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...
Continue reading...Mynaa (Music review), Tamil – D.Imman
Shaan’s diction sounds awkward in the title song, but tune-wise, the composer has a winner! Kichu kichu is modeled blatantly along Rahman’s Barso re, but the assortment of vocals and...
Continue reading...The Return of The CommonWealth Games Theme song!
Nice return, that is. The last time I was complaining and asking if Rahman was given a brief. It looks like the entire country (VK Malhotra, Aadesh Shrivastava and mainstream...
Continue reading...Do Dooni Chaar (Music review), Meet Bros & Anjan-Ankit
Lots of nice-sounding things, but nothing stands out, tune-wise. NW1W.
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