fulfilling, if low-key, writer. The fifth place clearly goes to both Abbas Tyrewala (Jaane Tu…), though he is unlikely to write for other filmmakers and also Swanand Kirkire (Welcome To Sajjanpur) who was at low-key this year.
The other average to above-average scores were Jaane Tu…Ya Jaane Na, Kismat Konnection, Golmaal Returns, Hello, Hijack, Dasvidaniya, Welcome To Sajjanpur and Tashan. That's it - among about 75 films! Five top music directors
The ratings of the top composers have not changed since the year before. Pritam remains the most popular and the most prolific with seven releases and four films of others with add-on songs by him. Easily the most mass-oriented, sometimes admittedly unoriginal, he scored Race, Kismat Konnection, Golmaal Returns and Jannat besides Singh Is Kinng.
A.R. Rahman did his best with musically-conscious filmmakers like Subhash Ghai (Yuvvraaj) and Ashutosh Gowariker (Jodhaa Akbar), besides a hit score in Jaane Tu…, while the track Guzarish from Ghajini has also become a rage.
The choosy Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy came up trumps with a mass rock score in Rock On!! but were clearly out of sync in Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic.
Himesh Reshammiya, now restricted musically to his own acting vehicles, scored a high with Karzzzz but the overdose of his vocals (as detractors saw it) and his 'mass' orientation followed by the failure of the film diverted attention from the merit in his compositions. The same happened with his Tamil film, Dasavathaaram.
But Vishal-Shekhar, whose creative graph was booming from the 2006 Taxi No. 9-2-1-1 to the early 2008 Tashan, went on a creative tailspin despite stray songs in Bhoothnath and Bachna Ae Haseeno. And Sajid-Wajid and Salim-Sulaiman are waiting in the wings. Five top singers
Sonu Niigaam continued to be the most respected male singer, in a league of his own, though he has become very selective. He was even responsible for the only non-film album of merit this year, Classically Mild. Udit Narayan was around in just a few films, but made a mark with his songs in Black And White, Mere Baap Pehle Aap and above all Tashan.
The regular top five male singers in alphabetical order again were KK, Kailash Kher, Kunal Ganjawala, Shaan and Sukhwinder Singh. The female ranking would be led by Alka Yagnik (in selective but super fettle in Kismat Konnection, Love Story 2050, Mere Baap Pehle Aap and Yuvvraaj), Mahalakshmi Iyer, Shilpa Rao, Shreya Ghoshal and Sunidhi Chauhan. Five top lyricists
Nothing much changed on the lyrical scenario either - with Sameer remaining the busiest, Gulzar and Javed Akhtar the most respected and Prasoon Joshi as the most fulfilling, if low-key, writer. The fifth place clearly goes to both Abbas Tyrewala (Jaane Tu…), though he is unlikely to write for other filmmakers and also Swanand Kirkire (Welcome To Sajjanpur) who was at low-key this year.
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