Anthony Daasan notwithstanding, Baby baby is underwhelming. Hey Umayaal is a lilting melody that’s packaged beautifully with Vijay Yesudas’s vocals. The Unplugged version is a good listen too, with Achu...
Continue reading...Orange Mittai (Music review), Tamil – Justin Prabhakaran
Vijay Sethupathi seeks inspiration from Dhanush for writing Straight ah poyee. Justin Prabhakaran tries his best to fit the nutty lyrics in some form, but fails miserably, thanks also to...
Continue reading...Avam (Music review), Tamil – Sundaramurthy KS
Thevaiya almost seems to be asking itself if this stylish noise is necessary to prop MC Vickey’s throaty outburst in the name of singing. Kamal Haasan’s Kaarirule, a rather simplistic...
Continue reading...Hitman – June 27, 2015
Originally published in . Yennamma Ippadi Panreengalema Rajini Murugan (Tamil) Music: D. Imman In the much-loved tradition of Tamil film songs that offer harried men a post-alcohol expression of musical...
Continue reading...Papanasam (Music review), Tamil – Ghibran
Yeya en kottikkaaraa has an easily appealing tune harking back to Kutti Puli’s Aruvaakkaara. Ghibran’s musical layering is impeccable, and Sundar Narayana Rao seems to be vocalizing Kamal Haasan’s voice...
Continue reading...Hitman – June 20, 2015
Originally published in . Manohari Baahubali (Telugu) Music: M. M. Keeravani Baahubali’s soundtrack is expectedly opulent, with veteran Keeravani bringing in a cornucopia of interesting sounds to showcase the grand...
Continue reading...Rajinimurugan (Music review), Tamil – D.Imman
The title song, with its bordering-on-Middle-Eastern Vakulabharanam raaga base is made more interesting with the prominent brass sound. Sivakarthikeyan delivers it pretty well. Un mela oru kannu, despite breezy vocals...
Continue reading...Guddu Rangeela (Music review), Hindi – Amit Trivedi & Subhash Kapoor
The title song starts off with Amit’s predictable scheme of things… till that second interlude and the subsequent, dramatic change in sound that puts the song in another gear! Its...
Continue reading...Hitman – June 13, 2015
Originally published in . Oru vidha aasai – Maari (Tamil – Anirudh) The Anirudh-Dhanush combo is hot, particularly after Velayilla Pattathaari. And in Maari, they try to extend another composer’s...
Continue reading...Baahubali (Music review), Telugu – M.M.Keeravani
Mamatala thalli opens on a soft note, evolving to a grander sound at two places, around the 1st and 2nd minutes. Sivuni aana‘s beautifully rolling lyrics and hymnal sound is...
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