Mun andhi‘s sedate, romantic melody seems perfunctory with usual Harris bells and whistles, while Innum enna thozha is a mighty impactful motivational track with excellent vocals. The much-hyped Chinese song,...
Continue reading...My Friend Pinto (Music review), Hindi – Ajay-Atul, Hitesh Sonik, Shamir Tandon & Kavita Seth
Barring Kunal’s enthusiastic vocals, Dhinchak zindagi follows the standard musicals template. Kunal gets great company from lyricist Amitabh Bhattacharya in Do kabootar, but the tune continues to seem bland, expect...
Continue reading...Mayakkam Enna (Music review), Tamil – G V Prakash Kumar
Naresh Iyer’s vocals make an impact as much as Selva’s conversationally coarse lyrics and that oddly accentuated backgrounds, in Naan sonnadhum. Kaadhal yen kaadhal and Voda voda up the ante...
Continue reading...Snehaveedu (Music review), Malayalam – Ilayaraja
Chengathir kaiyum is so obviously sweet, thanks to Chithra’s gorgeous vocals and Raja channeling his Kshatriyan number ‘Poottakkal pottalum’. In Shreya’s Aavanithumbi – another reliably sweet song – Raja’s interludes...
Continue reading...Oosaravelli (Music review), Telugu – Devi Sri Prasad
Devi sings the Brathakali fabulously; the rock’ish track is mighty punchy! Ditto with Sri Anjaneyam and the title song – captivating sound in both, very well sung by MLR Karthikeyan...
Continue reading...Paramathma (Music review), Kannada – V Harikrishna
Yavaniggothu holds a really engaging tune behind that rather simplistic rhythm, something that Harikrishna seems to have made his own, as a combination! The composer croons the hugely enjoyable title...
Continue reading...Mod (Music review), Hindi – Tapas Relia
Tu hi tu and Chand pal ke humsafar are largely pleasant, but their overall languorous sound pulls both down significantly. Tu hi tu’s unplugged version by Vijay Prakash brings the...
Continue reading...Jarasandha (Music review), Kannada – Arjun Janya
Neerige baare makes uncredited use of a well-known Sri Lankan song’s recently-popular remix, but Arjun layers it with his own, sorry tune! Avarivara jothe fares much better with superb singing...
Continue reading...Ra.One (Music review), Hindi – Vishal Shekhar
Chammak challo is Vishal Shekhar’s own Jai ho, with Akon; instantly catchy, with a musical package that incorporates Tamil verses by Hamsika Iyer, even as it seems to offer a...
Continue reading...Rascals (Music review), Hindi – Vishal Shekhar
NW1W. Ugh! Keywords: Ajay Devgn, Sanjay Dutt, Vishal Shekhar, Rascals
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