What’s with failed/ neglected composers’ sons making it big with a vengeance in Indian film music? Sardar Malik, RK Shekar, Naresh Sharma…we do have the more popular Roshan as exception,...
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The Train (Hindi – Mithoon)
Woh ajnabee captivates right from the start – with a catchy stacatto rhythm and an extraordinary singing debut by Mithoon, Shilpa Rao pitching-in equally beautifully. That Dhadkan dhadkan line, besides...
Continue reading...Urchagam (Tamil – Ranjit Barot)
Zubeen and Kunal Ganjawala add to the syllable abuse in Tamil, but the songs, Kangal and Nanbha, have the trademark Ranjit Barot sound wizardry with a some neat vocal harmonies...
Continue reading...Siddharth Anand’s ‘Life – in the US as a top racer – is beautiful’
Beyond all the facade of the lead character becoming the no. 1 racer in the US (!), in IndiaFM’s preview of YashRaj’s next, eagerly (!!) awaited film, Ta ra rum...
Continue reading...Kisi din (Adnan Sami)
Despite a very simple hook, Teri yaad is eminently hummable thanks to its sprightly music and Adnan’s dreamy vocals. The title song, Kisi din, is a pretty flat composition and...
Continue reading...Rasiya Saajan (Ismail Darbar)
Rasiya saajan sounds uncomfortably close to HDDCS’s Albela saajan but is no patch on the classic tune – Zubin being its saving grace. The remix is a plain headache. The...
Continue reading...Ajantha (Tamil – Ilayaraja)
Does Ilayaraja use a calendar to track existential things like dates/ year? With an overwhelming dose of déjà vu across this soundtrack, it seems to me that he hasn’t crossed...
Continue reading...Karen David and the Rahman connection
Karen David’s MySpace page samples 4 tracks – Shillong Shillong, Alive, Carry me home and Save you. According to a fan in the AR Rahman fans YahooGroup, the first three...
Continue reading...Good Boy Bad Boy (Hindi – Himesh Reshammiya)
What’s that strange noise? Must be Himesh’s tune bank barrel being scraped in the bottom! The very same hooks, the same highly predictable orchestration, the same ‘ol Himesh vocals –...
Continue reading...Naan Avan Illai (Tamil – Vijay Antony)
Then kudicha and Macha kanni are childish and lame in every way. After a spirited start, Kakka kaaka goes completely haywire despite some groovy orchestration. Radha kaadhal is at best...
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