Shankar Mahadevan is in his full-throated self in Indiya naade, but the tune is the standard lyrically bombastic patriotic number that’s fairly familiar by now. Composer Ved does significantly better...
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Krishna Gadi Veera Prema Gaadha (Music review), Telugu – Vishal Chandrasekhar
Vishal embellishes Rara ravera’s heady, catchy tune with a cornucopia of interesting sounds; Hemachandra’s enthusiastic vocals and the folk lilt makes it a great listen. Ditto for the title song...
Continue reading...Sethupathi (Music review), Tamil – Nivas K. Prasanna
Nivas and V.M.Mahalingam make a valiant effort singing Mazhai thooralaam and Thaen koottil, respectively; the former, an emotional ode to the police force, and the latter, a sweeping pathos number....
Continue reading...Fitoor (Music review), Hindi – Amit Trivedi
Yeh fitoor mera is very Amit; a dual-mukhda structure that hammers the simple, evocative tune with a gradual build-up and a rousing ending, all wonderfully handled by Arijit. Pashmina ups...
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Originally published in . Azhagae – Kathakali (Tamil – Hiphop Tamizha) There’s so much of Yuvan Shankar Raja in Azhagae… and then something more. Something about the way Adhi (one...
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Hindi Soch na sake – Airlift (Amaal Malik) Also listen to the song’s original, by Hardy Sandhu – Soch. Gerua and Daayre – Dilwale (Pritam) Tere bin – Wazir (Shantanu...
Continue reading...Sanam Teri Kasam (Music review), Hindi – Himesh Reshammiya
The title song‘s repetitive tune is adequately droning, though Mohammed Irfan’s reprise is better than Ankit Tiwari’s. Ditto with Kheech meri photo that’s banally monotonous. Bewajah is interesting, but marred...
Continue reading...Seethamma Andalu Ramayya Sitralu (Music review), Telugu – Gopi Sundar
Seethamalakshmi has the perfect tempo for the easily likeable tune from Gopi, with his trademark violins. Yazin Nizar’s singing is effortless, particularly in the higher pitches, even adding a nice...
Continue reading...Miruthan (Music review), Tamil – D.Imman
MunnaaL kaadhali does gracefully what Silambarasan has been doing coarsely with all his lost loves. Madhan Karky’s lyrics is an imaginative ode the ex-girlfriend, and Vishal’s articulation is perfect, as...
Continue reading...Hitman – January 9, 2016
Originally published in . Kaadhal oru sathurangam – Azhagu Kutti Chellam (Tamil – Ved Shanker Sugavanam) Ved’s tune for Kaadhal oru sathurangam is so soft and velvety that when Chinmayi...
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