The title song is bombastic, no doubt, but is also bland with very ordinary hooks and musical pieces, while O My God (the other title song!) makes up by being...
Continue reading...Spanish Masala (Music review), Malayalam – Vidyasagar
Both Aarezhuthi aavo and Irulil oru kaithiri seem bent on revisiting well known Spanish phrases, particularly the Bailamo line from Enrique, in the former. Less said about Udit Narayan’s version...
Continue reading...Rajapaattai (Music review), Tamil – Yuvan Shankar Raja
Laddu laddu makes up for the middling tune with its hyper-enthusiastic, raw percussion and orchestration that goes straight back to Ilayaraja’s heydays! The same applies to Podi paiyyan where Yuvan...
Continue reading...Casanovva (Music review), Malayalam – Gopi Sundar, Alphons & Gowri
Alphons’ lone track, Kanna neeyo reeks so much of Harris Jeyaraj’s Neruppe that it is not funny; very similar Middle Eastern mix. Composer Gopi Sundar has 2 songs out of...
Continue reading...Songs that were not picturized!
These days, there are soundtracks with so many songs (like Rockstar) that you don’t really expect all those songs to be included in the film’s narrative. In fact, directors like...
Continue reading...Top recent listens (November 2011)
Tasveer – Rahat Fateh Ali Khan (Album: The RFAK Session) Tasveer has a tune similar to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s ghazal, Tumhein dillagi bhool jaani padegi and even has a...
Continue reading...Lanka (Music review), Hindi – Gaurav Dagaonkar, Sharib-Toshi, Rishabh Srivastava
Aap ki aahat finally takes Sharib-Toshi beyond their standard Vikram Bhatt template and with Sonu Nigam’s accomplished vocals, the duo do a phenomenal job across every department in the song!...
Continue reading...Shyloo (Music review), Kannada – Jassie Gift
Pada pada Kannada‘s highlight is of course Puneeth Rajkumar’s vocals, since Jassie Gift makes only meek changes to his Lajjavathiye template. Oh jeevave and Shyloo, thankfully have Jassie changing tracks...
Continue reading...Jo Hum Chahein (Music review), Hindi – Sachin Gupta
Suraj Jagan’s confident vocals power Aaj bhi party even as Sachin’s backgrounds are immensely unique and catchy! Peepni too is adequately groovy, in Jaspreet Singh and Mona Thakur’s enthusiastic singing,...
Continue reading...Players (Music review), Hindi – Pritam Chakraborty
Jis jagah pe khatam is one of those few songs where the chorus vocals completely rule over the main tune; understated, but immensely catchy. Jhoom jhoom‘s ambitious backgrounds actually hold...
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