After 3 years since their eponymous debut album, Overload’s intriguingly titled, Pichal Pairee, is indeed a fitting follow-up. It’s predominantly instrumental again – a drastic departure from the average Pakistani...
Continue reading...Music review: Aamras (Hindi – Tabun Sutradhar, Shamir Tandon)
Jabse hum is the musical equivalent a decade-old chick-flick, with its lyrics posing perfectly Google-able existential questions, while VIVA’s reunion in We are the teen queens is equally back dated...
Continue reading...Music review: Kanden Kaadhalai (Tamil – Vidyasagar)
Naan mozhi arindhen tops the bad-singer-choice list, with Suresh Wadkar irritatingly laboring in Tamil, spoiling a respectable tune. Udit is next, massacring Venpanju – another tune that could have been...
Continue reading...Music review: Quick Gun Murugan (Hindi/ South Indian Gibberish – Sagar Desai, Raghu Dixit)
Update: Daniel George is NOT the composer of this soundtrack. This is perhaps the shoddiest work I’ve ever by a Tier 1 record label – a HUGE round of spanks...
Continue reading...Music review: Jegan Mohini (Tamil – Ilayaraja)
Ponmani theril has a barely functional tune and sounds mighty moth-balled. Swetha and Ujjaini’s seduction song, Nilavu varum neram has a consistently lilting rhythm and a sufficiently catchy tune. With...
Continue reading...Music review: Dil bole hadippa (Hindi – Pritam & Joshilay)
With a name like that, it is natural to expect hardcore Punjabi tracks – and Hard Kaur does rap in the wholly trite Bhangra bistar! The title song is equally...
Continue reading...Music review: Manasaare (Kannada – Mano Murthy)
Distantly echoing Mungaru Male’s Anisuthide, the title song, with its music-less feel, is very tuneful; thanks to Vikas and Lakshmi’s heartfelt vocals. Naa naguva with Shreya Ghoshal; Shreya’s duet with...
Continue reading...Music review: Eeram (Tamil – Thaman)
Mazhaiye is scintillating – a Harris Jeyaraj style track that gains from its assuredly minimal orchestration, even as the tune is gorgeous. Ranjith’s vocals are absolutely fascinating – the singer...
Continue reading...Music review: Ruslaan (Hindi – Raeess Jamal Khan)
Maula is Mithoon’ish not just with the mild sufi sound that opens the song, but also in the relentless use of the word Maula. As the decidedly rock’ish backgrounds kick-in,...
Continue reading...Music review: Wanted (Hindi – Sajid Wajid)
Everything about Love me is corny and moronic, while Ishq vishq is a confused mishmash where Kamaal Khan seems to have forgotten a huge chunk of his lyrics. Dil leke...
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