Double OK is the weakest of the soundtrack, with a rather generic Tanglish outlook, but with an interesting rhythm-twist mid-way. Imman’s Raja’ish tendencies open up from Idhukkuthaanae aasappattain, a scintillating...
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Pushpaka Vimana (Music review), Kannada – Charan Raj
Jilka jilka is a stunning opener – with shades of Kanada, Brindavana Saranga and Kapi raagas, the melody comes beautifully alive in Indu Nagaraj’s lively vocals. Charan’s orchestration is resonant...
Continue reading...Thoppil Joppan (Music review), Malayalam – Vidyasagar
Chil chinchilamai is delightfully vintage Vidyasagar… Raja’ish melody, layered with Vidyasagar’s own spritely orchestration. Benedict Shine delivers the Christian hymn-like Manamilla manamode with austerity, while Jithin handles Vidyasagar’s lively and...
Continue reading...Hitman – October 1, 2016
Originally published in . Kannamma – Rekka (Tamil – D.Imman) Imman has been on a prolific run as far as soundtracks go, though each of his new soundtracks have just...
Continue reading...Coke Studio Pakistan, Season 9 – Milliblog top 10
Season 9 of Coke Studio by Strings was largely a middle-of-the-road affair. I did follow it week after week, but many episodes were completely bereft of anything memorable. So, instead...
Continue reading...Hyper (Music review), Telugu – Ghibran
Anudeep and Yazin try their best singing the utterly predictable Come back, while Ghibran has a nice surprise in the anupallavi’s tune! Baby doll too has lot of catchy sounds,...
Continue reading...Rekka (Music review), Tamil – D.Imman
That Imman reserves some of his best melodies for Shreya Ghoshal is well established already. And when he hands her a mesmerizing tune that seems to be alluding to both...
Continue reading...Hitman – September 24, 2016
Originally published in The Hindu. Texas pogiren – Chennai 2 Singapore (Tamil – Ghibran) The lyrics video on YouTube for this song starts with a warning: ‘This song is not...
Continue reading...Parched (Music review), Hindi – Hitesh Sonik
Mai ri mai is an enchanting combination of Swanand Kirkire’s lovely lines and immersive melody by Hitesh. Kalpana Patowary rules the item’ish Bhookamp, and Hitesh adds distinctive funk to drown...
Continue reading...Jaundya Na Balasaheb (Music review), Marathi – Ajay-Atul
Suman Sridhar’s retro-style opener to Mona Darling rides on her splendid singing, with an awesome hook. The song shifts mood suddenly with a wonderfully waltz’y—and Ilayaraja’ish!—tone, led by Shreya Ghoshal,...
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