Mutturaj kaalitta is almost constructed like a Dr. Raj track, it is Shankar Mahadevan’s enthusiastic vocals that save the otherwise disjoint song while Shreya saves the simple, middle eastern’ish melody...
Continue reading...Music review: 8X10 Tasveer (Hindi – Salim Sulaiman, Neeraj Sridhar & Bohemia)
Despite the ambient mood set by its ominous backgrounds, Bohemia’s I got the picture is mostly contrived – tries too hard to fit a Hindi track in an alien format…and...
Continue reading...Music review: Alayodu Vilayaadu (Tamil – Sabesh Murali)
Have you ever heard of a whale that attained puberty? Samanja thimingilam offers that fascinating insight sorely missing from Animal Planet, complete with a sultry female voice. The bland reworking...
Continue reading...Music review: Mariyadhai (Tamil – Vijay Antony)
Yaar paarthathu may have well been composed by Director Vikraman himself – sounds exactly like all his countless, flat and jaded tracks and very unlike any Vijay Antony number. Vijay’s...
Continue reading...Music review: Suriyan (Tamil – Deva)
Veteran noise-maker Deva stages a comeback with Suriyan Satta Kalloori and strangely sounds exactly like his son, Srikanth Deva, in the fairly catchy Kalaai kaalai, though Udit Narayan seems bent...
Continue reading...Music review: Pasanga (Tamil – James Vasanthan)
Anbaale azhagaadum’s tune is straight out of MS Viswanathan’s repertoire and roping veteran Dr Balamuralikrishna to croon this seems pointless – the violin interludes do showcase the composer’s creativity though!...
Continue reading...Music review: Thaalam (Malayalam Pop – Job Kurian, Charan & Yakzon)
Update: I have a friend who knows Charan and apparently Manorama Music has not paid these guys for this album! This is so incredibly unfortunate! These guys have made amazing...
Continue reading...Music review: Ek – The Power of One (Hindi – Pritam & DJ Phukan)
Ek is a rather unusual soundtrack – it has 4 tracks, out of which 3 are composed by Pritam and the 4th is a recreation of a traditional Punjabi folk...
Continue reading...Music review: Straight (Hindi – Sagar Desai & Louis Banks)
Straight is singer Suraj Jagan’s show all the way – there’s no other vocalist mentioned in the CD! Composer Sagar Desai gets it right fabulously in the Roxy Music-styled Saanson...
Continue reading...Music review: Kal Kissne Dekha (Hindi – Sajid Wajid)
The obviously Panchamesque title song is too predictable to impress. Aalam guzarne ko is old-school, Anand Milind-styled melody, easy on the ears, while Sonu doing a Mika in Soniye billori...
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