Anand Milind: Peechha Karro (1985)

Brothers Anand and Milind Shrivastav will be familiar to longtime followers of MFT3F for 1990's slightly over-the-top but very entertaining 'Jungle Love'. The sons of veteran music director Chitragupta, they've scored as many as 200 films, of which 'Peechha Karro' is one of the earliest.

Its title track is what brought my attention to this soundtrack, via a tip on Twitter from film director Atul Sabharwal. Sung by Sharon Prabhakar, it's a gloriously catchy new wave-reggae funk-pop tune that immediately got stuck in my head. Almost as good and equally infectious is the boisterous disco stomper 'Rama Rama'; combined these two are enough to make it a worthwhile album. The remaining songs are more conventional and fail to interest me as much: 'Tumhe Murga Banaake Khilaoongi' contains a pleasant enough melody and 'Mujhpe Goli Na Chala' has an electro intro and some funky bits in-between. And for some reason half the tracks have alternate titles in the YouTube clips.

The pressing could have been better...

Track listing:
1. Sharon Prabhakar & Chorus: Peechha Karro
2. Asha Bhosle: Tumhe Murga Banaake Khilaoongi
3. Kishore Kumar: Mujhpe Goli Na Chala
4. Kishore Kumar & Asha Bhosle: Ikde Aa
5. Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle & Chorus: Rama Rama

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Anand Milind: Jungle Love (1990)

It's funny how this album used to (probably still does) turn up on eBay at exorbitant 3-digit buy-it-now prices. I paid $10 for my copy. It's funny how they tended to be accompanied by descriptions of the "superhot megasexy NUDE WOMAN on cover" sort. Maybe someone should take these eager (evidently very young and innocent) sellers aside and explain to them a thing or two. It's also funny how I honestly didn't expect the album to be any good. (Now why did I buy it?) For to be fair, it's really not bad.

'Jungle Love' [review] can hardly be called a classic, but compared to Bollywood soundtracks I've heard from the same era (a few of which have been posted here), including ones by more famous music directors, it holds up pretty well. Tracks such as the supremely cheesy 'He Man O My He Man' (how can anyone not be intrigued?), the quite lovely 'Laila Ne Kaha Jo Majnu Se', and 'Mera Mehboob Aayega' with it's wild percussion and dramatic orchestral breaks, do kind of work for me. Brothers Anand and Milind Shrivastav have pedigree though; they're the sons of Chitragupta.

I couldn't find any song clips from this on YouTube or elsewhere, but here's a taster from the movie. It looks deep.

Track listing:
1. Falguni Singh: He Man O My He Man
2. Anuradha Paudwal: Hum To The Anjaane
3. Anuradha Paudwal: Koyaliya Gati Hai, Payaliya Chhankati Hai
4. Anuradha Paudwal & Manhar Udhas: Laila Ne Kaha Jo Majnu Se
5. Sadhna Sargam & Chorus: Mera Mehboob Aayega

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