With a definite, but mutated fusion reggae sound and dew fresh vocals by Minmini, Chinna chinna aasai doesn’t sound like anything one has heard before in Tamil film music. Vairamuthu’s...
Continue reading...Golkonda High School (Music review), Telugu – Kalyani Malik
Hemachandra seems to be an odd choice for Jaago, a supposedly rousing number; his soft voice sounds terribly uncomfortable in the already trite Jaago hook. But he makes it up...
Continue reading...Kudirithey Kappu Coffee (Music review), Telugu – Yogeshwara Sharma
Veteran SPB breezes through Sri kaaram, a curiously likeable combination of the outdated, faux classical and the modern. Edo‘s intriguing sound helps, but only briefly, while the thoroughly jaded folk...
Continue reading...Movie review: Band Baaja Baaraat (Maneesh Sharma)
I remember writing this, in my review of Pandiraj’s debut Tamil film, ‘Pasanga‘. Tamil cinema is home to rampant male domination. No hero in our state apologizes – its always...
Continue reading...Veppam (Music review), Tamil – Joshua Sridhar
Minnala pudikkara seems more like something from Harris’ repertoire, but when he was really sleepy, while Raani naan is indescribably ordinary! The short title song is well composed, with good...
Continue reading...When a leading South Indian music composer called me!
I was very surprised when I got that mail…and subsequently, a call – from one of the leading music composers down South (no names – I got permission from him...
Continue reading...Siruthai (Music review), Tamil – Vidyasagar
If you ignore the short, middling and trite Thalaattu, the rest of the soundtrack is one extended item number! Keeravani’s hyper-catchy hook from the original’s College Papala makes only a...
Continue reading...Kote (Music review), Kannada – Raghu Dixit
Jagave banna is appropriately, if not predictably kuthu’fied catchiness, while Nooru nooru koti, in Haricharan’s vocals and that mridangam base is a sweet listen! Minchinante works because of Raghu’s own...
Continue reading...What do you think?
Before I add it under any category in ItwoFS, let me not add ANY context and merely post this here. What do you think? Let me know…in the comments. Hat...
Continue reading...Anaganaga Oka Dheerudu (Music review), Telugu – Salim Sulaiman, Koti, Mickey J Meyer & MM Keeravani
Keeravani’s Ninnu chudani plays on stereotypes, but manages to occasionally impress, thanks to that prominent accordion. Salim Sulaiman’s Premalekha Raasene rehashes their Hindi style, but sounds brilliant nevertheless – scintillating...
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