Laka laka is from Sri of the 90s, with no improvisation, sadly. Moonlight girl is more like present day Sri, lilting song that has incredibly long breaks within the flow!...
Continue reading...Maine Pyar Kiya (Music review), Telugu – V. Pradeep Kumar
Pradeep nails the sound in Kadalakunda, a lively track sung wonderfully well by the composer himself. The pitch perfect drums and sax sound goes fabulously with the tune and seems...
Continue reading...Samrat & Co. (Music review), Hindi – Ankit Tiwari, Mithoon & Gopal, Anand, Pawan
Tequila wakila is a competently foot-tapping rehash of the typical Enrique/Ricky Martin sound, with great vocals by Shreya and Ankit. Ankit’s other composition, Sawaalon mein soars with its intriguing, sweeping...
Continue reading...Kya Dilli Kya Lahore (Music review), Hindi – Sandesh Shandilya
Kisse lambe depends a lot on Gulzar’s verses and Sukhwinder’s free-flowing vocals; the mid-way shift to Pakistani pop style are good, but the chorus is jarring. Lakeerein fares much better...
Continue reading...The Xpose (Music review), Hindi – Himesh Reshammiya
Ice Cream, despite cringe-worthy lyrics, is an enjoyable Pancham-Shankar Jaikishan mash-up. Himesh’s fascination for Tum hi ho is apparent in Dard dilo ko, while the Xpose theme is banal. Despite...
Continue reading...Arima Nambi (Music review), Tamil – Sivamani
Idhayam’s sweet melody is perfectly handled by Sivamani, undone only by Javed Ali who seems to be occasionally mincing Tamil words. Naanum unnil paadhi is straight out of Sivamani’s pop...
Continue reading...Un Samayal Arayil (Music review), Tamil – Ilayaraja
Intha porapudhan’s lyrics are significantly more appealing – or, tastier – than the simplistic tune. Eeramai eeramai is vintage Raja – an absolutely delectable melody, beautifully sung by Ranjith and...
Continue reading...Vadacurry (Music review), Tamil – Vivek – Mervin & Yuvan Shankar Raja
Nenjukkulla nee is an easy winner, thanks to the rollicking rhythm, clubbed with infectious vocals. Low aana life is a consistently groovy ode to Sunny Leone, complete with a fantastic...
Continue reading...Vaaraayo Vennilaave (Music review), Tamil – Karthik Raja
En kadhal has a lovely tune, but with clunky synth that’s undone only by the interludes and nifty violin in the anupallavi. Pony Prakash Raj seems like a horribly wrong...
Continue reading...Purani Jeans (Music review), Hindi – Ram Sampath
The very-guitary Yaari yaari is at a best passable ‘friendship’ song; hardly in line with the film title’s original, by Ali Haider. Yeh beetey din works considerably better as a...
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