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...
Continue reading...Top recent listens – April 2011
Kutta – Pyaar Ka Punchnama (Hindi – Luv Ranjan) In a soundtrack with other composers like Clinton Cerejo and Hitesh Sonik (Yes! Of Stanley Ka Dabba fame!) the only song...
Continue reading...Suriya Nagaram (Music review), Tamil – Fen Viallee
Unnai pirivena starts off normally, but as the tabla-based accompaniments kick-in, the tune gets interestingly unpredictable. Violins replace tabla in Selladhae jeevane, but the tune goes uneasily haywire unlike the...
Continue reading...Sengathu Bhoomiyile (Music review), Tamil – Ilayaraja
The spruced-up version of Oram Po works with all the mild technological masala added by Raja since the base is so bloody solid! Sikkikichu is a brilliant trip back to...
Continue reading...Naanga (Music review), Tamil – Bala Bharathy
Balabharathy who made a splashy debut with director Selva’s 90s films like Thalaivaasal and Amaravathy makes one more pitch in Selva’s Naanga. His raga-approach (raga mentioned against each song) is...
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