Lonely in insanely… insane; an atrocious hodge-podge of assorted genres, topped by Himesh’s ‘lonely lonely’ nose. Balma attempts aping Pancham, with middling results, thanks solely to Shreya. Long drive‘s hiphop...
Continue reading...Bus Stop (Music review), Telugu – JB & G.Anil
JB’s title song is a zingy string of musical phrases and dialogs… all catchy and very Harris Jayaraj’ish! His other song, Kalalake kanulochina is fantastic – lovely melody wonderfully sung...
Continue reading...Ek Din (Music review), Kavita Seth
Tere khayal, seemingly using Maand raga, sounds lovely in Kavita’s evocative voice, while the breezy Yun toh naadan takes cues from Pritam’s style. Chahe dard de and Iss tasavvur hold...
Continue reading...Piya Basanti…Again (Music review), Indipop – Sandesh Shandilya
Sehra sehra is a wonderful re-introduction to the trio that created magic back in 2001 – Ustad Sultan Khan, Chitra and Sandesh Shandilya. Mehboob joins them this time, for the...
Continue reading...Routine Love Story (Music review), Telugu – Mickey J Meyer
Naa manasupai sounds exactly like something Harris Jayaraj would compose in his sleep; entirely predictable and adequately soporific. Neethone unna is thankfully interesting, however – an odd, meditative 80s pop...
Continue reading...Gundello Godari (Music review), Telugu – Ilayaraja
The title song, with its synthetic outlook and staid chorus, sounds jaded. Jillumandi fares significantly better – the tune is vintage Raja seduction, but for the modern trappings. Vechaani vayasu,...
Continue reading...Random thoughts on Mani Ratnam’s Pallavi Anupallavi
As I had confessed in my Facebook update, I’m a dead slow reader of printed books. I see to consume more per book in audiobook format or even ebooks format,...
Continue reading...Talaash (Music review), Hindi – Ram Sampath
It could be Suman Sridhar. Or it is perhaps the fairly generic attempt to work within the Mikey McCleary Bartender Mix format, but Muskaanein jhooti hai works seductively well with...
Continue reading...Aadhalaal Kadhal Seiveer (Music review), Tamil – Yuvan Shankar Raja
Mellasirithaal kadhalthan is typical Yuvan solo; minimal techno backgrounds and a melody that has Yuvan stylishly going off-key with the help of auto-tune – addictive, as usual! Udit Narayan’s Machi...
Continue reading...Chakravyuh (Music review), Hindi – Salim Sulaiman, Vijay Verma, Sandesh Shandilya, Shantanu Moitra & Aadesh Shrivastava
NW1W. It is telling that the mildly listenable song is Paro, by Aadesh Shrivastava! Keywords: Chakravyuh, Salim Sulaiman, Vijay Verma, Sandesh Shandilya, Shantanu Moitra & Aadesh Shrivastava
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