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lovely, rhythmic tune with better anupallavi than pallavi, Minsaram medhuvai is typical Bharadwaj too – the pointlessly outdated mod sound of the composer....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 –...
Continue reading...Dabangg (Music review), Hindi – Sajid-Wajid & Lalit Pandit
Chori kiya has a simple tune, simpler arrangements; perfect rhyme from last century. Dabangg theme is full-on Latino masti, with smart dialogs too, while Humka peena hai seems to have...
Continue reading...Mark my words, it is going to be a super-hit!
One of the often-cited logic to counter a negative review of mine is, ‘Mark my words, it is going to be a super hit’…or its variants. Now, let us deconstruct...
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