Nennekkadunte‘s is high-energy and stadium-rock style sound makes the cut, though, at points, Anoop seems to be overdoing the choice of his sounds just as a show-off. The grand, anthemic...
Continue reading...Kanche (Music review), Telugu – Chirantan Bhatt
Itu itu ani chitikelu evvarivo, beyond the symphonic touches mid-way and the Panthuvarali raaga tweak later, is essentially a typical Laxmikant-Pyarelal style 80s Hindi track. Ooru erayyindi eru horettindi‘s thumping...
Continue reading...Eetti (Music review), Tamil – G V Prakash Kumar
Kuiyyo muiyyo has a lively, rhythmic tune, accentuated by the hook and Ranjith & Vandana’s singing, besides Na.Muthukumar’s lines (Pakistan army pol border’a minjariye!). Naan pudicha is standard-issue thavil &...
Continue reading...Hitman – September 26, 2015
Originally published in . Padiyirangunnu – Pathemari (Malayalam – Bijibal) Along with Gopi Sundar, Bijibal has been alarmingly consistent with his output in Malayalam this year. In Padiyirangunnu, Bijibal makes...
Continue reading...Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon (Music review), Hindi – Amjad-Nadeem, Javed-Mohsin, Dr.Zeus & Tanishk Bagchi
Javed-Mohsin’s DJ bajega is an obvious ‘item’ number pandering to post-drunk state of listeners, lyrics and rhythm-wise. With Amjad-Nadeem’s Jugni peeke tight hai and Dr.Zeus’s Bam bam, it’s only lyrics-wise....
Continue reading...Shaandaar (Music review), Hindi – Amit Trivedi
In Gulaabo, Vishal Dadlani’s swagger rocks the song, but the horn section is no less impressive given how it holds the song. Anusha Mani comes out with guns blazing in...
Continue reading...Kanal (Music review), Malayalam – Ouseppachan & Vinu Thomas
Terrible Malayali-English aside, Neha Nair makes Pathukke entho‘s soft, free-flowing melody work, punctuated by lovely strings. Sharreth livens up Maayanagarame with his fantastic singing, but the tune is background’ish. In...
Continue reading...Singh Is Bling (Music review), Hindi – Manj Musik, Sneha Khanwalkar, Sajid-Wajid & Meet Bros Anjjan
Add Bollywood’s garish excesses to an inherently simple and gorgeous folk tune, you get the film’s version of Tung tung. It only forces you to head to Sneha’s own original....
Continue reading...Hitman – September 19, 2015
Originally published in . Hemanthamen – Kohinoor (Malayalam – Rahul Raj) Hemanthamen (it is not about a Malayalee named Hemanth, incidentally) is what you get when a composer re-imagines a...
Continue reading...Pathemari (Music review), Malayalam – Bijibal
In Padiyirangunnu, Bijibal makes the phenomenally appropriate decision to rope in Hariharan to sing the incredibly soulful melody that seems most probably like Chakravaham (or Charukesi) raaga. The result is...
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