Otta thumbi is typical Vidyasagar – a gorgeous folksy melody backed by a resonant sound and Raja-styled violin interludes, and sung fabulously by Shankar Mahadevan and Chithra. Cheru cheru‘s mock...
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Buddy (Music review), Malayalam – Navneeth Sundar
Divya Ramani’s opener, Kadalil kan mashi, makes wonderful use of her vocal range, despite the very-Vidyasagar’ish use of Kaapi raga in the tune! Nee en mizhigalil‘s Roja-Pudhu Vellai Mazhai ambitions...
Continue reading...Aaru Sundarimaarude Katha (Music review), Malayalam – Deepak Dev
Riti Muthoot and Saptaparna’s vocals sound enticing in Ask Me, which, with its fascinating 80s pop sound makes for a fantastic listen! Ponoonjalil‘s tune is simply breath-taking! Deepak lets the...
Continue reading...Amen (Music review), Malayalam – Prashant Pillai
Aatmavin‘s soulful gospel sound is enticing, given how the composer layers the haunting tune with bare minimum orchestration; the vocal chorus is fantastic! Solomanum Shoshannayum takes the minimalist feel to...
Continue reading...KQ (Music review), Malayalam – Stephen Devassy
Shankar Mahadevan excels in his rendition of the muslim-flavored Chundathe that holds gorgeous saarangi and harmonium interludes in line with the song’s feel and tone. Idhuvare njan sees Vijay Prakash...
Continue reading...Annayum Rasoolum (Music review), Malayalam – K
Shahabaz Aman’s simple and heartfelt voice, along with humorously framed lyrics involving ‘cambeni’… all help Kaayalinarike immensely! Kando kando is Andrea’s show, largely, but composer K makes his presence felt...
Continue reading...Nee Ko Njaa Cha (Music review), Malayalam – Prashant Pillai
The title song by Chi Chi Xun just strings together gibberish and rap to pulsating music bordering reggae! Tanapicchu beer has hilarious Manglish lyrics, is fabulously sung by Saju Srinivas...
Continue reading...Puthiya Theerangal (Music review), Malayalam – Ilayaraja
Sindhoora pottumthottu is vintage Raja material, but is also the type that has been a bit too frequently used by the man. So, it seems less interesting compared to the...
Continue reading...Bachelor Party (Music review), Malayalam – Rahul Raj
Pathirayo is Shreya Ghoshal’s show – she breezes through the fairly complex and wonderful tune confidently; Rahul’s tune change in the Pathirayo part is brilliant! Actress Ramya Nambeesan is getting...
Continue reading...Vaidooryam (Music review), Malayalam – Vidyasagar
Chandanathennalai seems to be making a wonderful mixture of Hameer Kalyani and Saraswati ragas, at least to my untrained ears; very good singing by Madhu Balakrishnan and Sujatha. Is Veerali...
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