Sunitha Sarathy and Kharesma Ravichandran’s highly fangled Tamil jars in Yaen ennai, but Harris’ catchy tune has enough oomph, while the alluring sounds in Mazhai vara is highly reminiscent of...
Continue reading...Khamoshiyan (Music review), Hindi – Jeet Ganguli, Ankit Tiwari, Bobby Imran & Naved Zafar
The title song and Baatein ye kabhi na are vintage Jeet – wonderfully mellifluous and easily likeable, thanks also to Arijit’s vocals. Palak is darn good in the latter’s other...
Continue reading...Alone (Music review), Hindi – Jeet Ganguli, Ankit Tiwari, Mithoon, Dr.Zeus & Raghav Sachar
Ankit Tiwari plays with Katra katra‘s backgrounds impressively, and nails the endearing tune as well, besides singing it really well, along with Prakriti Kakar. Mithoon’s Awaara has a tune that...
Continue reading...Ugly (Music review), Hindi – G V Prakash Kumar, Shree D & Ishq Bector
G V Prakash Kumar sounds awkward in Sooraj hai kahaan; the generic tune doesn’t help either. But the composer makes up for it in Papa, a poignant melody that he...
Continue reading...Aambala (Music review), Tamil – Hip Hop Tamizha
Madras to Madurai is wonderfully raucous; lays on its catchy, loud rhythm thick and in-your-face, and stays at it till you start moving your feet and shoulder. Vaa vaa has...
Continue reading...Nanbenda (Music review), Tamil – Harris Jayaraj
Enai marubadi brings back memories of Harris’ better form days… till a lady not-so-helpfully pitches in with gibberish humming. Still, good listen – lively tune, well sung by Vijay Prakash....
Continue reading...Beeruva (Music review), Telugu – Thaman S
Bye bye bye nails the simple, foot-tapping tune really well – instantly likeable tune, easy on the ears, thanks also to Nivas’ singing. Chinnadana chinnadana too is adequately catchy, but...
Continue reading...The Music Room (Music review), Indipop – Sonu Nigam and Bickram Ghosh
Sonu’s vocals rock Saiyyan bina, an eclectic concoction laid over chaste Hindi lyrics, that ends on a scintillating note! Paane chala‘s addictively simple tune gets better as it progresses, though...
Continue reading...Idam Porul Yaeval (Music review), Tamil – Yuvan Shankar Raja
Beyond the catchy rhythm of Vaiyambatti lies a lovely tune, with the right amount of punch, and most importantly, Vairamuthu’s absorbing lyrics espousing the blissful living of tribals in the...
Continue reading...Kakki Sattai (Music review), Tamil – Anirudh
The title song has all the necessary coolth, topped by Vishal Dadlani’s funky vocals. Kadhal kan kattudhe sees Anirudh join Shakthishree Gopalan to deliver a very pleasant, but now-predictable, Anirudh’ish...
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