Vaanampaadigal seems as contemporary as the veteran can get, with its peppy, hopeful outlook, while Paattu kekka starts off annoyingly, with just the pallavi making the cut. Pudhu pournami has...
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Music review: Peraanmai (Tamil – Vidyasagar)
Barring the penultimate folk intrusion, Madhu Balakrishnan’s Kaadu kalai katta expresses its fury rather uni-dimensionally. Kaattu puli is reminiscent of Ilayaraja’s songs in the filmy tribal music genre and is...
Continue reading...Music review: Acid Factory (Hindi – Assorted Artists)
Shamir Tandon’s languorous ambient sound in Yeh jism is pretty neat, while Khatti meethi, by Manasi Scott is an uncomfortable overdose of the Justin Timberlake’sque hip-hop sound! Gourov Dasgupta’s reworking...
Continue reading...Music review: London Dreams (Hindi – Shankar Ehsaan Loy)
Barson yaaron is a full-throated, rock anthem with brilliant pauses (Laakh take da) and a mesmerizing finale invoking Lord Hanuman! The choice of vocals – Vishal Dadlani and Roop Kumar...
Continue reading...Music review: Yogi (Tamil – Yuvan Shankar Raja)
Despite Snehan’s occasionally funny lyrics, Seermevum koovathiley is nothing more than a glorified mélange of folk bits, that together as a song, falls flat. Both versions of Yogi yogi thaan...
Continue reading...Music review: Ooh La La La (Tamil pop – Assorted artists)
The problem with new bands releasing albums is that most of the songs sound very stagey and almost methodical. This is quite pronounced in Srishti’s Ondrai seruvom with the lead...
Continue reading...Music review: Rechipo (Telugu – Manisharma)
Manisharma’s ingenuity in tuning the peculiarly retro-styled Ettuko is quite apparent – this is a seductive track with supremely confident vocals by Geetha Madhuri. Hemachandra and Malavika help the sweetly...
Continue reading...Music review: Ganesh (Telugu – Mickey J Meyer)
That decidedly unimpressive kids’ chorus that opens Karthik’s Chalo chalore perhaps forebodes that Mickey’s latest may just belie the expectations set by his earlier, impressive soundtracks – but the track...
Continue reading...Music review: Tum Mile (Hindi – Pritam)
The title song ambitiously has 3 versions – a bouncy, up-tempo variant by Neeraj Shridhar, quite aptly; a reprise by Javed Ali and a rock version by Shafqat Amanat Ali....
Continue reading...Music review: Blue (Hindi – A R Rahman)
Blue sees Rahman offering his massiest sound in quite some time, but – as always – with enough cues that denote his going the extra step, even within the commercial...
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