I finally completed Amish Tripathi’s Shiva Trilogy today. I read the 3 books back-to-back (I’m late, I know!) after the release of the last of the trilogy, The Oath of...
Continue reading...B Seventy (Music review), Indipop/Remix – The Bartender
Mauli Dave sounds atrocious in the reimagining of Khaike paan banaras wala; the droning music doesn’t help her either. But Shalmali Kholgade gets ample help from Mikey in Kabhi kabhi‘s...
Continue reading...I Love NY (Music review), Hindi – Pritam, Falak Shabir and RD Burman
Pritam re-use of a part of Bally Sagoo’s Gud naal ishq mitha is competent – heady Punjabi’ness; Tochi’s version trumps Sukhwinder’s, incidentally! Aao na is more energetic than the usual...
Continue reading...Amen (Music review), Malayalam – Prashant Pillai
Aatmavin‘s soulful gospel sound is enticing, given how the composer layers the haunting tune with bare minimum orchestration; the vocal chorus is fantastic! Solomanum Shoshannayum takes the minimalist feel to...
Continue reading...To the makers of Samhita, the Marathi film – who did you make this film for?
Composer Shailendra Barve was mentioned on Milliblog only twice, so far. First, for his song, ‘Mera jahaan’, from Taare Zameen Par (yes, he composed one song from the film –...
Continue reading...Baadshah (Music review), Telugu – Thaman S
Sairo sairo is pulsating pop done well – excellent singing, even as Thaman takes the stadium-pop sound to new heights towards the end! In Diamond Girl, Simbu’s voice is annoyingly...
Continue reading...Vallinam (Music review), Tamil – Thaman S
STR gets ample support from Thaman to smoothen his off-key singing in Maaman machan, even as the soaring guitar elevates Viveka’s friendship-extolling lyrics. Uyiril uyiril is a punchy, captivating tune,...
Continue reading...Pyaas (Music review) – Pop – Jal The Band
Goher’s comparatively weak vocals are obvious in tracks like Dil haari, Udd jaana and Tanhai, but the band props them with impressive tune and excellent orchestration! Tanhai’s slow album and...
Continue reading...Aatma (Music review), Hindi – Sangeet Haldipur, Siddharth Haldipur
Aaja nindiya works marvelously as a spooky lullaby! Sangeet’s singing is top-notch; so is Kumar’s fantastic verses! Its jazz verison, Koi jaagi, is Anahita Kumar’s show; with her quivery drawl,...
Continue reading...Rendavadhu Padam (Music review), Tamil – Kannan
Adutha paruppu is kuthu banter in line with the film’s heavy-duty lampoonery. Vijay Prakash, Velmurugan and Mukesh seem to be having solid fun singing it! The parody tone is intact...
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