The overall gaiety in Aaranne and its enthusiastic rhythm are instantly infectious! Aaro nee aaro has phenomenal vocals by Swetha and Yesudas for a sweeping melody, while Manjari’s Chimmi has...
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Christian Brothers (Music review), Malayalam – Deepak Dev
NW1W. Shockingly outdated templates among the 3 songs, with minimal succor from ‘Sayyave’. Keywords: Deepak Dev, Mohan Lal, Dileep, Suresh Gopi, Sharath Kumar
Continue reading...City of God (Music review), Malayalam – Prashant Pillai
Nee akaleyaano‘s soundscape is pensive, meticulously constructed and magical! V.Sreekumar’s vocals go along the fascinating orchestration beautifully, even as the tune goes way beyond conventional film song structures confidently. The...
Continue reading...Mazhanritham (Music review), Malayalam – Pradip Somasundaram
Manoj K Jayan’s vocals are strictly middling, but the pleasant music more than makes up for it in Mazhayil ninn, while Pichiyum kudamullayum and Swayam marannu paadaam get all parts...
Continue reading...Payyans (Music review), Malayalam – Alphonse
Route mari seems like the anthem for Jayasurya’s new look in the film and is just passable, despite Benny Dayal’s desperate efforts at sounding cool. Doore vazhi is sung evocatively...
Continue reading...Orange (Music review), Malayalam – Manikanth Kadri & Afzal Yousuf
Benny Dayal is in delightful form in the frothy, reggae’ish Oru rosappoovin; the composer conjures an extremely pleasant tune with just the right pop’ish backgrounds. The choice of singers continues...
Continue reading...Tournament (Music review), Malayalam – Deepak Dev
Nila nila may also be the producer and record label’s favorite song, to get 3 versions! It is a lovely track, however, even if it is a tad too simplistic...
Continue reading...Electra (Music review), Malayalam – Alphonse
Arikil varu is fascinating in every aspect, right from Gayathri scintillating vocals to the way Alphonse maintains the dreamy arrangements…if only the tune didn’t sound so shockingly like Norah Jones’...
Continue reading...The Thriller (Music review), Malayalam – Dharan
Priyankari has all of Dharan’s trademark tactics – a gorgeously foot-tapping rhythm and fabulous arrangements, lovely vocals (including Mamta Mohandas’) and a simple, lilting tune – instant win! Ormathan has...
Continue reading...Makaramanju (Music review), Malayalam – Ramesh Narayanan
Yesudas’ Manjil melle has an old-world Malayali filmy feel, but the grand orchestration takes it ahead, while Then thennale, with Srinivas and Sunitha Menon adopts the ghazal’ish sound beautifully with...
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