Otta thumbi is typical Vidyasagar – a gorgeous folksy melody backed by a resonant sound and Raja-styled violin interludes, and sung fabulously by Shankar Mahadevan and Chithra. Cheru cheru‘s mock...
Continue reading...Atharintiki Dharedhi (Music review), Telugu – Devi Sri Prasad
Aaradugula bullet(u) goes through the motion in typical Telugu hero intro-style, but Devi manages to infuse a stylish sound. Ninnu chudugane is Devi’s show – oh-so-cool tune and his drawl’y...
Continue reading...Rabba Main Kya Karoon (Music review), Hindi – Salim Sulaiman, Akash Chopra & Labh Janjua
Khulla saand has the Band Baaja Baarat hangover, but it’s the duo’s likeable catchiness. Benny Dayal and Monali Thakur are in great form in Muh meetha, an enjoyable tune made...
Continue reading...Once Upon A Time In Mumbai Dobaara! (Music review), Hindi – Pritam & Anupam Amod
Javed Bashir gets another faux-sufi song in Ye tune kya kiya, but where earlier songs like this at least scored was in the vocals – Javed’s gruffy vocals actually goes...
Continue reading...Thalaivan (Music review), Tamil – Vidyasagar
Adaivaana‘s psychedelic sound is more jarring than absorbing even as Ranjith sleepwalks through the middling tune. Naan manmathar is best suited for a period when Vetri Vizha’s Maarugo maarugo was...
Continue reading...Varuthapadatha Vaalibar Sangam (Music review), Tamil – D.Imman
Hariharasudhan’s Oodhaa kalaru opens the soundtrack a fabulous note – typical Imman-material with all likeable elements like the catchy tune and punchy rhythm! Indha ponnungale reeks of the composer’s Manam...
Continue reading...Endrendrum (Music review), Tamil – Dharan
Thoda thoda opens the soundtrack on an enchanting note! The tune is soft, very hummable and beautifully orchestrated. Plus, fantastic singing by Haricharan, and Ranina Reddy, in particular! But she...
Continue reading...Kerala Naattilam Pengaludane (Music review), Tamil – SS Kumaran
Mohit Chauhan seems terribly uncomfortable with his Tamil pronunciation in Hello yaaradhu, even though the breezy tune is not bad at all. Thankfully, the other version by Vijay Prakash makes...
Continue reading...Alias Janaki (Music review), Telugu – Shravan & Ram Narayan
Composer Shravan sings Kaadhal prema himself as if his life depended on it… and it works wonderfully well, for the catchy melody! Both Maarinade (the version by Haricharan being much...
Continue reading...Buddy (Music review), Malayalam – Navneeth Sundar
Divya Ramani’s opener, Kadalil kan mashi, makes wonderful use of her vocal range, despite the very-Vidyasagar’ish use of Kaapi raga in the tune! Nee en mizhigalil‘s Roja-Pudhu Vellai Mazhai ambitions...
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