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...
Continue reading...Movie review: Micmacs à tire-larigot (French, Jean-Pierre Jeunet)
Having been a huge fan of European cinema, the only other recent European director who has left an indelible impression in me is Jean-Pierre Jeunet, the French director who won...
Continue reading...Music review: Kites (Hindi – Rajesh Roshan)
Zindagi opens as quite a standard package, but the melody and lilting arrangement make it an endearing listen, as it progresses. In Dil kyun yeh mera, the veteran composer creates...
Continue reading...Music review: Sura (Tamil – Manisharma)
Naan nadanthal works only because of its appealing, stylish rhythms even though the lyrics are beyond mundane. Siragadikkum nilavu is archaic Manisharma material, with rudimentary catchiness, while Thamizhan veera thamizhan...
Continue reading...Movie review: Love Sex Aur Dhokha (Dibakar Banerjee)
After Raja Sen’s 5 and Rajeev Masand’s 4, I did have starry expectations out of Dibakar Banerjee’s Love Sex Aur Dhokha. After all, his Khosla Ka Ghosla was delightful, while...
Continue reading...Music review: Jannat (Indipop – Ankur Tewari)
Ankur Tewari’s acoustic rich debut pop album holds some genuinely interesting tracks! Like Chand chahiye, Aaj kyon, Hum and Shehar mein, which are easy on the ear and even have...
Continue reading...Music review: Muskurake Dekh Zara (Hindi – Ranjit Barot)
There’s something still distinctly 90s indipop in Ranjit Barot’s music. And it permeates all through this soundtrack. Sahi bola and Aye dost have an easygoing street-smartness that would have wowed,...
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