Only Pritam’s punchy arrangements stand out in Baki main bhool gayi, but Daler’s Zor ka jhatka works big time as an addictive item song! Chhan ke mohalla and Dhak dhak...
Continue reading...Top recent listens (September 2010)
Kizhakku pookkum & Njan – Anwar (Malayalam – Gopi Sundar) In Njan, even though Prithviraj is doing mildly rap-like phrases, his voice alone carries it through impressively, while Kizhakku, with...
Continue reading...Uthamaputhiran (Music review), Tamil – Vijay Antony
Ussumu laresay rivals Harris Jeyaraj-style gibberish and is merely standard techno-kuthu that Vijay regularly conjures. Kan irrandil has a folksy, Telugu’ish feel and Naresh Iyer’s lively vocals do help, while...
Continue reading...How about an ad for your film without your name, Mr Ram Gopal Varma?
This is the print ad (in Dinakaran – Tamil daily – dated, October 1, 2010) for Ram Gopal Varma’s Ratha Sarithram (Tamil version of the Hindi film starring Surya and...
Continue reading...Aanmai Thavarael (Music review), Tamil – Mariya Manogar
MLR Karthikeyan’s angry outburst against perpetrators of violence against women in Satta sada sada is well orchestrated, while the bizarre Nona nana remains precisely that, all through. The sweeping pathos...
Continue reading...Allah Ke Banday (Music review), Hindi – Assorted composers
Ish Bector’s Kaala jaadu has a naive, folk’ish tune wrapped well in simple, effective orchestration. Kailasa trio – Kailash Kher, Naresh and Paresh’s Kya hawa kya baadal sounds interesting but...
Continue reading...Knock Out (Music review), Hindi – Gourov Dasgupta & Sanjeev Darshan
Gourov’s grungy title song has Vishal Dadlani’s lyrics and vocals – sung with genuine effort, though the composer doesn’t put in much effort and spits a blah tune. Rahat’s Khushnuma,...
Continue reading...Coke Studio in India? A wish-list!
Supriya Nair’s piece on Coke Studio, in OPEN magazine is l-o-n-g overdue! While it explains beautifully about what makes the show and its music unique, what it leaves is for...
Continue reading...Dheere dheere (Film: Walkaway; Music: Vishal Shekhar)
New song by duo, Vishal Shekhar, for the desi English film, Walkaway. Song is called ‘Dheere dheere’ and is sung by Vishal, though he sounds strange! Hummable, uptempo track in...
Continue reading...Mahesh Khaleja (Music review), Telugu – Mani Sharma
Sada siva starts the soundtrack nicely – a simple, hummable tune backed by ambient, world music’ish backgrounds. Ranjith aces Taxi, an underground’ish track with groovy sounds, while Sunday Monday‘s highlight...
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