Ishq karenge‘s power qawali is aptly spoofy, strongly evoking Farah Khan’s musical sensibilities, of all things! While Abhishek Nehwal and Sona Mohapatra handle it with ease, Shadab Faridi seems oddly...
Continue reading...Milliblog’s Top Recent Listens – June 2015
Hindi Sahebaan & Sooiyan – Guddu Rangeela (Hindi – Amit Trivedi) Tamil Podu podu, Vizhigalil vizhindhavano & Neeyae – Pugazh (Tamil – Vivek-Mervin) Payanangal thodarudhae & Theeraadhae – Orange Mittai...
Continue reading...Bin Roye (Music review), Pakistani – Shiraz Uppal, Shani Arshad, Sahir Ali Bagga & Waqar Ali
Shiraz Uppal significantly amps up the earthy, folksy Ballay ballay, led by Harshdeep! Shiraz’s title song, sung by himself, is a competent, soulful pop ditty. In Sahir Ali Bagga’s Teray...
Continue reading...Bajrangi Bhaijaan (Music review), Hindi – Pritam
Selfie le le and Aaj ki party are insipid and pointless. Atif Aslam handles the Coldplay’ish ballad, Tu chahiye, well! Ditto for the soundtrack’s best, Zindagi and Tu jo, where...
Continue reading...Hitman – July 4, 2015
Originally published in . Dheevara – Baahubali (Telugu – M.M.Keeravani) Dheevara may not score high on being appropriate for the supposed period for which it is composed, but it is...
Continue reading...Pugazh (Music review), Tamil – Vivek-Mervin
Naanga podiyan, beyond the catchy horns and rhythm, and full-throated singing by Anirudh and Diwakar, just about passes muster owing to its predictable tune. It’s techno version, Sharpu gangu fares...
Continue reading...Urumeen (Music review), Tamil – Achu
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...
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