Hindi Soch na sake – Airlift (Amaal Malik) Also listen to the song’s original, by Hardy Sandhu – Soch. Gerua and Daayre – Dilwale (Pritam) Tere bin – Wazir (Shantanu...
Continue reading...Sanam Teri Kasam (Music review), Hindi – Himesh Reshammiya
The title song‘s repetitive tune is adequately droning, though Mohammed Irfan’s reprise is better than Ankit Tiwari’s. Ditto with Kheech meri photo that’s banally monotonous. Bewajah is interesting, but marred...
Continue reading...Seethamma Andalu Ramayya Sitralu (Music review), Telugu – Gopi Sundar
Seethamalakshmi has the perfect tempo for the easily likeable tune from Gopi, with his trademark violins. Yazin Nizar’s singing is effortless, particularly in the higher pitches, even adding a nice...
Continue reading...Miruthan (Music review), Tamil – D.Imman
MunnaaL kaadhali does gracefully what Silambarasan has been doing coarsely with all his lost loves. Madhan Karky’s lyrics is an imaginative ode the ex-girlfriend, and Vishal’s articulation is perfect, as...
Continue reading...Hitman – January 9, 2016
Originally published in . Kaadhal oru sathurangam – Azhagu Kutti Chellam (Tamil – Ved Shanker Sugavanam) Ved’s tune for Kaadhal oru sathurangam is so soft and velvety that when Chinmayi...
Continue reading...Muhammad: The Messenger of God (Music review), OST – A R Rahman
Nikitha Gandhi’s almost ethereal voice carries the Prologue till Rahman unleashes a dramatic crescendo! In Signs of The Last Prophet, the same prelude by Nikitha is connected to a stunning...
Continue reading...Monsoon Mangoes (Music review), Malayalam – Jakes Bejoy
The title song has a nice retro funk coolth, with catchy horns, and is well sung by Rakesh Kishore, Jakes and Udith. There’s more of the captivating funk in Rosie...
Continue reading...Sanam Re (Music review), Hindi – Amaal Malik, Mithoon, Jeet Ganguli and Epic Bhangra
Of the two songs by Mithoon, the title song works smoothly given it mixes racy guitars with his trademark melody, sung darn well by Arijit. His other, Tere liye, is...
Continue reading...Soggade Chinni Nayana (Music review), Telugu – Anup Rubens
Despite borrowing its hook from a phrase in A R Rahman’s Rhythm number, Kaatre en vaasal, Dikka dikka dum dum is high on energy and fun! Shreya Ghoshal lends her...
Continue reading...Aranmanai 2 (Music review), Tamil – Hiphop Tamizha
Party with the pei starts off with cleverly using dialogs from Chandramukhi and settles into a droning tune. Maya maya is straight out of Rahman’s 2 decade old faux-village sound,...
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