Prasoon’s lyrics faintly touch SEL’s Achha lagta hai, from Kuch Naa Kaho, in Achha lagta hai(!), but changes tone into a playful, colloquial, immensely addictive banter. What works significantly in...
Continue reading...Joginder Tuteja and Bollywood Hungama’s passionate plea for plagiarism
I really do not want to accord this Bollywood Hungama piece by Joginder Tuteja any respect since I believe it doesn’t deserve any. But, after sleeping over it, I felt...
Continue reading...Kaala Safaid (Music review), Pakistani Rock – Irtaash
There’s a sense of relief as Irtaash’s debut album finally arrives. It’s a good blend of some of their already popular tracks like Kaali raatein, Musafir and the very tuneful...
Continue reading...Kanchana (Music review), Tamil – Thaman S
Raghava Lawrence’s personal influence in the lyrics of Nilli nillu (he is credited for the lyrics) is apparent and even Thaman’s tune has a quaint, rhythmic charm, despite the overall...
Continue reading...Top recent listens – June 2011
Dil padosi hai (Haan mere gham) & Jhoothe tere nain – Dil Padosi Hai (Non-film – RD Burman, Asha Bhonsle and Gulzar) Honestly, I had no idea about the existence...
Continue reading...Yuvan Yuvathy (Music review), Tamil – Vijay Antony
While Kola kuthu has shades of Manikanth Kadri’s recent Ring Ting (Udhayan), this insanely pulsating Mayamalava Gowlai-based kuthu is simply stunning! 24 Mani Neram is just a notch below, but...
Continue reading...Vaagai Sooda Vaa (Music review), Tamil – Ghibran
Anitha’s vocals on Senga soola kaara is highly reminiscent of Nityashree Mahadevan’s range; along with getting the vocals right, debutant Ghibran also gets fabulous support from Vairamuthu who pens lyrics...
Continue reading...Singham (Music review), Hindi – Ajay-Atul
Sukhwinder Singh’s title song is emphatic and very South Indian-style hero-intro’ish! The remix is decently functional too, surprisingly! And, about the other two (only) tracks, there is nothing fundamentally wrong...
Continue reading...Doo (Music review), Tamil – Abhishek-Lawrence
Kaiya thoda at best has a leftover Yuvan sound with lazily assembled kuthu beats, but Oru naal vidumurai apes the Yuvan sound brilliantly; lovely tune, fabulously sung by Haricharan and...
Continue reading...Chillar Party (Music review), Hindi – Amit Trivedi
Tai tai phish and it’s variant, Aa rela hai are high on catchy Maharashtrian folk, but are strictly passable. Mohit Chauhan’s dependable vocals and Nitesh Tiwari’s lyrics prop Chatte batte,...
Continue reading...
