With the air of an 80s Hindi song, Shreya Ghoshal’s Gaganave baagi is a pleasant, albeit dated listen. Nalle nalle is full-on techno and in Tippu’s pulsating vocals it does...
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Tournament (Music review), Malayalam – Deepak Dev
Nila nila may also be the producer and record label’s favorite song, to get 3 versions! It is a lovely track, however, even if it is a tad too simplistic...
Continue reading...Milliblog Annual Music round-up 2010
Here we go again…at the end of another calendar year…another annual round-up. 2010 was a phenomenal year for Hindi film music and Indipop; an average year for all 4 South...
Continue reading...Rejoinder on ‘Ilaignan’ (Tamil) – music by Vidyasagar
Vidyasagar’s score for the Tamil film Ilaignan deserved a 200 – just for Imai thoodhane and Thozha vaanam. The former is something I can’t get over – Chinmayi’s astonishing vocals;...
Continue reading...Toonpur Ka Superrhero (Music review), Hindi – Anu Malik
Bah! NW1W. Keywords: Toonpur Ka Superrhero – notice the double ‘r’…!
Continue reading...Mirch (Music review), Hindi – Monty Sharma
Monty regains some of his supposed form in Kaare kaare badra – the rock arrangements sit atop that classical tune beautifully; the nuances like a seemingly disjoint antara too works...
Continue reading...Kandaen (Music review), Tamil – Vijay Ebenezer
Enge en idhayam, Aa haa and Narmada are fabulously breezy and pleasant, with a more-than-obvious smattering of Harris’ style. Ninaivugal and Yaavarukkum thalaivan evoke some of Vijay’s Tamil Christian musical...
Continue reading...Tera Kya Hoga Johny (Music review), Hindi – Pankaj Awasthi, Ali Azmat & Abhishek Ray
Pankaj Awasthi hits mainstream, gets four out of seven tracks, but impresses in only two – Lehron ne kaha, where he blends Neelesh Mishra’s ruminative words appropriately in a quirky...
Continue reading...LBW (Music review), Telugu – Anil R
Reppapaatu ee kshanam starts off great, but the coarse rap’ish pieces jar; still, Naresh Iyer’s main portions and some innovative interludes make this track a good listen. Javed Ali’s solo,...
Continue reading...Ilaignan (Music review), Tamil – Vidyasagar
The waltzy Imai thoodhane makes stunning use of the genre in a Tamil context and the music is top-notch – a fantastic showcase for Vidyasagar’s orchestration skills. Chinmayi is brilliant...
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