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...
Continue reading...Shadow (Music review), Telugu – Thaman S
The title song is glitzy sound with a catchy rhythm enveloping it in Thaman’s usual style, while Gola gola and Pilla manchi, despite neat vocals by Ranjith and Ramya, and...
Continue reading...Hawa Bodol (Music review), Bengali – Indradeep Dasgupta
Ghore pherar gaan‘s pulsating pop-rock sound works big time because of Vishal Dadlani’s flamboyant vocals; how many languages will he sing in? After Andar Baahar’s Kannada debut, this! Arijit Singh’s...
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