Muzhumadhi reuses Rahman’s Mr.Romeo number, Mellisaye’s template rather well, with an Bharadwaj’ish flourish – Vijay Yesudas and Bela Shende are excellent! Penne pogathe‘s hip-hop base is vastly familiar and hence,...
Continue reading...Happy Happyga (Music review), Telugu – Manisharma
Yeduraiyeh is standard Manisharma material, but works instantly, thanks to Rahul Nambiar and a catchy tune! Navvalante continues the impressive orchestral streak, as Haricharan and Rita work their charm in...
Continue reading...Bandish (Music review), Indipop – Bandish
Tere bin, featuring KK is uncannily like Pritam – very similar, up-tempo ballad. The remix is even more like a Pritam track! The title track sounds, at best, like fusion...
Continue reading...Kalavani (Movie review), Tamil – A Sargunam
To be fair, I started watching A Sargunam’s debut, Kalavani, loaded with expectations. This was one film that was touted as a sleeper hit and got massively positive reviews almost...
Continue reading...Kiya Yehi Piyar Hai (Music review), Pakistani Pop – Annie
Beyond the controversy about assorted record labels rejecting her and the album-leak brouhaha ahead of its launch, Annie’s latest album is a surprisingly fine effort. The 3 melodic tracks, Kiya...
Continue reading...Ranam Sugam (Music review), Tamil Pop – Paadhai
Paadhai’s second effort, Ranam Sugam, is interestingly packaged as a Musical Novelette! The music seems heavily influenced not by the man revered in the CD – A R Rahman, but...
Continue reading...Nandhi (Music review), Tamil – Bharadwaj
With that Manisharma’ish Dolu dolu rhythm, Thannikulla is, vastly similar to Ilayaraja’s 1986 SPB classic, Pattu poove, from Naanun Oru Thozhilaali! Idhu thaan kaadhal is pleasant but is so templatized...
Continue reading...Milliblog completes 5 years!
Assorted trivia, in no particular order! 1. The first review on Milliblog was of A R Rahman’s Ah Aah (Tamil), posted on July 22, 2005. But, it was on July...
Continue reading...Lafangey Parindey (Music review), Hindi – R.Anandh
Anandh takes up rock and Indian’ness in equal measure with seasoned ease for the title song; Ronit’s lead vocals and the backing chorus are extremely effective. Mohit Chauhan’s Man lafanga...
Continue reading...Naan Mahan Alla (Music review), Tamil – Yuvan Shankar Raja
Oru maalai neram…neat flute phrases, but tedious tune. The pathos-laden Theivam illai…even more so! That leaves us with just two more songs in the soundtrack and that’s where Yuvan scores...
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