Yeno agide and Ondu ninna are painfully 90s Anu Malik material. Even Aadesh Srivastava! What are they doing in Mano Murthy’s repertoire? Gelathi neenu may be using the ever-dependable Sonu-Shreya...
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Music review: Love Guru (Kannada – Joshua Sridhar)
Ondondu storygu and Tangali tandeya finds Joshu rehashing his Kalloori sound fairly well and the same goes for Minchi, where the composer’s debut, Kaadhal resurfaces. Romeogalige is a terrible combination...
Continue reading...Music review: Nannavanu (Kannada – Ilayaraja)
Just when you thought that Ilayaraja has put his synth days behind, he reaches for that embarrassing sound all over again. Barring the uncomplicated and heartfelt tune of Modalane everything...
Continue reading...Music review: Thaakath (Kannada – Gurukiran)
Kunal Ganjawala is not the only highlight of Doresani neenu – Guru’s soothing orchestration with a soaring guitar line is equally good – lively melody. Alele savari is the soundtrack’s...
Continue reading...Music review: Hodimaga (Kannada – Jassi Gift)
Jassi Gift’s unabashed, note-to-note lift of Shamur’s chartbuster, ‘Let the music play’ for Bisi bisi hudugi and Ilayaraja’s 1979 Tamil hit, ‘Oru thanga radhathil’ (Dharma Yuddham) for Belliya teralli looms...
Continue reading...Music review: Mukhaputa (Kannada – Hamsalekha)
Veteran composer Hamsalekha treats the Ganesha stotra, Ajam nirvikalpam, with utmost respect and Badriprasad’s vocals add to its devout flavor. Badriprasad’s other tracks too are noteworthy – the lyric-less, free...
Continue reading...Music review: Parichaya (Kannada – Jassi Gift)
Nadedaaduva kaamanabillu’s simplistic tune is bolstered by KK’s vocals and ebullient beats while the composer goes for full razzmatazz in his orchestration for Alisha Chinai’s Jigi jigi jigidu. Kopa beda...
Continue reading...Music review: Jhossh (Kannada – Vardhan)
Namaskara sir, A maga and Shakalaka rock n roll are youthful and trendy with good singing by all involved, while Karthik’s Thanthane is a neat techno ballad and the singer,...
Continue reading...Music review: Raj – The Showman (Kannada – V. Harikrishna)
Mutturaj kaalitta is almost constructed like a Dr. Raj track, it is Shankar Mahadevan’s enthusiastic vocals that save the otherwise disjoint song while Shreya saves the simple, middle eastern’ish melody...
Continue reading...Music review: Venkata in Sankata (Kannada – Ricky Kej)
Venkata with Avinash Chebbi’s vocals is groovy with a catchy hook, while its racier English version is pretty good fun too. Nodutha is punctuated by completely silent portions that are...
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