Goa’s soundtrack is interestingly split into two dramatically different parts. The native folk flavour is heady in 3 tracks – the unbelievably-Raja’ish and hyper-catchy Yezhezhu thalamuraikkum; the mid-80s pathos track...
Continue reading...Music review: Kacheri Aarambam (Tamil – D.Imman)
Azhagu azhagu is short and sweet; Bela Shende sounds great but the lyrics seem forced. Kacheri kacheri is typical Imman material – stock rhythm, albeit catchy, and a tune that...
Continue reading...Music review: My Name Is Khan (Hindi – Shankar Ehsaan Loy)
Sajda is exceptionally lilting; the combination of Rahat, Shankar and Richa Sharma works brilliantly. Tere naina follows a by-now-familiar, trio-template tune, but still makes for beautiful listening – Shafqat’s singing...
Continue reading...Music review: Asal (Tamil – Bharadwaj)
Despite the sycophancy, the title song has an ambient feel almost like a Bond title track; Sunitha Menon’s vocals adding to the charm. Em thandhai is very 90s Rahman’ish, but...
Continue reading...Music review: Ishqiya (Hindi – Vishal Bhardwaj)
The mesmerizingly lilting and vaudevillian Dil to bachcha hai is reminiscent of the Raj Kapoor era, but a more pronounced inspiration seems to be Webber’s Cats tune, Memories – the...
Continue reading...Music review: Rann (Hindi – Assorted composers)
Jayesh Gandhi’s Remote ko baahar is plain ridiculous. Sanjeev Kohli’s thematic Rann hai is best suited as background material, while the two obviously catchy tracks – Amar Mohile’s Mera Bharat...
Continue reading...Music review: Katradhu Kalavu (Tamil – Paul J)
Azhagaana ponnuthaan‘s remix rides solely on the original’s strength as a hyper-catchy track, while the predominantly rap-loaded title song is a curiously likeable track – Dinesh Kanagaratnam impresses even with...
Continue reading...The decade definers!
As we near the end of another decade, more than listing the top XX songs/ soundtracks/ films of the decade, I’d like to highlight 2 relatively unsung things that have...
Continue reading...Music review: Irumbu Kottai Murattu Singam (Tamil – GV Prakash Kumar)
Vellaikari nee plays out straight and flat, much like a staid old 90s pop track with the rhythms overtly laid out for Lawrence’s steps, while the composer manages an expansively...
Continue reading...Movie review: The Box (Richard Kelly)
The Box is unquestionably one of the best films I’ve seen in 2009 – we still have 4 days left this year, but I’ve decided. Already. If the thought of...
Continue reading...
