Today is April 1. You have noticed me referring to some songs as Raja’ish. That word is not going to fool hardcore Ilayaraja fans, but, for the average music listener,...
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Milliblog’s Top Recent Listens – February 2017
Single Saavn playlist of all the 51 songs below: Hindi Aashiq surrender hua, Roke na ruke and Tamma tamma again – Badrinath Ki Dulhaniya (Amaal Mallik and Tanishk Bagchi) Poori...
Continue reading...20 years of Yuvan Shankar Raja!
Yuvan completes 20 years producing music today! So, here is an updated version of the – 30 songs this time! 30 songs that define Yuvan’s music for me. But yes,...
Continue reading...Hitman – February 12, 2017
Originally published in The Hindu. Paarai mele – Sathriyan (Tamil – Yuvan Shankar Raja) This composer is obsessed with singing his songs himself. He sings terribly too. You thought this...
Continue reading...Hitman – February 5, 2017
Originally published in The Hindu. Idho thaanaagave – Adhe Kangal (Tamil – Ghibran) Take Jeff Beck. Yeah, the guitarist from Bon Jovi. Take his guitar away from him and give...
Continue reading...Milliblog’s Top Recent Listens – January 2017
Single Saavn playlist for 44 of the songs below (except the 2 Indipop songs that aren’t available on Saavn): Hindi Mannerless Majnu, Kuch to hai and Main faraar sa...
Continue reading...Hitman – January 29, 2017
Originally published in The Hindu. Tippa – Rangoon (Hindi – Vishal Bhardwaj) Back in the 90s, Doordarshan aired an NFDC-dubbed version of Alice In Wonderland’s Japanese anime version (originally called...
Continue reading...Hitman – January 22, 2017
Originally published in The Hindu. Kanna Katti – Kaalakkoothu (Tamil – Justin Prabhakaran) Among present-day composers who offer melodies strongly reminiscent of Ilayaraja, Vidyasagar tops the list. While others like...
Continue reading...Milliblog’s Top Recent Listens – December 2016
A single playlist for all the songs listed below, on Saavn: Hindi Haanikarak bapu, Dhaakad, Title song and Gilehriyaan – Dangal (Pritam) Title song and Saara zamaana – Kaabil (Rajesh...
Continue reading...Happy birthday, Harris Jayaraj!
As much as I rip off some of the more banal recent songs of Harri Jayaraj in this blog, there’s no doubt that the man produced some fantastic music across...
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