Originally published in . Parandhu Sellava O Kadhal Kanmani (Tamil) Music: A. R. Rahman A standout song from the soundtrack. This is the kind of free-flowing goodness one expects from...
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Hitman – April 4, 2015
Originally published in The Hindu. Calcutta Kiss Detective Byomkesh Bakshy (Hindi) Music: Madboy/Mink The oddly named Madboy/Mink comprises Imaad Shah (Naseruddin Shah’s son!) and Saba Azad, and they categorize their...
Continue reading...Milliblog’s Top Recent Listens – March 2015
Hindi Teri khushbu – (Hindi – Jeet Ganguli) Bach ke Bakshy, Calcutta Kiss & Jaanam – (Hindi – Sneha Khanwalkar, Madboy/Mink & Peter Cat Recording Co.) Desi look – (Hindi...
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Hindi Moh moh ke dhaage – Dum Laga Ke Haisha (Hindi – Anu Malik) Khoney de – NH10 (Hindi – Bann Chakraborty) Hunterrr 303 & Chori chori – Hunterrr (Hindi...
Continue reading...Milliblog’s Top Recent Listens – January 2015 (and December 2014)
A minor update in the monthly ‘top recent listens’ list. I usually take this lists as an opportunity to not just list my favorites from the previous months, but also...
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I’m aware of the fact that many people who follow this blog do so not necessarily for the reviews (hey, no hard feelings – people are free to use this...
Continue reading...Milliblog Annual Music round-up 2014
Another year ends. Another annual music round-up! Milliblog’s 7th annual music round-up, to be precise. A couple of broad changes. I’m not going to make the lists really long (with...
Continue reading...Milliblog monthly multilingual music reco – November 2014
Dangerous, No money no love, Lovers of the sun & Lift me up – Listen (David Guetta) I know this album has been universally mauled to be blah, but strangely,...
Continue reading...Milliblog monthly multilingual music reco – October 2014
Faya – Joe Driscoll & Sekou Kouyate Joe is a rapper, beatboxer and guitarist. Sekou Kouyate is a Guinean multi-awarded kora player. Together, they produce wonderfully eclectic music that has...
Continue reading...Time-traveling with Ilayaraja across his Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam songs!
I started getting serious about Ilayaraja’s non-Tamil music only in 2010-11. It was a very random effort, no doubt initiated by Geetha’s Jothe Jotheyali. In 2012, I wrote a formal...
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