Rahat is getting typecast and it is clear from the maha-predictable forced-pleasantness of Rishte naate. Gale lag ja works marginally, only because of Javed Ali, but Paisa (by RDB), with...
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Music review: Aval Peyar Tamilarasi (Tamil – Vijay Antony)
Nee otha sollu is a rather pedestrian duet despite the forced folk’ish sweetness Vijay adds to it, while the kids’ chorus in Guju guju wears out after the mild interest...
Continue reading...Music review: Ariyaan (Tamil – Vikram Varman)
Kadavul paarpadhillai’s Yuvan-like influences do very little to help the song – it’s still rough around the edges, while Mazhaiya nee is an equally amateurish kuthu number. Nee irukkum is...
Continue reading...Music review: Aarya 2 (Telugu – Devi Sri Prasad)
Baba Sehgal and the slow, rhythmic arrangements of Mr. Perfect are enticing, but both get boring very soon. Uppenantha has KK trying his best to salvage a predictable-at-every-turn tune, while...
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Sainya Ve & Milke yun laga: Jail (Hindi OST), Toshi-Sharib Toshi-Sharib’s standard, formulaic tunes continue to impress and save Madhur’s latest film’s soundtrack. Sainya ve, despite that jaded sufi sound...
Continue reading...Music review: Siddhu +2 1st attempt (Tamil – Dharan)
Beyond the cool and impressive soundscape, Money money is predominantly drab while Bhagyaraj’s own raunchy mess of a song, Naan aalaana thaamara gets a pointlessly bizarre remix. Yuvan’s surprise vocals,...
Continue reading...Music review: Aao Wish Karein (Hindi – Ankur Tewari, Mikey McCleary & Xulfi)
Ankur’s own Let’s Enjoy track by Mohit Chauhan, Sabse peeche, makes a lovely comeback with Kunal Ganjawala’s vocals – light, breezy and hummable number. Much like Ankur’s collaboration with Mikey...
Continue reading...Music review: Appavi (Tamil – Joshua Sridhar)
Vaada vinmele is just the kind of brisk, rabble-rousing intro song any young Tamil hero would want – catchy to the hilt, particularly that ‘Netru enbadhoru’ phrase. The composer promptly...
Continue reading...The four constituents in music
I was watching the Maniratnam produced Tamil film, Dasaradhan, yesterday. It had music by violin maestro L Vaidyanathan, who has composed music for a few earlier films like Ezhavadhu Manidhan...
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