Beyond its very, very Leslie’ish Indipop sound, the title song is a catchy, groovy listen. Oru nila has a delightfully crafted tune, almost in the early Rahman style, and Chandrayee’s...
Continue reading...Madholal Keep Walking (Music review), Hindi – Nayab Raja
Naina lage is a good enough tune that works better because it is repeated thrice! Parveena’s (Wife’s theme) works better than Bhupinder’s or Mitali’s. Altaf Raja’s Falsafa yeh zindagi ka...
Continue reading...Irandu Mugam (Music review), Tamil – Bharadwaj
Kannum kannum is typical Bharadwaj – a lovely, rhythmic tune with better anupallavi than pallavi, Minsaram medhuvai is typical Bharadwaj too – the pointlessly outdated mod sound of the composer....
Continue reading...Eno Onthara (Music review), Kannada – V.Harikrishna
Gandu makkalu cruises smoothly enough with its foot-tapping, but oft-repeated tune, except when it stumbles upon childish interludes. Dilkhush is a lovely melody; very catchy, with simple, lovely arrangements, while...
Continue reading...Sindhu Samaveli (Music review), Tamil – Sundar C Babu
NW1W, except for Ovvoru manidhan, that is so Bharadwaj that it is hard to believe Sundar composed it; good melody with heartfelt lyrics by Na.Muthukumar. Keywords: Harish, Ghajini, Amala Paul,...
Continue reading...Thakita Thakita (Music review), Telugu – Bobo Shashi
Cmon cmon has a sparse, pleasant tune and is skillfully orchestrated, while Ishq hai yeh gets better, in Mickey J Meyer style, except for those cringe-inducing chorus in Hindi. Composer...
Continue reading...Was MGR starrer Kalai Arasi the first Indian film to feature an alien?
I recently came across a few tweets by @allusirish, on sci-fi films in India. Our prev gen of filmmakers were better of than us. “Karuda Rathrikal” starring MGR, Bhanumathi was...
Continue reading...Top recent listens (July 2010)
Man lafanga, Dhatad tatad & Nain parindey – Lafangey Parindey (Hindi – R.Anandh) One of my favorite soundtracks in Hindi, in recent times, amidst all that Amit Trivedi attack, in...
Continue reading...Help (Music review), Hindi – Ashu & Gourov Dasgupta
NW1W. Well, except for Ashu’s Kenha hai, where the composer does make an honest effort to get out of his mediocrity. I suppose Mughda Godse can relax – her white-bikini...
Continue reading...Inidhu Inidhu (Music review), Tamil – Mickey J Meyer
Surprisingly, Mickey doesn’t repeat Happy Days for the remake. Oh my friend becomes Vazhkai oru; Kodi kanavu is the Telugu title song and Inidhu inidhu, the much-loved Arey rey –...
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