Single Saavn playlist of 39 (out of 45) songs (not available on saavn: Comrade In America CIA, Rakshadhikari Baiju Oppu, Georgettan’s Pooram and Wow Song, from Godha) Hindi Haareya, Yeh...
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Ramesh Vinayakam retrospective
Considering I have been tracking (and eventually writing about) Tamil and other film music in India, have always, at various points in time, felt that some composer was promising, besides...
Continue reading...Milliblog’s Top Recent Listens – March 2017
Single Saavn playlist of 49 songs (except 2 songs; from Take Off and Sathya, in Malayalam): Hindi Tukda tukda – Mirza Juuliet (Krsna) Chatur naar and Itna tumhe – Machine...
Continue reading...Raja’ish!
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,...
Continue reading...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...
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