Kannum kannum is typical Bharadwaj – a lovely, rhythmic tune with better anupallavi than pallavi, Minsaram medhuvai is typical Bharadwaj too – the pointlessly outdated mod sound of the composer....
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Sindhu Samaveli (Music review), Tamil – Sundar C Babu
NW1W, except for Ovvoru manidhan, that is so Bharadwaj that it is hard to believe Sundar composed it; good melody with heartfelt lyrics by Na.Muthukumar. Keywords: Harish, Ghajini, Amala Paul,...
Continue reading...Inidhu Inidhu (Music review), Tamil – Mickey J Meyer
Surprisingly, Mickey doesn’t repeat Happy Days for the remake. Oh my friend becomes Vazhkai oru; Kodi kanavu is the Telugu title song and Inidhu inidhu, the much-loved Arey rey –...
Continue reading...Enthiran (Music review), Tamil – A R Rahman
Enthiran has two show-stopper tunes – the phenomenally lilting Kadhal anukkal, that hits all the catchy, addictive notes; and Arima arima, that showcases musical grandeur in an absolutely awe-inspiring range!...
Continue reading...Ooh La La La (Music review), Tamil – Sekar Chandra, V.Kumar
The very-pedestrian Oh thozhiye lifts The Turtles’ So Happy Together, a full 27 years after Shankar Ganesh first lifted it for ‘Devi koondhalo’ in En Aasai Unnodudhaan. Vaa vaa baby...
Continue reading...Kanimozhi (Music review), Tamil – Satish Chakravarthy
Muzhumadhi reuses Rahman’s Mr.Romeo number, Mellisaye’s template rather well, with an Bharadwaj’ish flourish – Vijay Yesudas and Bela Shende are excellent! Penne pogathe‘s hip-hop base is vastly familiar and hence,...
Continue reading...Nandhi (Music review), Tamil – Bharadwaj
With that Manisharma’ish Dolu dolu rhythm, Thannikulla is, vastly similar to Ilayaraja’s 1986 SPB classic, Pattu poove, from Naanun Oru Thozhilaali! Idhu thaan kaadhal is pleasant but is so templatized...
Continue reading...Naan Mahan Alla (Music review), Tamil – Yuvan Shankar Raja
Oru maalai neram…neat flute phrases, but tedious tune. The pathos-laden Theivam illai…even more so! That leaves us with just two more songs in the soundtrack and that’s where Yuvan scores...
Continue reading...Vamsam (Music review), Tamil – Taj Noor
Mannadhi mannaru is strictly situational, but the role call style singing is interesting. Marudhaani poovappola and Marudhaani poovumela, with subtle differences in the pitch and singers is a pleasant enough...
Continue reading...Thillalangadi (Music review), Tamil – Yuvan Shankar Raja & Thaman S
Ding ding has an infectious charm, with catchy orchestration and likeable kids’ chorus that mostly accompanies Jeyam Ravi, while Chitra’s portions in Sol pechu are outdated, even as Yuvan and...
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