Bezubaan is an easily likeable, evocative tune that goes a wee bit more than the standard-issue Hindi song where the leads are mooning over the good times. Journey Song is...
Continue reading...Gabbar Is Back (Music review), Hindi – Chirantan Bhatt, Yo Yo Honey Singh & Manj Musik
Arijit sounds oddly labored in Chirantan Bhatt-composed Teri meri kahani, with a predictable Pakistani-pop sound. Chirantan’s other song, Coffee peetey peetey does sound like something composed over the music playing...
Continue reading...Lion (Music review), Telugu – Mani Sharma
Mani does what he knows best in One And Only Lion – true-blue Telugu masala track that’s meant for a hero and two ladies prancing around him. Pilla, even more...
Continue reading...About the ‘qualified reviewers should review’ debate kick-started by Suhasini Maniratnam
It all started with Suhasini Maniratnam’s ‘ask’ to the media present in O Kadhal Kanmani’s music success event. She urged the media, ‘Let Qualified people Alone Review OK Kanmani’. The...
Continue reading...Hitman – April 11, 2015
Originally published in . Parandhu Sellava O Kadhal Kanmani (Tamil) Music: A. R. Rahman A standout song from the soundtrack. This is the kind of free-flowing goodness one expects from...
Continue reading...Hitman – April 4, 2015
Originally published in The Hindu. Calcutta Kiss Detective Byomkesh Bakshy (Hindi) Music: Madboy/Mink The oddly named Madboy/Mink comprises Imaad Shah (Naseruddin Shah’s son!) and Saba Azad, and they categorize their...
Continue reading...Dohchay (Music review), Telugu – Sunny M.R.
Nacchite ye panaina has a curiously intriguing disco-techno mix that’s easy on the ears. Okkariki okkaram and Aanati devadasu have simple, catchy hooks and the addictive musical phrases, besides Shalmali’s...
Continue reading...Margarita With A Straw (Music review), Hindi – Mikey McCleary & Joi Barua
Foreign balamwa is an un-Mikey’ish item song, worsened by Sonu Kakkar’s exaggerated vocals. Prasoon’s lyrics and Rachel Varghese’s diva-style vocals hold the Clapton-style Choone chali together. In Meri aadat, Mikey’s...
Continue reading...Idhu Enna Maayam (Music review), Tamil – G V Prakash Kumar
MC Vickey grunts his way through the predictable hip-hop/rap template of High voltage. Udit Narayan continues his Tamil-spitting routine in the painfully dated Machi machi that desperately tries to sound...
Continue reading...Muh Dikhai (Music review), Indipop – Shafqat Amanat Ali
If Dil kookay is standard-issue pop ballad, Janiya fares better, thanks to Shafqat’s now-familiar vocal nuances, and engaging music. Ratiyaan goes a notch up – pensive and beautifully orchestrated modern-day...
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