Lists

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...

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...

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...

Originally published in The Hindu. Irulu neelum raave – Ezra (Malayalam – Sushin Shyam) Sushin Shyam, the keyboardist of the band The Down Troddence, made an inspired composing debut last...

Originally published in The Hindu. Given that this is for the January 1 edition of The Hindu, I wanted to avoid the conventional bit of listing 5 songs (which I...

Originally published in The Hindu. Maatrangal ondre thaan – Kootathil Oruthan (Tamil – Nivas K Prasanna) Given how iconic, familiar and well-known Bobby McFerrin’s 1988 song Don’t Worry, Be Happy...

Originally published in The Hindu. Rainbows in the sky – Sheesh Mahal (Telugu – Vivek Sagar) Sheesh Mahal could hardly be called a Telugu soundtrack, given it has 4 Hindi...

Originally published in The Hindu. Yaenadi – Adhagappattathu Magajanangalay (Tamil – D.Imman) Imman. Ilayaraja. Yes, that. Again! The composer takes his Raja’ish melody style a step further in Adhagappattathu Magajanangalay’s...

A single playlist of all these songs, courtesy Saavn: (This playlist does not include songs from Sheesh Mahal and Jomonte Suviseshangal) Hindi Ishaara – Force 2 (Amaal Mallik) Mehram and...