Gangster, beyond the glitzy sound, is annoyingly repetitive and familiar; not to forget the downright silly lyrics. Yedho mayakkam is no different – the template is shockingly stale, with Thirumoorthy’s...
Continue reading...Endukante Premanta (Music review), Telugu – G V Prakash Kumar
Chill out and Kicko gicko are shockingly and irritatingly trite in every conceivable way. Cinderella seems to be learning from the triteness of the earlier two tracks and makes a...
Continue reading...Kalakalappu (Music review), Tamil – Vijay Ebenezer
Angelina‘s highlight is clearly Krish’s breezy vocals; the tune is a nice, lilting reggae mix. Amitabh Narayan mauls Tamil in Ivaluga imsai, but the minimal-orchestration, street-smart tune is addictive! The...
Continue reading...Department (Music review), Hindi – Dharam Sandeep, Bappa Lahiri, Vikram Nagi
Dharam Sandeep sail through Dan dan cheeni shoot mix (!) only because Ram Gopal Varma asks them to use a hook from Ilayaraja’s ‘Aasai nooru vagai’ from the almost 3...
Continue reading...Dangerous Ishhq (Music review), Hindi – Himesh Reshammiya
Original review (April 21, 2012): NW1W. Keywords: Himesh Reshammiya, Karishma Kapoor Revised review (April 22, 2012): Tu hi rab takes time to start and even as that painfully outdated tabla...
Continue reading...Grandmaster (Music review), Malayalam – Deepak Dev
Suchitra’s oomphy vocals too don’t fully salvage a seriously wannabe-sounding Aaranu nee, but thankfully, Doore engo takes a different direction – it’s a wonderfully tuned song that gets its build-up...
Continue reading...Manam Kothi Paravai (Music review), Tamil – D.Imman
Dang dang, featuring Maalavika and Saisharan’s vocals builds on its simple, folk’ish tune wonderfully well, backed by catchy, resonant rhythms where the composer adds finely nuanced modern sounds that add...
Continue reading...Gabbar Singh (Music review), Telugu – Devi Sri Prasad
Dekho dekho is the usual Baba Sehgal-DSP combo and follows a pattern that has become stake by now. Mandu baabulam has a nice, coarse folk touch to it, thanks to...
Continue reading...Ishaqzaade (Music review), Hindi – Amit Trivedi
Chokra jawan amply demonstrates Vishal Dadlani and Sunidhi’s vocal chemistry – they are electric in this rustic coming-of-age celebration with inventive lyrics; its tune moves to a spectacular band-bajaa sound...
Continue reading...Vicky Donor (Music review), Hindi – Abhishek-Akshay, Rochak Kohli, Ayushmann Khurana and Donn & Bann
Rokda is breezy and easy on the ears with some neat guitar in the background. Kho jaane de is reminiscent of Amit Trivedi and that itself is the song’s success,...
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