The title song‘s 3rd variant is more glitzy, pointless sound the original tune; Naya’s Arabic version feels mildly different thanks to the language. Malang sounds safe – throws in Middle-Eastern...
Continue reading...Yaariyaan (Music review), Hindi – Pritam, Mithoon, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Arko Pravo Mukherjee & Anupam Amod
Mithoon overdoes his soaked-in-pathos sound in Baarish and Mujhe ishq se, both involving a searing ‘Yeeeeeeaaaaaareeeeyaaaaan’. The former works, in Aashiqui 2 mode, while the latter has Tulsi Kumar… ’nuff...
Continue reading...Nimirndhu Nil (Music review), Tamil – G V Prakash Kumar
Kaadhal nergayil is perhaps Prakash’s n’th song with a similar structure – semi-Hindustani’ish sound and a likeable melody; good till it lasts, but too familiar. Gaana Bala runs amok in...
Continue reading...Inga Enna Solluthu (Music review), Tamil – Dharan Kumar
Kalyani Menon’s Shuklam Bharatham is thankfully untouched by Dharan. Appa tucker and Avan ivan come loaded with gimmicky sounds and rather simplistic tunes that help surface beyond the noise. STR’s...
Continue reading...Mr Joe B. Carvalho (Music review), Hindi – Amartya Rahut
Everyone involved in Chumma chaati – lyricist Amitabh Bhattacharya, composer Amartya and singer Shefali Alvares – are at their annoying best. Mind blastic isn’t any different; not annoying but incredibly...
Continue reading...Top recent listens (November 2013)
November 2013 has been one of the best months in recent memory – so many good songs, across languages! Ishq di booti, Laage re nain & Tori chab – Coke...
Continue reading...Welcome to Tamil cinema, Justin Prabhakaran!
Recent earworm: The song from Pannaiyaarum Padminiyum – Onakkaaga Poranthaenae! Totally addicted to the lovely tune, enough to write about it in a separate entry! From whatever limited memory I...
Continue reading...What The Fish (Music review), Hindi – Amartya Rahut, Dhruv Dhalla, Indraneel Hariharan & Sandeep Banerjee
Amartya Rahut’s Goti jaam mixes heavy metal, Manoj Yadav’s funky lyrics and occasionally interesting guitar, but doesn’t really deliver. Amartya’s other song, Maasiji, is an embarassing mess! Mrigya’s Indraneel Hariharan...
Continue reading...Billa Ranga (Music review), Telugu – Santosh Narayanan
Ranina Reddy’s singing is perfect for the punchy, seductive Raja ra, while Gangs of Ditchpally is a mad mix, invoking catchy hip-hop sound and Gaptun Vijaykanth! Santosh reuses his own...
Continue reading...Madha Yaanai Koottam (Music review), Tamil – NR Raghunanthan
Velmurugan’s Unnai vanagathaa makes odd use of TMS’s evergreen Murugan song, Unnai ninaikadha naalillai, while Mukkulathu seems background’ish at best. Thanjai Selvi’s Enga pora, however, makes a strong impact as...
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