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...
Continue reading...Indru Netru Naalai (Music review), Tamil – Hiphop Tamizha
Hiphop Tamizha writes, composes, sings and mauls iPhone 6 nee yendral ruthlessly – he almost sleepwalks with his nasal singing all over the drab song. Kadhale fares significantly better with...
Continue reading...Buguri (Music review), Kannada – Mickey J Meyer
Ninnamanemunde is mighty staid, despite all the effort from Rahul Nambiar and Ramya Behara. Ladies And Gentlemen has a consistently catchy rhythm to save it from boredom, but Mickey gets...
Continue reading...Bullet Basya (Music review), Kannada – Arjun Janya
The title song‘s chest-thumping and hero worship is listenable thanks to Tipu’s rendition. In Thutthoori talavarayya, Arjun’s composition seems to skillfully mimic Pancham and Vijay Prakash’s vocals add to the...
Continue reading...Yagavarayinum Naa Kaakka (Music review), Tamil – Prasan Praveen Shyam
Actor Aadhi seems fairly in-tune in the reggae’ish Sokkana ponnu, though his diction is occasionally atrocious. Papparapampam is passable, with it using a droning template with outdated rap phrases. The...
Continue reading...Maari (Music review), Tamil – Anirudh
Maari thara local places enormously misplaced trust in the manic, folded-tongue kuthu rhythm and forgets bothering with the tune. Thappa dhaan has a half-decent, predictable tune and again depends inordinately...
Continue reading...Hitman – June 6, 2015
Originally published in . Edhukku Machaan Mapla Singam (Tamil) Music: N. R. Raghunanthan ‘Edhukku Machaan’ is Raghunanthan channelling his inner D. Imman channelling his inner Ilaiyaraaja. Yes, this is a...
Continue reading...Trisha Illana Nayanthara (Music review), Tamil – G V Prakash Kumar
Yennachu yedhachu owes its existence heavily to Minsara Kanavu’s Vennilave vennilave, and it’s not just the Keeravani raaga base! GVP goes full-on local kuthu for Bittu padam di and that...
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