Can Dunning-Kruger effect be tested on Rajinikanth fans? Let me explain. Rajinikanth fans want the man to perform death defying stunts. They want him to be the uber-male who can...
Continue reading...Huduga Hudugi (Music review), Kannada – Joshua Sridhar & Indrajit Lankesh
Danthada bombena has everything going for it – a instantly catchy, perfectly arranged pop’ish tune and Karthik’s dependable vocals, while Tunta tunti, with its toned down sound works better than...
Continue reading...Thenmerku Paruvakatru (Music review), Tamil – N R Rahnanthan
Yedi kallachi invokes the all familiar filmy raaga – Sivaranjani? It continues to sound nice, however, due to sheer familiarity, while Chinnan kaattula offers a good glimpse of the debutant...
Continue reading...Hisss (Music review), Hindi – Assorted composers
Anu Malik’s Lagi lagi has some old world charm, but gets drowned in overindulgent music. His other song, Lafanaa, is item’ish chaos with borrowed rhythms and recycled hooks. Beyond the...
Continue reading...Guzaarish (Music review), Hindi – Sanjay Leela Bhansali
The title song, with its sparse European sound has a charming tune, but Sau gram zindagi sounds labored, tune and lyrics-wise. Tera zikr is dialog camouflaged as tune and repetitively...
Continue reading...Break Ke Baad (Music review), Hindi – Vishal Shekhar
Adhoore and Ajab lehar are trademark Vishal Shekhar; if the former is catchy and beautifully uptempo, the latter’s orchestration makes all the difference! Prasoon Joshi makes his impact wonderfully in...
Continue reading...Machete (Movie review) – Director: Ethan Maniquis & Robert Rodriguez
Is this the same mild-mannered, kid-friendly uncle we saw in the Spy Kids franchise? Though Grind House did prepare us with the fake Machete trailer, the man sure seems to...
Continue reading...Dus Tola (Music review), Hindi – Sandesh Shandilya
Mohit Chauhan sounds quite unlike himself in Aisa hota hai, but does sound good; Sandesh’s catchy, folksy tune helps too! It’s the same folk feel delivered beautifully that works in...
Continue reading...Golmaal 3 (Music review), Hindi – Pritam
Golmaal’s new title song pales in comparison to Vishal Shekhar’s Sean Paul’ish title song that it briefly evokes in the beginning! Apna har din‘s only saving grace is that repetitive...
Continue reading...332 Mumbai To India (Music review), Hindi – Shamir Tandon, Sunil Singh & Band Inferno
Shamir Tandon’s Amchi Mumbai and Unmaad ranjit are ideally blasts from the past; 90s style tracks that seem misplaced this year. Strangely, the latter’s alternate version, sung by Tauseef Akhtar...
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