Kukkotti kunaatti moves seamlessly from the child’s perspective—Praniti’s delightfully innocent “Aala marathula yeraadhey, maangaya parikkaadhey; maanga marathula yeraadhey, thengaaya parikkaadhey“—to the duo singing about the child herself. It’s a package...
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Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru (Music review), Tamil – Ghibran
Ranjith holds Sevatha pulla in great stead, with a reggae-ish sway and a particularly neat anupallavi. Oru veettil and O sathiye are good old Ghibran, with multi-layered sound, splendid chorus...
Continue reading...2.0 (Music review), Tamil – A.R.Rahman
There’s more sound-led glitz in Endhira logathu sundariye than a cohesive tune. Sid and Shashaa’s voices are digitally mauled, perhaps owing to the ‘robot’ theme, a musical cue that plagued...
Continue reading...Aval/Gruham/The House Next Door (Music review), Tamil/Telugu/Hindi – Girishh G
Girishh does something interesting in Kaarigai kanne – what is a whispery and gorgeous melody in Tamil and Telugu, it transforms into a mighty likeable Mohit Suri-style melody in the...
Continue reading...Ippadai Vellum (Music review), Tamil – D.Imman
The title song is earnestly background’ish not quite hitting the anthemic high it so obviously tries to reach. The theme crafted after the title song is more energetic and interesting....
Continue reading...Indrajith (Music review), Tamil – KP
Semparuthi‘s Senthamizh verses by Pulamaipithan gets a resonant, semi-classical treatment by KP, along with Bombay Jayashri vocals. Ennenna kaatchigal is a breezy and catchy melody sung by Jaspreet Jasz and...
Continue reading...Nenjil Thunivirunthal (Music review), Tamil – D.Imman
Rajini’s Muthu quip in Yechacha is clever, but the tune+rhythm combo is so predictably Imman! Sophia is no different, with—awkwardly enough—a banal Harris Jayaraj sound. Aei arakka‘s racy sound is...
Continue reading...Solo (Music review), Malayalam/Tamil – Assorted Composers
World of Shiva Masala Coffee’s interpretation of Aalayal thara venam remains consistently enjoyable, with that lovely Anandhabhairavi-raaga base, Krishnaraj’s scintillating violin, and Sooraj Santhosh and Varun Sunil’s vocals. The reprise...
Continue reading...Meyaadha Maan (Music review), Tamil – Santhosh Narayanan, Pradeep Kumar
Anabelle Pei is Santhosh riffing on familiar gaana couplets, but Ka.Ka.Bala’s Area gaana mixes Villuppaattu-style with gaana’s raw energy impressively. S.Madhu is a funky TASMAC song espousing everything about S.Madhu,...
Continue reading...Sathya (Music review), Tamil – Simon K. King
There’s something distinctly Harris Jayaraj about Kadhal Project, but Simon improvises to bring his unique stamp, with his own funky keyboard and Vasanth David’s drums. Keerthana Vaidyanathan, and Benny Dayal,...
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