Ashutosh’s two songs – Raja Hassan-sung Delhi Destiny, that follows a monotonous drill barring the lively lyrics and the Shaan-sung Kal ki tarah, that breezes past faster than you expect...
Continue reading...Music review: Mayaandi Kudumbathaar (Tamil – Sabesh Murali)
With its typical yuppie folk sound, Kalavaaniye is strictly average, though the composing duo use pleasant, Vidyasagar’esque sounds in the interlude. Mudhal mudhalaai uses a similar template and just passes...
Continue reading...Music review: Boni (Telugu – Ramana Gogula)
The guitar-driven Arere chejarinde is a pleasant listen but the title song and its variant Dibi dubi daba are terribly annoying – as if Devi Sri Prasad composed them in...
Continue reading...Music review: Ragavan (Tamil – Gangai Amaran)
Kannaadi koppai and Kudimagane advocate drinking effectively, though tune-wise they’re pedestrian. Oothura vidhathil should be Tasmac’s anthem – an old-school kuthu number sung with the necessary verve by Premgi Amaran....
Continue reading...Music review: Kick (Telugu – SS Thaman)
The all-male, 5-member qawali Boss memory loss is high on fun quotient and adds minor zingy elements that make it worthwhile! Chitra’s Dhimtana has an intriguing background rhythm and the...
Continue reading...Music review: Thoranai (Tamil – Manisharma)
Echoing Thiruvilayaadal Aarambam’s Madura jilla, Manjasela mandakini is catchy time-pass, while Janani and Vijay Yesudas’ Pattucha is dreary and seeped in Manisharma’s Telugu styled structure. Pelican paravaigal is fairly rhythmic...
Continue reading...Music review: Pokkisham (Tamil – Sabesh Murali)
Moondru naal aagume, with its free flowing verse and lovely sax phrases is delightfully rendered by Karthik. Ranjani’s Varum vazhi yengume and Madhu Balakrishnan’s Mozhi illaamale too borrow quite a...
Continue reading...Music review: Gnabagangal (Tamil – James Vick)
Despite the old school tune, the composer lends a nice touch with the dominant violin phrases in SPB’s soulful Gnabagam illayo, while an exotic mélange of a prelude leads to...
Continue reading...Save Nanda Talkies Road. Please!
This is one of the most beautiful roads in Bangalore. My favorite too, having stayed for over 4 years in Jayanagar. And, 323 trees are going to be cut in...
Continue reading...Music review: Vismaya – An Indo Celtic Musical Journey (Kanniks Kannikeswaran)
Vismaya is perhaps the earliest, documented Indo-Western musical collaboration – a fascinating combination of Sanskrit lyrics set to Celtic tunes, by one of India’s foremost composers, Muthuswami Dikshidhar (1775-1835). It’s...
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