The title song is pulsating enough, thanks mostly to Karthik’s earnest rendition. Ditto with Prema ane picchi, where singer Narendra makes a huge difference with his fantastic, cool vocals, backed...
Continue reading...Talvar (Music review), Hindi – Vishal Bhardwaj
Pakistani singer Arooj Aftab is the soul of Insaaf. She brings her best known trait—breathy vocals that rocked her cover versions of Pakistan’s and the sub-continent’s iconic classics—to add stupendous...
Continue reading...Ennu Ninte Moideen (Music review), Malayalam – M.Jayachandran & Ramesh Narayan
Jayachandran delivers a spritely Kannondu chollanu that owes a lot to Shreya Ghoshal’s enchanting vocals. Shreya aces Kaathirunnu too, a blissful melody that Jayachandran orchestrates oh-so-beautifully. He sings Iruvanji puzhapenne...
Continue reading...Silence Is Bliss (Music review) – Naveen Kumar
The title song is a wonderfully pleasant combination of Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt’s Mohan Veena and Naveen’s Naveen Flute. The soothing melody is ably supported by Sivamani’s drums and Ojas...
Continue reading...Hitman – September 12, 2015
Originally published in . Mayako – Asurakulam (Tamil – C.Sathya) C.Sathya has proven himself to be a pretty nifty and functional composer so far, though a ‘big’ film still seems...
Continue reading...Asurakulam (Music review), Tamil – C.Sathya
Anjezhuthilum plays like a carefully designed prayer song, with Kiruthiya’s lyrics and Haricharan’s deliberately pronounced pitch-perfect singing adding to the piety, before ending in a frenzy. The hip-hop’ish theme song...
Continue reading...Hitman – September 5, 2015
Originally published in . Rockstar – Ali Zafar (Coke Studio Season 8, Episode 2) Beyond putting good looks to good use in Bollywood as a questionable second lead, it’s good...
Continue reading...Life of Josutty (Music review), Malayalam – Anil Johnson
Mele mele, beautifully sung by Shreya Ghoshal, has an ethereal feel. Anil gives the soft melody a great build-up, retaining the feathery sound for the anupallavi, with suddenly interefering violins,...
Continue reading...Milliblog’s Top Recent Listens – August 2015
Hindi Afghan jalebi (Dumbek version), Saware & Nachda – Phantom (Pritam) Main hoon hero tera (Amaal Malik version) & Khoya khoya – Hero (Sachin-Jigar) Lip to lip & Ove janiya...
Continue reading...Hitman – August 29, 2015
Originally published in . Khuda mere – Shukriya (Hindi – Shraddha Shree, featuring music by Gulraj Singh) Shraddha Shree (and Shivam Ahuja) are winners of a young stars singing contest...
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