Onnu rendu’s blaringly loud backgrounds and the obvious reference to the much-abused transgender is plain jarring. Srikanth Deva seems to have deconstructed a Jeyaraj number like an expert Chinese manufacturing...
Continue reading...November 2008
Music review: Mahesh, Saranya Matrum Palar (Tamil – Vidyasagar)
Saindhavi sounds great in the otherwise weirdly paced and rhythmed En paadal while SPB tries to hold the dated melodies in Thanthathil seitha and Vaikarai paniye – the latter is...
Continue reading...Music review: Sorry Bhai (Hindi – Gaurav Dayal, Vivek Philip)
There’s dollops of Pritam in the breezy Mere khuda – with KK’s ace vocals, this is a very good hear. Its remix is mighty interesting too, shorn of the usual...
Continue reading...Music review: Thiruvannamalai (Tamil – Srikanth Deva)
Besides the usual torture Srikanth Deva unleashes upon hapless listeners in Tamil Nadu, just one mandatory listen to Udit Narayan in Adiye is enough…this is THE worst soundtrack of 2008,...
Continue reading...Music review: Sindhanai Sei (Tamil – Taman)
The title song is completely overloaded with zany sounds and excessive vocalizing effects that it becomes hard to even follow the flow, while Naveen Madhav’s Ellamey is a fairly decent...
Continue reading...Music review: Delhi – The Underground, Vol. 1 (Assorted Artists)
There’s so much energy and life in Delhi – The Underground, that it may sound unfair to criticize a few and praise others. But, Kapil Srivastava’s incredible guitar in The...
Continue reading...Music review: Neha – The Rockstar (Indipop – Neha Kakkar, Tony K)
It could be Tony K’s tunes or it may be the genes. Neha sounds like her sister Sonu Kakkar, but in a terribly foul mood. There’s so much forced attitude...
Continue reading...Music review: Badra (Indipop – Rupali Dalal, Sanjeev Darshan)
Badra, Kar le singar and Dholana, to some extent, despite the assembly-line rhythm, are three of the most appealing tracks. Humnava’s strong and disparate Middle-eastern influence and the fused Punju...
Continue reading...Music review: Khallballi (Hindi – Sajid Wajid)
The unruly title song and the much more restrained Bhuri bhuri have Neeraj Shridhar going through the grind – the latter is interestingly groovy. The qawali-base in Yeh ishq hai...
Continue reading...Music review: Dil Kabaddi (Hindi – Sachin Gupta)
Sachin’s vocals and the slow, rhythmic melody in Ehsaan are pretty impressive while the Reggaeton-based Uthale ya’s colloquial lyrics jar, even as the tune is decent. Rahat Fateh Ali Khan...
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