For all those glowing reviews that lauded the film for its manic pace, what captured my attention was the restraint that Danny Boyle displays in almost every scene that could...
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Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal
Sounds bizarre, no? Its actually a pretty interesting creature. Beast of Traal also happens to be my new blog on all things social media, with a specific focus on Indian...
Continue reading...Music review: Circus (Kannada – Emil)
Rajkumar’s 80s cult hit by Ilayaraja, Jeeva hoovagidhe, gets a mildly altered makeover, but the modern intrusions (that obnoxious I love you!) only add to the annoyance. Emil’s simple, Mano...
Continue reading...Music review: Villu (Tamil – Devi Sri Prasad)
Hey rama rama has Vijay talking political propaganda – in an inane, stale package. Baba Sehgal’s Jalsa and Mamta Mohandas’ Daddy mummy retain their hyper-addictive Telugu original’s (Jalsa and Shankardada...
Continue reading...Music review: TN 07 AL 4777 (Tamil – Vijay Antony)
The self-professed new age Aathichudi is nothing but an annoying, kuthu’fied version of something existentially profound – a blasphemous attempt, in the name of reaching newer audiences. iPhonin screena nee...
Continue reading...Milliblog Annual Music Round-up 2008
Annual music round-ups are getting increasingly difficult. What should they be ideally based on? The number of times a song is played? By whom? Number of CDs sold? The Milliblog...
Continue reading...Music review: Dindukkal Sarathy (Tamil – Dhina)
Ammadi aathaadi makes the monumental blunder of getting Kailash Kher to sing in Tamil, yet again. Even the tune is brain dead. Dindukallu seems to have been crafted laboriously, to...
Continue reading...Music review: Jumbo (Hindi – Ram Sampath)
Everything gonna be alright is worn-out, with every predictable filmy hip-hop element thrown in, while the Timberlak’ish Dil mera jumbo manages to grate even more. This is Pritam territory but...
Continue reading...New album? Just got it in my phone!
A R Rahman’s new non-film album, ‘Connections’ is due tomorrow (Dec. 12). The ‘what’s new’ section in arrahman.com says so! But the album (with 9 tracks) will not be available...
Continue reading...Music review: Raaz – The Mystery Continues (Assorted composers)
Raju Singh delivers two very Raju Singh’ish (!) numbers in Soniyo and O Jaana. The former is a labored, indipop-like number that is quickly forgotten, but the latter, by KK,...
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