Evan ivan seems pedestrian as a tune, but the composer’s lovely little nuances make up for that. Laka laka is a decent kuthu, well orchestrated, but Prasanna’s relatively softer lead...
Continue reading...Love Express (Music review), Hindi – Jaidev Kumar
Rocking shocking family, despite blatantly reusing Jaidev’s own incredibly popular track’s – Jassi’s Dil le gayee Gujarat di – format and rhythm, still makes for a catchy listen. Dance like...
Continue reading...The Train (Music review), Malayalam – Sreenivas
Airtel Super Singer’s Alka Ajith makes a scintillating debut with Chirakengu; a mesmerizing combination of the little girl’s vocal prowess and Sreenivas’ brilliant tune. The song’s duet version pales in...
Continue reading...Delhi Belly (Music review), Hindi – Ram Sampath
Beyond the cleverly unparliamentary premise, Bhaag D.K. Bose also has attitude-loaded lyrics by Amitabh Bhattacharya and a highly energetic guitar-backed arrangement, both of which make this manic track thoroughly endearing!...
Continue reading...Shaitan (Music review), Hindi – Prashant Pillai, Ranjit Barot, Amar Mohile, Mikey McCleary, Anupam Roy & Bhayanak Maut
Prashant Pillai’s Bali is trippy, but perhaps goes overboard. He gets his groove in Nasha and O Yaara – eminently tuneful, both! It’s also easy to identify Amit Trivedi in...
Continue reading...Always Kabhi Kabhi (Music review), Hindi – Pritam, Aashish Rego & Shree D
Aashish Rego and Shree D’s title song is cinema-school-love template all the way. Antenna is standard Pritam material – the kind he makes Neeraj Shridhar sing usually…Benny Dayal does the...
Continue reading...Veera (Music review), Telugu – Thaman S
Ekkadekkada is predictable Thaman-material, but is still engaging, mainly due to NS Ramya’s confident vocals. O meri bhavri too employs all familiar Thaman stock-sounds to good effect in a tune...
Continue reading...Kucch Luv Jaisaa (Music review), Hindi – Pritam
Naina is every bit the template that Pritam used to great effect in Rajneeti’s Bheegi si; even Mohit Chauhan seems to be sleep-walking through this one. Thoda sa pyaar, however,...
Continue reading...Badrinath (Music review), Telugu – MM Keeravani
Omkareswari is that perfect filmy blend of massy devotional frenzy, while Amabadari works its charm using rhythmic verses to great effect! Baba Sehgal’s In the night is embarrassingly cheesy, even...
Continue reading...Ragini MMS (Music review), Hindi – Assorted composers
The title song is mighty intriguing using mobile’ish sounds and with a funky sound; composers Faizan Hussain and Agnel Roman whip up an interesting concoction, though lyrically it goes completely...
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