Dubaikku poga porene is plain and staid, with horrendous singing by Rahim. The composer sounds equally bad and off-tune in the short Edakku madakku, while Senthilvelan’s Ooradangum samathula is a...
Continue reading...Music review: Akriti (Indipop – Akriti Kakkar & Shankar Mahadevan)
Out of the two Shankar Mahadevan-composed tracks, Mehrmaa ve is a strangely 80s filmy melody; thankfully, it’s spunkily arranged. The other track, Na re, is more like it – edgy,...
Continue reading...Music review: Amayakudu (Telugu – Manikanth Kadri)
Endukuraa brings back memories of Ilayaraja’s late 80s Tamil numbers that espouse the virtues of alcohol partly because of that laid back rhythm, while Ye nimishamlo, a middling melody, sounds...
Continue reading...Music review: Prithvi (Kannada – Manikanth Kadri)
Jagave ninadu is funky and pulsating, while Nenapidu nenapidu is a fantastic Kannada debut for Shruti Hassan; along with Karthik, she does really well in an excellently arranged tune! Kuku...
Continue reading...The case of the missing New Year!
Shyam Benegal’s latest film, Well Done Abba featured a preposterous plot point for a valid reason – a well (well, it is indeed a well!) goes missing! Tamil comedian Vadivelu...
Continue reading...Top recent listens (March 2010)
Morning bird – Sade (Album: Soldier of love) Sade Adu’s new album comes 10 years after her/the band’s last (Lovers Rock, 2000) and is a suitably rewarding experience for fans....
Continue reading...Music review: Darling (Telugu – GV Prakash Kumar)
Hosahore is literally racy and settles into a nice groovy rhythm, while Benny Dayal’s Yeyo goes full blast in glitzy orchestration and vocalized effects to support Prabhas’ snazzy dance moves....
Continue reading...Music review: Badmaash Company (Hindi – Pritam)
Ayaashi is racy and definitely catchy; if only it did not spell it out in the name of a chorus…! The title song has Benny Dayal crooning a flat tune...
Continue reading...Music review: Madharasapattinam (Tamil – G.V.Prakash Kumar)
Pookkal pookkum uses the oft-used period film fusion format – the melody seems hurried even beyond its sweetness. Vaama duraiyamma introduces Tamil Nadu to the uninitiated foreigner in an unsurprising...
Continue reading...Music review: Ethirmarai (Tamil – Murugan Mohan)
Rojappoovin has a rather attention-grabbing, free-flowing structure interspersed with catchy English chorus, but Thodathey, both versions, tread an annoyingly jaded 90s style, quite sadly. Neeya yennai too sounds like Rahman’s...
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