OC soru is a straight-to-the-point and earthy gaana sung by—who else!—Gaana Bala, but the simplistic tune holds gems by lyricist Gnanakaravel, like ‘Nayanthara kooda ninnu, selfie onnu edthukinu, aaya podum...
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Thani Oruvan (Music review), Tamil – Hiphop Tamizha
Khareshma Ravichandran’s snazzy—albeit at the cost of pronunciation—vocals lift the fairly standard but catchy pop tune in Kadhal cricket. Bobo Shashi sounds alarmingly like A R Rahman in the title...
Continue reading...Milliblog turns 10!
Back when there was no satellite TV and internet, I used to be glued to my daily night fix of new (Hindi) film music through radio. I still don’t know...
Continue reading...All Is Well (Music review), Hindi – Multiple composers
Shabbir Ahmed’s wishful thinking of 4 Saturdays in a week is the only solace of Amaal Malik’s Char shanivaar. Himesh gets Arijit for Baaton ko teri, but the tune is...
Continue reading...Srimanthudu (Music review), Telugu – Devi Sri Prasad
Sooraj Santhosh sings his heart out in Rama rama, packaged in Devi’s usual bombastic, catchy rhythms, ably supported by Ranina Reddy. Sagar and Simha, in contrast, don’t seem as effective...
Continue reading...Hitman – July 18, 2015
Originally published in . Don’u Don’u – Maari (Tamil), Music: Anirudh Anirudh kicks up a brilliantly funky sound in ‘Don’u Don’u’, complete with horns, curiously cheesy English hip-hop phrases and...
Continue reading...Drishyam (Music review), Hindi – Vishal Bhardwaj
Kya pataa is the kind of song Vishal used to hand over to Suresh Wadkar. Then, he started singing them himself. Now, he gets Arijit to sing this whispery, ambient...
Continue reading...Madhura Naranga (Music review), Malayalam – Sreejith-Saachin
Ee kootil, beyond that familiar Bollywood’ish rhythm, has a lilt that grows on you, thanks also to Madhu Balakrishnan’s vocals. Vijesh Gopal-sung Melle vannu has a similar sound, but with...
Continue reading...Maya (Music review), Tamil – Ron Yohann
Aayiram aayiram sounds like the power version of a Bond theme, with the rock elements rigged up a notch higher. Chinmayi sounds different from her usual self and carries the...
Continue reading...Masaan (Music review), Hindi – Indian Ocean
Tu kisi rail si guzarti is more Euphoria than Indian Ocean, but the charm remains intact, building a steady and lilting folk’ish tune on the back of Nikhil Rao’s guitaring....
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