In my view, Season 3 of Coke Stuio @ MTV was shades below Season 2 (but obviously far better than Season 1, of course!). Season 2 set the standard quite...
Continue reading...Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham (Music review), Tamil – Prem
Kathirundhai anbe, with its honey-coated tune is a clear winner. Chinmayi, Nivas and Abhay Jodhpurkar are pitch-perfect in their vocals. Nenjankuzhi – both versions – sound perfunctory; Karthik and Pooja...
Continue reading...Jannal Oram (Music review), Tamil – Vidyasagar
Ennadi ennadi, despite that divergent goat-herd interlude that unnecessarily mars the flow, gets its tune beautifully right, with shades of Jog raag and a simple, harmonious orchestration! Aasa vecha manasula...
Continue reading...Pandiyanadu (Music review), Tamil – D.Imman
Starting with the oppaari version of the ‘Titanic’ song, the only thing going for Daiyare is the funny lyrics since the tune is a hodge-podge. Remya Nabeesan is fantastic with...
Continue reading...Onaiyum Aatukuttiyum (Movie review), Director: Mysskin
That Mysskin has reached auteur level was evident even in his earlier films, but he hammers it beyond doubt in Onaiyum Aatukuttiyum! This is a film that has every one...
Continue reading...All in All Azhagu Raja (Music review), Tamil – Thaman S
The title song is a catchy listen, with a Raakkamma-Kunitha puruvamum-style interlude and an authentic radio ad! Yamma yamma is Thaman-template all the way, but the simple catchy tune and...
Continue reading...Huchudugru (Music review), Kannada – Joshua Sridhar
Prem’s coarse voice goes well with Harakalu angi‘s rhythmic, folk’ish tune, with Joshua using the title in an interesting, catchy manner. Yaaranu kelali gives the by-now-completely-Mano-Murthyed Sonu Nigam a lovely...
Continue reading...Coke Studio @ MTV, Season 3, Episode 8 (Music review) – Multiple producers
That Kutle Khan and Bismila Khan can infuse manic energy in their singing is a given, but it is Nancy Aren Ao who surprises with her fantastic support in the...
Continue reading...Ram-leela (Music review), Hindi – Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Bhoomi Trivedi’s convincing rendition makes Ram chahe worth it, and Sanjay rocks the techno-garba Nagada sang, aided by Shreya Ghoshal’s fantastic singing! Aditya Narayan comes of age in Ishqyaun and...
Continue reading...Top recent listens (September 2013)
True – Avicii I had no idea who Avicii was (now I do!) till I stumbled on his debut studio album, True. The only Avici I know before this was...
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