Preme santosham‘s tune is an odd melange, but the composer’s imagination shows through. Sayantram aaruki is a bit more cohesive, with its easily likeable Spanish sound and Senthil Dass singing...
Continue reading...Hey Bro (Music review), Hindi – Nitz ‘N’ Sony
DJ‘s appeal is primarily the catchy music and that it delivers darn well. Sunidhi, along with the occasional Ali Zafar, handle the middling tune adequately. Bulbul goes full-on desi dance...
Continue reading...The state of Indian non-film music business – preamble to Madhav Das and Atul Churamani’s interview
Update: A note by Atul, via Facebook, in response to my post, appended at the end. First, the video that kickstarted these thoughts in my head. This video is interesting...
Continue reading...Uttama Villain (Music review), Tamil – Ghibran
There is a strong undercurrent of interest in immortality all through Uttama Villain, as if Kamal Haasan wants to ensure that at least his body of work remains immortal. It...
Continue reading...Yevade Subramanyam (Music review), Telugu – Radhan & Ilayaraja
Nikhitha Gandhi’s super stylish vocals prop Beautiful zindagi‘s already funky tune, reminiscent of Lenka’s pop music style; the chorus in the song too adds tremendous value. The short title song...
Continue reading...Hunterrr (Music review), Hindi – Khamosh Shah
Hunterrr 303 is a neat throwback to the Bappi disco period, while Chori chori is a sedate old-world melody with a new coating – very listenable, in Arijit and Sona...
Continue reading...Pencil (Music review), Tamil – G V Prakash Kumar
Javed Ali and Sheya Ghoshal handle the gorgeously slow-burning techno-ghazal combo sound of Kangalilae very well – GV Prakash’s tune is the clear winner here. LED kannala, however, is standard-issue...
Continue reading...Tiger (Music review), Telugu – Thaman S
Samayaa has a lilting sing-along, guitary feel and the Allah Bol hook works easily too, thanks to Anudeep’s Sonu Nigam’ish singing, with apt support from Thaman himself. Vaddura mama has...
Continue reading...Ayirathil Iruvar (Music review), Tamil – Bharadwaj
Ammanae has a fantastic 80s pop wrapper around an otherwise loud and full-throated conventional Amman song lyrics – very funky idea that plays on the dramatic difference between the lyrics...
Continue reading...NH10 (Music review), Hindi – Sanjeev Darshan, Bann Chakraborty, Ayush Shrestha, Savera Mehta & Samira Koppikar
Sanjeev Darshan pitch in with a strong Chhil gaye naina with the right amount of grunge in it. Mohit Chauhan, Shilpa Rao and Arijit adorn Le chal in 3 versions,...
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