Bharat mata ki jai, with 6 singers, is an enthusiastically raucous package with biting sarcasm in its lyrics, by Dibakar himself. Imported kamariya is not very different tune-wise, but this...
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Thadaiyara Thaakka (Music review), Tamil – Thaman S
Poondamalli, despite LR Eswari’s post-Kalasala presence, falls flat with a tune that hardly works and even the music is ho-hum. Kelamale is trademark Thaman – auto-tuned to perfection and a...
Continue reading...Raattinam (Music review), Tamil – Manu Ramesan
Asathum azhagu flows with a simplistic, faux-rustic tune and the background music holds a lot of appeal. Yeno en idhayam, with tantalizing sax, works as a lovely pop ballad, while...
Continue reading...Billa 2 (Music review), Tamil – Yuvan Shankar Raja
Gangster, beyond the glitzy sound, is annoyingly repetitive and familiar; not to forget the downright silly lyrics. Yedho mayakkam is no different – the template is shockingly stale, with Thirumoorthy’s...
Continue reading...Endukante Premanta (Music review), Telugu – G V Prakash Kumar
Chill out and Kicko gicko are shockingly and irritatingly trite in every conceivable way. Cinderella seems to be learning from the triteness of the earlier two tracks and makes a...
Continue reading...Kalakalappu (Music review), Tamil – Vijay Ebenezer
Angelina‘s highlight is clearly Krish’s breezy vocals; the tune is a nice, lilting reggae mix. Amitabh Narayan mauls Tamil in Ivaluga imsai, but the minimal-orchestration, street-smart tune is addictive! The...
Continue reading...Department (Music review), Hindi – Dharam Sandeep, Bappa Lahiri, Vikram Nagi
Dharam Sandeep sail through Dan dan cheeni shoot mix (!) only because Ram Gopal Varma asks them to use a hook from Ilayaraja’s ‘Aasai nooru vagai’ from the almost 3...
Continue reading...Dangerous Ishhq (Music review), Hindi – Himesh Reshammiya
Original review (April 21, 2012): NW1W. Keywords: Himesh Reshammiya, Karishma Kapoor Revised review (April 22, 2012): Tu hi rab takes time to start and even as that painfully outdated tabla...
Continue reading...Grandmaster (Music review), Malayalam – Deepak Dev
Suchitra’s oomphy vocals too don’t fully salvage a seriously wannabe-sounding Aaranu nee, but thankfully, Doore engo takes a different direction – it’s a wonderfully tuned song that gets its build-up...
Continue reading...Manam Kothi Paravai (Music review), Tamil – D.Imman
Dang dang, featuring Maalavika and Saisharan’s vocals builds on its simple, folk’ish tune wonderfully well, backed by catchy, resonant rhythms where the composer adds finely nuanced modern sounds that add...
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