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...
Continue reading...Bachelor Party (Music review), Malayalam – Rahul Raj
Pathirayo is Shreya Ghoshal’s show – she breezes through the fairly complex and wonderful tune confidently; Rahul’s tune change in the Pathirayo part is brilliant! Actress Ramya Nambeesan is getting...
Continue reading...Aarohanam (Music review), Tamil – K
Indha vaan veli is strikingly moving – Anand Aravindakshan’s soulful singing makes a big difference to the already impactful tune by K. Thappaattam is diametrically different – an exuberant retro...
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