What do you get when you cross the sensibilities of Mani Ratnam’s Geetanjali (Idhayathai Thirudaathey, in Tamil), the crux of Shyamalan’s Unbreakable and the relationships in Audrey Niffenegger’s book The...
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Extraterrestrial (Movie review – Spanish), Director: Nacho Vigalondo
Remember the days when we were young and used to start a story quite normally… but as we go, we take it to incredulous lengths unaware of where the story...
Continue reading...Jism 2 (Music review), Hindi – Arko Pravo Mukherjee, Mithoon, Rushk & Abdul Baasith Saeed
Despite its questionable origins, Ye jism makes for an engaging listen; it is too Bhatt’ish for comfort, however. Arko’s other two songs work considerably better – Ali Azmat carries Maula‘s...
Continue reading...Amara (Music review), Tamil – D.Imman
MLR Karthikeyan rules like he always does, in Atha magalayum; the use of the folk sound fused with the more mod additions works well! Simmakallu sees Chinmayi is a mighty...
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Neray aah, Nindiya ke paar and School di kitaab – Coke Studio Pakistan, Season 5 – Episode 3 (Overload & Rachel Vicajji; Uzair Jaswal; Bohemia) Coke Studio’s Pakistani version continues...
Continue reading...Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum (Music review), Hindi – Sachin-Jigar, Meet Bros Anjjan & Shankar Ehsaan Loy
Sachin-Jigar’s lone track, Dil garden garden ho gaya, rides high on Vishal’s exuberant vocals even as the techno tune is strictly functional, but with a highly infectious hook. Of the...
Continue reading...Bachelor Party (Music review), Malayalam – Rahul Raj
Pathirayo is Shreya Ghoshal’s show – she breezes through the fairly complex and wonderful tune confidently; Rahul’s tune change in the Pathirayo part is brilliant! Actress Ramya Nambeesan is getting...
Continue reading...Aarohanam (Music review), Tamil – K
Indha vaan veli is strikingly moving – Anand Aravindakshan’s soulful singing makes a big difference to the already impactful tune by K. Thappaattam is diametrically different – an exuberant retro...
Continue reading...Vaidooryam (Music review), Malayalam – Vidyasagar
Chandanathennalai seems to be making a wonderful mixture of Hameer Kalyani and Saraswati ragas, at least to my untrained ears; very good singing by Madhu Balakrishnan and Sujatha. Is Veerali...
Continue reading...Hemlock Society (Music review), Bengali – Anupam Roy
Amar mawte’s pensive and haunting tune is beautifully orchestrated by Anupam; both versions – by Lopamudra Mitra, and the shorter version by Rupankar, with more pronounced sarod, courtesy Pratyush Bandyopadhyay....
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