Puli urumudhu, that eulogizes Vijay’s animal-like power, is loud and mundane, with a staid rhythm. Oru chinna thamarai, however, works beautifully as a catchy, well-orchestrated track, with its melody intact;...
Continue reading...Music review: Village Lo Vinayakudu (Telugu – Manikanth Kadri)
The Kurinji raaga-based Muddugaare yashoda has been treated with an almost Rahman-like arrangement by the composer – the crossover arrangements adding a rich layer to the classical composition. Hariharan and...
Continue reading...Music review: Neene Bari Neene (Kannada Pop – Mano Murthy)
The title song, Innu anisuthide, Naa ninagaage, Baa nodu gelathi and Ideye ninage work well with their soaked-in-love feel, even if they serve as an overdose of similar sounding tunes....
Continue reading...Music review: The Great Indian Butterfly (Hindi – Assorted Artists)
Shibani’s markedly North-Eastern Thodi thodi saanjh is hugely impressive, while her other track, Keh leh dil se exposes her vocal limits and passes muster. Deepak Pandit’s Kangana has a ghazal-like...
Continue reading...Music review: Kannukkulle (Tamil – Ilayaraja)
Vaanampaadigal seems as contemporary as the veteran can get, with its peppy, hopeful outlook, while Paattu kekka starts off annoyingly, with just the pallavi making the cut. Pudhu pournami has...
Continue reading...Music review: Peraanmai (Tamil – Vidyasagar)
Barring the penultimate folk intrusion, Madhu Balakrishnan’s Kaadu kalai katta expresses its fury rather uni-dimensionally. Kaattu puli is reminiscent of Ilayaraja’s songs in the filmy tribal music genre and is...
Continue reading...Music review: Acid Factory (Hindi – Assorted Artists)
Shamir Tandon’s languorous ambient sound in Yeh jism is pretty neat, while Khatti meethi, by Manasi Scott is an uncomfortable overdose of the Justin Timberlake’sque hip-hop sound! Gourov Dasgupta’s reworking...
Continue reading...Music review: London Dreams (Hindi – Shankar Ehsaan Loy)
Barson yaaron is a full-throated, rock anthem with brilliant pauses (Laakh take da) and a mesmerizing finale invoking Lord Hanuman! The choice of vocals – Vishal Dadlani and Roop Kumar...
Continue reading...Music review: Yogi (Tamil – Yuvan Shankar Raja)
Despite Snehan’s occasionally funny lyrics, Seermevum koovathiley is nothing more than a glorified mélange of folk bits, that together as a song, falls flat. Both versions of Yogi yogi thaan...
Continue reading...Music review: Ooh La La La (Tamil pop – Assorted artists)
The problem with new bands releasing albums is that most of the songs sound very stagey and almost methodical. This is quite pronounced in Srishti’s Ondrai seruvom with the lead...
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