Carrying a decade-old Rahman sound doesn’t seem to impact Kulu kulunguthu much! Chinmayi carries this dulcet melody where Selva underplays the orchestration to let the tune come out beautifully. Vairamuthu’s...
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Virattu (Music review), Tamil – Dharan
En lifein angel is like the heavily synthesized melodies that Dharan creates for Simbu – fun while it lasts. Meeta paanu is corny and heady kuthu number re-imagined from the...
Continue reading...Desingu Raja (Music review), Tamil – D.Imman
Ammadi ammadi is Imman channeling his inner Ilayaraja – gobsmackingly lovely melody, made even better by Shreya! Balram sounds great in Oru ora ora; fantastic orchestration set to a tune...
Continue reading...Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (Music review), Hindi – Shankar Ehsaan Loy
Daler’s opener, Gurbani, is serene, and makes fabulous use of his often-abused range. The title song, sung by Arif Lohar, is an odd disappointment with a tune that promises to...
Continue reading...Inferno (Dan Brown)
Much like Amish Tripathi’s Shiva series, I found the writing in Dan Brown’s Inferno appallingly bad. Most of his expressions are oddly repeated as if to state it with an...
Continue reading...Tony (Music review), Kannada – Sadhu Kokila
Puneeth’s coarse voice actually works in favor of the foot-tapping Pakka paapi! Andaaje siguthilla gets its singers right – Sonu and Sunidhi – for the ambient, gorgeous tune. Sadhu gets...
Continue reading...Googly (Music review), Kannada – Joshua Sridhar
Rajesh Krishnan owns Bisilu kudure that starts off with its guitar-laden ballad style melody, but takes on the desi twist rather well mid-way. Gand janma and Googly gandasare are catchy,...
Continue reading...Barfi (Music review), Kannada – Arjun Janya
Oh mahiyave extracts fantastic work from Sonu and Shreya, despite sounding a lot like a standard Harris Jeyaraj song. Yeno onthara is no different in its Harris sound, but quite...
Continue reading...Victory (Music review), Kannada – Arjun Janya
Kanna minche is perfectly functional Arjun Janya melody material – captivating hooks and excellent backgrounds! Sonu’s solo version is equally good, as is the duet with Anuradha Bhat. Anuradha also...
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The entire soundtrack! – Raanjhanaa (Hindi – A R Rahman) I have possibly read every kind of opinion on Raanjhanaa out there. From people who hate Rahman’s singing in one...
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