Aakalakalaka‘s naughty banter is endearing with Babu using violin to great effect, but Kavali kavali is jaded despite Madhumita’s spirited vocals. The funky sounds in Nuvvante naku don’t add up...
Continue reading...The Dirty Picture (Music review), Hindi – Vishal Shekhar
Ooh la la is a clever reworking of Bappi Lahiri’s (also one of its singers, besides Shreya Ghoshal) Mawaali number, Oi Amma and many other similar 80s songs; the strings...
Continue reading...Solo (Music review), Telugu – Mani Sharma
Almost atom bomb (!) present an interesting dilemma – should we cringe on the lyrics or the overtly familiar tune and musical pieces? Marumallelle la is predictable too, but has...
Continue reading...Desi Boyz (Music review), Hindi – Pritam
Make some noise for the Desi Boyz sees Pritam employ every trick in his book to create reasonably listenable and relentless Punglish noise. Subha hone na de, with its nursery...
Continue reading...Oh My Friend (Music review), Telugu – Rahul Raj & Anil Reddy
The title song and Maa daddy pockets‘ highlight is their guitaring work even as the tunes falter into predictable zones, much like the retro-poppish Vegam vegam, but Rahul gets the...
Continue reading...Osthe (Music review), Tamil – Thaman S
With just a faint echo of Munni, but with a supercharged Tamil kuthu, Kalasala is pure adrenaline; Thaman gets everything right – LR Easwari and T.Rajendar’s vocals, catchy hooks…everything! Neduvaali...
Continue reading...Vithagan (Music review), Tamil – Joshua Sridhar
Gappu aappu is a scintillating combination of Parthiban’s massy wordplay and a cool tune from Joshua. Parthiban’s verses stand out in three other melodies – Ikkuthae, Thanana thanthana and Kadalirandu;...
Continue reading...Item (Music review), Indipop – Euphoria
Sajnaa apes Euphoria’s earlier folksy tracks, to relatively poor effect. Mere dost is a decent effort for its lyrics and a neat tune, while Gumsum has Palash of yore in full...
Continue reading...Tunak Tunak Tumba (Music review), Indipop – Daler Mehndi
Sheila ho ya munni seems like an attempt to ride on the popularity of the two songs, since tune-wise it falls flat. Tumba, Dum ba dum, Ye adaa, Kann phad...
Continue reading...Thank you, Jagjit Singh!
For a voracious music listener and reviewer now, I didn’t even own a music system (the one that plays cassette tapes) till 1992. That was the year I joined college...
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