Tanishk Bagchi has been getting some well-deserved hate for his atrocious recreation of A.R.Rahman’s Masakali, from Delhi 6. He did something equally terrible with A.R.Rahman’s Humma Humma earlier. Also, he...
Continue reading...Piece of my mind!
A sincere and honest piece of my mind. Could be very positive or plain abrasive depending on how I feel about the subject!
Plucking the Genda Phool, twice!
Back in 2009, A.R.Rahman had a song called ‘Genda Phool’ in his iconic soundtrack for Delhi 6. The song was credited as “Courtesy: Raghubir Yadav” even in Delhi 6’s CD....
Continue reading...On remixes, A.R.Rahman and Tanishk Bagchi
Two perspectives, recently. A.R.Rahman has voiced his opinion against remixes and recreations. He specifically spoke about being really annoyed with the remix of ‘Ishwar Allah’. Tanishk Bagchi voiced his opinion...
Continue reading...Ajaneesh Loknath’s hatrick is disturbing
This is both disappointing and depressing. Listen to: ‘Kaagadada Doniyalli’ from Kirik Party (music: Ajaneesh Loknath) and, The River, by The Bombay Royale Now, it is easy to jump to...
Continue reading...Ilayaraja – from being naive, to being better informed!
(I had written this on Milliblog’s Facebook page and realized, by the 30+ mails I got, that they preferred it in the blog too, away from Facebook’s walled garden. Here...
Continue reading...The state of Indian non-film music business – preamble to Madhav Das and Atul Churamani’s interview
Update: A note by Atul, via Facebook, in response to my post, appended at the end. First, the video that kickstarted these thoughts in my head. This video is interesting...
Continue reading...The sorry story of Imman vs. Manam Kothi Paravai’s Kannada remake
Back in September this year, Kannada composer Gurukiran sued the producers of the Telugu film ‘Potugadu’ for using two songs from his film, Govindaya Namaha’ without his permission. Potugadu is...
Continue reading...10 observations on Kochadaiiyaan teaser
The much-awaited teaser for Rajnikanth’s latest film, Kochadaiiyaan is out. Here are 10 observations from my side, to kickstart the debate around it. 1. There is special effects in a...
Continue reading...To the makers of Samhita, the Marathi film – who did you make this film for?
Composer Shailendra Barve was mentioned on Milliblog only twice, so far. First, for his song, ‘Mera jahaan’, from Taare Zameen Par (yes, he composed one song from the film –...
Continue reading...Murder 3 plot ‘re-used’ from the Spanish film La Cara Oculta (The Hidden face)
Update: If you go by this tweet, the film is not lifted… is actually an official remake! Is that a first for Bhatts? No, this is not about music, but...
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