Originally published in The Hindu. Aalayal thara venam – Masala Coffee (Malayalam) Noted Malayalam playwright and poet Kavalam Narayana Panicker passed away recently, towards the end of June. So, it...
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Milliblog’s Top Recent Listens – July 2016
Hindi Tere sang, Jab tum hote ho and Dekha hazaron dafa – Rustom (Arko, Ankit Tiwari and Jeet Gannguli) Jaaneman aah – Dishoom (Pritam) Aashiq tera and Yaaram – Happy...
Continue reading...Mungaru Male 2 (Music review), Kannada – Arjun Janya
Perhaps owing to sentimental reasons, Arjun ropes in Shreya Ghoshal and Sonu Nigam to sing the same tune in Kanasalu and Gamanisu, respectively, like they sang Mungaru Male’s Araluthiru and...
Continue reading...A Flying Jatt (Music review), Hindi – Sachin-Jigar
The title song is a straight-to-the-point fun track that hammers Pag, Peg, Swag set amidst glitzy Punjabi coolth, with a cute outing by Tanishkaa. Ditto with Beat pe booty‘s catchy...
Continue reading...Baar Baar Dekho (Music review), Hindi – Jasleen Royal, Arko, Bilal Saeed, Amaal Mallik, Prem Hardeep and Badshah
Kho gaye hum kahan, with its serene guitar backdrop and ethereal vocals by Jasleen Royal (also its composer) and Prateek Kuhad, is an incredibly calming listen. Jasleen’s other track, Nachde...
Continue reading...Dharmadurai (Music review), Tamil – Yuvan Shankar Raja
Endha pakkam is good old Yuvan, ! Immersive melody over a simple, captivating rhythm, and superbly sung by Chinmayi and Rahul Nambiar, with a particularly lovely humming-based bridge connecting the...
Continue reading...Kidaari (Music review), Tamil – Darbuka Siva
But for Sanjana Kalmanje’s brief intervention, Vandiyile nellu varum is a faithful reuse of and is a wonderful folk fusion. That fusion works so much better in Thalakaalu puriyalayae, that,...
Continue reading...Iru Mugan (Music review), Tamil – Harris Jayaraj
Oh Maya sounds like myriad other Harris Jayaraj songs, which, in turn, sound like many other Harris Jayaraj songs . Kannai vittu‘s somber melody is pretty good, but the backgrounds...
Continue reading...Puta Tirugisi Nodi (Music review), Kannada – Dheerendra Doss, Amrit Rao
Dheerendra ropes in Joel Dubba for Mugilu matte matte, a spritely song that has owes its captivating backgrounds to Live Banned’s Fake You. Sowmya Subramanian joins Joel in the song’s...
Continue reading...Hitman – July 30, 2016
Originally published in . Kisapaathiyil – Kismath (Malayalam – Sushin Shyam) Sushin Shyam has been a familiar name in the musical circuit, having been associated as the vocalist and keyboard...
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