Mani Sharma skilfully tones down the Bappi’ness of Gang Leader’s Vaana vaana in its remix, and maintains a nice blend of Bollywood and Telugu sound. Dillaku dillaku and Oka paadam...
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Ordinary (Music review), Malayalam – Vidyasagar
Enthinee mizhi rendum, with its familiar, bouncy rhythm, is quite enchanting – the tune is gorgeous and Vidyasagar cranks up the orchestration beautifully! Sun sun sundari goes a step ahead...
Continue reading...Housefull 2 (Music review), Hindi – Sajid-Wajid
Despite explicitly aping Yolanda Be Cool and DCUP’s We No Speak Americano, Papa toh band bajaye is a rollicking track with utterly corny and funny lyrics, superbly sung by Neeraj...
Continue reading...Oru Kal Oru Kannaadi (Music review), Tamil – Harris Jayaraj
Kaadhal oru butterfly is an endearing mix charming guitar, catchy hook and interludes and a slow, lovely tune – nothing earth shatteringly new here, but what is conjured works very...
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Raabta & Pungi – Agent Vinod (Hindi – Pritam) A solid new Pritam soundtrack with songs that are instantly addictive! Raabta tops this list, followed closely by the super fun...
Continue reading...O Homem do Futuro (Movie review – Portuguese), Director: Cláudio Torres
As a massive fan of time travel, it is only natural that I track and watch every film based on time travel. Having seen a LOT of such films, you...
Continue reading...Ishtam (Music review), Tamil – Thaman S
Despite everything Thaman throws into making Vaena vaena, it remains a largely predictable and is actually quite a boring song. Oru megham holds better prospects; this and the other Harris...
Continue reading...Agent Vinod (Music review), Hindi – Pritam
The officially credited Rasputin homage, I Will Do The Talking Tonight, is surprisingly effective – a pulsating, catchy track that makes whimsical use of the original’s hooks! Pungi is quirky...
Continue reading...The best of Ilayaraja in Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam?
Let me start with a confession. Despite having been a massive fan of Ilayaraja ever since I remember, I heard ‘Jotheyali’ from the 1980 Kannada film Geetha…for the first time...
Continue reading...Blood Money (Music review), Hindi – Jeet Ganguly, Pranay, Siddharth Haldipur & Sangeet Haldipur
Jeet’s 3 Bengali-to-Hindi reused tunes work mighty well; Ek muthu sopno’s (100% Love) Hindi version, Chaahat, Ferari mon’s (System) Hindi equivalent, Gunaah are thoroughly engaging, thanks to wonderful vocals by...
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