Phonu illa is typical Arjun material – rhythm is bang-on and Vijay Prakash sounds like Arjun too! The title song, sung by Puneeth Rajkumar no less, is a catchy, kuthu...
Continue reading...Desi Kattey (Music review), Hindi – Kailash Kher
Kailash and Rahat offer their dependably good vocals in Tak dhoom and the song too flows smoothly with a lilting hook, despite the predictable package. Daagh de is incoherent and...
Continue reading...Raja Natwarlal (Music review), Hindi – Yuvan Shankar Raja
Dukki tikki obviously rehashes snatches of Variya from Pudhupettai, but what’s more intriguing is that it sounds more like a Thaman song than Yuvan’s! But he channelises the Bhatt-clan sound...
Continue reading...Mosakutty (Music review), Tamil – Ramesh Vinayagam
Ramesh sings Aasaiyaparu really well. Barring the sound being reminiscent of Rahman’s early faux-rustic songs, the lilting and pleasant tune easily works. Shreya and Haricharan are fantastic in Kalla payalae,...
Continue reading...Kadavul Paathi Mirugam Paathi (Music review), Tamil – Rahul Raj
Naan indru has a languorously likeable tune and Rahul orchestrates it with a fantastic punch, besides Sooraj’s spirited singing. Rahul’s lively sound borrowed from his Bachelor Party song, Kappa kappa,...
Continue reading...Njan Steve Lopez (Music review), Malayalam – Shahabaz Aman & Chandran Veyattummal
Chandran Veyattummal’s lone song, Pokaruthen makane uses minimalistic sound and Jensy George’s affecting singing to bring to life snatches of the battle of Kaniyakulam, between Iravikutty Pillai and Ramappayan. Parvathy’s...
Continue reading...Anjaan (Music review), Tamil – Yuvan Shankar Raja
Bang bang is obviously Raju Bhai’s intro song – high on hero worship, and barely functional. Ek do teen, despite the desperate attempt at singing by Suriya, works purely because...
Continue reading...Thagadu Thagadu (Music review), Tamil – Balamurali Balu
Mama Obama is truly a world song – multiple languages, and the lady announces that she’s a porn star in bed (besides being in your bed on Sundays)… poor Obama!...
Continue reading...Vaaimai (Music review), Tamil – Auggath
Vaaimaiye vellum pulls off its pulsating sound well, but for a tune that is at best something that plays in the background when the titles roll over. Alka Yagnik’s Tamil...
Continue reading...Daawat-e-ishq (Music review), Hindi – Sajid-Wajid
The title song is a pleasant, catchy power qawali sung with the perfect verve by Javed Ali and Sunidhi – lovely listen! Mannat starts off dreamily, but eventually – and...
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