Kaathaga‘s dual identity is interesting; intersperses melody and heavy kuthu competently, sung by a severely digitized Silambarasan. That digitization goes haywire in King Kong, a Zoo song, invoking all kinds...
Continue reading...Hitman – February 6, 2016
Originally published in . Red road-u – Jil Jung Juk (Tamil, Vishal Chandrasekhar) Vishal Chandrasekhar has been around for some time and it is only with Jil Jung Juk (and...
Continue reading...Milliblog’s Top Recent Listens – January 2016
Hindi Title song, Hatt mullah and Dugg duggi dugg – Jugni (Clinton Cerejo) Title song, Jhalli pataka, Dil ye ladaku and Dhuaan – Saala Khadoos (Santhosh Narayanan) Title song –...
Continue reading...Jil Jung Juk (Music review), Tamil – Vishal Chandrashekhar
Shoot the kuruvi makes up for its bewilderingly bizarre lyrics—including a corny leave letter read out by Radha Ravi—by being mighty catchy. Vishal’s tune sounds like something the song’s singer,...
Continue reading...Maheshinte Prathikaaram (Music review), Malayalam – Bijibal
Idukki should ideally be adopted by Kerala Tourism and actually mandates a music video with English subtitles! Rafeeq Ahammed’s lines and Bijibal’s serene music brings forth Idukki region’s beauty lyrically...
Continue reading...Hitman – January 30, 2016
Originally published in . Pothi vacha – Kodai Mazhai (Tamil – Sambasivam) There are two Ilayaraja connections with this song from Kodai Mazhai. One is the obvious – the 1986...
Continue reading...Uriyadi (Music review), Tamil – Masala Coffee and Anthony Daasan
Masala Coffee’s metal version of Bharathiyar’s iconic verses in Agnikunjondru is pulsating and sweeping. Sooraj Santhosh delivers it in his flawless style. Anthony Daasan composed Maane maane gets a fresh...
Continue reading...Kanithan (Music review), Tamil – Sivamani
Yappa chappa, is percussion-heavy, employing a soft-kuthu sound besides horns and ghatam, and rides on the hook to propel a generically pleasant tune. Maiyal maiyal too makes fantastic use of...
Continue reading...Oyee (Music review), Tamil – Ilayaraja
It’s difficult to decide what is more cringe-worthy in Eden Garden – Raja’s music or the bizarre lyrics that perhaps wanted to refer to Garden of Eden, but ends up...
Continue reading...Hitman – January 23, 2016
Originally published in . MunnaaL kaadhali – Miruthan (Tamil – D.Imman) Tamil cinema’s patron saint of love failure is—no, not Santhanam, he is merely the patron saint’s sidekick—T.R.Silambarasan, who, as...
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