Ziddi dil works perfectly as a motivational track, thanks to Vishal Dadlani’s impactful singing and Shashi’s racy music. Mohit does the honors in Teri baari, the sound remaining energetic and...
Continue reading...The Hundred-Foot Journey (Music review) – A R Rahman
Ghatam and strings… and then a single violin peeks in to give the ghatam some South Indian company in Hassan Learns French Cooking. It all ends in a mellow flute...
Continue reading...TV Dinners (Music review) – Mikey McCleary
Anushka Manchanda rocks her two songs, The Little Things You Do and Chase Every Dream. The former’s lazy guitar’y goodness is coupled with delightful harmonica that gets more prominent than...
Continue reading...Creature 3D (Music review), Hindi – Mithoon & Tony Kakkar
Tony Kakkar’s sole contribution, Sawan aaya seems like an odd, dated mix of Mithoon and Nadeem Shravan. The Unplugged version, despite being awkwardly sung by Tony, brings out the melody...
Continue reading...Galipatam (Music review), Telugu – Bheems
Shankar Mahadevan is at his best in Dinchaka dinchaka, cooly handling the raucuously catchy tune. Adnan Sami and Shreya get a Mani Sharma’ish melody in Hey paaru – nothing new,...
Continue reading...Ala Ela (Music review), Telugu – Bheems
Dhanak dhanak is incredibly catchy Andhra kuthu cooked to perfection and delivered with gusto by Neha Kakkar and composer Bheems! No mistake uses an anthemic rhythm competently and Ranjith handles...
Continue reading...Sigaram Thodu (Music review), Tamil – D.Imman
Takku takku has an easy-to-like lilt and Anthony Daasan handles the hook well, aided by Karky’s colloquial dailyness. Pidikkudhae is melodious, but it’s also so typical of Imman’s style that...
Continue reading...Heartfelt apology to Malayalam composer Viswajith
I came across a song recently that is the kind that makes me go weak in my knees. Few songs do that to me, given how much new music I...
Continue reading...Singham Returns (Music review), Hindi – Jeet Ganguli, Ankit Tiwari, Yo Yo Honey Singh & Meet Bros Anjjan
Jeet recycles his own 2013 rock ballad Man majhi re from Boss admirably well in Sun le zara; the original Bengali song’s singer Arijit reprises his role as well. Singham...
Continue reading...Irumbu Kuthirai (Music review), Tamil – G V Prakash Kumar
Barring the fact that GVP sings about pasta instead of a woman he’s supposed to address, Penne penne has a lovely tune, beautifully crafted with the accordion sound and that...
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