Airtel Super Singer’s Alka Ajith makes a scintillating debut with Chirakengu; a mesmerizing combination of the little girl’s vocal prowess and Sreenivas’ brilliant tune. The song’s duet version pales in...
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Delhi Belly (Music review), Hindi – Ram Sampath
Beyond the cleverly unparliamentary premise, Bhaag D.K. Bose also has attitude-loaded lyrics by Amitabh Bhattacharya and a highly energetic guitar-backed arrangement, both of which make this manic track thoroughly endearing!...
Continue reading...Shaitan (Music review), Hindi – Prashant Pillai, Ranjit Barot, Amar Mohile, Mikey McCleary, Anupam Roy & Bhayanak Maut
Prashant Pillai’s Bali is trippy, but perhaps goes overboard. He gets his groove in Nasha and O Yaara – eminently tuneful, both! It’s also easy to identify Amit Trivedi in...
Continue reading...Always Kabhi Kabhi (Music review), Hindi – Pritam, Aashish Rego & Shree D
Aashish Rego and Shree D’s title song is cinema-school-love template all the way. Antenna is standard Pritam material – the kind he makes Neeraj Shridhar sing usually…Benny Dayal does the...
Continue reading...Veera (Music review), Telugu – Thaman S
Ekkadekkada is predictable Thaman-material, but is still engaging, mainly due to NS Ramya’s confident vocals. O meri bhavri too employs all familiar Thaman stock-sounds to good effect in a tune...
Continue reading...Kucch Luv Jaisaa (Music review), Hindi – Pritam
Naina is every bit the template that Pritam used to great effect in Rajneeti’s Bheegi si; even Mohit Chauhan seems to be sleep-walking through this one. Thoda sa pyaar, however,...
Continue reading...Badrinath (Music review), Telugu – MM Keeravani
Omkareswari is that perfect filmy blend of massy devotional frenzy, while Amabadari works its charm using rhythmic verses to great effect! Baba Sehgal’s In the night is embarrassingly cheesy, even...
Continue reading...Ragini MMS (Music review), Hindi – Assorted composers
The title song is mighty intriguing using mobile’ish sounds and with a funky sound; composers Faizan Hussain and Agnel Roman whip up an interesting concoction, though lyrically it goes completely...
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Kutta – Pyaar Ka Punchnama (Hindi – Luv Ranjan) In a soundtrack with other composers like Clinton Cerejo and Hitesh Sonik (Yes! Of Stanley Ka Dabba fame!) the only song...
Continue reading...Suriya Nagaram (Music review), Tamil – Fen Viallee
Unnai pirivena starts off normally, but as the tabla-based accompaniments kick-in, the tune gets interestingly unpredictable. Violins replace tabla in Selladhae jeevane, but the tune goes uneasily haywire unlike the...
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