There’s a certain listlessness across Veyilodu Vilayadu’s soundtrack that seems to indicate that this may be pre-Tuneega Tuneega. Netthipottu vachu, for instance, could pass off for any lackluster 90s Raja...
Continue reading...Mugamoodi (Music review), Tamil – K
With help from those hypnotic violins and the backing chorus crooning the song’s title repetitively, Vaayamoodi is a uniquely endearing song. Alaap Raju’s dreamy vocals and Karky’s charming imagination in...
Continue reading...Ek Tha Tiger (Music review), Hindi – Sohail Sen & Sajid-Wajid
Sajid-Wajid’s lone track Mashallah is every note stereotyped Middle Eastern generic music; stunningly bland. Not to be left behind, Sohail Sen opens his account with the heavily Latino-stereotyped Laapata which...
Continue reading...Gangs of Wasseypur 2 (Music review), Hindi – Sneha Khanwalkar
Chhi chha ledar is the soundtrack’s highlight, with brilliantly unabashed singing by Durga and pulsating music by Sneha that morphs from 80s coolth to uber-techno gradually. The composer lends her...
Continue reading...Hideaways (Movie review) РDirector: Agn̬s Merlet
What do you get when you cross the sensibilities of Mani Ratnam’s Geetanjali (Idhayathai Thirudaathey, in Tamil), the crux of Shyamalan’s Unbreakable and the relationships in Audrey Niffenegger’s book The...
Continue reading...Extraterrestrial (Movie review – Spanish), Director: Nacho Vigalondo
Remember the days when we were young and used to start a story quite normally… but as we go, we take it to incredulous lengths unaware of where the story...
Continue reading...Jism 2 (Music review), Hindi – Arko Pravo Mukherjee, Mithoon, Rushk & Abdul Baasith Saeed
Despite its questionable origins, Ye jism makes for an engaging listen; it is too Bhatt’ish for comfort, however. Arko’s other two songs work considerably better – Ali Azmat carries Maula‘s...
Continue reading...Amara (Music review), Tamil – D.Imman
MLR Karthikeyan rules like he always does, in Atha magalayum; the use of the folk sound fused with the more mod additions works well! Simmakallu sees Chinmayi is a mighty...
Continue reading...Top recent listens (June 2012)
Neray aah, Nindiya ke paar and School di kitaab – Coke Studio Pakistan, Season 5 – Episode 3 (Overload & Rachel Vicajji; Uzair Jaswal; Bohemia) Coke Studio’s Pakistani version continues...
Continue reading...Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum (Music review), Hindi – Sachin-Jigar, Meet Bros Anjjan & Shankar Ehsaan Loy
Sachin-Jigar’s lone track, Dil garden garden ho gaya, rides high on Vishal’s exuberant vocals even as the techno tune is strictly functional, but with a highly infectious hook. Of the...
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