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Week 300: YouTube | Spotify
I couldn’t see anything besides the actual song controls on YouTube for all the 3 songs from Ek Din!! I tried it in Microsoft Edge, Firefox and Chrome – no luck… couldn’t view title, views, comments, nothing! So, couldn’t add the individual (3) songs in my playlist and had to add the entire soundtrack. Korean Kanakaraju’s Kamsahamnida is not yet available on Spotify (and JioSaavn too, btw) – sloppy work by Tseries Telugu.
Konichiwa, Behke Yaar, Tadapnaa Judaa Judaa – Ek Din (Ram Sampath) – Hindi: Konichiwa manages to mix Celtic-style interludes to a bouncy Vishal-Shekhar’ish sound using a Japanese greeting! Some globetrotting, this! Arijit Singh and Neha Karode do their job well, though Rishi Singh, the 3rd credited singer actually stands out in his limited part too! Behke Yaar, on the other hand, has the Salim-Sulaiman imprint and flows beautifully, seamlessly beyond the familiarity, with excellent vocal interplay between Meghna Mishra and Arijit Singh. Tadapnaa Judaa Judaa is the soundtrack’s weakest, but thanks to Arijit Singh’s vocals, this too manages to pass muster. I don’t know why Ram Sampath is not composing more these days (though, one can argue that he wasn’t composing much even during his heydays, at least not as much as other in-form composers). Perhaps it is to do with this musical style seeming like it is from another era of Bollywood music, no matter how comforting it is.
Pappali Pazhamey – Meesaya Murukku 2 (Hiphop Tamizha) – Tamil: The second from Meesaya Murukku 2 too hits it out of the park just like the first single, Aura 10/10, and that is quite something because I was generally indifferent to Hiphop Tamizha’s indifferent music in recent times! Not only does he have a catchy and simple musical hook in the song, but he also layers it with unpredictable phrases to retain the interest beyond the hook. Like that ‘Kalakkuriye Izhukkiriye’ repetition of the ‘Medhakkuriye’ tune. That he gets Gana Vinod and Gana Dharani to join him adds to the song’s charm. Of course, I don’t understand why he is seen wearing sunglasses all through the song’s video shot in the night in a beach side fish market.
Kamsahamnida – Korean Kanakaraju (Thaman S) – Telugu: After Ek Din’s Japanese Konichiwa, here’s Korean Kamsahamnida! Thaman has a captivating tune that lands the ‘Kamsahamnida’ hook in the most Indian massy way possible 🙂 Sid Sriram totally commits himself to the cultural jujitsu.
Neeventa Nenu – Dacoit (Bheems Ceciroleo) – Telugu: The third song from Dacoit too is excellent work by composer Bheems. It’s a sweeping, likeable melody sung very well by Sreerama Chandra in Telugu, and Aditya Rikhari in the Hindi equivalent. The little touches, like the restraint and the use of silence in ‘Nuvve Mannu’ add to the song’s charm. What surprised me was that the soundtarck has only 3 songs, and they uniformly work across language, specifically Telugu and Hindi.
Apna Friday Aayega – Mollywood Times (Jakes Bejoy) – Malayalam: A swanky synth-led funky song from Jakes that could be mistaken for a Vishal-Shekhar song, with that Hindi hook and all! Sanjith Hegde too sounds a bit different from his usual, in a good way.
Koyi Encounter – Bharathanatyam 2 Mohiniyattam (Electronic Kili) – Malayalam: Though the first two songs from the film didn’t work for me (Nilavoonjale, Po Chatha), composer Electronic Kili has a winner here in the third one! The background music seems to be riffing on raaga Puriyadhanashri (imagine Hai Rama from Rangeela) even as the completely incongruent rap by Baby Jean sits on top of it in the most interesting way possible!!
Pehli Dafah – Avinash Kumar, Abhishek Shukla (Hindi/Indipop): Written, composed, and sung by Avinash Kumar and Abhishek Shukla, this is a simple, and easily likeable melody that doesn’t aim for much and delivers.
Bhasavagide – Narayan Sharma (Kannada/Indipop): A dulcet melody composed and sung by Narayan Sharma that flows as beautifully as a gentle lullaby. The melody is particularly interesting even beyond the gorgeous hook, like that off-key deviations in the latter part of the anupallavi! Observe ‘KaNNe Nidhaanisu, Melle Niraanisu’!
Gira Gira – Vasuki Vaibhav (Kannada/Indipop): Very pleasant melody that is typical of Vasuki’s musical style, with a lovely hook in ‘Thale Gira Gira’ that contrasts with the softer melodic opening.
