Neer bharan & Raat gaey – Coke Studio Pakistan, Season 6, Episode 3 One word to describe Neer bharan – Bhaagesri! Enough said! Raat gaey, on the other hand is...
Continue reading...Paranthe Wali Gali (Music review), Hindi – Vasundhara Das
The title song is heavily stereotyped, with odd South Indian influences too like ‘Parotta’ besides Paranthe. Party sharty is no different – assembly-line and at times out of tune too,...
Continue reading...Ninnindale (Music review), Kannada – Manisharma
Bolo bham bham and Haaru haaru pass by without making any impact – that pointless and jaded in all aspects! Thankfully, Vishal Dadlani turns things around a bit with Don’t...
Continue reading...Kangaroo (Music review), Tamil – Srinivas
Shweta Mohan’s languorous rendition props up the gloomy melody in Penjakka, aided no doubt by very-Rahman like orchestration by Srinivas. Ozhakku nilave‘s highlight is Bibin Tuttu’s vocals, a moody tune...
Continue reading...Milliblog India Top 10, 2013
Last year, I started a new annual property, besides the language-based lists. I called it Milliblog India Top 10 (the ) and with some comparisons between how Raja’s and Rahman’s...
Continue reading...Ennamo Nadakkudhu (Music review), Tamil – Premgi Amaren
Aagayam‘s choir-like opening is juxtaposed with a rather disjoint dubstep mix; the result is pretty interesting! Haricharan sounds good in the foot-tapping Orakkanna sachu nee, that possibly and interestingly touches...
Continue reading...Jai Ho (Music review), Hindi – Sajid Wajid, Aman Malik & Devi Sri Prasad
Of Sajid Wajid’s three songs, Baaki sab and Photocopy are unbearably banal, but Tere naina, that sounds like the love child of Bullet Raja’s Saamne hai and Dabangg’s Tere mast...
Continue reading...Oru Oorla (Music review), Tamil – Ilayaraja
Ippadiyum oruthan undu seems massively out of place in the current scheme of things despite how Raja tries – unnecessarily – to prop up the Nila adhu-style tune. Thannanthaniye and...
Continue reading...1 Nenokkadine (Music review), Telugu – Devi Sri Prasad
Devi Telugufies an otherwise predictable Latino template in Aww tuzo morgh korta; kudos to Neha Bhasin for infusing life into it too! O Sayonara is an interesting idea, mixing what...
Continue reading...Jilla (Music review), Tamil – D.Imman
Imman aims for a Thalapathy-Kaattu Kuyilu style male-leads duet in Paattu onnu and with a pulsating chendai section, and inspiring vocals by SPB and Shankar Mahadevan, almost pulls it off...
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