Mohit Chauhan is the perfect fit for the breezy Abhi kuch dino se; Pritam’s buoyant guitar accompaniments work brilliantly! Beshuba continues the light, bouncy feel, though, tune-wise it falls short....
Continue reading...Vareva (Music review), Telugu – Mahesh Shankar
The Suprabaadham start to the title song clearly masks an uptempo, catchy track, effortlessly sung by Ranjit and Sri Charan. Are idhi asalu has a kind of energy that is...
Continue reading...Orange (Music review), Malayalam – Manikanth Kadri & Afzal Yousuf
Benny Dayal is in delightful form in the frothy, reggae’ish Oru rosappoovin; the composer conjures an extremely pleasant tune with just the right pop’ish backgrounds. The choice of singers continues...
Continue reading...Vastadu Naa Raju (Music review), Telugu – Mani Sharma
Hello Everybody opens with music strangely similar to Band Baaja Baaraat’s Tarkeebein, but goes on to become a standard, catchy hero-intro song. Padha padha goes massy, and even its hook...
Continue reading...Sanju Weds Geetha (Music review), Kannada – Jassie Gift
With the air of an 80s Hindi song, Shreya Ghoshal’s Gaganave baagi is a pleasant, albeit dated listen. Nalle nalle is full-on techno and in Tippu’s pulsating vocals it does...
Continue reading...Tournament (Music review), Malayalam – Deepak Dev
Nila nila may also be the producer and record label’s favorite song, to get 3 versions! It is a lovely track, however, even if it is a tad too simplistic...
Continue reading...Milliblog Annual Music round-up 2010
Here we go again…at the end of another calendar year…another annual round-up. 2010 was a phenomenal year for Hindi film music and Indipop; an average year for all 4 South...
Continue reading...Rejoinder on ‘Ilaignan’ (Tamil) – music by Vidyasagar
Vidyasagar’s score for the Tamil film Ilaignan deserved a 200 – just for Imai thoodhane and Thozha vaanam. The former is something I can’t get over – Chinmayi’s astonishing vocals;...
Continue reading...Toonpur Ka Superrhero (Music review), Hindi – Anu Malik
Bah! NW1W. Keywords: Toonpur Ka Superrhero – notice the double ‘r’…!
Continue reading...Mirch (Music review), Hindi – Monty Sharma
Monty regains some of his supposed form in Kaare kaare badra – the rock arrangements sit atop that classical tune beautifully; the nuances like a seemingly disjoint antara too works...
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